CHAPTER 4 EXTRA QUESTIONS
Q1: Guerilla warfare
was started by the Marathas in the deccan during the reign of____________.
Ans:Aurangzeb
Q2: Prince Akbar
rebelled against whom?
Ans:Aurangzeb
Q3: Name the Mughal
ruler who followed the coparcenary inheritance.
Ans:Humayun
Q4: Mughals
permanently lost Qandhar during the reign of ___________.
Ans:Shah
Jahan
Q5: In which year the
battle of Chanderi was fought?
Ans:1528
Q6: Chittor was the
capital of __________.
Ans:Sisodiya
Rajputs
Q7: When was the First
Battle of Panipat fought?
Ans:1526
Q8: Who wrote Ain-i-Akbari?
Ans:Abul
Fazl
Q9: The real name of
Nur Jahan, the queen of Jahangir was Mehrunnisa. True/False
Ans:True
Q10: Who constructed
Fatehpur-Sikri?
Ans:Akbar
Q11: What is the name
of the policy of peaceful co-existence adopted by Akbar?
Ans:Sulh-i-kul
Q12: The dynasty, which
reigned India for maximum number of years was Mughal. True/False
Ans:True
Q13: Name the Rajput
clan that refused to accept the suzerainty of Mughals for a long time.
Ans:Sisodiya
Q14: The immediate
threat in the year 1500 to the Mughal authority was the _________.
Ans:Afghans
Q15: Red Fort in Delhi
was constructed by__________.
Ans:Shah
Jahan
Q16: Who was Bairam
Khan?
Ans:guardian
of Akbar
Q17: What was the real
name of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan?
Ans:Khurram
Q18: Afghan noble Khan
Jahan Lodi was defeated by Akbar?
Ans:False
Q19: Name The Mughal
emperor who seized power from the hands of his regent Bairam Khan.
Ans:Akbar
Q20: Who was the first
Mughal emperor?
Ans:Babar
Q21: Akbar became
emperor at the age of ______ years.
Ans:13
years
Q22: What do you
understand by Zabt?
Ans:revenue
system
Q23: Qandhar was the
bone of contention between Mughals and ________.
Ans:Safavids
Q24: Jahangir struck
silver coins bearing the name of his queen Nurjahan. True/False
Ans:True
Q25: The Sisodiya
Rajputs were ruling over Ajmer. True/False
Ans:False
Q26: Who was Genghis
Khan?
Ans:The
founder of the Mongol Empire and the mother of Babur
Q27: When did the great
Timurid Sultan, Timur Lane died?
Ans:1403
Q28: When did Timur
Lane invaded India?
Ans:1398
Q29: Babur defeated
Ibrahim Lodi at__________.
Ans:Panipat
Q30: Name the
Mansabdars who were allotted jagirs in their own region.
Ans:Rajputs
Q31: Name the
autonomous state founded by Saadat Khan.
Ans:Awadh
Q32: During the reign
of Babur and Humayun, majority of the nobles were of ___________ origin.
Ans:Turkish
Q33: Who founded the
kingdom of Hyderabad?
Ans:Nizam
- ul- Mulk
Q34: Where the
religious discussions conducted by Akbar were held?
Ans:Ibadat
Khana
Q35: Name the Mughal
ruler who has followed the coparcenary inheritance.
Ans:Humayun
Q36: Mansab stands for
____________.
Ans:one
rank
Q37: What determined
the position of a Mansabdars?
Ans:zat
rank
Q38: Higher, the zat
rank, higher was the position of the mansabdars in the court. True/False
Ans:True
Q39: The system in
which elder son succeeds father after death was _____________.
Ans:primogeniture
inheritance
Q40: Coparcenary
inheritance means division of the empire among brothers. True/False
Ans:True
Q41: Name The Maratha
Chieftain who escaped from Agra and declared himself as an independent king.
Ans:Shivaji
Q42: Name the place
captured by Akbar after the capture of the Sisodiya capital Chittor.
Ans:Qandahar
Q43: What was Mansab
system?
Ans:Mansab
system was a grading system used by the Mughal rulers to fix the rank or salary
of a Mansabdar, who were basically their military commanders
Q44: What were the
military responsibilities of Mansabdars?
Ans:Military
responsibilities of Mansabdars were:
- The Mansabdar was required to
maintain a specified number of cavalrymen
- The mansabdar had to bring his
cavalrymen for review, get them registered and get their horses branded
Q45: Give a brief
account of the conquests of Akbar?
Ans:When
Akbar was crowned in 1556 A.D. the Mughal Empire was scattered. He established
a vast kingdom by conquering other kingdoms.
- He captured Gwalior, Ajmer,
Jaunpur and Malwa. He also succeeded in capturing the famous forts of
Ranthambhor and Chittor.
- Military campaigns in Gujarat were
followed by campaigns in the east in Bihar, Bengal and Orissa. Akbar's
armies also conquered Kabul, Sind and Baluchistan.
- From 1595 to 1601 the Mughal forces remained busy in the annexation of Berar, Khandesh and parts of Ahmadnagar.
- Q46: Write short notes on the religious policies of the Akbar.
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· Akbar's religious
policy:
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He followed a liberal religious
policy. Full religious freedom was allowed not only to the Hindus but also to
the people of other religious faith. Also, He built a building called 'Ibadat
Khana' where he held discussions with the religious leaders.
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Q10: Name the mothers
of Jahangir and Shah Jahan.
·
·
Ans:The mother of Jahangir
was a Kachhwaha princess, daughter of the Rajput ruler of Amber. The mother of
Shahjahan was a Rathor princess, daughter of the Rajput ruler of Marwar.
Q12: What was Zabt and
who were Zamindars?
·
·
Ans: Land revenue was the
main source of income to the Mughal rulers. Revenue on each crop was fixed in
cash. Each province was divided into revenue circles, with its own schedule of
revenue rates for individual crops. This revenue system was known as 'zabt'.In
most places, the headman or the local chieftain collected revenue from these
peasants and deposited it in the royal treasury. The Mughals called these
intermediaries, whether they were local headmen of villages or powerful
chieftains, as zamindar.
1Q43: Who were
Mansabdars?
·
·
Ans: The term 'mansabdar'
refers to an individual who holds a mansab, meaning a 'position or rank'. It
was a grading system used by the Mughals to fix the rank, salary and military
responsibilities. Rank and salary were determined by a numerical value called
'zat'. The higher the 'zat', the more prestigious was the noble's position in
court and was larger his salary. 'Mansabdars' received their salaries as
revenue assignments called 'jagirs' which were somewhat like iqtas.
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Q14: Write short notes
on Humayun.
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Answer
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Ans:
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Humayun was the second
Mughal Emperor of India. He ascended the throne in 1530 AD. Humayun divided his
inheritance according to the will of his father and equally distributed the
province among his brothers. The ambitions of his brother Mirza Kamran weakened
Humayun's cause against Afghan competitors. He was defeated by 'Shah Suri' at
Chausa in 1529 A.D. and at Kanauj in 1540 A.D.which forced him to flee to Iran.
He received the help from Safavid Shah to capture Delhi again in 1555 A.D. He
died in the same year.
Q15: Who was Jahangir?
·
·
Ans.Jahangir became the
ruler in 1605 AD. After the death of Akbar, military campaigns started by Akbar
were continued by him. Jahangir married Nur Jahan. He maintained a good
relationship with the Rajputs. He followed the principle of sulh-i-kul
established by Akbar. He is remembered for his justice.He struck silver coins
bearing his own titles on one side and on the other the inscription "struck
in the name of the Queen Begum, Nur Jahan". Noor-Jahan ruled his empire
when he was addicted to wine and opium. Jahangir died in 1627 A
Q16: Who was Babur?
·
·
Ans Babar's real name was
Zahir-ur-din. He was the ruler of a small state 'Farghana' in Central Asia. He
invaded India 5 times. The vast wealth of India and poor political condition
and invitation from the nobles of Delhi prompted Babar to march to Delhi. He
defeated Ibrahim Lodhi the last Sultan of Lodhi dynasty at Panipat in A.D.
1526.He effectively used cannons in the first battle of Panipat. In A.D. 1527
he defeated Rana Sanga. In A.D. 1528 he defeated Rajputs in the battle of
Chanderi. Before his death He had established effective control over Agra and
Delhi. He died in 1530 A.D.
