Best Medieval History MCQs for SSC Exam 2025
Here are some very important question and answers for the students who are preparing for the SSC exam. After reading these questions, you can click on the link below to take the exam. By taking this exam, you will know how much preparation you have done. And these questions are taken from the History topic.
Best Medieval History MCQs Set:- 5
- Q1: Hamida Banu Maryam Makani was the wife of Mughal emperor………..
- a) Babur
- b) Humayun
- c) Akbar
- d) Jahangir
- Answer: b) Humayun
- Q2: The biography of Humayun was written by—-
- a) Abul Fazl
- b) Badauni
- c) Gulbadan Begum
- d) Humayun himself
- Answer: c) Gulbadan Begum
- Q3: The Suri king____was defeated by Humayun to regain his kingdom.
- a) Sher Shah Suri
- b) Islam Shah Suri
- c) Adil Shah Suri
- d) Sikandar Shah Suri
- Answer: d) Sikandar Shah Suri
- Q4: The Battle of Chausa was fought between Humayun and –––––.
- a) Babur
- b) Sher Shah Suri
- c) Akbar
- d) Hemu
- Answer: b) Sher Shah Suri
- Q5: Which of the following medieval rulers focused his attention on the construction of inns (shelters) for the convenience of travelers?
- a) Iltutmish
- b) Alauddin Khilji
- c) Sher Shah Suri
- d) Akbar
- Answer: c) Sher Shah Suri
- Q6: Who among the following is NOT associated with the Mughal empire?
- a) Babur
- b) Humayun
- c) Sher Shah Suri
- d) Akbar
- Answer: c) Sher Shah Suri
- Q7: Which of these was not from the Mughal Dynasty?
- a) Humayun
- b) Sher Shah Suri
- c) Akbar
- d) Jahangir
- Answer: b) Sher Shah Suri
- Q8: When was the ‘Battle of Kannauj’ fought?
- a) 1539 AD
- b) 1540 AD
- c) 1542 AD
- d) 1545 AD
- Answer: b) 1540 AD
- Q9: Battle of Kannauj in 1540 was fought between Sher Shah and……….
- a) Babur
- b) Humayun
- c) Akbar
- d) Rana Sanga
- Answer: b) Humayun
- Q10: Which of the following statements regarding the Mughal Empire in India is/are correct?
- a) Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the First Battle of Panipat.
- b) Humayun defeated Sher Shah Suri in the Battle of Chausa.
- c) Akbar defeated Rana Sanga in the Battle of Khanwa.
- d) Jahangir defeated Hemu in the Second Battle of Panipat.
- Answer: a) Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the First Battle of Panipat.
- Q11: _____died in 1605, nearly 50 years after his ascension to the throne. He was buried outside of Agra at Sikandra.
- a) Humayun
- b) Babur
- c) Akbar
- d) Jahangir
- Answer: c) Akbar
- Q12: Akbar (1556 – 1605 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
- a) Lodi dynasty
- b) Sur dynasty
- c) Mughal dynasty
- d) Sayyid dynasty
- Answer: c) Mughal dynasty
- Q13: Akbar was born in the year……..
- a) 1542
- b) 1556
- c) 1569
- d) 1605
- Answer: a) 1542
- Q14: Which Rajput ruler of Mewar in 1576 fought the Battle of Haldighati and then fled the field on his horse, Chetak?
- a) Maharana Sanga
- b) Maharana Pratap
- c) Raja Man Singh
- d) Raja Uday Singh
- Answer: b) Maharana Pratap
- Q15: When was the Battle of Haldighati fought?
- a) 1565 AD
- b) 1576 AD
- c) 1582 AD
- d) 1605 AD
- Answer: b) 1576 AD
- Q16: Battle of Haldighati in 1576 was fought between Akbar and ——
- a) Rana Sanga
- b) Maharana Pratap
- c) Hemu
- d) Baz Bahadur
- Answer: b) Maharana Pratap
- Q17: Humayun’s heir____ was born in exile and was only 13 years old when his father died.
- a) Akbar
- b) Jahangir
- c) Shah Jahan
- d) Aurangzeb
- Answer: a) Akbar
- Q18: Who amongst the following succeeded the Mughal throne in the year 1556?
- a) Humayun
- b) Babur
- c) Akbar
- d) Jahangir
- Answer: c) Akbar
- Q19: During the early years of his reign, Akbar’s rule was actually run by his regent named:
- a) Todarmal
- b) Birbal
- c) Bairam Khan
- d) Abul Fazl
- Answer: c) Bairam Khan
- Q20: Which among the following is not correctly paired?
- a) Babur – Battle of Khanwa
- b) Humayun – Battle of Chausa
- c) Akbar – Battle of Haldighati
- d) Jahangir – Battle of Talikota
- Answer: d) Jahangir – Battle of Talikota
- Q21: Which queen died fighting Mughal Armies while defending Garha Katanga in 1564?
- a) Rani Durgavati
- b) Chand Bibi
- c) Nur Jahan
- d) Razia Sultan
- Answer: a) Rani Durgavati
- Q22: Chand Bibi was the ruler of…………
- a) Bijapur
- b) Golconda
- c) Ahmednagar
- d) Berar
- Answer: c) Ahmednagar
- Q23: Abul Fazal, a scholar during the medieval period in India, was in the court of :
- a) Humayun
- b) Akbar
- c) Jahangir
- d) Shah Jahan
- Answer: b) Akbar
- Q24: Whom did Akbar defeat in the 2nd battle of Panipat in 1556?
- a) Ibrahim Lodi
- b) Rana Sanga
- c) Hemu
- d) Sher Shah Suri
- Answer: c) Hemu
- Q25: When was the second battle of Panipat fought?
- a) 1526 AD
- b) 1556 AD
- c) 1565 AD
- d) 1576 AD
- Answer: b) 1556 AD
- Q26: The Ibadat Khana was a meeting house built by which Mughal Emperor?
- a) Humayun
- b) Akbar
- c) Jahangir
- d) Shah Jahan
- Answer: b) Akbar
- Q27: During Akbar’s reign who was the Finance Minister of the Mughal empire?
- a) Birbal
- b) Todarmal
- c) Abul Fazl
- d) Man Singh
- Answer: b) Todarmal
- Q28: Todarmal was_____in the court of Emperor Akbar
- a) Military Advisor
- b) Revenue Minister
- c) Religious Advisor
- d) Chief Justice
- Answer: b) Revenue Minister
- Q29: Birbal was an advisor in the court of ?
- a) Babur
- b) Humayun
- c) Akbar
- d) Jahangir
- Answer: c) Akbar
- Q30: Jodha Bai was married to……….
- a) Humayun
- b) Akbar
- c) Jahangir
- d) Shah Jahan
- Answer: b) Akbar
- Q31: Who was the trusted General of the Mughal emperor Akbar?
- a) Todarmal
- b) Birbal
- c) Man Singh I
- d) Bairam Khan
- Answer: c) Man Singh I
- Q32: Who among the following initiated ‘Din-i-Ilahi’?
- a) Babur
- b) Humayun
- c) Akbar
- d) Jahangir
- Answer: c) Akbar
- Q33: When was the ‘Battle of Tukaroi’ fought?
- a) 1570 AD
- b) 1575 AD
- c) 1576 AD
- d) 1578 AD
- Answer: b) 1575 AD
- Q34: Which of the following sultanats was ruled by the Nizam Shahi Dynasty?
- a) Bijapur
- b) Golconda
- c) Ahmednagar
- d) Berar
- Answer: c) Ahmednagar
- Q35: Which of the following writers has called Akbar’s Din-I-lahi as a monument of his folly not of wisdom?
- a) Abul Fazl
- b) Badauni
- c) Vincent A. Smith
- d) Ain-i-Akbari
- Answer: c) Vincent A. Smith
- Q36: Whose administration became a model that was followed by Akbar when he consolidated the Mughal Empire?
- a) Alauddin Khilji
- b) Sher Shah Suri
- c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
- d) Ghiyas ud din Balban
- Answer: b) Sher Shah Suri
- Q37: Who among the following sit on the throne of the Mughal dynasty in India after Akbar?
- a) Jahangir
- b) Shah Jahan
- c) Aurangzeb
- d) Humayun
- Answer: a) Jahangir
- Q38: Sisodiya Rajput ruler of Mewar, Amar Singh accepted Mughal services during the reign of _________.
- a) Akbar
- b) Jahangir
- c) Shah Jahan
- d) Aurangzeb
- Answer: b) Jahangir
- Q39: William Hawkins met Emperor Jahangir as a representative of the____East India Company.
- a) French
- b) Dutch
- c) English
- d) Portuguese
- Answer: c) English
- Q40: William Hawkins met Emperor Jahangir as a representative of the____East India Company.
- a) French
- b) Dutch
- c) English
- d) Portuguese
- Answer: c) English
- Q41: Sir Thomas Roe came as an official ambassador from King James I of England to which Mughal emperor’s court?
- a) Akbar
- b) Jahangir
- c) Shah Jahan
- d) Aurangzeb
- Answer: b) Jahangir
- a) Akbar
- Q42: _____married Mehr-un-Nissa whom he gave the title of ‘Nur Jahan’ (light of the world).
- a) Akbar
- b) Jahangir
- c) Shah Jahan
- d) Aurangzeb
- Answer: b) Jahangir
- Q43: Jahangir was married to whom?
- a) Jodha Bai
- b) Nur Jahan
- c) Mumtaz Mahal
- d) Roshanara
- Answer: b) Nur Jahan
- Q44: Nur Jahan was wife of which Mughal Emperor?
- a) Akbar
- b) Jahangir
- c) Shah Jahan
- d) Aurangzeb
- Answer: b) Jahangir
- Q45: Akbar was succeeded by his son, Salim, who took the title of ____meaning ‘Conqueror of the World”.
- a) Shah Jahan
- b) Jahangir
- c) Aurangzeb
- d) Bahadur Shah
- Answer: b) Jahangir
- Q46: Jahangir (1605-1627 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
- a) Sur dynasty
- b) Lodi dynasty
- c) Mughal dynasty
- d) Sayyid dynasty
- Answer: c) Mughal dynasty
- Q47: Jahangir was born in the year
- a) 1569
- b) 1575
- c) 1605
- d) 1627
- Answer: a) 1569
- Q48: Jahangir was the son of?
- a) Babur
- b) Humayun
- c) Akbar
- d) Shah Jahan
- Answer: c) Akbar
- Q49: In which of the following year did Prince Salim ascend the Mughal throne?
- a) 1599
- b) 1605
- c) 1611
- d) 1627
- Answer: b) 1605
- Q50: Who among the following was the son of Mughal emperor Shahjahan?
- a) Jahangir
- b) Aurangzeb
- c) Akbar
- d) Humayun
- Answer: b) Aurangzeb
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