MCQ on Shah Jahan

Question 1. The motive behind Shah Jahan’s Balkh campaign was to? 

(A) Expand the Mughal Empire beyond the sub-continent

(B) Fix the Mughal frontier on the ‘scientific line’ the Amu Daria

(C) Conquer Samarqand and Ferghana, the Mughal homelands

(D) Secure a friendly ruler in Balkh and Badakshan which bordered Kabul

Question 2. Who had led a deputation of Banaras pandits before the Mughal emperor to seek the abolition of pilgrim tax on Banaras and Allahabad? 

(A) Kavi Hariram

(B) Kavindracharya

(C) Jagannath

(D) Haranth

Question 3. What was the root of the dispute between the Shah of Iran and Mughal rulers?

(A) Ghazni

(B) Kunduz

(C) Qandahar

(D) Kabul

Question 4. The loss of Qandahar was a big blow to the Mughal empire from the view point of .

(A) Strategic stronghold

(B) Communication

(C) Buffer territory

(D) Natural resources

Question 5. Who was the ‘Poet-Laureate’ of Shah Jahan’s reign?

(A) Munir

(B) Qudsi

(C) Kashi

(D) Kalim

Question 6. The actual name of Mumtaz Mahal was?

(A) Roshan Ara

(B) Mehrunnisa

(C) Ladli Begum

(D) Arjumand Bano Begum

Question 7. The coordination of Hindu and Iranian architecture can be seen in?

(A) Tomb of Sher Shah

(B) Panch Mahal

(C) Red Fort

(D) Taj Mahal

Question 8. Which of the following among Mughal Emperor constructed Jama Mosque of Delhi?

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Shah Jahan

(C) Jahangir

(D) Akbar

Question 9. Who among the following shifted the capital of the Empire from Agra to Delhi?

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Shah Jahan

(C) Jahangir

(D) Akbar

Question 10. Who among the following deserves the credit for the construction of ‘Lal Qila’?

(A) Shah Jahan

(B) Jahangir

(C) Akbar

(D) Sikandar Lodi

Question 11. Upanishads were translated into Persian during the reign of?

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Jahangir

(C) Akbar

(D) Shah Jahan

Question 12. Who among the following was given the title of ‘Shah Buland Iqbal’ by Shah Jahan?

(A) Murad

(B) Aurangzeb

(C) Shuja

(D) Dara Shikoh

Question 13. The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh under the title?

(A) Sirr-i-Akbar

(B) Majma-ul-Bahrain

(C) Kitab-al-Bayan

(D) Al-Fihrist

Question 14. Who was the author of Sirr-iAkbar?

(A) Shah Waliullah

(B) Mullah Shah Badakhshi

(C) Dara Shikoh

(D) Abul Fazl

Question 15. The First Muslim to study Hindu scriptures was?

(A) Shuja

(B) Amir Hasan

(C) Dara Shikoh

(D) Amir Khusrau

Question 16. Who among the following historians declared the regime of Shah Jahan to be the Golden Era of the Mughal period?

(A) V.A. Smith

(B) A.L. Srivastava

(C) J.N. Sarkar

(D) None of the above

Question 17. The famous diamond ‘Kohinoor’ was presented to Shahjahan by?

(A) Abul Hasan Qutb Shah

(B) Mir Jumla

(C) Murad

(D) Aurangzeb

Question 18. Which Mughal Emperor abolished the Persian Court Custom of ‘Sijda’ which was begun by Balban?

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Shah Jahan

(C) Jahangir

(D) Akbar

Question 19. Who among the following was the governor of Deccan for the major part of Shah Jahan’s Reign?

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Shah Shuja

(C) Murad Baksh

(D) Dara Shikoh

Question 20. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the list.