1. The motive behind Shah Jahan’s Balkh campaign was to
(A)
Secure a friendly ruler in Balkh and Badakshan which bordered Kabul
(B)
Conquer Samarqand and Ferghana, the Mughal homelands
(C)
Fix the Mughal frontier on the ‘scientific line’ the Amu Daria
(D)
Expand the Mughal Empire beyond the sub-continent
Answer
(A) Secure a friendly ruler in Balkh and Badakshan which bordered Kabul[IAS (Pre) 2002]
2. Who had led a deputation of Banaras pandits before the Mughal emperor to seek the abolition of pilgrim tax on Banaras and Allahabad?
(A)
Haranth
(B)
Jagannath
(C)
Kavindracharya
(D)
Kavi Hariram
Answer
(C) Kavindracharya[UPPCS (Pre) 2000]
3. What was the root of the dispute between the Shah of Iran and Mughal rulers?
(A)
Kabul
(B)
Qandahar
(C)
Kunduz
(D)
Ghazni
Answer
(B) Qandahar[39th BPSC (Pre) 1994]
4. The loss of Qandahar was a big blow to the Mughal empire from the view point of
(A)
Natural resources
(B)
Buffer territory
(C)
Communication
(D)
Strategic stronghold
Answer
(D) Strategic stronghold[IAS (Pre) 1998]
5. Who was the ‘Poet-Laureate’ of Shah Jahan’s reign?
(A)
Kalim
(B)
Kashi
(C)
Qudsi
(D)
Munir
Answer
(A) Kalim[UPPCS (Mains) 2015]
6. The actual name of Mumtaz Mahal was
(A)
Arjumand Bano Begum
(B)
Ladli Begum
(C)
Mehrunnisa
(D)
Roshan Ara
Answer
(A) Arjumand Bano Begum[Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2003]
7. The coordination of Hindu and Iranian architecture can be seen in
(A)
Taj Mahal
(B)
Red Fort
(C)
Panch Mahal
(D)
Tomb of Sher Shah
Answer
(A) Taj Mahal[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992]
8. Which of the following among Mughal Emperor constructed Jama Mosque of Delhi?
(A)
Akbar
(B)
Jahangir
(C)
Shah Jahan
(D)
Aurangzeb
Answer
(C) Shah Jahan[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004]
9. Who among the following shifted the capital of the Empire from Agra to Delhi?
(A)
Akbar
(B)
Jahangir
(C)
Shah Jahan
(D)
Aurangzeb
Answer
(C) Shah Jahan[UPPCS (Spl) (Mains) 2008]
10. Who among the following deserves the credit for the construction of ‘Lal Qila’?
(A)
Sikandar Lodi
(B)
Akbar
(C)
Jahangir
(D)
Shah Jahan
Answer
(D) Shah Jahan[UPPSC (GIC) 2010 UPPCS (Pre) 2002]
11. Upanishads were translated into Persian during the reign of
(A)
Shah Jahan
(B)
Akbar
(C)
Jahangir
(D)
Aurangzeb
Answer
(A) Shah Jahan[UPPCS (Pre) 2009, 1992 UPPCS (Mains) 2006]
12. Who among the following was given the title of ‘Shah Buland Iqbal’ by Shah Jahan?
(A)
Dara Shikoh
(B)
Shuja
(C)
Aurangzeb
(D)
Murad
Answer
(A) Dara Shikoh[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]
13. The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh under the title
(A)
Al-Fihrist
(B)
Kitab-al-Bayan
(C)
Majma-ul-Bahrain
(D)
Sirr-i-Akbar
Answer
(D) Sirr-i-Akbar[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004]
14. Who was the author of Sirr-iAkbar?
(A)
Abul Fazl
(B)
Dara Shikoh
(C)
Mullah Shah Badakhshi
(D)
Shah Waliullah
Answer
(B) Dara Shikoh[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]
15. The First Muslim to study Hindu scriptures was
(A)
Amir Khusrau
(B)
Dara Shikoh
(C)
Amir Hasan
(D)
Shuja
Answer
(B) Dara Shikoh[UPPCS (Mains) 2003]
16. Who among the following historians declared the regime of Shah Jahan to be the Golden Era of the Mughal period?
(A)
V.A. Smith
(B)
J.N. Sarkar
(C)
A.L. Srivastava
(D)
None of the above
Answer
(C) A.L. Srivastava[41st BPSC (Pre) 1996]
17. The famous diamond ‘Kohinoor’ was presented to Shahjahan by
(A)
Aurangzeb
(B)
Murad
(C)
Mir Jumla
(D)
Abul Hasan Qutb Shah
Answer
(C) Mir Jumla[Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019 UPPCS (Mains) 2015]
18. Which Mughal Emperor abolished the Persian Court Custom of ‘Sijda’ which was begun by Balban?
(A)
Akbar
(B)
Jahangir
(C)
Shah Jahan
(D)
Aurangzeb
Answer
(C) Shah Jahan[UPPCS (Mains) 2010 UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010]
19. Who among the following was the governor of Deccan for the major part of Shah Jahan’s Reign?
(A)
Dara Shikoh
(B)
Murad Baksh
(C)
Shah Shuja
(D)
Aurangzeb
Answer
(D) Aurangzeb[Tripura PSC (Pre) 2019 UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009]
20. The shaded area in the map shows the empire of
(A)
Alauddin Khalji
(B)
Muhammad Tughluq
(C)
Shah Jahan
(D)
Aurangzeb
Answer
(C) Shah Jahan[IAS (Pre) 2001]