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Question 311. Who among the following were Jahangiri painters?

  1. Abdus Samad

  2. Abul Hasan

  3. Aqa Riza

  4. Mir Sayyad Ali


Select the correct answer using the codes given below codes:
  1.    3 and 4
  2.    1 and 2
  3.    1 and 4
  4.    2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 2 and 3
Answer: (d)
Abul Hasan and Aqa Riza were the Jahangiri painters.
Jehangir encouraged artists to paint portraits and court scenes. His most talented portrait painters were Abul Hasan and Bishan Das.
Bahadur Shah I (1707-1712 AD.) also tried to restore the court patronize of paintings.
Question 312. The medieval Indian writer, who refers to the discovery of America was
  1.    Amir Khusrow
  2.    Malik Mohammad Jayasi
  3.    Abul Fazal
  4.    Raskhan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Abul Fazal
Answer: (c)
Question 313. In the Mughal land revenue administration, we come across a term ‘Mahsul’. What do you mean by it?
  1.    Actual revenue
  2.    Expected revenue
  3.    Revenue arrears
  4.    Revenue from Khalsa lands
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Expected revenue
Answer: (b)
Question 314. Which among the following became an integral part of Shahjahan’s empire ?
  1.    Golkunda
  2.    Bijapur
  3.    Ahmednagar
  4.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Ahmednagar
Answer: (c)
Question 315.
List I
List II
(Mughal Ruler)
(Place of Tomb)
A. Babar
1. Lahore
B. Humayun
2. Sikandara
C. Akbar
3. Kabul
D. Jahangir
4. Delhi
Codes: A B C D
  1.    1 2 3 4
  2.    4 3 2 1
  3.    2 1 4 3
  4.    3 4 2 1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 3 4 2 1
Answer: (d)
Babar’s tomb is in Kabul. Humayun’s tomb placed in Delhi. Akbar’s tomb placed in Sikandara. Jahangir’s tomb placed in Lahore.
Question 316. The Maratha power reached its zenith during the Peshwaship of
  1.    Balaji II
  2.    Balaji Vishwanath
  3.    Baji Rao I
  4.    Madhav Rao
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Balaji II
Answer: (a) The Maratha power reached its zenith during the Peshwaship of Balaji II. The Maratha state under him reached its territorial zenith extending from Cuttack to Attack and in July 1760 the Marathas occupied Delhi.
Question 317. Who was favoured by Prime Minister Mir Khalifa as Babur’s successor instead of Humayun?
  1.    Mirza Kamran
  2.    Mirza Suleiman
  3.    Mirza Askari
  4.    Mehdi Khwaja
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Mehdi Khwaja
Answer: (d) Mehndi Khwaja favoured by prime minister Mir Khalifa as Babur’s successor instead of Humayun. Babur’s prime minister Mir Khalifa had doubts about Humayun’s abilities and tried to raise Mehdi Khwaja, Babur’s brother-in-law to the throne.
Question 318. Which one among the following is not a function of Mir Bakshi, the Head of the Military Department as well as of the nobility under Mughal rule?
  1.    He made recommendations for appointment to Mansabs to the emperor
  2.    He was responsible for all incomes and expenditures and held control over Khalisa, Jagir and Inam lands
  3.    He collected reports of intelligence and information agencies of the empire and presented them to the emperor at the court
  4.    He was responsible for the security of foreign travellers on the highways of the empire
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> He made recommendations for appointment to Mansabs to the emperor
Answer: (a)Recommendation for appointment to mansabs to the Emperor is not a function of Mir Bakhshi . The duties of Mir Bakhshi includedThe recruitment of the army maintaining a list of mansabdars with their postings. Keeping a roster of the Palace guards. Preparing the rules as to grants of pay keeping up a list of officers paid in cash, and an abstract of the total paybills. The superintendence of the mustering for branding and verifying the troopers’ horses and the orders subsidiary thereto.
Question 319. What was Jihat in the Mughal land revenue administrative terminology?
  1.    A religious tax
  2.    Access over fixed rates
  3.    A toll tax
  4.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Access over fixed rates
Answer: (b)
Question 320. In the Cavalry of Shivaji, a Jumla commanded
  1.    10 Havaldars
  2.    9 Havaldars
  3.    15 Havaldars
  4.    5 Havaldars
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 5 Havaldars
Answer: (d)
In the cavalry of Shivaji, a Jumla commanded 5 Havaldars. The most significant part of his army was the Paga on state cavalry. There were two classes in the cavalry, the Bargirs and the Shiladars.
There were regular grades in the cavalry, the unit formed by 25 troopers over 25 troopers, there was a Havaldar. Five Havaldars were placed under one Jumladar and over 10 Jumladars, there was one Hazari, five one Hazaris were under a Panj Hazari.

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