(A) Secure a friendly ruler in Balkh
and Badakshan which bordered
Kabul
(B) Conquer Samarqand and Fer-
ghana, the Mughal homelands
(C) Fix the Mughal frontier on the
‘scientific line’ the Amu Daria
(D) Expand the Mughal Empire
beyond the sub-continent
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 2. Who had led a deputation of Banaras pandits before the Mughal emperor to seek the abolition of pilgrim tax on Banaras and Allahabad? [UPPCS (Pre) 2000]
(A) Haranth
(B) Jagannath
(C) Kavindracharya
(D) Kavi Hariram
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 3. What was the root of the dispute between the Shah of Iran and Mughal rulers?[39th BPSC (Pre) 1994]
(A) Kabul
(B) Qandahar
(C) Kunduz
(D) Ghazni
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 4. The loss of Qandahar was a big blow to the Mughal empire from the view point of [IAS (Pre) 1998]
(A) Natural resources
(B) Buffer territory
(C) Communication
(D) Strategic stronghold
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 5. Who was the ‘Poet-Laureate’ of Shah Jahan’s reign? [UPPCS (Mains) 2015]
(A) Kalim
(B) Kashi
(C) Qudsi
(D) Munir
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 6. The actual name of Mumtaz Mahal was [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2003]
(A) Arjumand Bano Begum
(B) Ladli Begum
(C) Mehrunnisa
(D) Roshan Ara
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 7. The coordination of Hindu and Iranian architecture can be seen in [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992]
(A) Taj Mahal
(B) Red Fort
(C) Panch Mahal
(D) Tomb of Sher Shah
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 8. Which of the following among Mughal Emperor constructed Jama Mosque of Delhi? [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004]
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 9. Who among the following shifted the capital of the Empire from Agra to Delhi? [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008]
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 10. Who among the following deserves the credit for the construction of ‘Lal Qila’? [UPPSC (GIC) 2010 UPPCS (Pre) 2002]
(A) Sikandar Lodi
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shah Jahan
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 11. Upanishads were translated into Persian during the reign of [UPPCS (Pre) 2009, 1992 UPPCS (Mains) 2006]
(A) Shah Jahan
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 12. Who among the following was given the title of ‘Shah Buland Iqbal’ by Shah Jahan? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]
(A) Dara Shikoh
(B) Shuja
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Murad
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 13. The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh under the title [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004]
(A) Al-Fihrist
(B) Kitab-al-Bayan
(C) Majma-ul-Bahrain
(D) Sirr-i-Akbar
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 14. Who was the author of Sirr-i- Akbar? [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]
(A) Abul Fazl
(B) Dara Shikoh
(C) Mullah Shah Badakhshi
(D) Shah Waliullah
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 15. The First Muslim to study Hindu scriptures was [UPPCS (Mains) 2003]
(A) Amir Khusrau
(B) Dara Shikoh
(C) Amir Hasan
(D) Shuja
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 16. Who among the following historians declared the regime of Shah Jahan to be the Golden Era of the Mughal period? [41st BPSC (Pre) 1996]
(A) V.A. Smith
(B) J.N. Sarkar
(C) A.L. Srivastava
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 17. The famous diamond ‘Kohinoor’ was presented to Shahjahan by [Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019 UPPCS (Mains) 2015]
(A) Aurangzeb
(B) Murad
(C) Mir Jumla
(D) Abul Hasan Qutb Shah
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 18. Which Mughal Emperor abolished the Persian Court Custom of ‘Sijda’ which was begun by Balban? [UPPCS (Mains) 2010 UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010]
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 19. Who among the following was the governor of Deccan for the major part of Shah Jahan’s Reign? [Tripura PSC (Pre) 2019 UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009]
(A) Dara Shikoh
(B) Murad Baksh
(C) Shah Shuja
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 20. The shaded area in the map shows the empire of [IAS (Pre) 2001] Kabul Balochistan Bay of Bengal Arabian Sea Bijapur Sri Lanka Golkunda
(A) Alauddin Khalji
(B) Muhammad Tughluq
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 21. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the list. [UPPCS (Mains) 2006] List-I (Monuments) (a) Alai Darwaza, Delhi (b) Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (c) Moti Masjid, Agra (d) Moti Masjid, Delhi List-II (Builders) 1. Alauddin Khalji 2. Akbar 3. Shah Jahan 4. Aurangzeb Code (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 1 4 2 3
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 4 2 3 1
Correct Answer (C)