India in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century UPSC Questions

History-Medieval History

India in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century MCQ Questions


13.
Like Akbar, _____ realised that conquest could be lasting on the basis not of force but of securing the goodwill of the people.
A.
Babur
B.
Jahangir
C.
Aurangzeb
D.
Shah Jahan
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ANSWER :
B. Jahangir
14.
Who among the following Mughal Emperors shifted emphasis from illustrated manuscripts to album and individual portrait?
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A.
Humayun
B.
Akbar
C.
Jahangir
D.
Shah Jahan
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ANSWER :
C. Jahangir
15.
Who was the leading Afghan noble under Jahangir?
A.
Khan-i-Jahan Lodi
B.
Malik Akbar
C.
Nur Jahan
D.
Shah Jahan
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ANSWER :
A. Khan-i-Jahan Lodi
16.
Identify the UNTRUE statements from the following.
a) The Persian conquest of Qandhar which was a blow to Mughal prestige
b) The growing failure of Jahangir's health which unleashed the latent struggle for succession among the princes
c) These developments pitch-forked Nur Jahan into the political arena
A.
Only a
B.
Both b and c
C.
Only c
D.
None of the above
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ANSWER :
D. None of the above
17.
Who was the one with whom Nur Jahan married at first?
A.
Khan-i-Jahan Lodi
B.
Malik Akbar
C.
Sher Afghan
D.
Jahangir
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ANSWER :
C. Sher Afghan
18.
How many years later from Nur Jahan's first marriage, she married Jahangir?
A.
1
B.
2
C.
3
D.
4
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ANSWER :
D. 4