List of top History Questions on The Mughal Empire

Who wrote ‘char Chaman’; describing the Mughal Nobility?

Who described Mughal cities of the 17th-century as ‘Camp Towns’?

Identify the correct statements:
A. In 1605, Sikhs were not living in many cities of the Mughal Empire. 
B. Accredited Representatives were known as Masands. 
C. Masands brought their offerings to Ramdaspur at least once a year. 
D. Only members of trading communities of merchants were included amongst of the Sikhs. 
E. Angad was nominated as Guru in the lifetime of Guru Nanak. 
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Match List I with List II :

List I		List II
A.	Jagir	I.	a police office
B.	Diwan	II.	Highest civilian office in Kingdom
C.	Deshpande	III.	a grant for the maintenance of troops
D.	Faraskhana	IV.	records keeper for a pargana

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Arrange the following in chronological order:
A. Babur's memoirs translated into Persian as Babur Nama. 
B. Abul Fazl works on the Akbar Nama. 
C. Lahori composes the first two daftars of the Badshah Nama. 
D. Gulbadan Begum begins to write Humayun Nama. 
E. Jahangir writes his memoir, Jahangir Nama. 
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Babur succeeded to the kingdom of Samarkand but he was driven out by ?

The center of manuscript production in Mughal India was known as :

Which Mughal emperor consciously made Persian as the leading language of the Mughal court?

Match List I with List II.

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Who was the officer of a Zamindar tasked with the collection of rent from the zamindari ?

Who was the first ruler to visit Khwaja?

In a painting titled "Jahangir's dream", the Mughal Emperor Jahangir is portrayed as embracing:-

Akbar's quest for religious knowledge led to inter-faith debates in the Ibadat Khana at:-

Arrange these landmarks of the Mughal Empire in a chronological order.
A. Reign of Akbar
B. Reign of Humayun
C. Reign of Shah Jahan
D. Reign of Jahangir
E. Reign of Aurangzeb
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Identify the correct statement related to classification of land under Akbar.

A Mughal ruler, who received the title of ‘World-Seizer’ was _______.

Identify the correct statements :
(A) Gulbadan Begum wrote ‘Humayun Nama’.
(B) Gulbadan could not write fluently in Turkish.
(C) Gulbadan was the daughter of Babur.
(D) Gulhadan in her writings described the conflicts among the Princes and Kings.
(E) Gulbadan was the daughter of Jahangir.
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Identify the correct sequence of the chronicles written during the Mughal period.
A. Akbar Nama
B. Alamgir Nama
C. Char Chaman
D. Jahangir Nama
E. Humayun Nama
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Which minister looked after the finances in the Mughal Empire?

Whom did Akbar honour with the title "Zarrin qalam"?

Who composed the Humayun Nama ?

Alamgir Nama is a history of the first ten years of which Mughal emperor's reign?