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Mughal period - Test Set 5

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Mains, 2017
    Who was the Mughal emperor when the Portuguese were granted trading rights in Hooghly?
    1. Akbar
    2. Shah Jahan
    3. Jahangir
    4. Humayun
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  2. Question 2

    Which Mughal emperor’s succession war involved the Battle of Jajau in 1707?
    1. Bahadur Shah I
    2. Farrukhsiyar
    3. Muhammad Shah
    4. Shah Alam II
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  3. Question 3

    Which Mughal emperor’s patronage led to the development of the Dhrupad musical style?
    1. Jahangir
    2. Shah Jahan
    3. Akbar
    4. Humayun
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  4. Question 4

    WBCS Pre 2008
    Who was defeated at Kannauj by Sher Shah in 1540?
    1. Babur
    2. Akbar
    3. Humayun
    4. Jahangir
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  5. Question 5

    NDA 2007
    Between whom was the Battle of Chausa fought?
    1. Bahadur Shah of Gujarat and Humayun
    2. Humayun and Sher Khan
    3. Akbar and Rana Pratap
    4. Jahangir and Rana Amar Singh
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  6. Question 6

    CDS 2009
    Who among the following issued the coin ‘rupee’ for the first time?
    1. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    2. Alauddin Khilji
    3. Sher Shah Suri
    4. Akbar
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Pre 2008
    Kabuliyat and Patta were introduced by:​
    1. Sher Shah
    2. Shivaji
    3. Jahangir
    4. Aurangzeb
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  8. Question 8

    IAS (Pre) 1993
    Which one of the following monuments was constructed by Sher Shah?
    1. Qila-i-Kuhna at Delhi
    2. Atala Masjid at Jaunpur
    3. Bara Sona Masjid at Gaur
    4. Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque at Delhi
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  9. Question 9

    UP Lower 2009
    Building of ‘Purana Qila’ in Delhi was constructed by:​
    1. Firuz Shah Tughlaq
    2. Ibrahim Lodi
    3. Sher Shah
    4. Babur
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  10. Question 10

    CGPSC 2018
    Which medieval ruler ordered the construction of the royal road from East Bengal to Peshawar, also called Sadak-e-Azam?
    1. Akbar
    2. Jahangir
    3. Islam Shah
    4. Sher Shah
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  11. Question 11

    WBCS Mains 2015
    Which one of the following Mughal emperors is credited with the composition of many Hindi songs?
    1. Humayun
    2. Babur
    3. Akbar
    4. Jahangir
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  12. Question 12

    WBCS Mains 2015
    The subject matter of Hamzanamah is:
    1. Architecture
    2. Painting
    3. Music
    4. Philosophy
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  13. Question 13

    WBCS Mains 2015
    The only type of Jagir which could not be transferred was –
    1. Khidmati Jagir
    2. Watan Jagir
    3. MiIkiyat Jagir
    4. Tan Jagir
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  14. Question 14

    WBCS Mains 2015
    During the reign of which great Mughal was tobacco introduced in India?
    1. Jahangir
    2. Akbar
    3. Shahjahan
    4. Aurangzeb
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  15. Question 15

    WBCS Mains 2015
    Which of the following mosques of the Mughal is known as the 'pearl-mosque'?
    1. Jamia Masjid at Delhi
    2. Jamia Masjid at fetehpuri
    3. Moti masjid at Agra
    4. Aurangzebs personal mosque in Red Fort
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  16. Question 16

    WBCS Mains 2015
    Which among the following Mughal Minister was the 'paymaster-general' as well?
    1. Diwan
    2. Mir Bakshi
    3. Khan-i-Saman
    4. Vakil
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  17. Question 17

    WBCS Mains 2015
    Who among the following nobels of Akbar was killed by the Afgan rebels in one of the Mughal campaigns to suppress them?
    1. Man Singh
    2. Todarmal
    3. Birbal
    4. Bhawan Das
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  18. Question 18

    WBCS Mains 2015
    Who among the following Rajputs were the first to voluntarily submit to Akbar?
    1. Hedas
    2. Sisodias
    3. Rathors
    4. Kachchhawahas
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS Mains 2015
    Who among the following Englishman was given the title 'Khan' by Jahangir?
    1. Thomas Roe
    2. Ralph Fitch
    3. Hawkins
    4. Newbery
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  20. Question 20

    WBCS Mains 2015
    'Every pearl in the royal crown is but the crystallized drops of blood fallen from the tearful eyes of the poor peasant'. Who made this statement?
    1. Amir Khusrau
    2. Barani
    3. Ibn-Batutah
    4. Al-Beruni
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