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Mughal period - Test Set 4

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Mains 2017
    The type of painting which made remarkable progress during the reign of Jahangir was:
    1. Fresco painting
    2. Battle scenes
    3. Portrait painting
    4. iniature painting
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  2. Question 2

    WBCS Mains 2017
    Which Mughal is credited with prohibiting 'Sati' unless the widow herself, on her own free will, persistently desired it?
    1. Babur
    2. Humayun
    3. Akbar
    4. Aurangzeb
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  3. Question 3

    Which Mughal ruler took the title of ‘Alamgir’?
    1. Akbar
    2. Jahangir
    3. Shah Jahan
    4. Aurangzeb
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  4. Question 4

    badatkhana was founded by –
    1. Akbar
    2. Jahangir
    3. Shah Jahan
    4. Aurangzeb
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  5. Question 5

    Who was a famous artist in Akbar’s court?
    1. Basawan
    2. Bebadal Khan
    3. Ravi Varma
    4. Minhaj-us-Siraj
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  6. Question 6

    The Yusufzai revolt took place during the reign of –
    1. Shah Jahan
    2. Akbar
    3. Aurangzeb
    4. Jahangir
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  7. Question 7

    Who is known as the ‘Plato of the Jat tribe’?
    1. Rajaram
    2. Churaman
    3. Badan Singh
    4. Surajmal
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  8. Question 8

    Which of the following did not form part of the contingents maintained by the mansabdars?
    1. Cavalry men
    2. Artillery men
    3. Bow men
    4. Musketeers
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  9. Question 9

    Permission to the British to establish their trading centre at Surat was given by the Mughal Emperor
    1. Babur
    2. Humayun
    3. Akbar
    4. Jahangir
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  10. Question 10

    The Mughals imported fruits from
    1. Samarkand
    2. Arabia
    3. Kabul
    4. Portugal
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  11. Question 11

    Aurangzeb sent Mukarrab Khan against
    1. hahji Bhonsle
    2. Shivaji
    3. Sambhaji
    4. Shahu
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  12. Question 12

    The Mughal Prince who was well versed in Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit was
    1. Prince Akbar
    2. Prince Salim
    3. Prince Sulaiman Shukoh
    4. Prince Dara Shukoh
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  13. Question 13

    Which Mughal Emperor transferred the capital from Agra to Delhi?
    1. Jahangir
    2. Shah Jahan
    3. Aurangzeb
    4. Bahadur Shah
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  14. Question 14

    Who constructed the 'Grand Trunk Road'?
    1. Akbar
    2. Ashoka
    3. Samudra Gupta
    4. Sher Shah Suri
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  15. Question 15

    WBCS Mains 2020
    Two major crops introduced in India during the Mughal period were Options:
    1. Millet and Groundnut
    2. Tobacco and Maize
    3. Indigo and Maize
    4. Potato and Mustard
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  16. Question 16

    WBCS Mains 2020
    The Persian ruler who besieged Qandahar in Jahangir's reign was
    1. Shah Muhammad
    2. Shah Raza
    3. Shah Parvez
    4. Shah Abbas
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  17. Question 17

    WBCS Mains 2020
    Who is the only women historian to write a historical account of the Mughal period?
    1. Gulbadan Begum
    2. Noorjahan
    3. Jahanara Begum
    4. Zebun-nissa Begum
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  18. Question 18

    WBCS Mains, 2018
    Which Mughal emperor’s policy of religious tolerance included abolishing the jizya tax in 1564?
    1. Humayun
    2. Akbar
    3. Jahangir
    4. Shah Jahan
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS Mains, 2016
    Who among the Mughal emperors introduced a policy of appointing Rajputs to high administrative posts?
    1. Babur
    2. Akbar
    3. Aurangzeb
    4. Bahadur Shah I
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  20. Question 20

    Which Mughal emperor’s reign saw the compilation of Fatwa-i-Alamgiri, a legal code?
    1. Shah Jahan
    2. Jahangir
    3. Muhammad Shah
    4. Aurangzeb
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