Q50. Which Rajput commander led the Mughal army at Haldighati in 1576?
[SSC MTS, 09 Oct 2024, Shift 3]
(A) Raja Man Singh
(B) Raja Todar Mal
(C) Maharana Pratap
(D) Medini Rai
Answer: (A) Raja Man Singh
Explanation: Raja Man Singh of Amber led Akbar’s forces against Maharana Pratap of Mewar. His command illustrates Akbar’s policy of incorporating Rajput rulers into high military and administrative service rather than staffing the empire with one lineage alone.
Q49. The Mewar ruler Amar Singh reached a settlement with the Mughals during whose reign?
[SSC Selection Post (Matriculation), 25 Jun 2024, Shift 1]
(A) Jahangir
(B) Shah Jahan
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Akbar
Answer: (A) Jahangir
Explanation: The 1615 settlement under Jahangir ended a long phase of conflict between Mewar and the Mughal court. It recognized important local status while creating conditions for political accommodation within the imperial system of alliances.
Q48. During whose reign did the Mughal Empire reach its greatest territorial extent?
[SSC CPO Paper I, 27 Jun 2024, Shift 3]
(A) Bahadur Shah II
(B) Shah Jahan
(C) Akbar
(D) Aurangzeb
Answer: (D) Aurangzeb
Explanation: The empire expanded to its largest geographical reach under Aurangzeb, notably through southern conquests. Yet controlling that territory was expensive. Prolonged warfare stretched revenue arrangements, weakened effective administration in several regions and increased pressure on jagirdars.
Q47. Which woman became Nur Jahan after marrying Jahangir in 1611?
[SSC MTS, 21 Oct 2024, Shift 2]
(A) Jahanara
(B) Hasina Begum
(C) Mehrunnisa
(D) Mumtaz Mahal
Answer: (C) Mehrunnisa
Explanation: Mehrunnisa became Nur Jahan and later exercised considerable influence at Jahangir’s court. Her political role extended beyond domestic life, involving patronage, connections among nobles and influence over decisions in the imperial establishment.
Q46. The public audience hall Diwan-i-Am with a richly decorated marble canopy is part of which complex?
[SSC MTS, 23 Oct 2024, Shift 2]
(A) Bibi ka Maqbara
(B) Red Fort, Delhi
(C) Taj Mahal
(D) Humayun’s Tomb
Answer: (B) Red Fort, Delhi
Explanation: The Diwan-i-Am in Delhi’s Red Fort was the setting for formal public audiences. Audience halls expressed the emperor’s judicial and political authority, allowing petitioners and officials to encounter royal power within a highly regulated ceremonial environment.
Q45. Who was the last Mughal emperor recognized before the formal end of the dynasty in 1857?
[SSC MTS, 12 Nov 2024, Shift 3]
(A) Aurangzeb
(B) Akbar II
(C) Bahadur Shah II
(D) Shah Jahan
Answer: (C) Bahadur Shah II
Explanation: Bahadur Shah II, also known as Zafar, retained a largely ceremonial position in Delhi as British control expanded. Following the 1857 uprising, the British removed him, ending the remaining symbolic institution of Mughal emperorship.
Q44. Which political rule in India began after Babur’s victory at Panipat in 1526?
[SSC MTS, 14 Nov 2024, Shift 3]
(A) French Company rule
(B) Mughal rule
(C) British Crown rule
(D) Mauryan rule
Answer: (B) Mughal rule
Explanation: Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526 and founded the Mughal dynasty in northern India. The extensive administrative institutions later associated with the empire were developed principally by his successors.
Q43. Who served as Akbar’s revenue minister and became associated with dahsala?
[RPF Constable 2024 session, held 06 Mar 2025, Shift 1]
(A) Birbal
(B) Abul Fazl
(C) Raja Man Singh
(D) Raja Todar Mal
Answer: (D) Raja Todar Mal
Explanation: Raja Todar Mal is especially remembered for standardized assessment using measurement and information about crops and prices. His work helped strengthen fiscal administration in the settled heartland, although Mughal regions could employ several revenue methods.
Q42. Who succeeded Babur to the Mughal throne in 1530?
[SSC CGL Tier I, 17 Sep 2024, Shift 1 — 2024]
(A) Shah Jahan
(B) Humayun
(C) Jahangir
(D) Aurangzeb
Answer: (B) Humayun
Explanation: Humayun succeeded his father Babur in 1530, but struggles with Afghan rivals disrupted early Mughal state-building. Sher Shah Suri displaced him; Humayun’s restoration in 1555 paved the way for Akbar’s subsequent administrative consolidation.
Q41. Which Mughal ruler initiated the policy of sulh-i-kul?
[DSSSB Jail Warder, 19 Jun 2024, Shift 1 — 2024]
(A) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Babur
Answer: (B) Akbar
Explanation: Akbar’s policy encouraged peaceful coexistence and wider political cooperation across religious communities. It provided a broad ideological foundation for governance in a diverse empire, although its implementation depended on changing political conditions and regional relationships.
