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MCQs

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Question 291. Consider the following statements regarding the duty of the Muhatsibs.

Check gambling dens and prostitution.

Check and interfere in the private life of the citizens.

Check weights and measures.

See that intoxicants were not consumed in public places.

Which of the above statements regarding the duty of Muhatsibs is/are correct?

1 and 2 only
1, 3 and 4 only
3 and 4 only
1, 2, 3 and 4

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> 1, 3 and 4 only
Answer: (b)
Regarding the duty of Muhatsibs, they checked gambling dens and prostitution. They checked weights and measures. They also saw that intoxicants were not consumed in public places.
The Muhatsibs appointed by Aurangzeb failed to improve the lives of the people.

Question 292. Which of the following areas was not conquered by Akbar?

Kashmir
Orissa
Qandahar
Bidar

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Bidar
Answer: (d)

Question 293. Consider the following statements: In 1560’s Akbar began to patronise the formation of the Mughal school of painting with the illustration of Dastani-Amir Hamaza, because

Akbar inherited Humayun’s taste for painting.

Akbar was especially interested in book illustration.

Akbar was persuaded to take interest in painting by Abdul Fazl.

Of these statements:

1, 2 and 3 are correct
1 and 2 are correct
2 and 3 are correct
1 and 3 are correct

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> 1 and 2 are correct
Answer: (b)

Question 294. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

Humayunamah : Gulbadan Begum
Padshahnamah : Abdul Hamid Lahori
Tabaqat-I Akbari : Nizamudding Ahmad
Futuhat-I Alamgiri : Mirza Muhammad Kazim

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> Padshahnamah : Abdul Hamid Lahori
Answer: (b)

Question 295. Month scale in the Mansabdari system was introduced by

Shahjahan
Jahangir
Aurangzeb
None of these

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> Shahjahan
Answer: (a) Month scale in the Mansabdari system was introduced by Shahjahan. Under Shah Jahan we have new scales of pay, monthly rations and new regulations prescribing the sizes of contingents under various Sawar ranks.

Question 296. The Maratha kingdom was founded by Shivaji during the reign of

Akbar
Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Shahjahan
Aurangzeb

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Aurangzeb
Answer: (d)

Question 297. Which of the following statements about Aurangzeb is true?

He was the greatest Mughal emperor.

He worked for the glory of the Mughal dynasty.

He dismissed the tradition of music in his court.

His biggest enemy was Marathas.

Which of the above is/are correct?

2, 3 and 4
1, 3 and 4
1 and 2
3 and 4

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> 3 and 4
Answer: (d)

Question 298. Tobacco cultivation was introduced in the Deccan by the Portuguese during the 16th century. Tobacco smoking reached the Mughal Court because of which one of the following?

The Portuguese missionaries introduced it into the Mughal Court
The soldiers of the Deccan spread this among the Mughal nobility
The Mughal ambassador to Bijapur, Mirza Asad baig introduced it to Akbar
The farmers who took tobacco cultivation introduced this to the Mughal Court

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> The soldiers of the Deccan spread this among the Mughal nobility
Answer: (b)

Question 299. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Khawand Mir — Qanum-i-Humayuni
Ziauddin Barani — Tarikh-i-Firuzshahi
Khwaja Kalan — Tazkira-i-Humayun Akbar
Gulbadan Begum — Humayunama

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> Khawand Mir — Qanum-i-Humayuni
Answer: (a)

Question 300. Who among the following had joined Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi?

Bhagwan Das
Birbal
Man Singh
Surjan Rai

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> Birbal
Answer: (b)
Birbal had joined Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi. Akbar had started a religion called Din-i-Ilahi, which acknowledges Akbar as God’s representative on earth and had a combination of Hindu and Muslim beliefs.
In the Ain-i-Akbari (The Institutes of Akbar), it is mentioned that Birbal was one of the few people other than Akbar who were its followers, besides being the only Hindu.