CUET History MCQs Unit IX The Mughal Court Reconstructing Histories through Chronicles

Question : With which of the following responsibilities, Mir Bakshi the officer in Akbar’s reign was entrusted?
(a) Revenue Collection
(b) Payment of Salaries
(c) Head of the military administration
(d) Head of Nobility

Answer : B

Question : The Mughal School of Painting was interested in portraying:
(a) Mughal court
(b) Domestic subjects
(c) Scenes from the Indian classics
(d) The scenes of their motherland

Answer : A

Question : With which Mughal Emperor can we associate ‘Alamgir Nama’?
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Humanyun
(d) Jahangir

Answer : A

Question : Which of these languages flourished under the Mughal rule?
(a) English
(b) Persian
(c) Hindavi
(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer : B

Question : Shah Jahan’s jewelled throne is described in which Mughal chronicle?
(a) Badshah Nama
(b) Ain-i-Akbari
(c) Akbar Nama
(d) Humayun Nama

Answer : A

Question : Which of the following was written by Gulbadan Begum?
(a) Badshah Nama
(b) Akbar Nama
(c) Babur Nama
(d) Humayun Nama

Answer : D

Question : Which of the following religions was Akbar keen to know about?
(a) Islam
(b) Buddhism
(c) Christianity
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question : Which of the following Mughal emperors wrote poetry and memoirs in Turkish language?
(a) Akbar
(b) Babur
(c) Humayun
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : B

Question : Which among the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the shifting of capitals between the 15th to 16th centuries?
(i) During the 1560s Akbar had the fort of Agra constructed with red sandstone quarried from the adjoining regions.
(ii) In the 1570s, he decided to build a new capital, Fatehpur Sikri. One of the reasons prompting this may have been that Sikri was located on the direct road to Ajmer, where the dargah of Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti had become an important pilgrimage centre.
(iii) In 1585, the capital was transferred to Lahore to bring the North-West under greater control and Akbar closely watched the frontier for thirteen years.
(iv) In 1648 the court, army and household moved from Agra to the newly completed imperial capital, Shahjahanabad.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) (i), (ii), (iii)
(b) (ii), (iii), (iv)
(c) (i), (iii), (iv)
(d) All of the above.

Answer : D

Question : Mansabdari System was founded by Akbar. The Mansabdars were
(a) military commanders
(b) provincial governors
(c) high civil and military officers
(d) all of the above

Answer : D

Question : Bahadur Shah was the
(a) Last ruler of the Lodis
(b) Successor of Sher Shah Suri
(c) Last Mughal ruler
(d) Successor of the Maratha ruler Shivaji

Answer : C

Question : Who is said to be the founder of the Mughal Empire?
(a) Nasiruddin Humayun
(b) Timur
(c) Ghenghiz Khan
(d) Zahiruddin Babur

Answer : D

Question : ________ is considered the greatest Mughal Emperor.
(a) Shahjehan
(b) Akbar
(c) Jehangir
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : B

Question : Which of the following was introduced by Akbar with the aim of popularly accepting the imperial authority as part of popular faith?
(a) Jharokha Darshan
(b) Aghas
(c) Polygamy
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question : Who was requested by Akbar to write the history of earlier times under Babar and Humayun?
(а) Gulbadan Begum
(b) Abul Fazl
(c) Abdus Samad Lahori
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question : Which of the following statements is/are correct about Mughal Chronicles?
(i) Chronicles commissioned by the Mughal emperors are an important source for studying the empire and its court.
(ii) The Mughal chronicles were written in order to project a vision of an enlightened kingdom to all those who came under its umbrella.
(iii) At the same time they were meant to convey to those who resisted the rule of the Mughals that all resistance was destined to fail and also, the rulers wanted to ensure that there was an account of their rule for posterity. (iv) Mughal court chronicles were written in Arabic. All though the Mughals were Persian by origin, Persian was their mother tongue. 
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) (i), (ii), (iii)
(b) (ii), (iii), (iv)
(c) (i), (iii), (iv)
(d) All of the above.

Answer : A

Question : _____ was a form of ceremonial salutation in which the courtier placed the palm of his right hand against his forehead and bent his head suggesting that the subject has placed his head – the seat of the senses and the mind – into the hand of humility, presenting it to the royal assembly.
(a) Axis Mundi
(b) Kornish
(c) Paibos
(d) Sajda

Answer : B

Question : Which of the following was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in Gujarat?
(a) Bada Imambara
(b) Buland Darwaza
(c) Jama Masjid
(d) Siddi Bashir

Answer : B

Question : What is meant by literal term of Kitabkhana?
(a) Book of Philosophy 
(b) Book of Politics
(c) Library
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question : When did Akbar build a new capital at Fatehpur Sikri?
(a) 1500s
(b) 1520s
(c) 1570s
(d) 1750s

Answer : C

Question : The first Jesuit mission left the Mughal court at Fatehpur Sikri around
(a) 1580 AD.
(b) 1581 AD.
(c) 1582 AD.
(d) 1583 AD.

Answer : C

Question : Humayun expanded the frontiers of the empire, but lost it after being defeated in 1540, and was driven into exile. He took refuge after this loss. Where he took the refuge?
(a) Mings of China
(b) Uzbeks of Uzbekistan
(c) Chaghtai’s of Turkey
(d) Safavid’s of Iran

Answer : D

Question : During whose reign did William Hawkins visit the Mughal court to secure a right to trade in Mughal ports?
(a) Jahangir
(b) Akbar
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : A

Question : What was the name of the Hall of Worship constructed by Akbar?
(a) Diwan-e-khas
(b) Diwan-e-Aam
(c) Ibadat Khana
(d) Buland Darwaza 

Answer : C

Question : The Mughal kings celebrated three major festivals in a year. Identify the festival which is not included as major festivals.
(a) The Solar and Lunar birthdays of the monarch and Nauroz.
(b) the Iranian New Year on the vernal equinox
(c) Emperor’s Birthday
(d) English New Year

Answer : D

Question : ________ a pupil of Abul Fazal is known as its author.
(a) Abdul Hamid Khan
(b) Abdul Hamid Indori
(c) Abdul Hamid Jaipuriya
(d) Abdul Hamid Lahori

Answer : D

Question : Which Mughal ruler commissioned the construction of a white marble tomb for Shaikh Salim Chisti?
(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Akbar
(d) Jahangir

Answer : C

Question : Which of these was a distinctive feature of Mughal nobility?
(a) It consisted of people from diverse ethnic and religious groups.
(b) It used modern weapons.
(c) It was paid in kind instead of cash/currency.
(d) It consisted of women.

Answer : A

Question : In which year did Babur come to India?
(a) 1523
(b) 1524
(c) 1525
(d) 1526

Answer : D

Question : Akbar’s concept of Sulh-i-kul (or Qul) means:
(a) friendship and goodwill to all
(b) common brotherhood
(c) fraternity and friendship
(d) harmony and peace to all

Answer : D

Question : What led to the diminishing of Mughal power?
(a) Death of Aurangzeb in 1706
(b) Shifting of Mughal capital
(c) Death of Aurangzeb in 1707
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question : The mother tongue of Mughal Dynasty was
(a) Persian.
(b) Turkish.
(c) Arabic.
(d) Greek.

Answer : B

Question : Gulbadan Begum was the aunt of
(a) Babur.
(b) Humayun.
(c) Akbar
(d) Sher Shah.

Answer : C

Question : In Mughal administration, the court writers who recorded all court documents and imperial orders were called:
(a) Qazis.
(b) Wakil.
(c) Mir Bakhshi.
(d) Waqia Nawis.

Answer : D

Question : Which Mughal ruler made Persian the language of the court?
(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Akbar
(d) Shah Jahan

Answer : C

Question : Mother tongue of the Mughals was _______
(a) Persian
(b) Arabian
(c) Turkish
(d) Urdu

Answer : C

Question : Which among the following statements is incorrect about Mughal Empire and its rulers?
(a) The name Mughal derives from Mongol but today the term evokes the grandeur of an empire, it was not the name the rulers of the dynasty chose for themselves.
(b) Mughal rulers referred to themselves as Timurids, as descendants of the Turkish ruler Timur on the paternal side.
(c) Humayun, the first Mughal ruler, was related to Ghenghiz Khan from his mother’s side and he spoke Turkish and referred derisively to the Mongols as barbaric hordes.
(d) During the sixteenth century, Europeans used the term Mughal to describe the Indian rulers of this branch of the family.

Answer : C