14000+ MCQs Medieval History (Mughal Empire)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 13/09/2026
1. Assertion (A): Emperor Akbar marched towards Afghanistan in 1581 with a huge army. Reason (R): He was on his way to reclaim his ancestral country of Ferghana in Central Asia.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
2. Of the following who had rebelled against the Mughal Emperor Jahangir?
I. Asif Khan
II. Khurram
III. Mahabat Khan
IV. Khusrau
3. Babur attacked India in the year:
4. Which among the following is a composition of Dara Shikoh?
5. Who among the following constructed ‘Bibi Ka Maqbara’?
6. Hem Chandra Vikramaditya is famous in Indian History as
7. Name the title given by Shah Jahan to Dara Shikoh?
8. Which among the following was famous for paintings of birds, animals, and flowers in the Mughal School of Painting?
9. Who of the following Mughal Emperor was coronated twice?
10. With reference to Mian Tansen, which one of the following statement is not correct?
11. Which of the following statements regarding the Mughal paintings is/are correct?
I. The paintings of Akbar’s time were mostly confined to book illustrations and portraits. II. Mir Sayyid Ali of Herat and Khwaja Abdus Samad formed the nucleus of the Mughal school of painting which fused together the non-Islamic (Indian) and Islamic (Persian) elements. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
12. Akbar merged Bengal and Bihar in his empire in:
13. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
I. Akbar tried to fix the age of marriage for boys and girls. II. Akbar gave freedom to girls to marry at their own will and not under parental pressure.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
14. Where is the Tomb of Akbar located?
15. Arrange the following Battles in chronological order by
choosing the correct answer from the options given below:
I. Battle of Sarnal (1572 AD - Akbar vs. Muhammad Hussain Mirza)
II. Battle of Bilgram (1540 AD - Humayun vs. Sher Shah Suri)
III. Battle of Dharmat (1658 AD - Aurangzeb vs. Dara Shikoh)
IV. Battle of Jajau (1707 AD - Bahadur Shah I vs. Azam Shah)
16. Which among the following historian commented on the death of Humayun, “He tumbled through his life and tumbled out of it”?
17. The reason of Babur’s victory over Ibrahim Lodi was:
18. Which one of the following territories was outside the boundaries of the Mughal Empire during the reign of Akbar?
19. Where is the tomb of Akbar located?
20. Which improvement among these was done by Sher Shah Suri?
I. Revenue reforms II. Administrative reforms III. Military reforms IV. Currency system reforms Select the correct answer by using codes given below.
21. Which among the following was the first Mughal Emperor to laid military campaign against Bengal?
22. The first person to be given proper status of the Diwan by Akbar was:
23. Akbarnama was completed by Abul Fazl in
24. Consider the following observations relating to the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar:
I. Akbar strengthened his control on the nobility and the army by introducing the Mansabdari system.
II. Under the Mansabdari system, every officer was assigned a rank (Mansab).
III. The ranks were divided into Zat, Sawar and Chehra.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
25. Arrange the following monuments in their chronological order by selecting the correct answer from the codes given below.
I. Rabia-ud-Daurani Tomb, Aurangabad.
II. Tomb of Sher Shah Suri, Sasaram.
III. Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi
IV. Atala Mosque, Jaunpur
26. Which among the following Mughal painter was sent by Jahangir to Persia?
27. In which one of the following battles, did Rana Sanga fight against Babur?
28. Consider the following statements relating to Sher Shah.
I. During Sher Shah’s reign, the village Panchayat and Zamindars were not allowed to deal with civil and criminal cases at the local level. II. Sher Shah set up army cantonments in different parts of the Empire and a strong garrison was posted in each of them.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
29. Which among the following set of officers were not employed in provincial administration under the Mughal rule?
30. Which historian is famous for his research on Mughal history?
31. The master gunners who helped Babur win the First Battle of Panipat are
32. What was the principal source of state income in Mughal India?
33. The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh under the title of:
34. During the Mughal rule, the copper coin was known as:
35. Babur assumed the title of ‘Padshah’ first at:
36. After becoming the Mughal Ruler in India, Zahiruddin Muhammad assumed the name:
37. Which of the following Muslim Scholars has most significant contribution in Hindi literature?
38. Match List I (Battle) with List II (Year).
| List I (Battle) | List II (Year) |
| A. First Battle of Panipat | 1. 1565 |
| B. Battle of Plassey | 2. 1526 |
| C. Battle of Haldighati | 3. 1757 |
| D. Battle of Talikota | 4. 1576 |
39. Itmad-ud-Daula’s tomb at Agra was built by:
40. The Dhrupad Singers included in the reign of Akbar was/were:
I. Tansen
II. Haridas
III. Surdas
IV. Vilas Khan
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
41. Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri was:
42. During the Mughal period, the Madarsa which was specialised in the teaching of ‘Muslim Jurisprudence’ was located in
44. Assertion (A): The Battle of Khanwa was certainly more decisive and significant than the First Battle of Panipat. Reason (R): Rana Sanga, the Rajput hero, was certainly a more formidable adversary than Ibrahim Lodi.
45. The root of which among the following revolts lies in the problem faced by the farmers?
46. In which language was ‘Tuzuk-i-Baburi’ written?
47. During Mughal Empire, which of the provinces was lost in 1622, recovered in 1638?
48. Dara Shikoh was buried at?
49. Musicians like Tansen, Baiju Bawra, and Gopal Nayak had received training from the Master Swami Haridas. How many music worship centres (schools) had been set up by the followers of Swami Haridas?
50. The main aim of Akbar in fighting the Battle of Haldighati was:
