Q50. The Battle of Khanwa (1527) was fought between Babur and which ruler?
[RRB NTPC (UG) CBT-I, 16 June 2026, Shift 2]
- (A) Rana Sanga
- (B) Ibrahim Lodi
- (C) Sher Shah Suri
- (D) Bairam Khan
Answer: (A) Rana Sanga
Explanation: Babur defeated Rana Sanga, ruler of Mewar, at Khanwa in 1527. The victory checked a powerful Rajput-led coalition and strengthened the new Mughal position in northern India.
Q49. Match these features with their descriptions:
(a) Tuzuk-i-Baburi;
(b) early Mughal revenue practices;
(c) Humayun’s Persian exile;
(d) Babur-era nobility.
Descriptions:
I. Persian cultural influence;
II. autobiographical political insights;
III. no later-style standardized revenue system;
IV. diverse Turani, Irani and Afghan elites.
[UP PGT History, 9 May 2026]
- (A) a-I, b-III, c-II, d-IV
- (B) a-II, b-I, c-III, d-IV
- (C) a-III, b-II, c-IV, d-I
- (D) a-II, b-III, c-I, d-IV
Answer: (D) a-II, b-III, c-I, d-IV
Explanation: Babur’s memoir offers personal political observations, while his brief Indian rule lacked Akbar’s later revenue standardization. Humayun’s Persian exile influenced court culture, and early nobility remained ethnically varied.
Q48. Which Mughal emperor, rather than Babur, is associated with the systematic Zabti land-revenue arrangement?
[RRB NTPC (UG) CBT-I, 8 May 2026, Shift 3]
- (A) Akbar
- (B) Babur
- (C) Aurangzeb
- (D) Humayun
Answer: (A) Akbar
Explanation: Akbar developed the Zabti assessment system, closely associated with Raja Todar Mal. Babur concentrated on conquest and consolidation and did not establish the later standardized revenue arrangements.
Q47. Which statements about the First Battle of Panipat are correct?
A. It occurred in 1526.
B. Babur fought Rana Sanga.
C. Firearms and field artillery were used.
D. Babur employed the Rumi method.
E. Ibrahim Lodi died in battle.
[CUET PG History listing, 25 March 2026]
- (A) A, B and C only
- (B) A, C, D and E only
- (C) A, C and E only
- (D) C, D and E only
Answer: (B) A, C, D and E only
Explanation: At Panipat, Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi in 1526 using gunpowder weapons and Ottoman-inspired field tactics. Rana Sanga faced Babur the following year at Khanwa, not at Panipat.
Q46. Arrange these buildings in chronological order:
A. Badshahi Mosque;
B. Jama Masjid, Delhi;
C. Kabuli Bagh Mosque;
D. Buland Darwaza;
E. Bibi ka Maqbara.
[CUET PG History listing, 25 March 2026]
- (A) A, B, C, D, E
- (B) C, D, B, E, A
- (C) E, D, C, B, A
- (D) E, D, B, C, A
Answer: (B) C, D, B, E, A
Explanation: Babur’s Kabuli Bagh Mosque predates Akbar’s Buland Darwaza. Shah Jahan’s Delhi Jama Masjid, Bibi ka Maqbara, and Aurangzeb’s Badshahi Mosque belong to successive later phases.
Q45. Match the artists to the rulers or courts traditionally associated with them:
A. Mir Sayyid Ali;
B. Bihzad;
C. Daswant;
D. Abu’l Hasan.
Rulers:
I. Babur;
II. Akbar;
III. Humayun;
IV. Jahangir.
[CUET PG Museology listing, 25 March 2026]
- (A) A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
- (B) A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV
- (C) A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV
- (D) A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
Answer: (C) A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV
Explanation: The conventional examination pairing links Mir Sayyid Ali with Humayun, Bihzad with the Timurid artistic world associated with Babur, Daswant with Akbar, and Abu’l Hasan with Jahangir.
Q44. Legendary Queen Alanqoa (Alanquwa), associated with the ancestry of Chinggis Khan, was claimed as an ancestral figure of which dynasty?
[CUET PG History listing, 25 March 2026]
- (A) Mughals
- (B) Tughlaqs
- (C) Lodis
- (D) Sayyids
Answer: (A) Mughals
Explanation: Babur traced paternal ancestry to Timur and maternal ancestry to the Chinggisid line. Alanqoa belongs to Mongol genealogical tradition and thus appears in narratives of Mughal ancestry.
Q43. Which two leaders fought the Battle of Khanwa in 1527?
[Delhi Police Constable (Executive), 6 January 2026, Shift 3]
- (A) Babur and Rana Sanga
- (B) Akbar and Maharana Pratap
- (C) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri
- (D) Alauddin Khalji and Prithviraj Chauhan
Answer: (A) Babur and Rana Sanga
Explanation: Khanwa pitted Babur against the Mewar ruler Rana Sanga and his allies. This encounter followed Babur’s 1526 Panipat victory and helped secure his position against Rajput opposition.
Q42. Who opposed Babur in the First Battle of Panipat in 1526?
[Delhi Police Constable (Executive), 5 January 2026, Shift 2]
- (A) Rana Sanga
- (B) Sikandar Lodi
- (C) Ibrahim Lodi
- (D) Sher Shah Suri
Answer: (C) Ibrahim Lodi
Explanation: Ibrahim Lodi was the last ruling sultan of the Lodi dynasty. His defeat and death at Panipat opened Delhi and Agra to Babur and initiated Mughal rule.
Q41. Who founded the Mughal Empire in India in 1526?
[Delhi Police Constable (Executive), 3 January 2026, Shift 2]
- (A) Akbar
- (B) Humayun
- (C) Babur
- (D) Sher Shah Suri
Answer: (C) Babur
Explanation: Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur founded Mughal rule by defeating Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat. His successors expanded and consolidated the empire, but its Indian foundation dates to 1526.