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Question 31. Which of the following statements about the revenue system of the Mughals is incorrect?

  1. Land revenue was collected as a fixed share varying from 1/3 rd to 1/2 of the total produce.

  2. Ryots were evicted from their holding for default of payment.

  3. Akbar followed Sher Shah’s land revenue system.

  4. Patta system was started to control the cheatings of taxes by peasants.


Which of the above is/are not correct?
  1.    1, 3 and 4
  2.    2 only
  3.    2 and 3
  4.    4 only
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 2 only
Answer: (b)
Question 32. Jaziya was reimposed during the reign of
  1.    Jahangir
  2.    Akbar
  3.    Aurangzeb
  4.    Shahjahan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Aurangzeb
Answer: (c) Jaziya was reimposed during the reign of Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb reimposed the Jaziya the hated poll-tax on non-Muslims, which the wise and compassionate Akbar abolished early in his region.
Question 33. The educational centre at Delhi called Madrasahi-Begam was established by
  1.    Maham Anaga
  2.    Gulbadan Begam
  3.    Zia-un-Nisa
  4.    Zinat-un-Nisa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Maham Anaga
Answer: (a)
Question 34. Who among the following shifted the capital of the empire from Agra to Delhi?
  1.    Jahangir
  2.    Akbar
  3.    Shahjahan
  4.    Aurangzeb
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Shahjahan
Answer: (c) In 1638, Shahjahan moved his capital from Agra to a city in Delhi, known as Shahjahanabad, the new capital city was laid out under the emperor’s auspices from 1639 – 1648.
Question 35. Who wrote Akbarnama?
  1.    Abdur Rahim Khanekhana
  2.    Abdul Qadir Badauni
  3.    Abul Fazl
  4.    Faizi
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Abul Fazl
Answer: (c) Abul Fazl wrote Akbarnama. Abul Fazal wrote the work between 1590 and 1596 and is thought to have been illustrated between c. 1592 and 1594 by at least forty-nine different artists from Akbar’s studio.
Question 36. The first archtectural achievement of Jahangir’s reign in India was the consturction of his father’s mausoleum. Where was it built?
  1.    Lahore
  2.    Surat
  3.    Shikohabad
  4.    Sikandara
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Sikandara
Answer: (d)
Question 37. The original name of Mumtaj Mahal was
  1.    Mehrunnisa
  2.    Arjumand Banu Begum
  3.    Roshan Ara
  4.    Ladli Begum
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Arjumand Banu Begum
Answer: (b) Arjumand Banu Begum (also called Mumtaz Mahal) was the third wife of Shahjahan, the Mughal emperor. Mumtaz Mahal (meaning ‘Jewel of the palace’) was the nickname her husband gave to her.
Question 38. The noble who introduced important reforms in the land revenue administration of Mughals in Deccan during the reign of Shahjahan, was
  1.    Asaf Khan
  2.    Murshid Quli Khan
  3.    Mahabat Khan
  4.    Khan-i-Zama
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Murshid Quli Khan
Answer: (b)
Question 39. Who among the following was given the title of Shekh-ul-Hind?
  1.    Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
  2.    Baba Fariduddin
  3.    Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
  4.    Sheikh Salim Chisti
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Sheikh Salim Chisti
Answer: (d)
Question 40. Which of the following did not constitute part of the army reforms of Sher Shah?
  1.    Keeping a large army at the centre
  2.    Cash payment to soldiers
  3.    Introduction of a swiftly moving artillery
  4.    Introduction of the practice of branding horses
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Introduction of a swiftly moving artillery
Answer: (c)Sher Shah did not introduce swiftly moving artillery. Sher Shah effected many military reforms in order to save the country from foreign invasions and internal revolt. With the object of organising the Army, Sher Shah began to pay the soldiers their salary in cash; maintained their respective roles; brandished the horses etc.

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