Indian History MCQ Set-21

Mughal Empire MCQ for SSC, UPSC , NDA, State PSC, Railway recruitment examinations, Police recruitment examinations and related government job recruitments examinations by the state governments and the union government of India.

Q.1 Humayun has ran away from India after the defeat of which of the following battle?

A. Khawja

B. Panipat

C. Kannauj

D. Chausa

Answer: C. Kannauj

Note: Humayun has Sher Shah Suri has fought at the Battle of Chausa in 1539 and Humayun was defeated. Later, in the Battle of Kannauj in 1540, Humayun was defeated again by Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was left with no army and then Human flew away from India.

Q.2 Which of the following Mughal Emperor shifted the Mughal capital from Agra to Delhi?

A. Akbar

B. Humayun

C. Shah Jahan

D. Aurangzeb

Answer: C. Shah Jahan

Note: Due to growing the population in Agra, Shah Jahan transferred his capital from Agra to Delhi in 1648, creating the new city of Shahjahanabad there and Shahjahanabad is currently known as the Old Delhi.

Q.3 Who among the following was the first to use artillery in warfare in the Medieval India?

A. Babur

B. Akbar

C. Jahangir

D. Sher Shah Suri

Answer: A. Babur

Note: Babur used artillery gun powder in the first battle of Panipat and this is the first evidence of use of artillery in the medieval India.

Q.4 Which among the following Mughal Emperor was a close friend of Tulsidas, the author of “Ram Charit Manas”?

A. Babur

B. Akbar

C. Humayun

D. Aurangzeb

Answer: B. Akbar

Q.5 Who among the following Mughal Emperor was an illiterate?

A. Babur

B. Humayun

C. Akbar

D. Shah Jahan

Answer: C. Akbar

Note: Mughal Emperor Akbar didn’t know how to read and write.

Q.6 During the rule of Mughals, the head of the military was called as:

A. Mir Bakshi

B. Diwan

C. Sadr

D. Sipahsalar

Answer: A. Mir Bakshi

Q.7 Todar Mal, one of the nine jewels of the Akbar’s court had expertise in which of the following domain?

A. Singing

B. Land Revenue

C. Witty Advisory

D. None of these

Answer: B. Land Revenue

Note: Raja Todar Mal was the Finance Minister  or Mushriff-i-Diwan of the Mughal empire during Emperor Akbar’s reign.

Q.8 Which of the following Mughal Emperor discouraged the Sati System of Hinduism?

A. Akbar

B. Babur

C. Humayun

D. Aurangzeb

Answer: A. Akbar

Note: Mughal Emperor Akbar outlawed the practice of Sati. He banned on slavery in 1562 and abolished the piligrimage tax in 1563 and Jizya in 1564.

Q.9 Who among the following was the biographer of Akbar?

A. Birbal

B. Todar Mal

C. Abul Fazl

D. Tulsidas

Answer: C. Abul Fazl

Note: Abu’l Fazl ibn Mubarak, the court poet of Akbar written the Akbar’s biography Ain-i-Akbari.

Q.10 Tansen, one of the Navaratna of the Akbar’s court was a:

A. Military advisor

B. Singer

C. Scientist

D. Poet

Answer: B. Singer

Note: Tan Sen or Ramtanu Pandey, was a prominent figure of Hindustani classical music and he was one of the nine jewels of the court of Akbar.

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