History of India | Medieval History | Disintegration of the Mughal Empire

History of India | Medieval History | Disintegration of the Mughal Empire

1. Which of the following Mughal Emperors granted duty-free trading facilities to the English in Bengal?

Akbar
Jahangir
Bahadur Shah
Farrukh Siyar

2. Who was the last Mughal Emperor to sit on Mayur Singhasan?

Shah Alam-I
Muhammad Shah
Bahadur Shah
Jahandar Shah

3. Who succeeded Aurangzeb after his death in 1707 A.D.?

Bahadur Shah-I
Jahandar Shah
Muhammad Shah
Akbar-II

4. How did the Mughal Emperor Jahandar Shah's reign come to an early end?

He was deposed by his Wazir
He died due to slip while climbing down steps
He was defeated by his nephew in a battle
He died of sickness due to too much consumption of wine

5. The Mughal Emperor at the time of Nadir Shah's attack was

Ahmad Shah
Alamgir II
Muhammad Shah
Rafi-ud-Darajat

6. A group of eunuchs and ladies dominated in the Government under

Muhammad Shah (1719-48)
Ahmad Shah (1748-54)
Alamgir (1754-59)
Shah Alam II (1759-1806)

7. Which Mughal emperor is known by the name of 'Rangila'?

Farrukh Siyar
Rafi-ud-Darajat
Muhammad Shah
Rafi-ud-Daula

8. Which of the following Mughal emperors was not allowed to enter into Delhi by Wazir Ghaziuddin?

Alamgir-II
Shah Alam-II
Akbar-II
Bahadur Shah-II

9. The last Mughal Emperor was Bahadur Shah. His father's name was

Akbar Shah-I
Akbar Shah-II
Aurangzeb
Shah Jahan

10. Who was last Mughal emperor of India?

Aurangzeb
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Shah Alam
Shah Jahan

11. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Bahadur Shah Zafar?

He was an emperor without an empire
Ibrahim Zauq and Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib were his poetry teachers
Hasan Askari was his spiritual guide
He received less than one lakh rupees as pension from East India Company

12. Who among the following was the first Nawab of Awadh?

Asaf-ud-Daula
Saadat Khan
Shuja-ud-Daula
Safdarjung

13. Who among the following was the founder of independent Kingdom of Hyderabad?

Qamaruddin Khan
Muhammad Amir Khan
Asad Khan
Chin Qilich Khan

14. Among the following who had constructed an astronomical observatory popularly known as Jantar-Mantar at Delhi?

Akbar
Shah Jahan
Suraj Mal
Jai Singh-II

15. The book 'Jiz Muhammad Shahi' related to knowledge of Astrology produced in 1773 is written by

Darbar Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur
Raja Bharmal of Amber
Swai Jai Singh of Jaipur
Maharana Amar Singh of Udaipur

16. Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur had not built the observatory at

Ujjain
Varanasi
Mathura
Allahabad