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This section includes 201 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Basic GK knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
Which Mughal emperor was called Zinda Pir? |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Shah Jahan |
| D. | Aurangzeb |
| Answer» E. | |
| 52. |
Where is the tomb of famous musician Tansen located? |
| A. | Agra |
| B. | Jaipur |
| C. | Jhansi |
| D. | Gwalior |
| Answer» E. | |
| 53. |
By what name is the district known in the Mughal administration? |
| A. | Diet |
| B. | Government |
| C. | Diocese |
| D. | Dastur |
| Answer» C. Diocese | |
| 54. |
Under whose direction the Persian translation of Mahabharata took place during the time of Akbar, is it? |
| A. | Utbi |
| B. | Fizzy |
| C. | Naziri |
| D. | Abul Fazl |
| Answer» B. Fizzy | |
| 55. |
In which year did the Simon Commission arrive in India? |
| A. | 1912 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1928 |
| D. | 1931 |
| Answer» D. 1931 | |
| 56. |
Who built the famous Jama Masjid of Delhi? |
| A. | Ibrahim Lodi |
| B. | Shah Jahan |
| C. | Noor Jahan |
| D. | Jahangir |
| Answer» C. Noor Jahan | |
| 57. |
Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of? |
| A. | Humayun's |
| B. | Babur's |
| C. | Aurangzeb's |
| D. | Shah Jahan |
| Answer» C. Aurangzeb's | |
| 58. |
Under which emperor had the most Hindu generals in the Mughal army? |
| A. | Aurangzeb |
| B. | Sher Shah |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Shah Jahan |
| Answer» B. Sher Shah | |
| 59. |
Who was the greatest painter of birds in Jahangir's court? |
| A. | Mansoor |
| B. | Khwaja Abdusamad |
| C. | Basavan |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Khwaja Abdusamad | |
| 60. |
Who among the following wrote the historical account during the Mughal period? |
| A. | Gulbadan Begum |
| B. | Jahanara Begum |
| C. | Noor Jahan Begum |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Jahanara Begum | |
| 61. |
Built the Red Fort of Delhi by? |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Shah Jahan |
| C. | Jahangir |
| D. | Noor Jahan |
| Answer» C. Jahangir | |
| 62. |
Patna was made the provincial capital? |
| A. | Ibrahim Lodi |
| B. | Prince Azim |
| C. | Sher Shah |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 63. |
What was the root of the quarrel between the Shah of Iran and the Mughal rulers? |
| A. | Kandahar |
| B. | Kunduj |
| C. | Ghazni |
| D. | Kabul |
| Answer» B. Kunduj | |
| 64. |
Dastan-e-Amir Hamza was painted by? |
| A. | Mansoor Mir |
| B. | Abul Hasan |
| C. | Syed Ali |
| D. | Abdus Samad |
| Answer» E. | |
| 65. |
In the south under whose rule the Mughal Empire extended to the Tamil territory? |
| A. | Aurangzeb |
| B. | Shah Jahan |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Sher Shah |
| Answer» B. Shah Jahan | |
| 66. |
By which treaty did Shivaji transfer the forts to the Mughals? |
| A. | Pune |
| B. | Purandar |
| C. | Torna |
| D. | Chittor |
| Answer» C. Torna | |
| 67. |
Which Mughal emperor reintroduced a tax called Jaziya? |
| A. | Aurangzeb |
| B. | Sher Shah |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Shah Jahan |
| Answer» B. Sher Shah | |
| 68. |
In which of the following cities did Shah Jahan build the Moti Masjid? |
| A. | Agra |
| B. | Amarkot |
| C. | Jaipur |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» B. Amarkot | |
| 69. |
Who among the following Indian rulers was a contemporary of Akbar? |
| A. | Ahilyabai |
| B. | Martand Verma |
| C. | Rani Durgavati |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 70. |
Bibi Ka Maqbara is located in India? |
| A. | Sikri |
| B. | Bijapur |
| C. | Hyderabad |
| D. | Aurangabad |
| Answer» E. | |
| 71. |
Which Mughal ruler ruled twice? |
| A. | Humayun |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Shah Jahan |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Jahangir | |
| 72. |
Where is Humayun's tomb? |
| A. | Delhi |
| B. | Kabul |
| C. | Agra |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Kabul | |
| 73. |
Who defeated Humayun in the battle of Chausa? |
| A. | Shivaji |
| B. | Maharana Pratap |
| C. | Sher Shah |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 74. |
In whose time Malik Muhammad Jayasi composed 'Padmavat'? |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Shah Jahan |
| C. | Aurangzeb |
| D. | Sher Shah |
| Answer» E. | |
| 75. |
Faizi lived in the court of which of the following? |
| A. | Dara Shikoh |
| B. | Bahadur Shah |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Humayun |
| Answer» D. Humayun | |
| 76. |
When was the battle of Haldighati fought? |
| A. | 1550 |
| B. | 1576 |
| C. | 1650 |
| D. | 1701 |
| Answer» C. 1650 | |
| 77. |
Guru Arjun Dev was a contemporary of? |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | Shah Jahan |
| C. | Akbar's |
| D. | Jahangir's |
| Answer» E. | |
| 78. |
Where was the coronation of Akbar? |
| A. | Kalanaur |
| B. | Sikri |
| C. | Agra |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Sikri | |
| 79. |
Who started the tradition of building a garden with running water? |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | Shah Jahan |
| C. | Jahangir |
| D. | Akbar |
| Answer» B. Shah Jahan | |
| 80. |
Who wrote Humayunnama? |
| A. | Mumtaz Mahal |
| B. | Roshanara Begum |
| C. | Gulbadan Begum |
| D. | Jahanara Begum |
| Answer» D. Jahanara Begum | |
| 81. |
Who started the Mansabdari system in the Mughal administration system? |
| A. | Jahangir |
| B. | Akbar |
| C. | Shah Jahan |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Shah Jahan | |
| 82. |
When did the first battle of Panipat take place? |
| A. | 21 April 1529 |
| B. | 21 April 1526 |
| C. | 20 April 1527 |
| D. | 15 April 1528 |
| Answer» C. 20 April 1527 | |
| 83. |
Which one of the following ports was called Babylon Mecca during the Mughal period? |
| A. | Broach |
| B. | Surat |
| C. | Khambhat |
| D. | Calicut |
| Answer» C. Khambhat | |
| 84. |
Who built the tomb of Itimad-ud-Daula in Agra? |
| A. | Noor Jahan |
| B. | Akbar |
| C. | Shah Jahan |
| D. | Jahangir |
| Answer» B. Akbar | |
| 85. |
Which Gupta king was also known as Vikramaditya? |
| A. | Samudragupta |
| B. | Kumaragupta |
| C. | Chandragupta I |
| D. | Chandragupta II |
| Answer» E. | |
| 86. |
Queen Elizabeth I of England belongs to which dynasty |
| A. | Stuart |
| B. | York |
| C. | Tudor |
| D. | Normandy |
| Answer» D. Normandy | |
| 87. |
The Hundred Years' War (from 1337 to 1453) was fought between |
| A. | England and France |
| B. | Germany and Russia |
| C. | America and Argentina |
| D. | England and Germany |
| Answer» B. Germany and Russia | |
| 88. |
Who was the king during the French revolution |
| A. | Napoleon |
| B. | Louis XV |
| C. | Louis XVI |
| D. | Charles IX |
| Answer» D. Charles IX | |
| 89. |
Who is known as the Artist of the world famous painting 'Mona Lisa' |
| A. | Filippo Brunelleschi |
| B. | Michelangelo |
| C. | Vincent van Gogh |
| D. | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Answer» E. | |
| 90. |
In which year America got independence |
| A. | 1760 |
| B. | 1776 |
| C. | 1780 |
| D. | 1782 |
| Answer» C. 1780 | |
| 91. |
The Battle of Waterloo was fought in the year |
| A. | 1800 |
| B. | 1805 |
| C. | 1807 |
| D. | 1815 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 92. |
On which island of France, Napoleon was born |
| A. | Saint Helena |
| B. | Corsica |
| C. | Elba |
| D. | Oleron |
| Answer» C. Elba | |
| 93. |
The European renaissance started from which country |
| A. | England |
| B. | France |
| C. | Italy |
| D. | Greece |
| Answer» D. Greece | |
| 94. |
In which year, Alexander the Great become the king of Macedonia |
| A. | 336 BC |
| B. | 323 BC |
| C. | 350 BC |
| D. | 200 BC |
| Answer» B. 323 BC | |
| 95. |
Among the following was made a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council? |
| A. | One representative from each continent |
| B. | Five powers of the Allied armies in the Second World War |
| C. | Five members elected by the General Assembly of the United Nations on the occasion of its initial formation |
| D. | the funding members of the United Nations |
| Answer» D. the funding members of the United Nations | |
| 96. |
A living Vastu is born . Who said this statement about the League of Nations? |
| A. | Kennedy |
| B. | Washington |
| C. | Roosevelt |
| D. | Wilson |
| Answer» E. | |
| 97. |
During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the role of the Secretary General of the United Nations, whose role was commendable, was? |
| A. | Javier Perez |
| B. | Kurt Waldheim |
| C. | You Thant |
| D. | Dag Hammershold |
| Answer» D. Dag Hammershold | |
| 98. |
Which was the first Indian to be appointed a judge in the International Court of Justice? |
| A. | Mr. B. N. kirpal |
| B. | Mr. R. s. Reader |
| C. | Mr. B. N. Rao |
| D. | Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| Answer» D. Dr. Nagendra Singh | |
| 99. |
When was the World Security Organization formed? |
| A. | 7 October 1948 |
| B. | 7 April 1947 |
| C. | 7 April 1946 |
| D. | 7 April 1948 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 100. |
How was the spirit of the League of Nations first struck? |
| A. | Italy's invasion of Ethiopia |
| B. | Renunciation of membership by Germany |
| C. | Japanese invasion of Manchuria |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» E. | |