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Mughal Empire
1. Who laid the foundation of the mughal 10. Who translated Babur’s autobiography
rule in India? in English?
Ans.Babur Ans.Madam Bevridge

2. When was the first battle of Panipat 11. Humayun ascended the throne in
fought? ____?
Ans.April 21, 1526 Ans.1530AD

3. Babur defeated _____ and established 12. Who wrote Humayun’s biography?
Mughal dynasty in his First Battle of Ans.Gulbadan Begum (Humayun’s sister)
Panipat?
Ans.Ibrahim Lodhi 13. Where was Din Panah built by
Humayun?

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4. When and where did Babur defeated Ans.Delhi (Second capital of his empire)
Muhammad Lodhi (uncle of Ibrahim He died while climbing down the stairs of
Lodhi?
Ans.In year 1529 at Ghaghra
his library at Din Panah in 1556

14. In which battle Sher Shah defeated

5. Babur enjoyed the prestige of being the Humayun and declared himself as

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descendant of which two famous Asian emperor?
warriors? Ans.Battle of Chausa in 1540AD
Ans.Genghis Khan (on mother's side) and
Timur (on father's side) 15. Which emperor issued coin called
Rupia?
6. In which year Babur died? Ans.Sher Shah
Ans.1530 Babur died in 1530 at Agra. His
tomb is at Kabul. 16. Which ruler built the famous GT road
(Grand Trunk)?
7. Which ruler 1st used gunpowder and Ans.Sher Shah GT road connects Calcutta
artillery in India? to Peshawar
Ans.Babur
17. Who built purana Quila at Delhi?
8. Name the autobiography written by Ans.Sher Shah
Babur.
Ans.Tuzuk-i-Baburi 18. Second Battle of Panipat was fought
between?
9. Who translated Babur’s autobiography Ans.Hemu and Bairam khan
in Persian?
Ans.Abdur Rahim Khanekhana 19. Who built Buland Darwaja in Fatehpur
Sikri in 1602AD?
Ans.Akbar in memory over victory of 29. Bairam Khan rallied the Mughal forces
Gujrat under which title?
Ans.Khan-i-Khana
20. What is the full name of Aurangzeb?
Ans.Moin-ud-din Mohammed Aurangzeb 30. When was the second battle of Panipat
fought?
21. Which Sikh guru was executed by Ans.5 Nov 1556
Aurangzeb?
Ans.Teg Bahadur 31. Where did Akbar saw the sea for the
first time?
22. Which traders group first came to India Ans.At Cambay in Gujarat
during the Mughal period?
Ans.Portuguese 32. Which Mughal Emperor instituted a
new system of land revenue viz. Dahsala
23. During which Battle did Babur in the kingdom?
declared Jihad and assume the title of Ans.Akbar (In 1580 AD)
Ghazi in India?

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Ans.Battle of Khanwa (1527) 33. What were the names given to
cultivated land and uncultivated land
24. Which Rajput Queen sent a rakhi to during Mughal era?
Humayun when Bahadurshah of Gujarat Ans.Polaj (Cultivated) , Parati (Fallow)
attacked Chittor?
Ans.Rani Karnavati 34. Even though Mansabdari system under

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Akbar was distinct in the world, perhaps
25. Which fort was known as the gateway it's origins can be traced back to which
of Eastern India? king?
Ans.Fort of Chunar Ans.Changez Khan, he organised the
army on a decimal
26. Who commanded the regions of Kabul
and Qandhar during Humayun's reign? 35. The territories of the Mughal kingdom
Ans.Humayun's younger brother Kamran were divided into which categories?
Ans.Jagir, Khalisa, Inam
27. Which Mughal monument marked a
new beginning in the style of architecture 36. Who was the head of the revenue
in north India with the Dome made of department under Mughal administration?
marble as it's most remarkable feature? Ans.Wazir
Ans.Humayun's Tomb
37. Who was the head of the military
28. Who became the wakil of Mughal department and intelligence under
kingdom during the initial years of Akbar's Mughal administration?
reign? Ans.Mir Bakshi
Ans.Bairam Khan
38. Who were the Barids and Waqia-navis
in Mughal administration?
Ans.Intelligence officers and News 47. Padshah nama written by Abdul
Reporters, respectively Hamid Lahori, gives a detailed account of
which Mughal king?
39. Jazia, a tax which was levied on Non- Ans.Shah Jahan
Muslims, was abolished by Emperor Akbar
in which year? 48. Ustad Isa is accredited as the architect
Ans.1564 AD of which Mughal monument?
Ans.Taj Mahal
40. Who built Ibadat Khana/Hall of Prayer
in Fatehpur Sikri? 49. The Mughal empire expanded it's
Ans.Emperor Akbar territories to it's peak during whose reign?
Ans.Aurangzeb
41. Which missionaries came to Akbar's
court from Goa and stayed here for a 50. Which Persian garden style was
period of three years? adopted by Mughals in monument
Ans.Aquaviva and Monserrate architecture?
Ans.Charbagh Style

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42. Emperor Akbar implemented the
policy of 'Sulh-i-Kul', what is the literal 51. Which Mughal ruler introduced
meaning of it? Mansabdari System?
Ans.Peace with all Ans.Akbar

43. Which Mughal Emperor discontinued 52. Where did Bairam Khan coronate

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the practice of Jharokha Darshan Akbar?
(showing himself to public from the Ans.Kalnaur
balcony)?
Ans.Aurangzeb 53. Who is the author of the book
Akbarnama?
44. Which artists are credited with the Ans.Abul Fazal
genesis of Mughal School of miniature
painting? 54. This book is about the history of ?
Ans.Mir Sayyed Ali and Abdus Samad Ans.Akbar
Khan
55. Akbar installed the statues of which
45. Hamza Nama & Tuti Nama, the most Rajput commanders for their bravery after
decorated work in Mughal Painting were the siege of Mewar?
made during the rule of? Ans.Jaymala and Fatehsingh
Ans.Akbar
56. Who is the author of the book
46. Who are the only two emperors of the Alamgirnama?
Mughal Emperor who wrote their Ans.Muhammad Kazim
autobiographies?
Ans.Babur and Jahangir 57. This book is about the history of?
Ans.Aurangzeb
58. Who was the only luminary of Akbar's Ans.For Killing a tiger
court to accept Dine-Ilahi?
Ans.Birbal 69. What was the extent of Sher Shah Suri's
empire?
59. Which Mughal King introduced Do- Ans.From Bengal to Indus (Except
Aspa and Si-Aspa system in Mansabdari? Kashmir)
Ans.Jahangir
70. During which campaign, Sher Shah Suri
60. Which Mughal king brought Kabul and got severely wounded due to the bursting
Kandhar under Indian Empire only after of the gun and subsequently died of it?
Kushanas? Ans.Siege of Kalinjar in 1545
Ans.Babur
71. Who was the royal historian of Sher
61. Navratnas were present in ? Shah Suri?
Ans.Akbar’s Court Ans.Abbas Khan Sarwani

62. Navratnas included ? 72. Under whose rule, the roads and sarais

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Ans.Todar Mal, Abul Fazl, Faizi, Birbal, came to be known as 'the arteries of the
Tansen, Abdur Rahim Khan-iKhanan, empire'?
Mullah-do-Pyaza, raja Man Singh and Ans.Sher Shah Suri
Fakir Aziao-Din
73. What was the share of the state in the
63. Which Mughal Emperor forbade the land revenue during Sher Shah Suri's

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inscription of kalma on coins? reign?
Ans.Aurangzeb Ans.One-third of the produce

64. Sher Shah Suri initially served in the 74. Where is the tomb of Sher Shah Suri?
army of Mughals under which King? Ans.Sasaram, Bihar
Ans.Babur
75. Which Suri king restored the Grand
65. Where was Akbar born? Trunk Road from Indus to Sonargaon in
Ans.Amarkot Bengal?
Ans.Sher Shah Suri
66. Who were the hereditary owners of
land during the reign of Akbar? 76. Which silver coin was introduced by
Ans.Qanungo Sher Shah, which was also used by
subsequent Mughal kings?
67. What was the real name of Sher Shah Ans.Rupia
Suri?
Ans.Farid 77. The area under cultivation, the types of
crops, and revenue share was written on
68. Why did Sher Shah Shah get the title of paper in Sur administration. What was this
'Sher Khan' from his the then patron Bahar system known as?
Khan Lohani? Ans.Patta System
78. When did Sher Shah say that 'for a few
grains of millet I almost lost the entire 89. Shalimar Garden was built at Kashmir
empire of India': ? by which ruler?
Ans.After the Battle of Giri Sumel (1544) Ans.Shahjahan

79. Who originally introduced the Ryotwari 90. Akbar abolished Jizya in ?
system? Ans.1579
Ans.Sher Shah Suri
91. Who was known as an ‘engineer king’?
80. Who founded the Sur Dynasty after Ans: Shah Jahan
defeating Humayun in the Battle of
Bilgram? 92. What was the title of Aurangzeb?
Ans.Sher Shah Ans: Alamgir

81. Battle of Dharmat was fought 93. Mughal Empire lasted from ?
between? Ans.1526 to 1857.
Ans.Auragnzeb and Dara’s Army

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94. Where did Akbar set up an
82. Who defeated Dara’s army in this Ibadatkhana?
Battle? Ans.Fatehpur Sikri
Ans.Aurangzeb
95. Who defeated Mughals and captured
83. In which battle Aurangzeb finally Agra and Delhi under the rule of Bairam

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defeated Dara Shikoh? Khan?
Ans.In the Battle of Devray Ans.Hemu Vikramaditya

84. The Mughal School of painting began 96. Who was the guardian of Akbar when
with which Mughal ruler? he was a minor?
Ans.Humayun Ans.Bairam Khan.

85. Mughal Painting reached its zenith 97. The founder of Bijapur state was
during which Mughal rule? founded by?
Ans.Jahangir’s Rule Ans.Yusuf Adil Shah

86. Jaswant and Dasawanth were two 98. Who among the following the Alai
famous painters of Darwaza was built?
Ans.Akbar’s Court. Ans.Allauddin Khilji

87. Who built Agra fort and when? Akbar 99. What was Kharaj?
built Agra Fort in Ans.Islamic land tax
Ans.1571 100. Who introduced the Military strategy
88. According to Abul Fazal, the Agra Fort called Tulughama?
contained more? Ans.Babar
Ans.than 500 stone buildings