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51.

Which Mughal emperor was called Zinda Pir?

A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shah Jahan
D. Aurangzeb
Answer» E.
52.

Where is the tomb of famous musician Tansen located?

A. Agra
B. Jaipur
C. Jhansi
D. Gwalior
Answer» E.
53.

By what name is the district known in the Mughal administration?

A. Diet
B. Government
C. Diocese
D. Dastur
Answer» C. Diocese
54.

Under whose direction the Persian translation of Mahabharata took place during the time of Akbar, is it?

A. Utbi
B. Fizzy
C. Naziri
D. Abul Fazl
Answer» B. Fizzy
55.

In which year did the Simon Commission arrive in India?

A. 1912
B. 1917
C. 1928
D. 1931
Answer» D. 1931
56.

Who built the famous Jama Masjid of Delhi?

A. Ibrahim Lodi
B. Shah Jahan
C. Noor Jahan
D. Jahangir
Answer» C. Noor Jahan
57.

Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of?

A. Humayun's
B. Babur's
C. Aurangzeb's
D. Shah Jahan
Answer» C. Aurangzeb's
58.

Under which emperor had the most Hindu generals in the Mughal army?

A. Aurangzeb
B. Sher Shah
C. Akbar
D. Shah Jahan
Answer» B. Sher Shah
59.

Who was the greatest painter of birds in Jahangir's court?

A. Mansoor
B. Khwaja Abdusamad
C. Basavan
D. none of these
Answer» B. Khwaja Abdusamad
60.

Who among the following wrote the historical account during the Mughal period?

A. Gulbadan Begum
B. Jahanara Begum
C. Noor Jahan Begum
D. none of these
Answer» B. Jahanara Begum
61.

Built the Red Fort of Delhi by?

A. Akbar
B. Shah Jahan
C. Jahangir
D. Noor Jahan
Answer» C. Jahangir
62.

Patna was made the provincial capital?

A. Ibrahim Lodi
B. Prince Azim
C. Sher Shah
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
63.

What was the root of the quarrel between the Shah of Iran and the Mughal rulers?

A. Kandahar
B. Kunduj
C. Ghazni
D. Kabul
Answer» B. Kunduj
64.

Dastan-e-Amir Hamza was painted by?

A. Mansoor Mir
B. Abul Hasan
C. Syed Ali
D. Abdus Samad
Answer» E.
65.

In the south under whose rule the Mughal Empire extended to the Tamil territory?

A. Aurangzeb
B. Shah Jahan
C. Akbar
D. Sher Shah
Answer» B. Shah Jahan
66.

By which treaty did Shivaji transfer the forts to the Mughals?

A. Pune
B. Purandar
C. Torna
D. Chittor
Answer» C. Torna
67.

Which Mughal emperor reintroduced a tax called Jaziya?

A. Aurangzeb
B. Sher Shah
C. Akbar
D. Shah Jahan
Answer» B. Sher Shah
68.

In which of the following cities did Shah Jahan build the Moti Masjid?

A. Agra
B. Amarkot
C. Jaipur
D. Delhi
Answer» B. Amarkot
69.

Who among the following Indian rulers was a contemporary of Akbar?

A. Ahilyabai
B. Martand Verma
C. Rani Durgavati
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
70.

Bibi Ka Maqbara is located in India?

A. Sikri
B. Bijapur
C. Hyderabad
D. Aurangabad
Answer» E.
71.

Which Mughal ruler ruled twice?

A. Humayun
B. Jahangir
C. Shah Jahan
D. none of these
Answer» B. Jahangir
72.

Where is Humayun's tomb?

A. Delhi
B. Kabul
C. Agra
D. none of these
Answer» B. Kabul
73.

Who defeated Humayun in the battle of Chausa?

A. Shivaji
B. Maharana Pratap
C. Sher Shah
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
74.

In whose time Malik Muhammad Jayasi composed 'Padmavat'?

A. Akbar
B. Shah Jahan
C. Aurangzeb
D. Sher Shah
Answer» E.
75.

Faizi lived in the court of which of the following?

A. Dara Shikoh
B. Bahadur Shah
C. Akbar
D. Humayun
Answer» D. Humayun
76.

When was the battle of Haldighati fought?

A. 1550
B. 1576
C. 1650
D. 1701
Answer» C. 1650
77.

Guru Arjun Dev was a contemporary of?

A. Babur
B. Shah Jahan
C. Akbar's
D. Jahangir's
Answer» E.
78.

Where was the coronation of Akbar?

A. Kalanaur
B. Sikri
C. Agra
D. none of these
Answer» B. Sikri
79.

Who started the tradition of building a garden with running water?

A. Babur
B. Shah Jahan
C. Jahangir
D. Akbar
Answer» B. Shah Jahan
80.

Who wrote Humayunnama?

A. Mumtaz Mahal
B. Roshanara Begum
C. Gulbadan Begum
D. Jahanara Begum
Answer» D. Jahanara Begum
81.

Who started the Mansabdari system in the Mughal administration system?

A. Jahangir
B. Akbar
C. Shah Jahan
D. none of these
Answer» C. Shah Jahan
82.

When did the first battle of Panipat take place?

A. 21 April 1529
B. 21 April 1526
C. 20 April 1527
D. 15 April 1528
Answer» C. 20 April 1527
83.

Which one of the following ports was called Babylon Mecca during the Mughal period?

A. Broach
B. Surat
C. Khambhat
D. Calicut
Answer» C. Khambhat
84.

Who built the tomb of Itimad-ud-Daula in Agra?

A. Noor Jahan
B. Akbar
C. Shah Jahan
D. Jahangir
Answer» B. Akbar
85.

Which Gupta king was also known as Vikramaditya?

A. Samudragupta
B. Kumaragupta
C. Chandragupta I
D. Chandragupta II
Answer» E.
86.

Queen Elizabeth I of England belongs to which dynasty

A. Stuart
B. York
C. Tudor
D. Normandy
Answer» D. Normandy
87.

The Hundred Years' War (from 1337 to 1453) was fought between

A. England and France
B. Germany and Russia
C. America and Argentina
D. England and Germany
Answer» B. Germany and Russia
88.

Who was the king during the French revolution

A. Napoleon
B. Louis XV
C. Louis XVI
D. Charles IX
Answer» D. Charles IX
89.

Who is known as the Artist of the world famous painting 'Mona Lisa'

A. Filippo Brunelleschi
B. Michelangelo
C. Vincent van Gogh
D. Leonardo da Vinci
Answer» E.
90.

In which year America got independence

A. 1760
B. 1776
C. 1780
D. 1782
Answer» C. 1780
91.

The Battle of Waterloo was fought in the year

A. 1800
B. 1805
C. 1807
D. 1815
Answer» E.
92.

On which island of France, Napoleon was born

A. Saint Helena
B. Corsica
C. Elba
D. Oleron
Answer» C. Elba
93.

The European renaissance started from which country

A. England
B. France
C. Italy
D. Greece
Answer» D. Greece
94.

In which year, Alexander the Great become the king of Macedonia

A. 336 BC
B. 323 BC
C. 350 BC
D. 200 BC
Answer» B. 323 BC
95.

Among the following was made a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council?

A. One representative from each continent
B. Five powers of the Allied armies in the Second World War
C. Five members elected by the General Assembly of the United Nations on the occasion of its initial formation
D. the funding members of the United Nations
Answer» D. the funding members of the United Nations
96.

A living Vastu is born . Who said this statement about the League of Nations?

A. Kennedy
B. Washington
C. Roosevelt
D. Wilson
Answer» E.
97.

During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the role of the Secretary General of the United Nations, whose role was commendable, was?

A. Javier Perez
B. Kurt Waldheim
C. You Thant
D. Dag Hammershold
Answer» D. Dag Hammershold
98.

Which was the first Indian to be appointed a judge in the International Court of Justice?

A. Mr. B. N. kirpal
B. Mr. R. s. Reader
C. Mr. B. N. Rao
D. Dr. Nagendra Singh
Answer» D. Dr. Nagendra Singh
99.

When was the World Security Organization formed?

A. 7 October 1948
B. 7 April 1947
C. 7 April 1946
D. 7 April 1948
Answer» E.
100.

How was the spirit of the League of Nations first struck?

A. Italy's invasion of Ethiopia
B. Renunciation of membership by Germany
C. Japanese invasion of Manchuria
D. none of the above
Answer» E.