Question 1.
Mughals were the descendants (Fatheeside) of
(a) Genghis Khan
(b) Timur
(c) Ibn Battuta
(d) Safavids

Answer

Answer: (a) Timur

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Question 2.
The successor of Babur was _________
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Shahjehan
(d) Jehangir

Answer

Answer: (a) Humayun

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Question 3.
________ is considered the greatest Mughal Emperor.
(a) Shahjehan
(b) Akbar
(c) Jehangir
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer

Answer: (b) Akbar

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Question 4.
Mother tongue of the Mughals was _______
(a) Persian
(b) Arabian
(c) Turkish
(d) Urdu

Answer

Answer: (c) Turkish

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Question 5.
Who made Persian as the Court language of the Mughal Court?
(a) Akbar
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Babur
(d) Shahjehan

Answer

Answer: (a) Akbar

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Question 6.
Asiatic society of Bengal was established in
(a) 1762
(b) 1784
(c) 1786
(d) 1802

Answer

Answer: (b) 1784

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Question 7.
Which of these cities was not the capital of the Mughal Court?
(a) Delhi
(b) Agra
(c) Lahore
(d) Calcutta

Answer

Answer: (d) Calcutta

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Question 8.
Who was requested by Akbar to write the history of earlier times under Babar and Humayun?
(а) Gulbadan Begum
(b) Abul Fazl
(c) Abdus Samad Lahori
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Gulbadan Begum

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Question 9.
_________ was a scriptorium where the emperor’s collection of manuscripts was preserved.
(a) Library
(b) Kitabkhana
(c) Karkhana
(d) Fort

Answer

Answer: (b) Kitabkhana

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Question 10.
Urdu is the mixture of which of the following languages?
(а) Hindi and Bengali
(b) Persian and Bengali
(c) Hindi and Persian
(d) Hindi and Tamil

Answer

Answer: (c) Hindi and Persian

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Question 11.
Which of the following statement is/are correct?
(1) Jahanara was the daughter of Shah Jahan.
(2) Abul Fazl was the Prime Minister of Akbar.
(3) Badshahnama was written by Shah Jahan.
(4) Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of Babur.
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4

Answer

Answer: (b) 1, 2 and 4

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Question 12.
Which Mughal emperor made Persian the court language?
(a) Jahangir
(b) Akbar
(c) Humayun
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer

Answer: (b) Akbar

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