Class 7 History Chapter 4 Question Answers - The Mughal Empire

Q1: Guerilla warfare was started by the Marathas in the Deccan during the reign of____________.

Ans: Aurangzeb

Aurangzeb

Q2: Prince Akbar rebelled against whom?

Ans: Aurangzeb

Q3: Name the Mughal ruler who followed the coparcenary inheritance.

Ans: Humayun

Q4: Mughals permanently lost Qandhar during the reign of ___________.

Ans: Shah Jahan

Q5: In which year the battle of Chanderi was fought?

Ans: 1528

Q6: Chittor was the capital of __________.

Ans: Sisodiya Rajputs

Q7: When was the First Battle of Panipat fought?

Ans: 1526

Q8: Who wrote Ain-i-Akbari?

Ans: Abul Fazl

Q9: The real name of Nur Jahan, the queen of Jahangir was Mehrunnisa. True/False

Ans: True

Q10: Who constructed Fatehpur-Sikri?

Ans: Akbar

Q11: What is the name of the policy of peaceful co-existence adopted by Akbar?

Ans: Sulh-i-kul

Q12: The dynasty, which reigned India for maximum number of years was Mughal. True/False

Ans: True

Q13: Name the Rajput clan that refused to accept the suzerainty of Mughals for a long time.

Ans: Sisodiya

Q14: The immediate threat in the year 1500 to the Mughal authority was the _________.

Ans: Afghans

Q15: Red Fort in Delhi was constructed by__________.

Ans: Shah Jahan

Q16: Who was Bairam Khan?

Ans: guardian of Akbar

Q17: What was the real name of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan?

Ans: Khurram

Q18: Afghan noble Khan Jahan Lodi was defeated by Akbar?

Ans: False

Q19: Name The Mughal emperor who seized power from the hands of his regent Bairam Khan.

Ans: Akbar

Q20: Who was the first Mughal emperor?

Ans: Babar

Q21: Akbar became emperor at the age of ______ years.

Ans: 13 years

Q22: What do you understand by Zabt?

Ans: revenue system

Q23: Qandhar was the bone of contention between Mughals and ________.

Ans: Safavids

Q24: Jahangir struck silver coins bearing the name of his queen Nurjahan. True/False

Ans: True

Q25: The Sisodiya Rajputs were ruling over Ajmer. True/False

Ans: False

Q26: Who was Genghis Khan?

Ans: The founder of the Mongol Empire.

Q27: When did the great Timurid Sultan, Timur Lane died?

Ans: 1403

Q28: When did Timur Lane invaded India?

Ans: 1398

Q29: Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi at__________.

Ans: Panipat

Q30: Name the Mansabdars who were allotted jagirs in their own region.

Ans: Rajputs

Q31: Name the autonomous state founded by Saadat Khan.

Ans: Awadh

Q32: During the reign of Babur and Humayun, majority of the nobles were of ___________ origin.

Ans: Turkish

Q33: Who founded the kingdom of Hyderabad?

Ans: Nizam - ul- Mulk

Q34: Where the religious discussions conducted by Akbar were held?

Ans: Ibadat Khana

Q35: Name the Mughal ruler who has followed the coparcenary inheritance.

Ans: Humayun

Q36: Mansab stands for ____________.

Ans: one rank

Q37: What determined the position of a Mansabdars?

Ans: zat rank

Q38: Higher, the zat rank, higher was the position of the mansabdars in the court. True/False

Ans: True

Q39: The system in which elder son succeeds father after death was _____________.

Ans: primogeniture inheritance

Q40: Coparcenary inheritance means division of the empire among brothers. True/False

Ans: True

Q41: Name The Maratha Chieftain who escaped from Agra and declared himself as an independent king.

Ans: Shivaji

Q42: In what form did the Mansabdars receive salaries?

Ans: Jagirs

Q43: Akbar Nama was written by___________.

Ans: Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak

Q44: Between whom the battle of Khanua was fought?

Ans: Ranthambore

Q45: Name the place captured by Akbar after the capture of the Sisodiya capital Chittor.

Ans: Qandahar