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SSC AND STATES PCS EXAMINATIONS MCQs

Total Questions : 100 | Page 10 of 10 pages
Question 91. Akbar invited which of the following painters to his court?
1) Mir Sayyid Ali
2) Abdal Samad
3) Farukh Beg
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
  1.    Only 1 & 2
  2.    Only 2 & 3
  3.    Only 1 & 3
  4.    1, 2 & 3
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 92. Which of the following succeeded Jahandar Shah?
  1.    Farrukh Siyar
  2.    Rafi-us-Darajat
  3.    Rafi-us-Daula
  4.    Mohd. Shah Rangeela
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 93. Which of the following was the head of the revenue department during the Mughal administration?
  1.    The Emperor
  2.    Wakil
  3.    Wazir
  4.    Mir bakshi
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 94. Which of the following ruler was the ruler of Bijapur when Prince Azam lead an expedition against Bijapur?
  1.    Ali Adil Shah II
  2.    Mohammed Adil Shah
  3.    Sikandar Adil Shah
  4.    Ali Adil Shah I
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 95. Which of the following used to maintain all accounts and send the daily receipt and expenditure report to the provincial Diwan?
  1.    Faujdar
  2.    Amalguzar
  3.    Shiqdar
  4.    Muqaddam
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 96. Which of the following was the first unofficial Peshwa?
  1.    Balaji Vishwanath
  2.    Moropant Trimbak Pingle
  3.    Sonopant Dabir
  4.    Shyampant Kulkarni Ranzekar
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 97. Which of the following was also known as “Thorale”, meaning the ‘Elder’ Baji Rao?
  1.    Balaji Vishwanath
  2.    Baji Rao I
  3.    Balaji Baji Rao I
  4.    Madhav Rao
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 98. Which of the following established the Royal House of Kolhapur?
  1.    Rajaram
  2.    Rajaram II
  3.    Shahu
  4.    Tarabai
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 99. Which of the following built Akbar’s mausoleum at Sikandra?
  1.    Shahjahan
  2.    Jahangir
  3.    Aurangzeb
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 100. Which of the following places were ceded to Ahmad Shah Abdali?
1) Punjab
2) Multan
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
  1.    Only 1
  2.    Only 2
  3.    Both 1 & 2
  4.    Neither 1 & 2
 Discuss Question
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.

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