The Later Mughals - 1

Free practice test The Later Mughals history questions and answers generally asked in upsc civil services exams and other competitive exams

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who granted the Maratha ruler Shahu the right to collect Chauth and Sardeshmukhi from the 6 provinces of the Deccan and the Swarajya (territories of Shivaji)?

  1. Farrukhsiyar
  2. Sayyid Brothers
  3. Chin Qilich Khan
  4. Muhammad Shah
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Battle of Jajau took place between

  1. Muazzam and Kam Baksh
  2. Muazzam and Azam
  3. Azam and Farrukhsiyar
  4. Azam and Kam Baksh
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which mughal historian gave the chronogram of 'Shah-i-Bekhabar' to Bahadur Shah I (Shah Alam I) because of his negligent and complacent attitude towards administration.

  1. Inayat Khan
  2. Sir Jadunath Sarkar
  3. Bhim Sen
  4. Khafi Khan
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which later mughal ruler abolished the infamous tax called Jaziya?

  1. Shah Alam I
  2. Jahandar Shah
  3. Farrukhsiyar
  4. Muhammad Shah
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which later mughal ruler granted many trade privileges to the East India Company in the royal firman of 1717?

  1. Jahandar Shah
  2. Farrukhsiyar
  3. Muhammad Shah
  4. Rafi-ud-Daula
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is correct ?

  1. Shahu was released and given the authority to collect Sardeshmukhi from the Deccan but not the Chauth by Bahadur Shah I.
  2. Shahu was recognized as the Maratha sovereign by Bahadur Shah I.
  3. Shahu received a warm welcome from Tarabai when he returned after being released from mughal captivity.
  4. None of the above.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Shah Alam II was blinded mercilessly by the Rohilla Chief named :

  1. Najib-ud-Daula
  2. Ghulam Qadir
  3. Hafiz Rehmat Khan
  4. Ghaziuddin Imad-ul-Mulk
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which mughal emperor signed the treaty of Allahabad with the East India Company?

  1. Alamgir II
  2. Ali Gauhar
  3. Bahadur Shah Zafar
  4. Shah Alam I
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Autonomous State of Hyderabad was founded in ______ A.D. by _________.

  1. 1722, Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-mulk
  2. 1724, Chin Quilich Khan
  3. 1725, Mohammad Amin Khan
  4. 1726 , Murshid Kuli Khan
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which later mughal emperor was the contemporary of the Bengal Nawab Siraj-ud-daula?

  1. Bahadur Shah II
  2. Akbar II
  3. Alamgir II
  4. Shah Alam II
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which mughal emperor granted the title of 'Raja' to the famous social and cultural reformer Ram Mohan Roy and sent him to England to plead for a hike in the pension of the Mughal Emperor?

  1. Akbar II
  2. Shah Alam II
  3. Bahadur Shah II
  4. Alamgir II
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The British captured Delhi in 1803 A.D. during the reign of which Mughal Emperor?

  1. Akbar II
  2. Bahadur Shah Zafar
  3. Shah Alam II
  4. Shah Jahan III
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Muhammad Khan Bangash (the Bangash Nawab) exercised his control over the territory of and around :

  1. Rohillkhand
  2. Bundelkhand
  3. Farukkhabad
  4. Baghelkhand
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which later mughal ruler ascended the throne as a puppet in the hands of the Sayyid Brothers after assuming the of Shah Jahan II?

  1. Rafi-ud-Shan
  2. Rafi-ud-Daula
  3. Rafi-ud-Darajat
  4. Raushan Akhtar
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Sayyid Brothers were settled in the upper Ganga-Jamuna Doab at a place called :

  1. Saharanpur
  2. Badayun
  3. Farukkhabad
  4. Barha
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who encouraged the malpractice of Revenue-Farming (Ijara) which led to the exploitation of the peasants and indirectly contributed to the decline of the mughal empire?

  1. The Sayyid Brothers
  2. Zulfiqar Khan
  3. Javid Khan
  4. Qamaruddin
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was killed in action during the Battle of Karnal in 1739 A.D.?

  1. Khan-i-Dauran
  2. Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk
  3. Nizam-ul-Mulk
  4. Nadir Shah
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Banda Bahadur, the militant Sikh leader after Guru Gobind Singh was defeated, captured and executed by the mughals in:

  1. 1707 A.D.
  2. 1712 A.D.
  3. 1714 A.D.
  4. 1716 A.D.
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who succeded Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk as the independent ruler (Nawab) of Awadh and was also appointed the wazir of the Mughal Empire, hence started the hierarchial tradition of the Nawab-Wazirs?

  1. Shuja-ud-daula
  2. Asaf-ud-Daula
  3. Safdar Jung
  4. Wajid Ali Shah
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mughal emperor who hatched a conspiracy against the Sayyid Brothers with the help of the Turani and Irani factions of nobles at the Mughal court and successfully implemented the plot to finally overthrow them after a long drawn tussle of power, causing the downfall and death of the Sayyid Brothers was :

  1. Farrukhsiyar
  2. Muhammad Shah
  3. Ahmad Shah
  4. Jahandar Shah
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the mughal emperor at the time of the Third Battle of Panipat?

  1. Shah Jahan III
  2. Shah Alam II
  3. Alamgir II
  4. Ahmad Shah
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which later mughal emperor loved dancing and was an expert Kathak dancer?

  1. Roshan Akhtar
  2. Aziz-ud-din
  3. Ali Gauhar
  4. Muhi-ul-Millat
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Nizam-ul-Mulk Chin Quilich Khan expired in which year?

  1. 1739 A.D.
  2. 1748 A.D.
  3. 1755 A.D.
  4. 1761 A.D.
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Delhi Durbar witnessed the reign of how many mughal emperors during the period 1707 A.D. to 1759 A.D.?

  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 8
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Nizam-ul-Mulk (Chin Quilich Khan) was conferred the title of Asaf Jah by:

  1. The Sayyid Brothers
  2. Farrukhsiyar
  3. Muhammad Shah
  4. Zulfiqar Khan