Explore topic-wise MCQs in Medieval History.

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251.

Who was favoured by

A. Mirza Suleiman
B. Mirza Kamran
C. Mirza Askari
D. Mehdi Khwaja
Answer» E.
252.

Which of the following works shows

A. Tarikh -i - salatin-i- A fghana
B. Tarikh-i- Rashidi
C. Qanun-i-Humayuni
D. Tazkirat-ul-Waqiat
Answer» D. Tazkirat-ul-Waqiat
253.

Who was the infamous

A. Governor of Bengal
B. Qazi -i - Lashkar
C. Qazi-ul- Qazzat
D. Qazi of Bengal
Answer» B. Qazi -i - Lashkar
254.

What was the district called during the Mughal period ?

A. Iqta
B. Sarkar
C. Tarf
D. Subah
Answer» C. Tarf
255.

Who among the following emperors may be called an enlightened despot ?

A. Babur
B. Humayun
C. Akbar
D. Aurangzeb
Answer» D. Aurangzeb
256.

Upanishads

A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shahjahan
D. Aurangzeb
E. .
Answer» D. Aurangzeb
257.

Who among the following was appointed as a

A. Bernier
B. Coreri
C. Manuchi
D. Tavernier
Answer» D. Tavernier
258.

Who among the following shifted the capital of the empire from Agra to Delhi ?

A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shahjahan
D. Aurabgzeb
Answer» D. Aurabgzeb
259.

Thomas Roe

A. Agra
B. Ajmer
C. Delhi
D. Fatehpur Sikri
Answer» C. Delhi
260.

Who of the following was the emperor of India when

A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shahjahan
D. Humayun
Answer» B. Jahangir
261.

With which medieval ruler, would you associate the statement

A. Babur
B. Akbar
C. Sher Shah
D. Aurangzeb
Answer» D. Aurangzeb
262.

Mansabdari system

A. Persia
B. Arabia
C. Central Asia
D. India
Answer» D. India
263.

Who among the following Mughal kings had sent

A. Alamgir II
B. Shah Alam II
C. Akbar II
D. Bahadur Shah II
Answer» D. Bahadur Shah II
264.

Who among the following ladies was a poetess ?

A. Gulbadan Begum
B. Jahanara
C. Roshanara
D. Asmat Begum
Answer» C. Roshanara
265.

Which one of the following scholars was given the title of

A. Jauhar
B. Mirza Haidar Daughalat
C. Abdul Wahid
D. Khwandmir
Answer» E.
266.

Which among the following was also know as

A. Zabti
B. Dahsala
C. Nasaq
D. Kankut
Answer» C. Nasaq
267.

Who among the following Mughal ministers was the paymaster general as well ?

A. Diwan
B. Mir bikashi
C. Khan-i-Saman
D. Vakil
Answer» B. Mir bikashi
268.

One of the greatest painters of Akbar's court whom he employed as

A. Basawan
B. Keshav
C. Mukund
D. Daswant
Answer» E.
269.

A Mansabdar who was paid in case was called

A. Naqdi
B. Jagirdar
C. Amir
D. Mirza
Answer» B. Jagirdar
270.

Who among the following poets was given the title of

A. Ashki
B. Qudsi
C. Faizi
D. Farebi
Answer» C. Faizi
271.

Kalanaur

A. Akbar's birth place
B. Proclaimation of Akbar as the emperor
C. Marriage ceremony o Humayun
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Marriage ceremony o Humayun
272.

Jahandar Shah

A. Azam Shah
B. Bahadur Shah I
C. Farrukh Siyar
D. Muhammad Shah
Answer» C. Farrukh Siyar
273.

Which one of the following was not among the

A. Prohibition of Wine
B. Amnesty to Prisoners
C. Abolition of Tamgha and Mir Bahri
D. Confiscation of Madad -i Mash lands
Answer» E.
274.

Which o the following tombs is placed in the centre of a large garden and resembles as a

A. Akbar's tomb at Sikandara
B. Itmaduddaula's tomb at Agra
C. Shershah's tomb at Sasaram
D. Humayun's tomb at Delhi
Answer» E.
275.

Who among the following rulers gave court protection to Urdu ?

A. Shahjahan
B. Jahangir
C. Aurangzeb
D. Muhammad Shah
Answer» E.
276.

Which company was authorized by Jahangir to set up a factory in Surat ?

A. The English East India Company
B. The French East India Company
C. The United East India Company
D. The Protuguese East India Company
Answer» B. The French East India Company
277.

Who among the following painters committed suicide ?

A. Basawan
B. Lal
C. Daswant
D. Mahesh
Answer» D. Mahesh
278.

The offsprings of which Mughal emperor were born in a

A. Humayun
B. Akbar
C. Shahjahan
D. Aurangzeb
Answer» C. Shahjahan
279.

Historian

A. Hemu
B. Bairam Khan
C. Udai Singh
D. Vir Singh Deo Bundela
Answer» B. Bairam Khan
280.

Which among the following Hindu Painters was sent by

A. Basawan
B. Bishan Das
C. Dasrath
D. Manohar
Answer» C. Dasrath
281.

Which one of the following Mughal emperors is described in a Sanskrit text entitled.

A. Humayun
B. Akbar
C. Jahangir
D. Shahjahan
Answer» C. Jahangir
282.

Who among the following was the first English man to visit western India ?

A. Captain Hawkins
B. John Mildenhall
C. Ralph Fitch
D. Thomas Stephens
Answer» E.
283.

who among the following was the official historian of

A. Ishwardas Nagar
B. Bhimsen Kayastha
C. Khafi Khan
D. Mohammad Kazim
Answer» E.
284.

"Din-i-Ilahi'

A. A.L. Srivastava
B. R.P. Tripathi
C. V.A. Smith
D. S.R. Sharma
Answer» D. S.R. Sharma
285.

In the Mughal land revenue administration, we come across a term

A. Expected revenue
B. Actual revenue
C. Revenue arrears
D. Revenue from Khalsa lands
Answer» B. Actual revenue
286.

The officer called

A. Examination of expenditure of the Royal Karkhanas
B. Maintenance of revenue records
C. Administration of Justice
D. Supervision of Royal mints
Answer» B. Maintenance of revenue records
287.

Which one of the following tombs of the Mughal emperors does not have a middle dome ?

A. Akbar's tomb
B. Jahangir 's tomb
C. Shahjahan tomb
D. Aurangzeb's tomb
Answer» B. Jahangir 's tomb
288.

Which Mughal emperor abolished the old custom of

A. Akbar
B. Shahjahan
C. Aurangzeb
D. Bahadurshah
Answer» C. Aurangzeb
289.

The delhi Madarasa known as

A. Hamida Bano Begum
B. Gulbadan Begum
C. Maham Angah
D. Shah Bagum
Answer» D. Shah Bagum
290.

Mahzar of 1579

A. Sheikh Mubarak
B. Abdun Nabi
C. Abul Fazal
D. Faizi
Answer» B. Abdun Nabi
291.

Who among the following painters was appointed

A. Abdul Samad
B. Abul Hasan
C. Mir Syed Ali
D. Daswant
Answer» B. Abul Hasan
292.

How many total Subas did Akbar have in his Empire ?

A. Ten
B. Eighteen
C. Sixteen
D. Fifteen
Answer» E.
293.

Among the following, which Mughal emperor introduced the policy of

A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Humayun
D. Aurangzeb
Answer» B. Jahangir
294.

Which among the following became an integral part of

A. Golkunda
B. Ahmednagar
C. Bijapur
D. None of these
Answer» C. Bijapur
295.

Which one of the following contemporary sources depicts

A. Tarikh -i- Rashidi
B. Tuzuk -i- Babri
C. Humayun Namah
D. Qanun-i- Humayuni
Answer» E.
296.

On whose silver coins,

A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Humayun
D. Shahjahan
Answer» C. Humayun
297.

As a Subedar of Deccan,for his second term,whose assistance did Aurangzeb take in implementing

A. Murshid Quli Khan
B. Shahnawaz Khan
C. Malik Amber
D. Asad Khan
Answer» B. Shahnawaz Khan
298.

Who among the following has written that Babur died o poisoning ?

A. Abdul Fazal
B. Nizamuddin Ahmad
C. Gulbadan Begum
D. Abbas Khan Sarwani
Answer» D. Abbas Khan Sarwani
299.

Which one of the following Mughal Generals was not sent by

A. Aurangzeb
B. Dara Shikoh
C. Mahabat Khan
D. Abdullah Khan
Answer» C. Mahabat Khan
300.

Who among the following emperors had the highest number of

A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shahjahan
D. Aurangzeb
Answer» E.