MCQ on Mughal Empire Disintegration

Question 1. Which of the following Mughal Emperors granted duty-free trading facilities to the English in Bengal? 

(A) Farrukh Siyar

(B) Bahadur Shah

(C) Jahangir

(D) Akbar

Question 2. Who was the last Mughal Emperor to sit on Mayur Singhasan?

(A) Jahandar Shah

(B) Bahadur Shah

(C) Muhammad Shah

(D) Shah Alam I

Question 3. Who succeeded Aurangzeb after his death in 1707 A.D.?

(A) Akbar-II

(B) Muhammad Shah

(C) Jahandar Shah

(D) Bahadur Shah-I

Question 4. How did the Mughal Emperor Jahandar Shah’s reign come to an early end? 

(A) He died of sickness due to too much consumption of wine

(B) He was defeated by his nephew in a battle

(C) He died due to slip while climbing down steps

(D) He was deposed by his Wazir

Question 5. The Mughal Emperor at the time of Nadir Shah’s attack was ________.

(A) Rafi-ud-Darajat

(B) Muhammad Shah

(C) Alamgir II

(D) Ahmad Shah

Question 6. A group of eunuchs and ladies dominated in the Government under _______.

(A) Shah Alam II (1759-1806)

(B) Alamgir (1754-59)

(C) Ahmad Shah (1748-54)

(D) Muhammad Shah (1719-48)

Question 7. Which Mughal emperor is known by the name of ‘Rangila’?

(A) Rafi-ud-Daula

(B) Muhammad Shah

(C) Rafi-ud-Darajat

(D) Farrukh Siyar

Question 8. Which of the following Mughal emperors was not allowed to enter into Delhi by Wazir Ghaziuddin?

(A) Bahadur Shah-II

(B) Akbar-II

(C) Shah Alam-II

(D) Alamgir-II

Question 9. The last Mughal Emperor was Bahadur Shah. His father’s name was _______.

(A) Shah Jahan

(B) Aurangzeb

(C) Akbar Shah-II

(D) Akbar Shah-I

Question 10. Who was last Mughal emperor of India? 

(A) Shah Jahan

(B) Shah Alam

(C) Bahadur Shah Zafar

(D) Aurangzeb

Question 11. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Bahadur Shah Zafar?

(A) He received less than one lakh rupees as pension from East India Company

(B) Hasan Askari was his spiritual guide

(C) Ibrahim Zauq and Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib were his poetry teachers

(D) He was an emperor without an empire

Question 12. Who among the following was the first Nawab of Awadh?

(A) Safdarjung

(B) Shuja-ud-Daula

(C) Saadat Khan

(D) Asaf-ud-Daula

Question 13. Who among the following was the founder of independent Kingdom of Hyderabad?

(A) Chin Qilich Khan

(B) Asad Khan

(C) Muhammad Amir Khan

(D) Qamaruddin Khan

Question 14. Among the following who had constructed an astronomical observatory popularly known as Jantar-Mantar at Delhi?

(A) Jai Singh II

(B) Suraj Mal

(C) Shah Jahan

(D) Akbar

Question 15. The book ‘Jiz Muhammad Shahi’ related to knowledge of Astrology produced in 1773 is written by ________.

(A) Maharana Amar Singh of Udaipur

(B) Swai Jai Singh of Jaipur

(C) Raja Bharmal of Amber

(D) Darbar Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur

Question 16. Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur had not built the observatory at _________.

(A) Allahabad

(B) Mathura

(C) Varanasi

(D) Ujjain

Question 17. Where constructed observatories by Maharaja Jai Singh-II?

1. Delhi
2. Jaipur
3. Ujjain
4. Varanasi

(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(B) 2 and 3

(C) 1 and 3

(D) 1 and 2