Friday, 8 May 2015

General Studies - 04

1. The Mansabdari  system  introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system in
(A) Turkey   (B) Persia (C) Afghanistan (D) Mongolia

2. Who among the following was the first Mughal emperor to allow Britishers to establish trade link with India?
(A) Akbar (B) Jahangir  (C) Shahjejan  (D) Aurangzeb

3. Which of the following is wrongly matched with  his contemporary  Mughal king?
(A) Rana Sanga- Babar  (B) Prithwiraj Chauhan – Akbar
(C)Jujhar Singh- Shahjehan (D)Jaswamt SinghAurangzeb

4. The capital of Mughal Empire was shifted from Agra to Delhi by
(A) Jahangir (B) Aurangzeb  (C) Humayun (D) Shahjehan

5. The peacock throne was made for –
(A) Jahangir (B) Akbar  (C) Shahjehan (D) Aurangzeb

6. In 1662 AD Mirjumla , the Mughal vice roy of Bengal led a successful expedition  to –
(A) Assam    (B) Tibet    (C) Orissa   (D) Avadh

7. During the Mughal period, the in charge of law and order in the villages was-
(A) Muqaddam  (B) Patwari (C) Karkun  (D) Qanungo

8. The dee-aspah sih-aspah syatem was introduced by
(A) Akbar (B) Jahangir  (C) Shahjehan  (D) Aurangzeb

9.Which of the following Rajput dynasties did not surrender to Akbar?
(A) Parmar  (B) Pratihara  (C) Rathor (D) Sisodiya

10. Which of the following ports was the biggest portduring the Mughal period?
(A) Hooghly (B) Chittagong (C) Balesore (D) Surat

11. The East India Company was founded in India during the reign of –
(A) Jahangir (B) Akbar  (C) Shahjehan (D) Aurangzeb

12. The capital of the Kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was –
(A) Patiala (B) Amritsar (C) Lahore (D) Kapurthala

13. Match the following-
Personalities  during Mughal period

Field of their contribution


A.Todar Mal
B.Tansen
C. Shahjehan
D. Abdul hamid lahori

1.literature
2.Architecture
3.music
4.revenue
          A  B    C   D                 A   B   C   D
  (A)   4   3     2    1         (C)   4    2   1    3
  (B)   3   4      1    2        (D)   1    2   3    4   








14. The Mughal Empire in india was founded by
(A) Akbar the great    (B) Zahir-ud-din Baber                        (C) Shahjejan              (D) Aurangzeb  

15. When Akbar was young, his guardian was
(A) Hemu (B) Faizi (C) Abul fazal (D) Bairam Khan 

16. During the decline of the Mughal Empire the Jats were organised into a political force by
(A) Suraj Mal                 (B) Churaman                          (C) Rajaram                    (D)Badam Singh 

17. Conseder the following Europian Mission during Mughal Period  
1) Thomas Roe   2) Travernier    3) Rudolf Acquaviva 
The correct chronological order of their visit is –
(A) 1,2,3        (B) 2,3,1        (C) 2,1,3       (D) 3,1,2 

18. The two great Mughal ruler who wrote their own memories are
(A) Babar and Humayun    (B)  Humayun and Alkbar
(C) Babar and Jahangir       (D) Jahengir and Shahjehan 

19. The court language of Mughals was –
(A) Arabic    (B) Hindi   (C) Persian     (D) Urdu     

20.Who initiated Din-I-Ilahi?
  (A) Shahjehan   (B) Aurangzeb  (C) Akbar   (D) Jahangir

21.During Sher Shah’s reign the document containing the information  of the tax that the farmer had to paid was called
(A) muhaslana  (B) quabuilat (C) patta (D) jaribana
22. Revenue system during Akbar’s reign was in the hands of
(A) Bairam Khan(B) Man Singh (C) Birbal (D)Todar Mal  

23. Akbar assumed actual control over the administration of his empire in
(A) 1556       (B) 1562      (C) 1558       (D) 1560

24. Babar laid the foundation of Mughal empire in 1526 by defeating-
(A) Daulat Khan Lodi              (B) Ibrahim Lodi            (C) Rana Sanga                        (D)Alauddin Khilji

25.During the reign of which of the following emporers was the artillery most perfect and numerous.
 (A) Akbar (B) Shahjehan  (C) Jahangir  (D) Aurangzeb


26. Who consolidated the Mughal Empire and gave it a unique multi religious culture?
(A) Akbar (B) Humayun    (C) Jahangir    (D) Aurangzeb

27. Who among the following Mughals  rulers introduced  Rajput’s patronin the administration of his empire ?
(A) Babar     (B) Akbar   (C) Jahangir    (D) Aurangzeb

28. Akbar founded the Din –I –Ilahi primarily to
(A)Put an end to difference between Hindus and the Muslims
(B) Establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus
(C) Ensure racial nd communal harmony
(D) Form a religious club

29. During the Mughal period under the Zabti system, land revenue was assessed and was required to be paid
(A) In cash or kind  (B) only in cash    (C) Only in kind
(D) By the Zamindar on the behalf of the peasants

30. Who was last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne?
(A) Bhadur Shah Zafar       (B) Aurangzeb
(C) Muhammad Shah       (D) Shah Alam II

31. Akbar land revenue system was known as
(A) Bandobast system                      (B) Zabti System                               (C) Todarmal’s revenue system       (D) all of these

32. Who among the following Mughal rulers was ignorant of the art of reading and writing?
(A) Babar        (B) Humayun    (C) Akbar      (D) Jahangir

33. Which of the following statements about Akbar is incorrect?
(A) He was a benevolent ruler
(B) He founded a new religion Din –I –Ilahi
(C) He maintained good relation with rajputs
(D) None of these

34. The Mughal ruler Bahadur shah II was exiled by British and sent to
(A) Mandalay                      (B) Andaman & Nicobar           (C) Rangoon                         (D) Hyderabad

35. Din –I –Ilahi wsa accepted by
(A) Birbal (B) Tansen (C) Raja Mansingh (D) Todarmal
36. The first Mughal Emperor to issue a firman in favour of the British to open a factory at Surat was
(A) Aurangzeb     (B) Jahangir  (C) Shahjehan  (D) Akbar

37.  Barbar won the battle of Panipath mainly because of
(A) His cavalry                (B) his military skill                           (C) Tulughma System      (D) Afghan’s disunity

38. The Jaziya was abolished by
(A) Muhammad bin Tughlaq              (B) Babar                  (C) Akbar                                             (D) Sher Shah

39. The bitterest war of successes ion under the freat Mughals was fought among the son of 
(A) Babar     (B) Jahangir   (C) Shahjehan (D) Aurangzeb

40. Which of the following contemporary sources of the Mughal period is especially useful for obtaining the information on the Agrarian condition?
(A) Akbarnamah                       (B) Ain –i-Akbari                    (C) Tariksh i-Firista                  (D) Tuzuk-I – Baburi

41. “ He left behind him an enemy still unsubdued , a minor son and a mercenary army”.This description given by Keneddy   fits
(A) Babar (B) Humayun    (C) Sher Shah   (D) Jahangir

42. Which Mughal ruler had the ‘chains of justice’ fastened up which could be shaken by his subjects to bring their grievances to his notice
 (A) Humayun   (B) Akbar   (C) Jahangir  (D) Shahjehan

43. Sher Shah is credited for introducing for the first time the following measures  except
(A) postal system  (B) spy system (C) currency system (D) land revenue system based on  scientific principle

44. In reforming land revenue system, Sher Shah Suri took which of the following steps?
1) He did away with the authority of the middle –men and established direct relation with the tenants
2) He abolished the jagirs and zamindari system
3) He fixed the government’s share of produce at less than one third of the produce
(A)  1, 2 & 3        (B) 1& 2       (C) 2 & 3        (D) 1 & 3

45. The Mughal emperor, who died due to a sudden fall from the stair case was
(A) Babar   (B) Humayun    (C) Jahangir   (D) Aurangzeb

46. Which Mughal ruler was the most secular in outlook?
(A) Babar    (B) Humayun    (C) Akbar     (D) Aurangzeb

47. Which Mughal emperor gave land for the construction of the Golden Temple at Amritsar?
(A) Akbar   (B) Jahangir   (C) Shahjehan   (D) Aurangzeb

48. Who among the following was regarded as ‘zinda pir’?
(A) Babar     (B) Akbar   (C) Jahangir    (D) Aurangzeb

49. Before the rise of Ranjit Singh, Punjab was under the control of
(A) Maratha Commanders              (B) Raider Groups             (C) tribal chiefs                                (D) Sikh Misls

50. During Aurangzeb ‘reign’, which of the following were not included in the government?
(A) Rajputs  (B) Marathas (C) Pathans (D) All of these 

General Studies - 04 – Answer

1         D
2         B
3         B
4         B
5         C
6         A
7         A
8         A
9         B
10     D
11     B
12     C
13     A
14     B
15     D
16     D
17     D
18     C
19     C
20     C
21     C
22     D
23     A
24     B
25     D
26     A
27     B
28     B
29     A
30     C
31     B
32     C
33     D
34     C
35     A
36     B
37     B
38     C
39     C
40     B
41     B
42     C
43     C
44     A
45     C
46     C
47     A
48     D
49     A                                                                                        

50     B

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