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SSC AND STATES PCS EXAMINATIONS MCQs
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Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 & 3
AKBAR INVITED A LARGE NUMBER OF PAINTERS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TO HIS COURT. MIR SAYYID ALI, ABDAL SAMAD, FARUKH BEG, BHUSRAU KULI, MISKINA, JAMSHED BASAWAN, AND DASWANT WERE THE PROMINENT PAINTERS.
AKBAR INVITED A LARGE NUMBER OF PAINTERS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TO HIS COURT. MIR SAYYID ALI, ABDAL SAMAD, FARUKH BEG, BHUSRAU KULI, MISKINA, JAMSHED BASAWAN, AND DASWANT WERE THE PROMINENT PAINTERS.
Answer: Option A. -> Farrukh Siyar
JAHANDAR SHAH WAS SUCCEEDED BY FARRUKH SIYAR. FARRUKH SIYAR WAS THE BROTHER OF JAHANDAR SHAH. HE DEFEATED JAHANDAR SHAH AT AGRA IN C.1713 CE. HE RULED FROM C.1713 TO 19 CE.
JAHANDAR SHAH WAS SUCCEEDED BY FARRUKH SIYAR. FARRUKH SIYAR WAS THE BROTHER OF JAHANDAR SHAH. HE DEFEATED JAHANDAR SHAH AT AGRA IN C.1713 CE. HE RULED FROM C.1713 TO 19 CE.
Answer: Option C. -> Wazir
DURING THE MUGHAL ADMINISTRATION, THE HEAD OF THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT WAS WAZIR, BUT HE WAS NO LONGER THE PRINCIPAL ADVISER TO THE RULER. HE WAS AN EXPERT IN REVENUE AFFAIRS HAVING THE TITLE OF DIWAN OR DIWAN-I-ALA.
DURING THE MUGHAL ADMINISTRATION, THE HEAD OF THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT WAS WAZIR, BUT HE WAS NO LONGER THE PRINCIPAL ADVISER TO THE RULER. HE WAS AN EXPERT IN REVENUE AFFAIRS HAVING THE TITLE OF DIWAN OR DIWAN-I-ALA.
Answer: Option C. -> Sikandar Adil Shah
IN 1682 CE AURANGZEB HAD SENT AN EXPEDITION AGAINST SIKANDAR ADIL SHAH, WHO WAS THE YOUNG RULER OF BIJAPUR UNDER PRINCE AZAM. PRINCE AZAM FAILED AND WAS CALLED BACK BY AURANGZEB.
IN 1682 CE AURANGZEB HAD SENT AN EXPEDITION AGAINST SIKANDAR ADIL SHAH, WHO WAS THE YOUNG RULER OF BIJAPUR UNDER PRINCE AZAM. PRINCE AZAM FAILED AND WAS CALLED BACK BY AURANGZEB.
Answer: Option B. -> Amalguzar
THE AMALGUZAR OR AMIL USED TO MAINTAIN ALL ACCOUNTS AND SEND THE DAILY RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE REPORT TO THE PROVINCIAL DIWAN. HE USED TO ASSESS AND SUPERVISE THE REVENUE COLLECTION.
THE AMALGUZAR OR AMIL USED TO MAINTAIN ALL ACCOUNTS AND SEND THE DAILY RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE REPORT TO THE PROVINCIAL DIWAN. HE USED TO ASSESS AND SUPERVISE THE REVENUE COLLECTION.
Answer: Option C. -> Sonopant Dabir
THE REIGN OF SHAHU MARKED THE EMERGENCE OF A LINEAGE OF CHITPAVAN BRAHMIN MINISTERS, WHO HELD THE TITLE OF PESHWA. THE WORD ‘PESHWA’ PROBABLY ORIGINATED IN PERSIAN WHICH MEANS FOREMOST. SONOPANT DABIR IS CONSIDERED AS THE FIRST UNOFFICIAL PESHWA.
THE REIGN OF SHAHU MARKED THE EMERGENCE OF A LINEAGE OF CHITPAVAN BRAHMIN MINISTERS, WHO HELD THE TITLE OF PESHWA. THE WORD ‘PESHWA’ PROBABLY ORIGINATED IN PERSIAN WHICH MEANS FOREMOST. SONOPANT DABIR IS CONSIDERED AS THE FIRST UNOFFICIAL PESHWA.
Answer: Option B. -> Baji Rao I
BAJI RAO I WAS THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL NINE PESHWAS. HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS “THORALE” WHICH MEANS THE ‘ELDER’ BAJI RAO. HE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE GREATEST EXPONENT OF GUERRILLA TACTICS AFTER SHIVAJI.
BAJI RAO I WAS THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL NINE PESHWAS. HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS “THORALE” WHICH MEANS THE ‘ELDER’ BAJI RAO. HE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE GREATEST EXPONENT OF GUERRILLA TACTICS AFTER SHIVAJI.
Answer: Option D. -> Tarabai
TARABAI WHO WAS THE WIDOW OF RAJARAM AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1700 CE ASSUMED THE CHARGE OF THE MARATHA EMPIRE. TARABAI LOST TO SHAHU IN THE BATTLE OF KHED, AFTER WHICH SHE WENT AWAY TO KOLHAPUR, ESTABLISHING THE ROYAL HOUSE OF KOLHAPUR.
TARABAI WHO WAS THE WIDOW OF RAJARAM AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1700 CE ASSUMED THE CHARGE OF THE MARATHA EMPIRE. TARABAI LOST TO SHAHU IN THE BATTLE OF KHED, AFTER WHICH SHE WENT AWAY TO KOLHAPUR, ESTABLISHING THE ROYAL HOUSE OF KOLHAPUR.
Answer: Option B. -> Jahangir
THE MUGHAL EMPEROR JAHANGIR BUILT AKBAR’S MAUSOLEUM AT SIKANDRA. HE ALSO BUILT THE TOMB OF LTIMAD-UD-DAULA, HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, AT AGRA. THE TOMB OF LTIMAD-UD- I DAULA WAS THE FIRST MUGHAL MONUMENT WHICH WAS BUILT ENTIRELY OF MARBLE.
THE MUGHAL EMPEROR JAHANGIR BUILT AKBAR’S MAUSOLEUM AT SIKANDRA. HE ALSO BUILT THE TOMB OF LTIMAD-UD-DAULA, HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, AT AGRA. THE TOMB OF LTIMAD-UD- I DAULA WAS THE FIRST MUGHAL MONUMENT WHICH WAS BUILT ENTIRELY OF MARBLE.
Answer: Option C. -> Both 1 & 2
AHMAD SHAH ABDALI RULED THE MUGHAL EMPIRE FROM 1748 CE TO 1757 CE. AHMAD SHAH ABDALI INVADED DELHI MANY TIMES, AND THE RESULT OF WHICH PUNJAB ALONG WITH MULTAN WAS CEDED TO HIM.
AHMAD SHAH ABDALI RULED THE MUGHAL EMPIRE FROM 1748 CE TO 1757 CE. AHMAD SHAH ABDALI INVADED DELHI MANY TIMES, AND THE RESULT OF WHICH PUNJAB ALONG WITH MULTAN WAS CEDED TO HIM.