History Of The Mughals MCQs Questions

Question. The innovator of the revenue settlement during the rule of Akbar was
a) Raja Man Singh
b) Raja Bhagwan Singh
c) Raja Todarmal
d) Raja Birbal   

Question. Which revenue system among the following is also known as the Bandobast system ?
a) Dahsala
b) Nasaq
c) Kankut
d) Zabti   

Question. The Ibadat Khanna debate was closed down in
a) 1575
b) 1578
c) 1580
d) 1582   

Question. The most prominent of the various industries that flourished during the Mughal period was that of
a) Glass
b) Leather
c) Cotton textiles
d) Ship building 

Question. The first Mughal emperor to organize some sort of distress relief during the famines was:
a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Shah Jahan
d) Babur   

Question. The Mughal ruler who banned music and dancing was
a) Humayun
b) Aurangzeb
c) Babur
d) Jahangir   

Question. Who was the Rajput Chief on whose death Aurangzeb refused to accept the claim to the gaddi of his two posthumous sons which led to the Mughal breach with Mewar and Marwar?
a) Raja Jai Singh
b) Raja Inder Sing
c) Raja Jaswant Singh
d) Rana Pratap Singh     

Question. Who was appointed to lead the Mughal army against Rana Pratap?
a) Mirza Hakim
b) Man Singh
c) Rai Rai Singh
d) Dara Sakoh   

Question. The celebrated Kohinoor diamond and the world famous Peacock throne were carried away to Persia in 1739 by
a) Nadir Shah
b) Ahmad Shah Abdali
c) Timur Shah
d) Islam Shah     

Question. Under whose Noble did Bengal emerged as a regional state?
a) Nizam Ul Mulk
b) Alivardi Khan
c) Murshid Quli Khan
c) Ahmed Shah Abdali     

Question. ‘Aurangzeb was both a victim of circumstances, and helped to create the circumstances of which he became a victim’, who said this?
a) Irfan Habib
b) Satish Chandra
c) JF Richards
d) Athar Ali   

Question. During Aurangzeb’s reign, the officials who were asked to see whether the lives of the people were in accordance with the Sharia law were
a) Muhtashibs
b) Karoris
c) Quanungos
d) Amalguzar   

Question. “The Mughals were keen to see that rahdari was not levied in order to protect trade”. What was rahdari?
a) Land tax
b) Road tax
c) House tax
d) Toll tax     

Question. In which year did Aurangzeb re-imposed Jizyah?
a) 1679
b) 1689
c) 1667
d) 1643     

Question. Lands given as jagirs) where it was difficult to realize land revenue on account of the entrenched power of the Zamindars and land owning community were called:
a) Be-jagiri
b) Sair hasil
c) Zor-talab
d) Paibaqi   

Question. According to Satish Chandra, the decline and downfall of the Mughal empire was due to:
a) Faulty policies of Aurangzeb
b) Economic, Social, Administrative, Political and Institutional factors
c) Weakness of the later Mughals
d) Regeneration of the nobility     

Question. Which of the following states were called the successor state?
a) Gujarat, Awadh and Malwa
b) Bengal, Awadh and Surat
c) Bengal, Awadh and Hyderabad
d) Gujarat, Bihar and Hyderabad     

Question. At the time of his coronation, what was the capital of Shivaji’s Empire?
a) Purandar
b) Poona
c) Ahmedabad
d) Raigarh 

Question. Who was the Sikh Guru who was executed by Aurangzeb?
a) Teg Bahadur
b) Hargovind
c) Govind Singh
d) Guru Arjun       

Question. Who propounded the ‘Great Firm’ theory of the decline of the Mughal Empire?
a) Satish Chandra
b) M. Athar Ali
c) J.F. Richards, M.N. Pearson and P.Hardy
d) Karen Leonard     

Question. Shivaji belonged to
a) Mughals
b) Bhonsle clan
c) Deccanis tribe
d) Kalyani clan   

Question. In Shivaji’s administration, the Minister who helped the King with his correspondence was the
a) Majumdar
b) Nyayadhish
c) Surunavis
d) Pandit Rao     

Question. In the Mughal period the register of the agricultural land were maintained by
a) Kotwal
b) Qanungo
c) Amin
d) Kroe 

Question. Which city was sacked by shivaji in 1664 which gave a big blow to the Mughal prestige in the Deccan?
a) Ahmadnagar
b) Surat
c) Golconda
d) Bijapur   

Question. Sati of Hindu women was prohibited during the reign of which Mughal empire
a) Jahangir
b) Shah Jahan
c) Akbar
d) Aurangzeb   

Question. Shah Jahan is well known for his administrative skill especially in
a) Law and order
b) Mansabdari system
c) Land revenue
d) Market control steps   

Question. The Sikh military order termed as ‘Khalsa’ was instituted by
a) Guru Tegh Bahadur
b) Guru Arjun
c) Guru Govind Singh
d) Hargovind   

Question. Sulh-I-Kulh means
a) Divine monotheism
b) Peace between all religions
c) Four Degrees of Devotion
d) Sultan of Islam     

Question. Which of the following historians made a serious attempt to study the structural flaws of the Mughal system with a view to understanding the decline of Mughal Empire?
a) Irfan Habib
b) Satish Chandra
c) William Irvine and Jadunath Sarkar
d) Mazaffar Alam   

Question. Ahmad Shah Abdali was a/an
a) Afghan
b) Timurid
c) Uzbek
d) Persian   

Question. The founder of the Sikh empire in the Punjab was
a) Guru Nanak
b) Ranjit Singh
c) Guru Govind Singh
d) Guru Teg Bahadur     

Question. Murshid Quli Khan 1713-27 was sent as Subadar provincial governor) to Bengal by
a) Aleba
b) Shah Jahan
c) Jahangir
d) Aurangzeb   

Question. At the time of the Third Battle of Panipat, the Mughal Emperor was
a) Shah Jahan II
b) Alamgir
c) Shah Alam
d) Bahadur Shah   

Question. Who was the famous Chishti Saint?
a) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
b) Nizamuddin Auliya
c) Bakhtiyar Kaki
d) Mohhammad Iqbal   

Question. Akbar remitted pilgrim tax in
a) 1563
b) 1663
c) 1579
d) 1625   

Question. Which Mughal noble was defeated by Shivaji in Poona in 1663?
a) Shaista Khan
b) Afzal Khan
c) Mirja Jai Singh
d) Diler Khan     

Question. The Chisti sisilah was established in India by
a) Bakhtiyar Kaki
b) Baba Farid
c) Muinuddin Chishti
d) Mohhammed Aluha   

Question. Dara Shikoh finally lost war of succession of Aurangzeb in the battle of
a) Dharmat
b) Samugarh
c) Deori
d) Panipat     

Question. Madanna and Akhanna were the two gifted Brahman brothers who rose to power from
a) Bijapur
b) Golconda
c) Poona
d) Hyderabad   

Question. Which of the following is NOT true about Shivaji?
a) He imposed Chauth and Sardeshmukhi
b) No women or dancing girls were allowed to accompany his army
c) He imposed Jizyah
d) He signed the Treaty of Purandar with Jai Singh 

Question. Aurangzeb ascended the throne assuming the tittle of
a) Padshah
b) Imam
c) Padmavat
d) Alamgir   

Question. There was a frequent system of transfer of jagirdars after every
a) Three Years
b) Four Years
c) Five Years
d) Six years   

Question. The son of Aurangzeb who succeeded him under the title of Bahadur Shah was:
a) Jahandar Shah
b) Muhammad Azam
c) Akbar
d) Muazzam   

Question. Who was the Mughal Emperor who was proficient in playing the Veena?
a) Akbar
b) Shah Jahan
c) Aurangzeb
d) Jahangir   

Question. What was known as the ‘misls’ of the Sikhs?
a) The 10th state of the Confederacy
b) The 12th state of the Confederacy
c) The 15th state of the Confederacy
d) The 20th state of the Confederacy   

Question. Mughal Empire reached its territorial climax during the reign of
a) Aurangzeb
b) Shah Jahan
c) Akbar
d) Shah Alam     

Question. The main reason for the defeat of the Mughal forces at the hands of Nadir Shah was:
a) They were not prepared for the attack which came all of a sudden
b) There were not enough resources with the Mughal emperor to gather an adequate force
c) Disunity, poor leadership, mutual jealousies and distrust were responsible for the defeat
d) Nadir Shah had better arms and superior military strength     

Question. The real founder of the institution of the hereditary Peshwa was
a) Shivaji
b) Baji Rao
c) Sukinder Rao
d) Milkha Rao 

Question. In the 18th century, the foremost among the new states were
a) Bengal, Awadh and Hyderabad
b) Awadh, Bengal and Surat
c) Bengal, Awadh and Delhi
d) Awadh, Bengal and Gujarat       

Question. What kind of crisis existed during the Mughal period in the 1st half of the 18th century?
a) Jagirdari crisis
b) Crisis in the Mansabdari system
c) Social crisis
d) Economic bankruptsy   

Question. While describing the decline of the Mughal empire Sir Jadunath Sarkar comments: When gold rusts what will iron do. This indicates the decline and degeneration of:
a) Later Mughal monarchs
b) Nobility
c) Both a) and b) above
d) None of the above   

Question. During the governorship of which of the following was Bihar added to Bengal and Orissa to make the governor of Bengal responsible for all the three?
a) Murshid Quli Khan
b) Shujauddin
c) Alivardi khan
d) Sajdarjung   

Question. The nawab of Awadh who committed suicide to save himself from disgrace at the hands of Nadir Shah was
a) SafdarJang
b) Shuja-ud-daulah
c) Saadat khan
d) Asaf-ud-Daula   

Question. In which year did Akbar abolished Jizyah?
a) 1560
b) 1564
c) 1580
d) 1578   

Question. The economic and financial conditions of the Mughal Empire worsened during the closing years of whose reign?
a) Shah Jahan
b) Jahangir
c) Aurangzeb
d) Akbar     

Question. Which of the following was NOT responsible for the worsening of the condition of the Indian peasantry during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
a) Increasing burden of land revenue
b) The self-sufficient nature of the village economy
c) The shortage of paibaqi led to further exploitation of the peasantry
d) Jagirdari crisis     

Question. Who held that indigenous banking firms as indispensable allies of the Mughal?
a) Cantwell Smith
b) P Hardy
c) JF Richards
d) Karen Leonard   

Question. The jagirdari system implied giving the jagirdars or nobles a vested interest in collecting
a) House rent
b) Land Revenue
c) Income tax
d) Custom duties     

Question. The most paying Jagirs were reserve for the ‘Khalisa’ to meet the cost of
a) Rent
b) War
c) Maintenance of the army
d) Salaries of the soldiers and officials of the state   

Question. Which two important cities did Babur capture after the first Battle of Panipat?
a) Jaipur and Agra
b) Delhi and Agra
c) Amritsar and Delhi
d) Agra and Jaunpur       

Question. Humayun had to run away from India after he was defeated in the Battle of –
a) Kanauj
b) Panipat
c) Khanwa
d) Ghagra   

Question. The Second Battle of Panipat was fought between:
a) Humayun and Sher Shah
b) Bairam Khan and Hemu
c) Humayun and Hemu
d) Akbar and Hemu   

Question. Who was the Author of Humayun Nama?
a) Humayun
b) Gulbadan Begum
c) Roshannara
d) Akbar   

Question. What is Jagirdari system?
a) System of inheriting property
b) Tax assignment
c) Religious assignment
d) Land revenue assignment     

Question. The new religion promulgated by Akbar was called
a) Allah-Hu-Akbar
b) Sulh-i-Kulh
c) Ibadat Khana
d) Din-I-Ilahi     

Question. In Shivaji’s administration, Peshwa was the minister of
a) Foreign Affairs
b) Finance and revenue
c) Minister for religion
d) Army     

Question. What was the birth name of Nizam-Ul-Mulk?
a) Mahesh Pande
b) Viman Pundit
c) Chin Qilich Khan
d) Mubariz Khan   

Question. Aurangazeb anxiously watching the rise of Maratha power under Shivaji, he sent a governor of the Deccan to subdue Shivaji, what was the name of this governor?
a) Raja Man Singh
b) Shaista Khan
c) Bhagwan Das
d) Mirza Koka   

Question. The Battle of Khanua was fought between:
a) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
b) Babur and Jai Singh
c) Babur and Rana Sanga
d) Babur and Medini Rao   

Question. Who wrote the ‘The Agrarian System of Mughal India’?
a) Irfan Habib
b) Athar Ali
c) Satish Chandra
d) Muzaffar Alam   

Question. The Treaty of Purandar was signed in
a) 1666
b) 1755
c) 1665
d) 1689     

Question. Which Mughal king popularised the use of gun powder and artillery in India?
a) Akbar
b) Humayun
c) Babur
d) Jahangir   

Question. Who wrote Akbar Nama?
a) Akbar
b) Abul Fazl
c) Faizi
d) Humayun   

Question. Who founded the state of Hyderabad?
a) Nizam-ul-Mulk
b) Zulfiqar Khan
c) Nasir Jung
d) Mahabat Khan   

Question. Who was the Rajput chief who refused to submit to Akbar till his death in 1597?
a) Pratap Singh
b) Udai Singh
c) Jaswant Singh
d) Rai Rai Singh

Question. Murshid Quli Khan, the Mughal governor of Bengal, was originally:
a) A Persian
b) An Iraqi
c) A Turani
d) A South Indian Brahmin   

Question. Shivaji’s revenue system was based on the principle followed by
a) Malik Amber of Ahmadnagar kingdom
b) Nizam of Hyderabad
c) Revenue system of Bijapur
d) System utilized in Golconda   

Question. During the reign of which of the following emperors did the tendency towards carving out of autonomous states first become prominent and start to gain momentum?
a) Muhammad Shah
b) Farrukhsiyar
c) Bahadur Shah I
d) Alamgir II   

Question. How did Murshid Quli Khan lay the foundation of a new landed aristocracy in Bengal?
a) He started a new jagirdari system of officers of the state
b) In choosing revenue farmers he gave preference to local zamindars and money lenders who were mainly Hindus
c) He filled the highest civil posts and many of the military posts with Irani nobles
d) He started commercialization of agriculture     

Question. ‘Chhatrapati’ was the title of
a) Ranjit Singh
b) Shivaji
c) Arjun Singh
d) Shaista Khan         

Question. Who was the founder of the autonomous kingdom of Awadh or Oudh?
a) Safdarjung
b) Saadat khan
c) Asaf-ud-Daula
d) Shuja-ud-Daula   

Question. After Panipat, Babur had to face with the problem of dealing with the powerful forces of:
a) Rajputs
b) Afghans
c) Lodis
d) Marathas   

Question. The early capital of the Nawabs of Awadh was:
a) Panipat
b) Kakori
c) Lucknow
d) Fyzabad   

Question. Aurangzeb ruled for almost
a) 30 years
b) 40 years
c) 45 years
d) 50 years   

Question. Mansabdars who were paid in cash were called
a) Jagirdars
b) Mirzas
c) Naqdis
d) Amirs   

Question. What was the Law of Escheat during the Mughal Empire?
a) Right to inherit property
b) Confiscation of property after the death of a noble
c) Right to collect land revenue
d) Law regarding rights of the women   

Question. Who banned ‘sijda’ or prostration before the ruler?
a) Aurangzeb
b) Akbar
c) Shah Jahan
d) Jahangir   

Question. Akbar ascended the throne in
a) 1526
b) 1554
c) 1556
d) 1560     

Question. Aurangzeb besieged the Golconda Fort in
a) 1688
b) 1691
c) 1695
d) 1687     

Question. The most important arm of the Mughal army was
a) Cavalry
b) Artillery
c) Infantry
d) Elephantry     

Question. Who was the Rajput chief, whom Akbar awarded with a rank of 7000 which was the highest rank in Akbar’s reign?
a) Rai Rai Singh
b) Rana Pratab
c) Raja Bhar Mal
d) Man Singh   

Question. The range of mansabs as organized by Akbar varied between
a) 10 to 7,000
b) 100 to 5,000
c) 10 to 10,000
d) 10 to 5000   

Question. The regional state were competing with one another for resources which let to frequent
a) Social conflict
b) Military conflict
c) Economic conflict
d) Religious conflict     

Question. Persons holding ranks from 2500 and above were known as
a) Amir
b) Amir-i-Umda
c) Mansabdar
d) Khwaja     

Question. Which of the following was NOT one of the consequences of the crisis of the Jadirdari system which contributed to the decline of the empire?
a) The nobles tried to get maximum income from their jagirs at the cost of the peasantry
b) The nobles tried to transform their existing jagirs and offices into hereditary ones
c) The nobles failed to collect the revenues due to the state
d) Frequent transfer of jagirs   

Question. The First Battle of Panipat 1526 marked the beginning of
a) Mughal Rule in India
b) Afghan Rule in India
c) Turkish rule in India
d) Rajput Rule in India   

Question. “Makhfi” was the literary pen-name of:
a) Jahanara
b) Roshanara
c) Nurjahan
d) Mumtaj Mahal   

Question. In the revenue system of Akbar, Dahsala was a
a) Five years system
b) Fifteen years system
c) Seven years system
d) Ten years system   

Question. Whom did Ahmad Shah Abdali proclaim emperor of India before leaving India after the Third Battle of Panipat?
a) Alamgir II
b) Shah Alam II
c) Shah Jahan III
d) Bahadur Shah