Question and Answer History
Question and Answer History
Question and Answer History
1) The British
2) The Afghans
3) The Mughals
4) The Rajputs
1) Babur
2) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
3) Iltutmish
4) Humayun
1) Ibrahim Lodhi
2) Sher Shah
3) Akbar
4) Babar
1) Akbar
2) Jahangir
3) Shah Jahan
4) Aurangzeb
1) Debendranath Tagore
2) Rabindranath Tagore
3) Mohammad Iqbal
4) Mirza Galib
1) Chandragupta Maurya
2) Ashoka
3) Ajatashatru
4) Akbar
7. Question: During the reign of which emperor is the poet Kalidasa accepted to have lived?
1) Bimbisara
2) Akbar
3) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
4) Ashoka
8. Question: During the 1857 mutiny who was the queen of Jhansi's trusted general?
1) Hyder Ali
2) Tantia Tope
3) Bhagat Singh
4) Chandrasekhar Azad
9. Question: The daughter of what general of Alexander's army married Chandragupta Maurya?
1) Seleukos Nikator
2) Diomedes
3) Ptolemaius
4) Clitus
10. Question: What king was the first to use rockets in warfare?
1) Hyder Ali
2) Shah Jahan
3) Jehangir
4) Tipu Sultan
11. Question: The Brihadeeswara temple at Tanjore was built by an emperor of what dynasty?
1) Chola
2) Mughal
3) Chera
4) Pandya
13. Question: What theory of ancient Indian history has recently been disproved?
14. Question: What age in Indian History is referred to as the 'Golden Age'?
1) Ancient
2) Maurya
3) Gupta
4) Mughal
15. Question: Everyone knows 'The Taj Mahal'. It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan, but for
whom?
1) Jahani Mahal
2) Farida Mahal
3) Mumtaz Mahal
4) Toba Begum
16. Question: Under which Indian emperor's reign was the Jama Masjid in Delhi built?
1) Jehangir
2) Shah Jahan
3) Akbar
4) Aurangzeb
17. Question: Which Muslim saint lived in the place where Fatehpur Sikri was built?
1) Ali Malik
2) Salim Chisti Sheikh
3) Jainulabdeen Shah Badar
4) Muhammed Bin Tughlaq
1) Noor Jehan
2) Jodha Bai
3) Mumtaz Mahal
4) Jija Bai
1) Gwalior
2) Bhopal
3) Surat
4) Jaipur
20. Question: Which was the largest and richest among the princely states of pre-Independence
period?
1) Mysore
2) Gwalior
3) Jaipur
4) Hyderabad
1) Birbal
2) Tansen
3) Kabir
4) Tulsidas
22. Question: Which Indian city was known in ancient times as 'Saket'?
1) Lucknow
2) Faizabad
3) Allahabad
4) Patna
23. Question: The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the
1) Portuguese
2) Dutch
3) French
4) Danes
24. Question: Who among the following is said to have witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans?
1) Ziauddin Barani
2) Shams-i-Siraj Afif
3) Minhaj-us-Siraj
4) Amir Khusro
25. Question: The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was
1) Amritsar
2) Patiala
3) Kaputhala
4) Lahore
26. Question: Which Mughal Emperor was deported to Rangoon by the British?
1) Bahadur Shah I
2) Bahadur Shah II
3) Akbar Shah I
4) Shah Jahan
27. Question: Which Indian city was gifted by the Portuguese as dowry to Charles II, the King of
England, when he got married to the sister of the King of Portugal in 1662?
1) Mumbai
2) Pondicherry
3) Panaji
4) Chennai
1) Flute
2) Sitar
3) Violin
4) Tabla
29. Question: Ellora in Aurangabad (Maharashtra) is famous for ancient caves representing
Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism. Of these, the largest number pertains to
1) Buddhism
2) Hinduism
3) Jainism
4) Zorastrianism
30. Question: Kautilya and Panani were the products of which one of the following ancient Indian
universities?
1) Nalanda
2) Vikramashila
3) Vallabhi
4) Taxila
1) Birbal
2) Tansen
3) Kabir
4) Tulsidas
32. Question: The mausoleum of Babar is located in
1) Afghanistan
2) Pakistan
3) India
4) Iran
1) Humayun
2) Akbar
3) Jahangir
4) Shah Jahan
34. Question: Which Mughal Emperor was deported to Rangoon by the British?
1) Bahadur Shah I
2) Bahadur Shah II
3) Akbar Shah I
4) Shah Jahan
List of Mughal Emperors
Reign
Emperor Birth Death Notes
Period
Nasiruddin
March 6, January Reign interrupted by Suri Dynasty. Youth and inexperience at ascension led
Mohammed 1530-1540
1508 1556 to his being regarded as a less effective ruler than usurper, Sher Shah Suri.
Humayun
Deposed Humayun and led the Suri Dynasty; introduced tight, effective
Sher Shah Suri 1472 1540-1545 May 1545
administration policies that would later be adopted by Akbar.
2nd and last ruler of the Suri Dynasty, with less control of the empire than
Islam Shah Suri c.1500 1545-1554 1554 his father; claims of sons Sikandar and Adil Shah were eliminated by
Humayun's restoration.
Humayun March 6, January Restored rule was more unified and effective than initial reign of 1530-
1555-1556
(restored) 1508 1556 1540; left unified empire for his son, Akbar.
Jalaluddin November 1556-1605 October 27, Akbar added the most territory to the Empire and is regarded as the most
Mohammed Akbar 14, 1542 1605 illustrious ruler of the Mughal Dynasty; he married Jodhaa, a princess, from
Rajputana like him. Jodhaa was a Hindu and many opposed at first, but
under him, harmonic Muslim/Hindu relations were at their highest.
Jahangir set the precedent for sons rebelling against their Emperor fathers.
Nuruddin
October Opened first relations with the British East India Company. Reportedly was
Mohammed 1605-1627 1627
1569 an alcoholic and his wife Empress Nur Jahan became the real power behind
Jahangir
the throne and competently ruled in his place.
Shahabuddin Under him, Mughal art and architecture reached their zenith; constructed
January 5,
Mohammed Shah 1627-1658 1666 the Taj Mahal, Jahangir mausoleum and Shalimar Gardens in Lahore.
1592
Jahan Deposed and imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb.
Moinuddin Much less extravagant or tolerant of Hindus and Hinduism than his
Mohammed October 21, March 3, predecessors; brought the empire to its greatest physical extent and imposed
1658-1707
Aurangzeb 1618 1707 Islamic Sharia on the Mughal Empire. Extreme policies left many enemies
Alamgir to undermine the empire after his death.
First of the Mughal emperors to preside over a steady and severe decline in
Bahadur Shah I October 14, February
1707-1712 the empire's control and power. After his reign, the emperor became a
a.k.a Shah Alaam I 1643 1712
progressively insignificant figurehead.
He was merely a puppet in the hands of his Chief Minister Zulfikar Khan.
February
Jahandar Shah 1664 1712-1713 The acts of Jahandar Shah brought down the prestige of the Mughal
1713
Empire.
In 1717 he granted a firman to the English East India Company granting
Furrukhsiyar 1683 1713-1719 1719 them duty free trading rights for Bengal, and confirmed their position in
India.
Rafi Ud-Daulat
Unknown 1719 1719
a.k.a Shah Jahan II
Mohammed
Unknown 1720 1744
Ibrahim
1719-
Mohammed Shah 1702 1720, 1748 Suffered the invasion of Nadir-Shah of Persia in 1739.
1720-1748
Ahmad Shah
1725 1748-54 1754
Bahadur
Akbar Shah II 1760 1806-1837 1837 titular figurehead under British protection
Bahadur Shah II 1775 1837-1857 1862 Deposed by the British and exiled to Burma following the Great Mutiny.