Indian Art & Culture MCQ Set-14

Mughal Empire Art MCQ for competitive examinations in India such as UPSC, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, NDA, State PSC, Police recruitment and various government job recruitment examination by the Government of India, PSUs and the state Governments in India.

Q.1 Who among the following women wrote an historical account during the Mughal period?

A. Jahanara Begum

B. Gulbadan Begum

C. Noorjahan Begum

D. None of these

Answer: B. Gulbadan Begum

Note: Gulbadan Begum was a daughter of emperor Babur. She is best known as the author of Humayun-Nama, the account of the life of her half-brother, Emperor Humayun.

Q.2 Who among the following built the famous Shalimar Bagh of Srinagar?

A. Babur

B. Akbar

C. Jahangir

D. Aurangzeb

Answer: Jahangir

Note: Shalimar Bagh of Srinagar was built by Mughal Emperor Jahangir to please his queen Nur Jahan called it ‘Farah Baksh’ (‘the delightful’).

Q.3 Mughal Painting reached its zenith during the regime of which emperor?

A. Akbar

B. Shah Jahan

C. Jahangir

D. Babur

Answer: C. Jahangir

Q.4 Baburnama was written in which of the following language?

A. Urdu

B. Persi

C. Chagatai Turkic

D. None of these

Answer: C. Chagatai Turkic

Q.5 Akbarnama was written by who among the following?

A. Birbal

B. Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak

C. Gulbadan Begum

D. None of these

Answer: B. Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak

Note: Akbarnama was written originally in the Persian language by one of his nine jewels Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak.

Q.6 Who among the following built the Amer Fort, one of the finest example of the Mughal Architecture?

A. Raja Man Singh

B. Akbar

C. Aurangzeb

D. Jahangir

Answer: A. Raja Man Singh

Note: Amer Fort of Amer, Rajasthan was constructed during the period of Raja Man Singh of Kachwaha. Later it was expanded by his successor Jai Singh I.

Q.7 Padshahnama or Badshah Nama, a group of works written as the official history of which of the following Mughal Emperor?

A. Akbar

B. Babur

C. Jahangir

D. Shah Jahan

Answer: D. Shah Jahan

Note: The most significant part of the Badshah Nama was written by Abdul Hamid Lahori, the pupil of Akbar’s biographer Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak.

Q.8 Razmnana, the Persian translation of the Hindu epic Mahabharata was done during the period of which Mughal Emperor?

A. Babur

B. Jahangir

C. Akbar

D. Shah Jahan

Answer: C. Akbar

Note: Akbar started an Maktab Khana or a house of translation works in his new capital of Fatehpur Sikri and the Razmnāma (Book of War) is a Persian translation of the Hindu epic poem Mahabharata, commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar.

Q.9 Tutinama, a collection of miniature painting commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar is a tales of which of the following?

A. Parrot

B. Elephant

C. Horse

D. Dog

Answer: A. Parrot

Q.10 Which of the following was influenced by the Mughal Style of architecture?

A. Golden Temple

B. Qutub Minar

C. Somnath Temple

D. None of these

Answer: A. Golden Temple

Note: Harmandir of the Sikhs called the Golden Temple at Amritsar was built on the arch and dome principle and incorporated many features of the Mughal traditions of Architecture.

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