MCQ on Aurangzeb

Question 1. Aurangzeb defeated Jaswant Singh, the King of Jodhpur in the battle of Dharmat in 1658. Dharmat is situated in which state?

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(B) Gujarat

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Rajasthan

Question 2. Mughal Prince who took refuge in Srinagar Garhwal.

(A) Sulaiman Shikoh

(B) Dara Shikoh

(C) Aurangzeb

(D) Murad

Question 3. The battle of Dharmat was fought between.

(A) Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas

(B) Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh

(C) Babur and Afghans

(D) Muhammad Ghori and Jai Chand

Question 4. Who of the following Mughal emperor was coronated twice?

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Shah Jahan

(C) Jahangir

(D) Akbar

Question 5. Which son of Aurangzeb revolted against his father, weakening his father’s position against the Rajputs?

(A) Kam Baksh

(B) Muazzam

(C) Akbar

(D) Azam

Question 6. With which Mughal General did Shivaji sign the Treaty of Purandar in 1665? 

(A) Shaista Khan

(B) Jaswant Singh

(C) Jai Singh

(D) Diler Khan

Question 7. Which Mughal Emperor was known as ‘Zinda Peer’?

(A) Jahangir

(B) Shah Jahan

(C) Aurangzeb

(D) Akbar

Question 8. Which European traveller came to India during the region of Shah Jahan?

(A) Peter Mundi

(B) Antonia Monserrate

(C) Thomas Roe

(D) William Hawkins

Question 9. When Aurangzeb got the victory of Bijapur?

(A) 1684

(B) 1687

(C) 1686

(D) 1685

Question 10. Two of the following states, which Aurangzeb had conquered in Deccan, were.

(A) Golconda and Ahmadnagar

(B) Bijapur and Golconda

(C) Bidar and Bijapur

(D) Ahmadnagar and Bijapur

Question 11. Which one of the following emperors had the highest number of Hindu Generals in the Mughal army? 

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Nizamuddin

(C) Akbar

(D) Humayun

Question 12. Who re-imposed Jizya?

(A) Humayun

(B) Jahangir

(C) Aurangzeb

(D) Akbar

Question 13. The meaning of ‘Jihad’ carried on by Aurangzeb is?

(A) Jizya

(B) Holy War

(C) Dar-ul-Islami

(D) Darul-Harb

Question 14. Creator of ‘Bibi Ka Maqbara/Tomb of Bibi’ was?

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Akbar II

(C) Shah Jahan

(D) Humayun

Question 15. Which one of the following tombs is called the ‘Second Taj Mahal’?

(A) Tomb of Anarkali

(B) Tomb of Rabia-ud-Daurani

(C) Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daula

(D) None of the above

Question 16. Who among the following was the daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb?

(A) Mehrunnisa

(B) Gauhar Ara

(C) Roshan Ara

(D) Jahan Ara

Question 17. To whom was Aurangzeb bestowed upon the title of ‘Sahibat-uzZamani’? 

(A) Roshan Ara

(B) Jahan Ara

(C) Amin Khan

(D) Shaista Khan

Question 18. Saint Ramdas is associated with the period of rule of?

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Shah Jahan

(C) Jahangir

(D) Akbar

Question 19. Moti Masjid in the Red Fort at Delhi was built by?

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Shah Jahan

(C) Jahangir

(D) Akbar

Question 20.

• Assertion (A): Aurangzeb succeeded Shah Jahan to the Mughal throne.
  
• Reason (R): The law of primogeniture was followed.

Select the correct answer from the coding scheme given below.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)