Mughal | MCQs

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Akbar made it his capital and arrived in Agra in 1558.

His historian, Abul Fazl, recorded that this was a brick fort known as 'Badalgarh'.

It was in a ruined condition and Akbar had it rebuilt with red sandstone from Barauli area Dhaulpur district, in Rajasthan.

Explanation

Sher Shah Sur's real name is Farīd Khān.

Sher Shah Suri is well-known for his Land Revenue System.

Sher Shah Suri Ruled India for 5 years from 1540 to 1545.

Born: 1486, Sasaram, India

Sher Shah Suri died: on 22 May 154

Sher Shah Suri introduced: Rupee Currency

Sher Shah Suri built: GT Road

Sher Shah took control of the Mughal Empire in 1540.

Sher Shah Suri buried in Sasaram.

Explanation

• Prince Dara Shikoh was the eldest son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal.
• He was a prominent Mughal prince known for his liberal religious views and patronage of the arts.

Explanation

Behadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal Emperor who was imprisoned by the English in Myanmar.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal emperor of India (reigned 1837–57).

He was a poet, musician, and calligrapher, more an aesthete than a political leader.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was born October 24, 1775, in Delhi, India

Bahadur Shah Zafar died November 7, 1862, in Rangoon [now Yangon], Myanmar.

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• Shah Jahan's eldest son, the liberal Dara Shikoh, became regent in 1658, due to his father's contamination.[citation needed] Dara championed a syncretistic Hindu-Muslim subculture. With the assist of the Islamic orthodoxy, however, a more youthful son of Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb (reigned 1658–1707), seized the throne.
• Aurangzeb defeated Dara in 1659 and had him completed. although Shah Jahan fully recovered from his illness, Aurangzeb stored Shah Jahan imprisoned until his death in 1666.
•  sixty eight  at some stage in Aurangzeb's reign, the empire gained political strength all over again and have become the sector's most powerful financial system.[citation needed] Aurangzeb oversaw an increase inside the Islamicization of the Mughal nation. He endorsed conversion to Islam, reinstated the jizya on non-Muslims, and compiled the Fatwa Alamgiri, a set of Islamic law.
  

Explanation

 شاہ جہاں نے کئی مشہور عمارات تعمیر کروائیں، جن میں تاج محل، جامع مسجد، اور لال قلعہ شامل ہیں۔

تاج محل:

یہ عمارت اپنی خوبصورتی اور فن تعمیر کی وجہ سے دنیا بھر میں مشہور ہے اور اسے محبت کی علامت سمجھا جاتا ہے۔

جامع مسجد:

دہلی کی یہ مسجد اس دور کی سب سے بڑی اور اہم مساجد میں سے ایک ہے۔

لال قلعہ:

یہ قلعہ دہلی میں واقع ہے اور مغل فن تعمیر کا ایک شاندار نمونہ ہے۔

یہ تمام عمارات مغل دور کی ثقافتی اور فنون لطیفہ کی عکاسی کرتی ہیں

Explanation

Babur laid the foundation of a centralized administrative system in the Mughal Empire after its establishment in 1526.

He introduced organized revenue collection and governance practices that were later refined by his successors.

Explanation

• Military Overextension: Constant wars (e.g., Deccan campaigns) drained resources.
• Religious Policies: Aurangzeb’s reversal of Akbar’s tolerance alienated Hindus and Sikhs, sparking rebellions (e.g., Sikh uprisings, Rajput conflicts).
• Economic Strain: Heavy taxation and famine weakened the agrarian economy.
• Administrative Breakdown: Corruption grew, and regional governors (like the Nizam of Hyderabad) gained autonomy.

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During his five-year rule from 1540 to 1546.

Sher Shah Suri set up a new civic and military administration.

He issued a coin of silver, weighing 178 grains.

It was also termed the Rupiya.

The silver coin remained in use during the Mughal period, the Maratha era (1674–1818) and in British India, as well.