Mughal Period

1.  Who built Jama masjid?

A.  Shahjahan

 

2.  Whose court visited Sir Thomas Roe?

A.  Jehangir

 

3.  Who constructed Red fort of Delhi?

A.  Shah Jahan

 

4.  Who was the Mughal emperor , from whom East India Company Secured Diwani?

A.  Shah Aaalam II

 

5.  Which Mughal emperor was defeated by Shershah in 1540?

A.  Humayun

 

6.  Who got the Qutub Minar Finished?

A.  Firoz Shah Tuglaq

 

7.  The fort of Tughlaqabad near Delhi was formed by whom?

A.  Ghiyasuddin Tuglaq

 

8.  Who among the Moghul Emperors was a perfect player of Veena?

A.  Aurangazeb.

 

9.  Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi?

A.  Qutbuddin Aibak

 

10.  What was “Abwab”?

A.  Miscellaneous kinds of taxes like the house taxes, grazing tax, irrigation tax etc

 

11.  Which of the contemporary historians was appointed as the chief quazi of Delhi by Sultan Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq?

A.  Ibn-Batutah

 

12.  What was the term used for measurement of land in the Sultanate period?

A.  Masahat

 

13.  Who was the founder of the city of Agra?

A.  Sikander Lodi

 

14.  Which Bahmani Sultan shifted the capital from Gulbarga to Bidar?

A.  Ahmed Shah Wali

 

15.  Why did Mahmud Begarha attack Dwarka?

A.  To suppress the pirates who preyed on the pilgrim traffic to Mecca

 

16.  Who founded the fortress city Mandu-the capital of Malwa?

A.  Hushang-Shah

 

17.  Whose reign has been called the “Golden Age of the Mughals’?

A.  Shah-Jahan

 

18.  Who was the last royal patron of the Mughal School of painting?

A.  Aurangzeb

 

19.  What was the original name of Tansen?

A.  Ramtanu Pande

 

20.  In which language did Babur write his memories ,called Tuzuk-i-Baburi?

A.  Turkish

 

21.  What was the “Tanab”in the Mughal Period?

A.  A measuring instrument made of Bamboo sticks joined by iron rings