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Which Mughal Emperor Assumed the Title of Alamgir? www.andhrajyothy.com ∑ ›˘–ö˛$–ÈΔÊˇÖ 1 lÃÒ˝O 2019 Á‹tyÓ˛ 14 Which Mughal emperor assumed the title of Alamgir? Indian History Ili Karunakar THE MUGHALS Director,Ramappa Educational Institutions, 1. Which Mughal ruler earned the title Hanmakonda Insan-i-kamil(Perfect Man) for his peaceful personality and patience? a) Shahjahan b) Humayun c) Jahangir d) Akbar c) Jahangir d) Shah Jahan 2. Which among the following books was 38.Which styles of sculpture are found in authored by a lady of the Mughal Mughal Art? Royal House? a) Sino-Indian b) Indo-European a) Babar Namah b) Akbar Namah c) Indo-Persian d) Indo-Greek c) Humayun Namah d) Badshah Namah 39. The Mughal emperor who wrote his 3. At which of the following battles was autobiography was: Humayun defeated by Sher Shar Suri? a) Akbar b) Shahjahan a) Battle of Chausa b) Battle of Khanwa c) Humayun d) Babur c) First Battle of Panipat 40. Akbar held his religious discussion in.. d) Battle of Thanesar a) Jodhabai's Palace b) Panch Mahal 4. Where did Babar die? c) Ibadat Khana d) Buland Darwaza a) Agra b) Kabul c) Lahore d) Delhi 41. Who was Nur Jahan's son-in-law? 5. Which of the following statements a) Khurram b) Nazim about Humayun is/are correct? FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS c) Abdul d) Shahryar 1. He built a new city at Delhi, which he 15. Whom did Babar defeat in the Battle of 26. During the reign of which Mughal 42. Jahangir gave permission to set up up named Dinpanah Khanua in 1527? emperor, was the empire territorially an English trading post at _________. 2. The biography of Humayun, Humayun- a) Rana Sanga of Mewar most extensive? a) Surat b) Madras c) Bijapur d) Delhi nama was written by his sister, Gulbadan b) Rana Pratap of Mewar a) Akbar b) Shah Jahan 43. After defeating _______________, Begum c) Ibrahim Lodhi d) Daulat Khan Lodhi c) Jahangir d) Aurangzeb Prince Khurram took the title Shah Select the correct answer using the code 16. Whom did Shah Jahan appoint as the 27. Which of the following was the biggest Jahan. given below: Governor of Mughal provinces in the port during the Mughal period? a) Jahangir b) Nur Jahan Code: Deccan? a) Hoogly b) Chittagong c) Shahryar d) Nazim a) 1 only b) 2 only a) Dara Shikoh b) Aurangzeb c) Balasore d) Surat 44. A number of foreign travelers, mission- c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2 c) Shuja d) Murad Baksh 28. Who of the following described Taj aries and merchants visited India dur- 6. Which Mughal Emperor prohibited the 17. Which Mughal emperor assumed the Mahal as "A teardrop on the cheek of ing reign of.. use of tobacco? title of Alamgir? eternity"? a) Akbar b) Shah Jahan a) Babar b) Akbar a) Aurangzeb b) Akbar a) Jawaharlal Nehru c) Aurangzeb d) Jahangir c) Jahangir d) Shahjahan c) Babar d) Bahadur Shah b) Rabindranath Tagore 45. How many sons Shah Jahan had? 7. Which one of the following was the 18. Match the battles during Mughal rule c) George Bernard Shaw a) 3 b) 1 c) 2 d) 4 original name of Tansen, the famous with their years: d) Richard Attenburrough 46. During whose reign did the Mughal musician in the court of Akbar? Battle Year 29. Who led the Mughal forces at the empire stretch its largest size? a) Mahananda Pande b) Lal Kalawant 1. 2nd Battle of Panipat a. 1540 Battle of Haldighati against Rana a) Akbar b) Aurangzeb c) Baz Bahadur d) Ramtanu Pande 2. Battle of Haldighati b. 1556 Pratap of Mewar? c) Shah Jahan d) Jahangir 8. Who among the following was illiterate? 3. Battle of Chausa c. 1576 a) Raja Man Singh b) Bairam Khan 47. Which ruler passed the 12 rules of con- a) Jahangir b) Shahjahan 4. Battle of Bilgram d. 1539 c) Todar Mal d) Prince Salim duct in the 17th century? c) Akbar d) Aurangzeb a) 1 - b; 2 - d; 3 - a; 4 - c 30. Which of the following Rajput dynas- a) Jahangir b) Akbar 9. Painting reached its highest level of b) 1 - b; 2 - d; 3 - c; 4 - a ties did not surrender to Akbar? c) Shah Jahan d) Aurangzeb development during the reign of.. c) 1 - b; 2 - c; 3 - d; 4 - a a) Parmar b) Pratihara a) Akbar b) Aurangzeb d) 1 - a; 2 - c; 3 - d; 4 - b c) Rathor d) Sisodia Answers c) Jahangir d) Shah Jahan 19. In which language did Babar write his 31. Who of the following introduced the 10. Which one among the following depicts autobiography Tuzuk-i-babari? policy of Sulh-i-kul? 1) b 11) b 21) c 31) b 41) d the correct meaning of the term Jins-i- a) Arabic b) Turkish a) Aurangzeb b) Akbar 2) c 12) b 22) b 32) d 42) a kamil concerning crops in Mughal c) Persian d) Urdu c) Humayun d) Shahjahan 3) a 13) a 23) d 33) b 43) c India? 20. Who of the following was the revenue 32. The Mansabdari system introduced by 4) a 14) c 24) b 34) d 44) b a) Paddy crop b) Cash crop c) Coarse crop minister of Akbar? Akbar, was borrowed from the system 5) c 15) a 25) c 35) b 45) d d) Crop grown in the arid zone a) Raja Man Singh b) Birbal in - 6) c 16) b 26) d 36) c 46) b 11. With whose permission did the English c) Faizi d) Todar Mal a) Turkey b) Persia 7) d 17) a 27) d 37) b 47) a set up their first factory in Surat? 21. Buland Darwaza, was built at Fatehpur c) Afghanistan d) Mongolia 8) c 18) c 28) b 38) c a) Akbar b) Jahangir Sikri by Akbar to commemorate his 33. Who of the following was the last 9) c 19) b 29) a 39) d c) Shah Jahan d) Aurangzeb victory over.. Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock 10) b 20) d 30) d 40) c 12. The city of Prayag was named Allahabad, a) Berar b) Mewar c) Gujarat d) Bengal throne? the city of Allah by.. 22. Who of the following was the author of a) Aurangzeb b) Mohammad Shah a) Aurangzeb b) Akbar Badshah Nama? c) Shah Alam II d) Alamgir II BÔúÁ‹$ Ì‹∫æÖ® c) Shah Jahan d) Bahadur Shah Zafar a) Inayat Khan b) Abdul Hamid Lahori 34. Who were the ahdis of Akbar's time? gͪå˝fi 13. Match the original names of Mughal c) Gulbadan Begum d) Abul Fazl a) Village level money-lenders ØÛ˛ÁŸØ˲Ãå˝ AM>yÊ˛“$ Bãú rulers with their popular names: 23. Which of the following Mughal rulers b) Village guards –ö˛$*≈hMä¸, yë≈Øå˛fi AÖyä˛ {yë–ö˛* Original Name Popular Name built the Shalimar Bagh at Srinagar? c) Cashiers working in diwani B´ßÊ˛”ΔÊˇ≈ÖÃZ∞ Á‹ÖXô¨˛ ØÈrMä¸ AM>yÊ˛“$ & BÔúÁ‹$ 1. Jalaluddin a. 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