(A) Charged tax from farmers
(B) Maintaining accounts of
income and expenses
(C) Justice
(D) Supervisions of land revenue
officials
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 2. Who among the following was appointed as a physician in the Mughal service? [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008]
(A) Bernier
(B) Coreri
(C) Manucci
(D) Tavernier
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 3. What was ‘district’ known as during the Mughal administration? [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2004]
(A) Ahar
(B) Vishyas
(C) Suba
(D) Sarkar
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 4. Which of the following was the head of the army in Mughal period? [UPPCS (Pre) 1992]
(A) Shane-e-Peel
(B) Mir Bakshi
(C) Wazir
(D) Sawahenigar
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 5. In the Mughal administration ‘Muhtasib’ was [47th BPSC (Pre) 2005]
(A) Military Officer
(B) Head of Foreign Affairs
(C) An Officer-in-Charge of public
morals
(D) Officer of Correspondence
Department
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 6. In medieval India, Mansabdari system was introduced mainly for [IAS (Pre) 1996]
(A) Making recruitment to the army
(B) Facilitating revenue collection
(C) Ensuring religious harmony
(D) Effecting clean administration
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 7. Which one of the following is not true about the Mughal Mansabdari System? [UPPCS (Mains) 2009]
(A) There were 33 divisions
(B) They got conditional or Mashut
rank
(C) Their ‘Sawar’ rank could exceed
the ‘Zat’ rank
(D) All civil and military officers
were given mansabs
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 8. What was the principal source of State Income in Mughal India? [UPPCS (Pre) 1995]
(A) Booty
(B) Escheat
(C) Land Revenue
(D) Tax
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 9. In Mughal administrative vocabu- lary ‘Maal’ represents [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009]
(A) Land Revenue
(B) Selarried
(C) Allowance
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 10. The Mughal Emperor who prohibi- ted the use of tobacco was [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013]
(A) Akbar
(B) Babur
(C) Jahangir
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 11. ‘Madad-i-Mash’ indicates in Mughal administration
(A) Toll Tax [Kerala PSC (Pre) 2019]
(B) Revenue freeland granted to
learned person
(C) Pension provided to military
officials
(D) Cultivation Tax
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 12. Who among the following rulers issued some coins with figures of Rama and Sita and Devanagari legend ‘Rama-Siya’? [UPPCS (Mains) 2011]
(A) Bhoja
(B) Siddharaja Jayasimha
(C) Zain-ul-Abidin
(D) Akbar
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 13. During the Mughal rule, in complete the copper coin was known as [UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2008]
(A) Rupee
(B) Dam
(C) Tanka
(D) Shamsi
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 14. The meaning of word Bantai during Medieval period was [48th to 52nd BPSC (Pre) 2008]
(A) Religious Tax
(B) System of calculating revenue
(C) Wealth tax
(D) Property tax
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 15. Assertion (P): The Mansabdari system was existing during the Mughal period. Reason (R): Mansabdars were selected on the basis of qualifica- tion. [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2008]
(A) Both (P) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation of
(P)
(B) Both (P) and (R) are true,
but (R) is not the correct
explanation of (P)
(C) (P) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (P) is false, but (R) is true
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 16. Read the statements 1 and 2 below and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013] 1. Not all the mansabdars were military officers. 2. Those who held high civil posts under the Mughals were also mansabdars and were graded accordingly. Code
(A) Both 1 and 2 are false
(B) Both 1 and 2 are true
(C) 1 is true, while 2 is false
(D) 1 is false, while 2 is true
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 17. Consider the following statements about Mughal Mansabdari and select the correct answer by using code below. [UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Mains) 2010] 1. ‘Zat’ and ‘Mansab’ designation were granted. 2. Mansabdars were hereditarily officials. 3. There were three classes of Mansabdars. 4. Their salary was paid by Diwan Office. Code
(A) Four statements are true
(B) Four statements are false
(C) Only 1, 2 and 3 are true
(D) Only 1 and 3 are true
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 18. Consider the following statements. Ahadis were those troopers who 1. offered their services singly 2. did not attach themselves to any chief 3. had the emperor as their immediate colonel 4. attached themselves to Mirzas Of these statements. [IAS (Pre) 1998]
(A) 1, 3 and 4 are correct
(B) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(C) 2 and 3 are correct
(D) 1 and 4 are correct
Correct Answer (B)