CHAPTER/THEME-9: KINGS AND CHRONICLES

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which Mughal ruler made the Persian Court Language

A. Jahangir

B. Akbar

C. Humayun

D. Aurangzeb

(NCERT, PART II PAGE NO- 227)

2. _______was the Scriptorium where the Emperor’s collection of manuscripts was preserved

A. Library

B. Karkhana

C. Fort

D. Kitabkhana

(NCERT, PART II PAGE NO- 2228)

3. Which of the following statements related to art of Paintings are incorrect?

I. The safavids kings of Iran patronized the finest artists.

II. The depiction of living beings in the form of paintings or sculpture was greatly promoted in Islam

III. Abu’l Fazl described the paintings as the magical art.

IV. Mir Sayyed Ali and AbdusSamad accompanied Emperor Babur to Delhi.

A. I AND IV
B. II AND IV
C. Only II
D. Only I

(NCERT, PART II PAGE NO- 228,229)

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4. Which of the following practices related to the Mughal Court is incorrect?

A. Once the Emperor sat on the throne none was permitted to move from his position or to leave without
permission

B. Forms of salutation to the ruler indicated the persons status in the hierarchy

C. Jharokhadarshan was introduced by Akbar with the objective of broadening the acceptance of the
imperial authority as part of popular faith

D. under Akbar sijda or complete prostration was replaced by chahartaslim and Zaminbos

(NCERT, PART II PAGE NO- 238)

5. Which of the statements related to the imperial household is incorrect?

A. In the Mughal household wives who came from royal families were called begums

B. In the Mughal household wives who were not of noble birth were called aghas

C. The concubines occupied the lowest position

D. The lineage-based Family structure was entirely static

(NCERT, PART II PAGE NO- 242)

6. Match the followings

a. Akbar Nama I) Abdul Hamid Lahori

b. Humyun Nama II) chandrabhan Brahman

c. Badshah Nama III) Gulbadan Begum

d. Charchaman IV) Abu’l Fazl

Options:

A. a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv

B. a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii
C. a-iv, b-ii, c-iii, d-i
D. a-iii, b-iv, c- ii, d- i
(NCERT, PART II PAGE NO- 226.241)

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7. Read the following information given below:

Identify and name the style of writing-

It is Akbar’s favorite style of writing. It is fluid style with long horizontal strokes . it is written using a piece
of trimmed reed with a tip of five to 10 mm called qalam, dipped in carbon ink

A. Naqib
B. Nastaliq
C. Namus
D. Dagh

(NCERT, PART II PAGE NO- 228)

8. Which Mughal ruler commissioned the construction of a white marble tomb for Shaikh Salim Chishti?

A. Babur

B. Humayun

C. Akbar

D. Jahangir

(NCERT, PART II PAGE NO- 236)

9. In Mughal Administration the court writers who recorded all the documents and imperial order was called

A. Qazis

B. Wakil

C. Mir Bakshi

D. WaqiaNawis

(NCERT, PART II PAGE NO- 246)

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10. Abu’l Fazl described sovereignty as a Social contract. The Emperor protects the four essences of his
subjects. Which of the following is not among that?

A. Jan

B. Namus

C. Din

D. Sin

(NCERT, PART II PAGE NO- 234)

11. Asiatic society of Bengal was established in

(A) 1762
(B) 1784
(C) 1786
(D) 1802

(NCERT PART -II, Page no. 232)

12. Abdul Hamid Lahori was the pupil of –

A) Abu’l Hasan

B) Abu’lFazl

C) Amir khusrau

D) Faizi

(NCERT PART -II, Page no. 231)

13. Which two artists were brought from Iran to the Mughal court by Emperor Humayun?

A) Mir Sayyid Ali & Abdus Samad

B) Bihjad & Dasvanth

C) Abdus Samad & Dashvanth

D) Mir Sayyid Ali & Mansoor

(NCERT PART -II, Page no. 230)

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14. ‘Razmnama’ is a translated version of-

A) Geeta

B) Ramayana

C) Mahabharata

D) Panchatantra

(NCERT PART -II, Page no. 227)

15. Qandahar was a bone of contention between?

A) Mughals and Arabs

B) Mughals & Safavids

C) Mughals & Turks

D) Turks & Safavids

(NCERT PART -II, Page no. 248)

16. When was the last Mughal ruler overthrown by the British?

A) 1607

B) 1707

C) 1757

D) 1857

(NCERT PART -II, Page no. 230)

17. The title Mirza Raja was accorded by Aurangzeb to

A) Jai Singh

B) Jaswant Singh

C) Both Jai Singh & Jaswant Singh

D) Mir Khan

(NCERT PART -II, Page no. 241)

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18. Who was the Author of Humayun Nama?

A) Humayun

(B) Gulbadan Begum

(C) Roshannara

(D) Akbar

(NCERT PART -II, Page no. 243)

19. What was the right sequence of division of provincial administration?

A) suba, pargana, sarkar & village

B) suba, sarkar, pargana & village

C) sarkar, suba, pargana & village

D) sarkar, pargana, suba& village

(NCERT PART -II, Page no. 247)

20. The term ‘mansab’ refers to

A) Soldier

B) Branding of horses

C) Number of armed retainers

D)Rank or office

(NCERT PART -II, Page no. 245)

21. With which Mughal Emperor can we associate ‘Alamgir Nama’ ?

A) Aurangzeb

B) Shah Jahan

C)Humayun

D)Janhangir

(NCERT Pg. 226)

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22. Who is said to be the founder of the Mughal Empire in India?

A) Taimur

B) Umar Shekh Mirza

C) Sher Shah

D) Babur

(NCERT Pg. 225)

23. What led to the downfall of the Mughal power?

A) Death of Akbar

B) Attack of Hoon

C) Death of Aurangzeb in 1707

D) Downfall of Maratha’s

(NCERT Pg. 226)

24. Which of the following was written by Gul-Badan Begum?

A) Babarnama

B) Humayunama

C) Shahjahanama

D) Jahangirnama

(NCERT Pg. 243)

25. Among the following which is incorrect about Mughal Chronicles?

A) Akbar established a specific department for the prepration of the chronicles

B) Abul-fazl was main historian available in the court of Akbar

C) Pictures of the Mughal courts and household were designed to facilitate about the clear information of
Mughals

D) Pietradura style of calligraphy was not used in the prepration of Mughal Chronicles.

(NCERT Pg. 226)

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26. What was the name of the hall of worship constructed by Akbar?

A) diwan-e-aam

B) diwan-e-khas

C) ibadatkhana

D) bulanddarwaza

(NCERT Pg. 251 )

27. Which among the following statements is incorrect about Mughal Empire and its rulers?

(A) The name Mughal derives from Mongol but today the term evokes the grandeur of an

empire, it was not the name the rulers of the dynasty chose for themselves.

(B) Mughal rulers referred to themselves as Timurids, as descendants of the Turkish ruler

Timur on the paternal side.

(C) Humayun, the first Mughal ruler, was related to Ghenghiz Khan from his mother’s side and he spoke
Turkish and referred derisively to the Mongols as barbaric hordes.

(D) During the sixteenth century, Europeans used the term Mughal to describe the Indian rulers of this
branch of the family.

(NCERT Pg. 225)

28. Which among the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the shifting of capitals between the
15th to 16th centuries?

(i) During the 1560s Akbar had the fort of Agra constructed with red sandstone quarried from the adjoining
regions.

(ii) In the 1570s, he decided to build a new capital, FatehpurSikri. One of the reasons prompting this may
have been that Sikri was located on the direct road to Ajmer, where the dargah of Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
had become an important pilgrimage centre.

(iii) In 1585, the capital was transferred to Lahore to bring the North-West under greater control and Akbar
closely watched the frontier for thirteen years.

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(iv) In 1648 the court, army and household moved from Agra to the newly completed imperial capital,
Shahjahanabad. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

(A) (i), (ii), (iii)

(B) (ii), (iii), (iv)

(C) (i), (iii), (iv)

(D) All of the above.

(NCERT Pg. 236)

29. Which of the following Mughal emperors wrote

poetry and memoirs in Turkish language? K

(A) Akbar

(B) Babur

(C) Humayun

(D) Aurangzeb

(NCERT Pg. 227)

30. When did Akbar build a new capital at Fatehpur Sikri?

(A) 1500s

(B) 1520s

(C) 1570s

(D) 1750s

(NCERT Pg. 236)

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 ANSWER KEY
QUESTION NO. ANSWER
1 B
2 D
3 B
4 D
5 D
6 B
7 B
8 C
9 D
10 D
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. C
15. D
16. D
17. C
18. B
19. B
20. D
21. A
22. D
23. C
24. B
25. D
26. C
27. C
28. D
29. B
30. C)

PREPARED BY THE PGTs (HISTORY) OF BHUBANESWAR, GUWAHATI, KOLKATA,

RANCHI, SILCHAR AND TINSUKIA REGIONS.

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