Scenario before 1857 UPSC Questions

History-Modern History

Scenario before 1857 MCQ Questions


1.
The great _____, the envy of its contemporaries for almost two centuries, decline and disintegrated during the first half of the 18th century.
A.
Mughal empire
B.
Chola
C.
Chera
D.
Pandya
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ANSWER :
A. Mughal empire
2.
The unity and the stability of the Mughal empire had been shaken up during the long and strong reign of _____
A.
Humayun
B.
Akbar
C.
Aurangzeb
D.
Babur
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ANSWER :
C. Aurangzeb
3.
With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements:
1. The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by the Gajapati rulers.
2. Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate.
3. The English East India Company established a factory at Madras on a plot of land leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara empire.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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A.
1 and 2 only
B.
2 and 3 only
C.
1 and 3 only
D.
1, 2 and 3
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ANSWER :
B. 2 and 3 only
4.
Who was the successor of Shah Jahan?
A.
Azam Shah
B.
Bahadur Shah
C.
Jahangir
D.
Aurangzeb
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ANSWER :
D. Aurangzeb
5.
After Bahadur Shah's death, one of his less able sons, _____ won because he was supported by Zulfiqar Khan, the most powerful noble of the time.
A.
Azam Shah
B.
Jahandar Shah
C.
Bahadur Shah
D.
Babur
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ANSWER :
B. Jahandar Shah
6.
The capital of Akbar Mughal empire was
A.
Fatehpur Sikri
B.
Meerut
C.
Malwa
D.
Fatehabad
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ANSWER :
A. Fatehpur Sikri