WBCS Mains Mughal Empire Questions 2023
Q. ‘Akbarnama’ was composed by
(A) Mughal Emperor Akbar.
(B) Abul Fazal.
(C) Faizi.
(D) Bairam Khan.
Correct Answer: (B) Abul Fazal.
Q. First battle of Panipat took place in
(A) 1526
(B) 1528
(C) 1616
(D) 1626
Correct Answer: (A) 1526
Q. Ibadatkhana was founded by
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer: (A) Akbar
Q. Jizya was reimposed by
(A) Aurangzeb
(B) Shah Jahan
(C) Jahangir
(D) Bahadur Shah
Correct Answer: (A) Aurangzeb
Q. Nadir Shah invaded India in
(A) 1708
(B) 1688
(C) 1739
(D) 1750
Correct Answer: (C) 1739
Q. The Yusufzai revolt took place during the reign of
(A) Shahjahan
(B) Akbar
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Jahangir
Correct Answer: (B) Akbar
Q. Third battle of Panipat took place in
(A) 1761
(B) 1740
(C) 1770
(D) 1707
Correct Answer: (A) 1761
Q. Treaty of Purandar (1665) was concluded between
(A) Sivaji and Jay Singh.
(B) Tipu Sultan and English East India Company.
(C) English East India Company and Ranjit Singh.
(D) English East India Company and the Marathas.
Correct Answer: (A) Sivaji and Jay Singh.
Q. Which Mughal ruler took the title of Alamgir?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer: (D) Aurangzeb
Q. Who came to Jahangir’s Court?
(A) Sir Thomas Roe
(B) Ibn Battuta
(C) Nuniz
(D) Domingo Paes
Correct Answer: (A) Sir Thomas Roe
Q. Who introduced ‘Kabuliyat’ and ‘Patta’?
(A) Shivaji
(B) Ashoka
(C) Sher Shah
(D) Akbar
Correct Answer: (C) Sher Shah
Q. Who reformed the revenue system during the rule of Akbar?
(A) Raja Maan Singh
(B) Birbal
(C) Todarmal
(D) Jai Singh
Correct Answer: (C) Todarmal
Q. Who was a famous artist of Akbar’s Court?
(A) Basawan
(B) Bebadal Khan
(C) Ravi Barma
(D) Minhaj us-Siraj
Correct Answer: (A) Basawan
Q. Who was the author of the book ‘Muntakhab-ul-Tawarikh’?
(A) Nizam-ud-din
(B) Amir Khusrau
(C) Faizi
(D) Badauni
Correct Answer: (D) Badauni
WBCS Mains Mughal Empire Questions 2022
Q. Abdul Hamid Lahori was the author of
(A) Padshahnama
(B) Razm Namah
(C) Iqbal Namah
(D) Tabaqat
Correct Answer: (A) Padshahnama
Q. Abul Fazl was the court poet of
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Jahangir
Correct Answer: (B) Akbar
Q. Akbar defeated Hemu in the Second Battle of Panipat
(A) First Battle of Panipat
(B) Third Battle of Panipat
(C) Second Battle of Panipat
(D) Battle of Haldighati
Correct Answer: (C) Second Battle of Panipat
Q. Akbar defeated Hemu in the
(A) First Battle of Panipat
(B) Third Battle of Panipat
(C) Second Battle of Panipat
(D) Battle of Haldighati
Correct Answer: (C) Second Battle of Panipat
Q. Akbar was born at
(A) Pathankot
(B) Sialkot
(C) Amarkot
(D) Nagarkot
Correct Answer: (C) Amarkot
Q. Akbar was born at
(A) Pathankot
(B) Sialkot
(C) Amarkot
(D) Nagarkot
Correct Answer: (C) Amarkot
Q. Shah Jahan had built the Taj Mahal in memory of
(A) Arjumand Bano Begum
(B) Anarkali
(C) Jahanara
(D) Rowshanara
Correct Answer: (A) Arjumand Bano Begum
Q. The First Battle of Panipat took place in
(A) 1520
(B) 1530
(C) 1525
(D) 1526
Correct Answer: (D) 1526
Q. The Sadak-i-Azam was constructed by
(A) Akbar
(B) Bahadur Shah
(C) Babur
(D) Sher Shah
Correct Answer: (D) Sher Shah
Q. The autobiography of Babur was known as
(A) Chach Namah
(B) Firdaus Namah
(C) Babur Namah
(D) Shah Namah
Correct Answer: (C) Babur Namah
Q. The land revenue system under Akbar was systematized by
(A) Raja Beharimal
(B) Raja Todarmal
(C) Raja Chunnumal
(D) Birbal
Correct Answer: (B) Raja Todarmal
Q. The original name of Nurjahan was
(A) Luftunnissa
(B) Khairunnisa
(C) Meherunnisa
(D) Raziya
Correct Answer: (C) Meherunnisa
Q. Who was afflicted by the “Deccan Ulcer”?
(A) Akbar
(B) Babur
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (C) Aurangzeb
WBCS Mains Mughal Empire Questions 2021
Q. What occasioned the break between the Mughals and the Rajputs?
(A) Increasing importance of the Marathas in Mughal state.
(B) Succession crisis in Marwar after the death of Jaswant Singh.
(C) Aurangzeb’s favouritism towards Muslims in Mughal service.
(D) Aurangzeb’s demolition of Hindu temples.
Correct Answer: (B) Succession crisis in Marwar after the death of Jaswant Singh.
WBCS Mains Mughal Empire Questions 2020
Q. Jizya was abolished by the Mughal ruler
(A) Babur
(B) Humayun
(C) Akbar
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer: (C) Akbar
Q. Permission to the British to establish their trading centre at Surat was given by the Mughal Emperor
(A) Babur
(B) Humayun
(C) Akbar
(D) Jahangir
Correct Answer: (D) Jahangir
Q. The Mughal Prince who was well versed in Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit was
(A) Prince Akbar
(B) Prince Salim
(C) Prince Sulaiman Shukoh
(D) Prince Dara Shikoh
Correct Answer: (D) Prince Dara Shikoh
Q. The Mughals imported fruits from
(A) Samarkand
(B) Arabia
(C) Kabul
(D) Portugal
Correct Answer: (C) Kabul
Q. The Persian ruler who besieged Qandahar in Jahangir’s reign was
(A) Shah Muhammad
(B) Shah Parvez
(C) Shah Abbas
(D) Shah Raza
Correct Answer: (C) Shah Abbas
Q. Two major crops introduced in India during the Mughal period were
(A) Millet and Groundnut
(B) Potato and Mustard
(C) Tobacco and Maize
(D) Indigo and Maize
Correct Answer: (C) Tobacco and Maize
Q. Which Mughal Emperor transferred the capital from Agra to Delhi?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Shah Jahan
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Bahadur Shah
Correct Answer: (B) Shah Jahan
Q. Which Mughal Emperor was a patron of Hindustani music and was popularly known as Rangila?
(A) Bahadur Shah I
(B) Bahadur Shah II
(C) Muhammad Shah
(D) Ahmed Shah
Correct Answer: (C) Muhammad Shah
Q. Which of the following facts about the Taj Mahal is incorrect?
(A) It is a magnificent Mausoleum
(B) It was built by Shah Jahan
(C) It is situated outside the Agra Fort
(D) The names of artisans who built are engraved on it
Correct Answer: (D) The names of artisans who built are engraved on it
Q. Who constructed the ‘Grand Trunk Road’?
(A) Akbar
(B) Sher Shah Suri
(C) Ashoka
(D) Samudra Gupta
Correct Answer: (B) Sher Shah Suri
Q. Who is the only woman historian to write a historical account of the Mughal period?
(A) Gulbadan Begum
(B) Noorjahan
(C) Jahanara Begum
(D) Zebun-nissa Begum
Correct Answer: (A) Gulbadan Begum
Q. Who of the following became a member of the Din-i-Ilahi?
(A) Todar Mal
(B) Raja Birbal
(C) Raja Man Singh
(D) Tansen
Correct Answer: (B) Raja Birbal
WBCS Mains Mughal Empire Questions 2019
Q. Which of the following did not form part of the contingents maintained by the mansabdars?
(A) Cavalrymen
(B) Artillerymen
(C) Bowmen
(D) Musketeers
Correct Answer: (B) Artillerymen
WBCS Mains Mughal Empire Questions 2017
Q. During the reign of which Mughal was tobacco introduced in India?
(A) Aurangzeb
(B) Jahangir
(C) Akbar
(D) Shahjahan
Correct Answer: (B) Jahangir
Q. How many Mughal provinces were there under Akbar and Aurangzeb respectively?
(A) 15 and 21
(B) 17 and 19
(C) 14 and 20
(D) 16 and 19
Correct Answer: (A) 15 and 21
Q. The royal ritual of ‘Jharokha Darshan’ was introduced by the Mughal emperor
(A) Akbar
(B) Shajahan
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Bahadur Shah
Correct Answer: (A) Akbar
Q. The type of painting which made remarkable progress during the reign of Jahangir was
(A) Fresco painting
(B) Battle scenes
(C) Portrait painting
(D) Miniature painting
Correct Answer: (C) Portrait painting
Q. Which Mughal building is said to possess the unique feature of being exactly equal in length and breadth?
(A) Red fort
(B) Agra fort
(C) Taj Mahal
(D) Buland Darwaja
Correct Answer: (C) Taj Mahal
Q. Which Mughal emperor for the first time divided the empire into provinces?
(A) Babur
(B) Humayun
(C) Jahangir
(D) Akbar
Correct Answer: (D) Akbar
Q. Which Mughal is credited with prohibiting ‘Sati’ unless the widow herself, on her own free will, persistently desired it?
(A) Babur
(B) Humayun
(C) Akbar
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer: (C) Akbar
WBCS Mains Mughal Empire Questions 2016
Q. A new technique of painting, known as Siyahi qalam, became fashionable during the reign of
(A) Akbar
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shahjahan
Correct Answer: (D) Shahjahan
Q. During the reign of which Mughal was tobacco introduced in India?
(A) Akbar
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shahjahan
Correct Answer: (C) Jahangir
Q. The only type of Jagir which could not be transferred was the
(A) Khidmati jagir
(B) Watan Jagir
(C) Milkiyat Jagir
(D) Tan Jagir
Correct Answer: (B) Watan Jagir
Q. Which Mughal is credited with prohibiting Sati unless the widow herself, of her own free will, persistently desired it?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Humayan
(D) Jahangir
Correct Answer: (B) Akbar
Q. Which revenue system among the following is also known as the ‘bandobast’ system?
(A) Zabti
(B) Dahsala
(C) Nasaq
(D) Kankut
Correct Answer: (B) Dahsala
Q. Who among the following Mughal rulers were half Rajput (born of a Rajput mother)?
(A) Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb
(B) Akbar and Jahangir
(C) Jahangir and Shahjahan
(D) Jahangir and Humayan
Correct Answer: (C) Jahangir and Shahjahan
Q. Who was the first Englishman to visit Jahangir’s court?
(A) William Edwards
(B) Red Dragon
(C) Thomas Roe
(D) Hawkins
Correct Answer: (D) Hawkins
WBCS Mains Mughal Empire Questions 2015
Q. During the reign of which great Mughal was tobacco introduced in India?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Akbar
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer: (A) Jahangir
Q. The only type of Jagir which could not be transferred was –
(A) Khidmati Jagir
(B) Watan Jagir
(C) Milkiyat Jagir
(D) Tan Jagir
Correct Answer: (B) Watan Jagir
Q. The subject matter of Hamzahnamah is
(A) Architecture
(B) Painting
(C) Music
(D) Philosophy
Correct Answer: (B) Painting
Q. When and by whom were the Portugese driven out of Hugli in Bengal?
(A) 1625-Shaista Khan
(B) 1631-Qasim Khan
(C) 1650-Prince Murad
(D) 1666-Prince Shuja
Correct Answer: (B) 1631-Qasim Khan
Q. Which of the following manuscripts, containing miniature paintings, reveals a sense of realism and authenticity witnessed or experienced by the painters themselves
(A) Timur Namah
(B) Akbar Namah
(C) Jamiut-Tawarikh
(D) Tariqi-Alfi
Correct Answer: (B) Akbar Namah
Q. Which of the following mosques of the Mughals is also known as the ‘pearl-mosque’?
(A) Jamia Masjid at Delhi
(B) Jamia Masjid at Fatehpuri
(C) Moti Masjid at Agra
(D) Aurangzebs personal mosque in the Red Fort.
Correct Answer: (C) Moti Masjid at Agra
Q. Which one of the following Mughal emperors is credited with the composition of many Hindi Songs?
(A) Humayun
(B) Babur
(C) Akbar
(D) Jahangir
Correct Answer: (C) Akbar
Q. Who among the following Englishmen was given the title ‘Khan’ by Jahangir?
(A) Thomas Roe
(B) Ralph Fitch
(C) Hawkins
(D) Newbery
Correct Answer: (C) Hawkins
Q. Who among the following Mughal Minister was the ‘paymaster-general’ as well?
(A) Diwan
(B) Mir Bakshi
(C) Khan-i-Saman
(D) Vakil
Correct Answer: (B) Mir Bakshi
Q. Who among the following Rajputs were the first to voluntarily submit to Akbar?
(A) Hadas
(B) Sisodias
(C) Rathors
(D) Kachchhawahas
Correct Answer: (D) Kachchhawahas
Q. Who among the following nobles of Akbar was killed by the Afgan rebels in one of the Mughal campaigns to suppress them?
(A) Man Singh
(B) Todar Mal
(C) Birbal
(D) Bhagwan Das
Correct Answer: (C) Birbal
WBCS Mains Mughal Empire Questions 2014
Q. Which General of Aurangzeb conquered Ahom kingdom in the East India?
(A) Jai Singh
(B) Josowant Singh
(C) Sayesta Khan
(D) Mir Zumla
Correct Answer: (D) Mir Zumla
Q. Who translated Atharvaveda into Persian during the Mughal period?
(A) Abdul Hamid Lahori
(B) Haji Ibrahim Sarhindi
(C) Khafi Khan
(D) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
Correct Answer: (B) Haji Ibrahim Sarhindi
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