Class 7 History Chapter 4 Practice Question Answers - The Mughal Empire

Question 1. When Babur got throne of Ferghana, he was:
(a) Only 12 years old
(b) Only 14 years old
(c) Only 15 years old
(d) Only 20 years old
Answer: (a)

Question 2. 1st war of Panipat fought between:
(a) Humayun and Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Akbar and Ibrahim
(c) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
(d) Lodi Sher Khan and Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: (c)

Question 3. War fought between Baber and Rana Sanga is called:
(a) Panipat war
(b) Khanua war
(c) Chausa war
(d) Kanauj war
Answer: (b)

Question 4. Who fought Chausa and Kanauj wars against Humayun?
(a) Sher Khan
(b) Mirza Hakim
(c) Bairam Khan
(d) Safavid Shah
Answer: (a)

Question 5. The Mughal Emperor who spent his last days in prison, was:
(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Jahangir
(d) Shah Jahan
Answer: (d) 

Question 6. The mother of Shah Jahan was a:
(a) Rajput Princess
(b) Bijapur Princess
(c) Rathor Princess
(d) Mewar Princess
Answer: (c)

Question 7. Number of mansabdars in Aurangzeb’s reign was:
(a) 75
(b) 79
(c) 85
(d) 90
Answer: (b)

Question 8. Who wrote ‘Akbar Nama’?
(a) Abul Fazal
(b) Abul Faizi
(c) Todar Mai
(d) None
Answer: (a)

Question 9. Interesting aspect about the Ain-i-Akbari is:
(a) Its pictorial details
(b) Its ancestral details
(c) Its administrative details
(d) Its rich statistical details
Answer: (d)

Question 10. Meaning of‘diwan’is:
(a) Administrative officer
(b) Legal officer
(c) Financial officer
(d) Revenue officer
Answer: (c)

Question 11. Red Fort Delhi was built by:
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer: (c)

Question 12. What was the capital of Mirza Hakim Akbar’s half-brother?
(a) Kabul
(b) Morocco
(c) Sind
(d) Afghan
Answer: (a)
Qandahar was seized from the Safavids, Kashmir was annexed, as also Kabul,after the death of Mirza Hakim.

Question 13. What was the other name of Prince Khurram (Jahangir’son)?
(a) Shahjahan
(b) Jahangir
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Prince Khurram, the future Emperor Shah Jahan, rebelled in the last years of his reign.

Question 14. What was the other name of Prince Salim (Akbar’s son)?
(a) Shahjahan
(b) Jahangir
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b)
In the last years of his reign Akbar was distracted by the rebellion of Prince Salim, the future Emperor Jahangir.

Question 15. In which year, Humayun recaptured Delhi?
(a) 1552
(b) 1553
(c) 1554
(d) 1555
Answer: (d)
In Iran Humayun received help from the Safavid Shah. He recaptured Delhi in 1555 but died the next year after an accident in this building.

Question 16. Who was the first Mughal Emperor?
(a) Humayun
(b) Babur
(c) Jahangir
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Babur, the first Mughal emperor (1526-1530), succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 years ol(d)

Question 17. Who was Abul Fazl?
(a) Akbar counsellor
(b) Akbar friend
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Both a and b
Abul Fazl was Akbar’s friend and counsellor. He wrote the books Akbar Nama and Ain-i Akbari.

Question 18. How Shahjahan is better known as in the Indian History?
(a) Prince salim
(b) Mirza haqim
(c) Prince khurram
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Prince Khurram is better known as Emperor Shahjahan in the Indian History.

Question 19. When was Shivaji insulted?
(a) when he came to accept Marathi authority
(b) when he came to accept Mughal authority
(c) when he decline to accept Mughal authority
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Shivaji was insulted by Aurangzeb when he came to accept Mughal authority.

Question 20. Who was Babur?
(a) Last Mughal emperor
(b) Only Mughal emperor
(c) First Mughal emperor
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Babur was the first Mughal emperor and reigned from 1526 to 1530.

Question 21. What were the central provinces under the control of the Mughals?
(a) Lahore
(b) Chittor
(c) Agra
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d)
The central provinces under the control of the Mughals were Lahore, Panipat, Delhi, Mathura, Agra, Amber, Ajmer, Fatehpur Sikri, Chittor, Ranthambhor and Allahaba.