

MCQOPTIONS
This section includes 201 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Basic GK knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
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. | |