Deck 2: Mughal History and Indian Kingdoms: Revenue Systems, Tombs, and Dynasties

Question 1

Which revenue system among the following is also known as the bandobast system?

A)zabti
B)dahsala
C)nasaq
D)kankut

Answer 1

zabti

Question 2

What was the original name of Nur Jahan?

A)zeb-un-nisa
B)fatima begum
C)mihr-un-nisa
D)jahanara

Answer 2

mihr-un-nisa

Question 3

During the reign of which Mughal was tobacco introduced in India?

A)aurangzeb
B)jahangir
C)akbar
D)shah jahan

Answer 3

jahangir

Question 4

Who among the following Mughal ministers was the paymaster-general as well?

A)diwan
B)mir bakshi
C)khan-i-saman
D)vakil

Question 5

Which of the following Mughal tombs can be considered as a prototype of the Taj Mahal for being the first Mughal tomb to be placed in the centre of a large park-like enclosure?

A)humayun's tomb at delhi
B)jahangir's tomb at lahore
C)itimad-ud-daula's tomb at agra
D)salim chisti's tomb at fatehpur sikri

Question 6

Arrange the Great Mughals in historical order.
(i. Akbar
(ii. Shah Jahan
(iii) Babur
(iv. Aurangzeb
(v. Humayun
(vi. Jahangir
Select the answer from the codes below:

A)iii, v, i, vi, ii, iv
B)iii, v, i, ii, vi, iv
C)i, ii, iii, v, vi, iv
D)iii, iv, ii, i, v, vi

Question 7

During Akbar's reign, a group of scholars translated Mahabharata into Persian from Sanskrit. What is this Persian version called?

A)sakinat-ul-auliya
B)razm namah
C)iqbal namah
D)akbar namah

Question 8

Which of the following revenue systems were Akbar's own innovations?
(i) Batai
(ii) Kankut
(iii) Nasaq
(iv) Zabti
(v) Dahsala
Select the answer from the codes below:

A)i and iv
B)ii and v
C)iii and iv
D)iv and v

Question 9

Who translated Tuzuk-i-Baburi into Persian?

A)abul fazl
B)amir khusrau
C)abdur rahi
D)daulat khan

Question 10

Who wrote Tabaqat-i-Akbari?

A)abul fazl
B)badauni
C)munim khan
D)nizam-ud-din ahmad

Question 11

Who was the in-charge of a pargana?

A)amil
B)pattidar
C)shiqdar
D)qanungo

Question 12

What is the correct chronology of dynasties that ruled Vijayanagar?

A)sangama, tuluva, saluva, aravidu
B)tuluva, sangama, saluva, aravidu
C)aravidu, sangama, tuluva, saluva
D)sangama, saluva, tuluva, aravidu

Question 13

When was the Bahmani kingdom founded?

A)1325
B)1437
C)1347
D)1341

Question 14

What were the temples built by Krishna Deva Raya?

A)vitthalaswamy and hazara ramaswamy temples
B)shore and brihadeesvara temples
C)hazara ramaswamy and meenakshi temples
D)vitthalaswamy and kailasanatha temples

Question 15

Who said 'God is the breath of all breath.'?

A)nanak
B)kabir
C)mirabai
D)chaitanya

Question 16

Dohas were

A)religious teachings of sufis.
B)a group of merchants who sent large caravans.
C)the muslim devotees who emphasised the personal devotion of man to god through love.
D)couplets which kabir composed and by which he taught his followers.

Question 17

Guru Nanak was born in

A)1469
B)1450
C)1470
D)1445

Question 18

Who was murid?

A)sufi saint
B)sufi teacher
C)a disciple
D)hospice

Question 19

A silsilah was a

A)tomb
B)shrine
C)a sufi order
D)hospice

Question 20

What were Varahas?

A)couplets of poetry
B)gold coins
C)guilds
D)assembly