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Mughal Empire Quiz 2

Agra Fort 

Q.1. Who was the Mughal emperor when the Battle of Buxar happen in 1764? 
(A) Alamgir II
(B) Shah Alam II
(C) Ahmad Shah Bahadur
(D) Muhammad Shah

Q.2. Where was English diplomat Thomas Roe was given an audience with  Mughal Emperor Jehangir at—. 
(A) Agra
(B) Ajmer
(C) Delhi 
(D) Fatehpur Sikri

Q.3. In the Third battle of Panipat in 1761, the Marathas were defeated by_______.
(A) Rajputs
(B) Mughals
(c) Afghans
(d) Sikhs

Q.4. Which of the following Mughal emperors wrote a will and instructed his sons, that they continue Asad Khan as the vazir ?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb

Q.5. Where was the world famous Peacock Throne (Takht-i-Taoos) kept at?
(A) Diwan- I- Khas
(B) Agra Fort
(C) Rang Mahal
(D) Buland Darwaza

Q.6. Who among the following was the last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne? 
(A) Muhammad Shah 
(B) Alamgir-II 
(C) Shah Alam 
(D) Bahadur Shah II

Q.7. In whose reign was the ‘Treaty of Chittor’ signed between Mughal and the Rana of Mewar ? 
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb

Q.8. Which Jain scholar from Gujarat was invited to the court of Mughal emperor Akbar?
(A) Hemachandra
(B) Hiravijaya Suri
(C) Devardhigani Kshamashraman
(D) Manatunga

Q.9 Humayun Nama was written by _.
(A) Ruqaiya Sultan Begum 
(B) Hamida Banu Begum 
(C) Gulbadan Begum
(D) None of these

Q.10. Which Mughal Emperor was blinded by  Afghan Rohilla chief Ghulam Kadir in 1788?
(A) Alamgir II
(B) Shah Alam II
(C) Ahmad Shah Bahadur
(D) Muhammad Shah


Answers: 
Q.1. - B 
Notes: Battle of Buxar was fought on 22nd October in 1764 between the English and the combined armies of Mir Qasim (the nawab of Bengal), Shuja-ud-Daula (the nawab of Awadh) and the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II. The battle resulted in the defeat of the allied forces.

The Battle of Buxur confirmed the position of the English as the virtual masters of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. Awadh was placed at the mercy of the British.  With the passage of time the British became the masters of whole of India.

Q.2. - B
Notes: Sir Thomas Roe was an English diplomat who was sent as accredited ambassador of the King of England, James I to the Mughal court of Jahangir.  Sir Thomas Roe stayed at Jahangir's court from the end of 1615 till the end of 1618.

Q.3.- C
Notes: The Third Battle of Panipat took place on 14 January 1761 between the Marathas and Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abdali. The Maratha supremacy was dented by their defeat in the Third Battle of Panipat.

Q.4.- D 
Notes: Asad Khan was a high-ranking noble of the Mughal Empire during the reigns of Aurangzeb and Bahadur Shah. He is known for his tenure as the wazir (prime minister) of emperor Aurangzeb in the period 1676–1707, and was an important player in Mughal court politics.

Asad Khan and his son Zulfiqar Khan were important members of the Irani party of the later Mughal nobility. 

Q.5.- A 
Notes: The gem-studded Peacock Throne (Takht-i-Taoos) was a famous jewelled throne that was the seat of the Mughal emperors of India. It was commissioned in the early 17th century by emperor Shah Jahan and was housed in the Diwan-i-Khas (Hall of Private Audiences) in the Red Fort of Delhi.

The Peacock Throne was described by French traveller Tavernier as “the richest and most superb throne which has ever been seen in the world.” 

Q.6.- A 
Notes:  The Peacock Throne was taken to Persia by Nadir Shah who invaded India during the reign of Raushan Akhtar who had ascended the Mughal throne under the title of Muhammad Shah in 1719. 

Q.7.- B
Notes: The 'Treaty of Chittor' was signed in the reign of Jahangir between the Mughals and the Rana of Mewar Amar Singh in 1615 AD. Rana Amar Singh was the son of Rana Pratap of Mewar. Jahangir offered most liberal terms to Mewar and thus ended a long struggle between Mewar and the Mughals. The emperor installed two life-size marble statues of Rana Amar Singh and his son Karan in the garden of his palace at Agra. However, the glory and pride of Mewar was gone.

Q.8.- B
Notes: Acharya Hiravijayasuri (1526–1595), a Jain scholar from Gujarat, was invited by Emperor Akbar to his court.

Q.9.- C 
Notes: Ahval-i-Humayun Badshah, which is also referred to as Humayun Nama, was written by Babur's daughter and Humayun’s half- sister, Gulbadan Begam, on the direction of her nephew and the greatest Mughal Emperor Akbar, son and successor of Humayun.   

Humayun-Nama, which contains Gulbadan’s personal reminiscences of her father and brother, was composed between 1580 and 1590 A. D.

Humayun-Nama was translated into English by Mrs. Beveridge.

Q.10 - B 
Notes: Shah Alam II was a puppet Mughal emperor. His actual name was Ali Gauhar.  At the time of his father’s murder he was wandering as a fugitive prince in Bihar where he proclaimed himself emperor on December 22 while another prince, Muhiul-millat, the grandson of Aurangzeb’s youngest son Muhammad Kam Bakhsh, was raised to the throne in Delhi under the title of Shah Jahan III.

These conditions forced Shah Alam II to remain in exile from Delhi for twelve years until 1772 when he was reinstated at Delhi by the Marathas, a powerful power at that time. Meanwhile the English were fast strengthening their position after their victory in the battle of Plassey in 1757. After his defeat in the Battle of Buxar in 1764,  Shah Alam II was forced to grant the diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the English East India Company in 1765. 

In 1988 Shah Alam II was blinded by Rohilla chief, Ghulam Qadir.   

Shah Alam II died in 1806. He lies buried in a tomb situated at Mehrauli in Delhi 

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