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AP State Syllabus 7th Class Social Bits 14th Lesson Mughal Empire with Answers
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Question 1.
Originally Mughals belonged to these countries in central Asia.
A) Iran
B) Arabia
C) Egypt
D) Mongolia and Uzbekistan
Answer:
D) Mongolia and Uzbekistan
Question 2.
The first Mughal emperor was
A) Akbar
B) Humayun
C) Babur
D) Jahangir
Answer:
C) Babur
Question 3.
When did Babur become the ruler of Delhi?
A) 1504 A.D.
B) 1523 A.D.
C) 1526 A.D.
D) 1530 A.D.
Answer:
C) 1526 A.D.
Question 4.
Who was the Sultan of Delhi, when Babur captured it?
A) Secunder Lodi
B) Ibrahim Lodi
C) Dahir
D) Daulat Khan Lodi
Answer:
B) Ibrahim Lodi
Question 5.
Who established the Mughal empire in Delhi?
A) Jahangir
B) Sher Shah
C) Babur
D) Akbar
Answer:
C) Babur
Question 6.
Which Mughal emperor introduced guns and cannons to the Indian war fare?
A) Babur
B) Akbar
C) Jahangir
D) Aurangazeb
Answer:
A) Babur
Question 7.
Which of the following was not a Mughal ruler?
A) Babur
B) Humayun
C) Sher Shah
D) Aurangazeb
Answer:
C) Sher Shah
Question 8.
When did Humayun recapture Delhi from Sher khan?
A) 1530 A.D
B) 1555 A.D
C) 1556 A.D
D) 1540 A D
Answer:
B) 1555 A.D
Question 9.
Who was the youngest to become a Mughal ruler?
A) Humayun
B) Akbar
C) Aurangazeb
D) ShahJahan
Answer:
B) Akbar
Question 10.
In whose reign the war of succession took place?
A) Shah Jahan’s
B) Jahangir’s
C) Akbar’s
D) Aurangazeb’s
Answer:
A) Shah Jahan’s
Question 11.
Which Mughal emperor was imprisoned for the rest of his life?
A) Aurangazeb
B) Jahangir
C) Shah Jahan
D) Humayun
Answer:
C) Shah Jahan
Question 12.
Who established the Maratha kingdom?
A) Shivaji
B) Balaji Viswanath
C) Sambhaji
D) Baji Rao
Answer:
A) Shivaji
Question 13.
Shivaji was the contemporary of
A) Akbar
B) Shah Jahan
C) Aurangazeb
D) Babur
Answer:
C) Aurangazeb
Question 14.
“As the Mughals became powerful many other rulers joined them voluntarily” – Who was the best example for this?
A) Sikhs
B) Marathas
C) Rajputs
D) Bahmani Sultans
Answer:
C) Rajputs
Question 15.
Which Mughal officials were given the tasks of guarding the palace, governing a province, conquering a new kingdom?
A) Jagirdars
B) Mansabdars
C) Zamindars
D) Chieftains
Answer:
B) Mansabdars
Question 16.
Mansabdars should maintain a specified number of
A) Cavalry
B) Elephantry
C) Infantry
D) Cannon operators
Answer:
A) Cavalry
Question 17.
In whose reign were jagirs carefully assessed?
A) Sher Shah’s
B) Akbar’s
C) Shah Jahan’s
D) Jahangir’s
Answer:
B) Akbar’s
Question 18.
Officers of revenue assignments – nayankaras in the Vijayanagara kingdom were called
A) Mansabdars
B) Jagirdars
C) Nayakas
D) Amirs
Answer:
C) Nayakas
Question 19.
Todar Mai was the revenue minister of
A) Sher Shah
B) Akbar
C) Shah Jahan
D) Aurangazeb
Answer:
B) Akbar
Question 20.
‘Zabt’ means:
A) confiscation of property of a farmer who could not pay his taxes
B) maintenance of cavalry by mansabdars
C) the revenue system of Mughals
D) the religious tradition of Muslims
Answer:
C) the revenue system of Mughals
Question 21.
‘Jagirdars’ in Mughal administration were
A) Policemen
B) Revenue officials
C) Military officers
D) Village headmen
Answer:
B) Revenue officials
Question 22.
Who wrote the book ‘Akbar Nama’?
A) Akbar
B) Abul Fazl
C) Amir Khiisro
D) Jahangir
Answer:
B) Abul Fazl
Question 23.
Which Mughal ruler started the discussions on religion with the scholars of all religions?
A) Aurangazeb
B) Akbar
C) Shah Jahan
D) Humayun
Answer:
B) Akbar
Question 24.
‘Sulh-i-kul’ means:
A) honesty
B) Justice
C) Truthfulness
D) Universal peace
Answer:
D) Universal peace
Question 25.
Which Mughal emperor first got the idea of Sulh-i-kul?
A) Akbar
B) Humayun
C) Aurangazeb
D) Shah Jahan
Answer:
A) Akbar
Question 26.
Which of the Mughal rulers deviated from the policy of ‘Sulh-i-kul’?
A) Akbar
B) Shah Jahan
C) Aurangazeb
D) Jahangir
Answer:
C) Aurangazeb
Question 27.
Which Mughal emperor framed the vi¬sion of governance?
A) Akbar
B) Jahangir
C) Shah Jahan
D) Aurangazeb
Answer:
A) Akbar
Question 28.
Which Mughal emperor showed favour to Sunni Muslims?
A) Aurangazeb
B) Akbar
C) Shah Jahan
D) Jahangir
Answer:
A) Aurangazeb
Question 29.
The founder of the Asaf Jahi dynasty.
A) Muzafar Jung
B) Nizam-ul-Mulk
C) Nasar Jung
D) Sikander Jah
Answer:
B) Nizam-ul-Mulk
Question 30.
Nizam-ul-Mulk ruled for ……. years.
A) 24
B) 34
C) 10
D) 20
Answer:
A) 24
Question 31.
Who of the following was the Prime Minister of the Nizams between 1853 and 1883?
A) Mir Mahabub Ali Pasha
B) Nasar Jung
C) Salabat Jung
D) Salar Jung
Answer:
D) Salar Jung
Question 32.
Musi floods occurred in
A) 1938
B) 1928
C) 1918
D) 1908
Answer:
D) 1908
Question 33.
Sisodiya Rajputs belong to
A) Uzbekistan
B) Magnolia
C) Chittoor
D) Delhi
Answer:
C) Chittoor
Question 34.
…………. started a revenues system known as zabt
A) Todarmal
B) Humayun
C) Akbar
D) Aurangazeb
Answer:
A) Todarmal
Question 35.
The year in which Babur conquered Kabul.
A) 1500 AD
B) 1504 AD
C) 1520 AD
D) 1526 AD
Answer:
B) 1504 AD
Question 36.
The year in which Babur defeated the Delhi Sultan Ibrahim Lodi and occupied Delhi & Agra.
A) 1520
B) 1526
C) 1530
D) 1535
Answer:
B) 1526
Question 37.
The year of the first Panipat war.
A) 1526
B) 1530
C) 1527
D) 1528
Answer:
A) 1526
Question 38.
The person who defeated Humayun.
A) Babur
B) Akbar
C) Sher khan
D) Shahjahan
Answer:
C) Sher khan
Question 39.
The Iranian emperor that helped Humayun.
A) Dara-Shukoa
B) Safavid Shah
C) Shershah
D) Akbar
Answer:
B) Safavid Shah
Question 40.
Humayun died in ………
A) 1526
B) 1530
C) 1555
D) 1556
Answer:
D) 1556
Question 41.
Humayun re-occupied Delhi in
A) 1520
B) 1526
C) 1530
D) 1555
Answer:
D) 1555
Question 42.
The age of Akbar at the time of his crowning.
A) 12 years
B) 13 years
C) 15 years
D) 20 years
Answer:
B) 13 years
Question 43.
The Mughal rule was expanded in Deccan region by
A) Babur
B) Akbar
C) Humayun
D) Shahjahan
Answer:
D) Shahjahan
Question 44.
There was a conflict over succession amongst Shah Jahan’s sons in
A) 1657-58
B) 1667-68
C) 1677-78
D) 164748
Answer:
A) 1657-58
Question 45.
Sivaji established an independent Maharashtra empire during the rule of this Mughal emperor
A) Akbar
B) Shajahan
C) Aurangazeb
D) Jahangir
Answer:
C) Aurangazeb
Question 46.
Identify the mismatch.
1) Babur – 1526-1530 AD
2) Humayun – 1530 – 1556 AD
3) Akbar – 1556 – 1605 AD
4) Jahangir -1605 – 1627 AD
5) Shahjahan – 1627 – 1658 AD
6) Aurangazeb – 1658 – 1707 AD
A) 1,2, 3
B) 2, 3, 4
C) 3, 4, 5
D) None
Answer:
D) None
Question 47.
These Rajputs of Chittore did not accept or recognize the supremacy of Mughals for many days.
A) Pala dynasty
B) Prathihara dynasty
C) Sisodiya dynasty
D) None
Answer:
C) Sisodiya dynasty
Question 48.
This princess was the mother of Jahangir
A) Amber
B) Jodhpur
C) Gujarat
D) Ahmed Nagar
Answer:
A) Amber
Question 49.
This princess was the mother of Shahjahan
A) Jaipur
B) Jodhpur
C) Malavi
D) Ahmed N.agar
Answer:
B) Jodhpur
Question 50.
During the Mughal rule, the ………….. ‘s military responsibilities required him to maintain a specified number of horse riders or cavalrymen.
A) Mansabdar
B) Shiqdar
C) Mukthi
D) DIWAN – E – Rasalat
Answer:
A) Mansabdar
Question 51.
The no. of mansabdars increased during the rule of this Mughal emperor.
A) Akbar
B) Aurangazeb
C) Shahjahan
D) Jahangir
Answer:
B) Aurangazeb
Question 52.
The main source of income to the Mughal ruler.
A) tax on traders
B) tax on artists
C) tax on agricultural products
D) tax on beggars
Answer:
C) tax on agricultural products
Question 53.
The finance minister of Akbar.
A) Necker
B) Taylor
C) Ranapratap
D) Todar Mai
Answer:
D) Todar Mai
Question 54.
Each province was divided into revenue circles with its own schedule of revenue rates for individual crops. This revenue system was known as
A) Zabt
B) Mabt
C) Jalabandi
D) Jaumabandi
Answer:
A) Zabt
Question 55.
The broad features of administration were laid down by Akbar land were elaborately discussed by his friend and member of his court, Abul Fazl in
his book the …………..
A) Akbar-Nama
B) Ain-I-Akbari
C) Padshah-Nama
D) None
Answer:
A) Akbar-Nama
Question 56.
Akbar felt in his mind
A) religious intolerance
B) Sulh-i-kul
C) Racial discrimination
D) None
Answer:
B) Sulh-i-kul
Question 57.
…………… helped Akbar in framing a vision of governance around this idea of sulh-ikul
A) Jahangir
B) Abul Fazl
C) Khusru
D) Amir Khusru
Answer:
B) Abul Fazl
Question 58.
The religious policy followed by Aurangazeb
A) Shia
B) Sunni
C) Hindu
D) Persian
Answer:
B) Sunni
Question 59.
The no. of higher grade Mansabdars out of 8000 in the Mughal empire.
A) 440
B) 450
C) 445
D) 455
Answer:
C) 445
Question 60.
The reason to get the idea of Sulh – i – Kul by Akbar is
A) To create harmony among the various religious people
B) To create discrimination among the people
C) To impress Abul Fazal, his friend
D) To conquer the whole of India
Answer:
A) To create harmony among the various religious people
Question 61.
The cause of rebellions of Zamindars during the reign of Mughals
A) To exploitation of Mughal administrator
B) Shortage of Jagirdars
C) The campaigns of Mughal kings
D) The generosity of Mughals
Answer:
A) To exploitation of Mughal administrator
Question 62.
Din -1 – Ilahi was belongs to
A) Jahangir
B) Akbar
C) Shabjahan
D) Aurangazeb
Answer:
B) Akbar
Question 63.
What does the map show?
A) Cholas kingdom
B) Pandyas kingdom
C) Chalukyas kingdom
D) Akbar’s kingdom
Answer:
D) Akbar’s kingdom
Question 64.
The present state is nearer to the Tropic of Cancer.
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Odisa
C) Bengal
D) Kerala
Answer:
C) Bengal
Question 65.
The mother of Jahangir was a daughter Of the Rajput ruler of
A) Sindh
B) Amber
C) Chittor
D) Ajmer
Answer:
B) Amber
Question 66.
The Sisodiya Rajputs who refused to accept Mughal authority for a long time belonged to
A) Multan
B) Bijapur
C) Chittor
D) Gondwana
Answer:
C) Chittor
Question 67.
Find out the correct statement
1. Those who joined the Mughal service were enrolled as Mansabdars.
2. Those who look after the administration of Mughals were known as Amaranayakas.
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both 1 & 2
D) None
Answer:
A) 1 only
Question 68.
Mughals : Mansabdars : : Kakatiyas : …………
A) Nayankaras
B) Jagirdars
C) Zamindars
D) None
Answer:
A) Nayankaras
Question 69.
Match the following:
A) Humayun [ ] 1) 1556 -1605 A.D
B) Akbar [ ] 2) 1530- 1556 A.D
C) Aurangzeb [ ] 3) 1658 – 1707 A.D
A) A – 3, B – 2, C – 1
B) A – 2, B – 1, C – 3
C) A – 1, B – 3, C – 2
D) A – 1, B – 2, C – 3
Answer:
B) A – 2, B – 1, C – 3
Question 70.
Put the following in chronological order
1. Akbar captured Sisodiya.
2. Aurangzeb campaigned against the Yasufzai.
3. Babar defeated the Rajputs at Chanderi.
A) 3, 1, 2
B) 2, 1, 3
C) 1, 2, 3
D) 3, 2, 1
Answer:
A) 3, 1, 2
Question 71.
Akbar was ………… years old when he became the emperor
A) 15
B) 14
C) 12
D) 13
Answer:
D) 13
Question 72.
Din – I – Ilahi: Akbar:: ……………. : Shahjahan
A) Red fort
B) Kakatiya toranam
C) Hawa Manzil
D) Dharma saala
Answer:
A) Red fort
Question 73.
Who introduced cannons and guns in Indian warfare?
A) Muhammad Ghori
B) Muhammad bin Tughluq
C) Sri Krishna Devaraya
D) Babur
Answer:
D) Babur
Question 74.
The Arabic book “Kitab-al-Hind” is written by
A) Abul Fazal
B) Al-Biruni
C) Jahangir
D) Mohammad of Ghazni
Answer:
B) Al-Biruni
Question 75.
Which of the following show the correct chronological order of the Mughal emperors.
A) Shah Jahan – Aurangzeb – Akbar – Jahangir
B) Akbar – Jahangir – Shah Jahan – Aurangzeb
C) Akbar – Shah Jahan – Aurangzeb – Jahangir
D) Shah Jahan – Akbar – Jahangir – Aurangzeb
Answer:
B) Akbar – Jahangir – Shah Jahan – Aurangzeb
Question 76.
Mansabdari system belongs to
A) Mughals
B) Delhi Sultans
C) Cholas
D) Vijayanagara rulers
Answer:
A) Mughals
Question 77.
Which monument belongs to Mughals?
A) Virupaksha temple
B) Padma Mahal
C) Alai darwaja
D) Taj Mahal
Answer:
D) Taj Mahal
Question 78.
The first Mughal emperor was
A) Akbar
B) Babar
C) Humayun
D) Aurangazeb
Answer:
B) Babar