Q30. Babur’s opponent at the Battle of Khanua (Khanwa) was which Rajput leader?
[SSC CHSL Tier-I, 11 July 2024, Shift 2]
- (A) Rana Ratna Singh
- (B) Maharana Pratap
- (C) Rana Sanga
- (D) Medini Rai
Answer: (C) Rana Sanga
Explanation: Rana Sanga of Mewar led the forces opposed to Babur at Khanwa. Medini Rai, another Rajput leader, faced Babur separately at Chanderi in 1528.
Q29. In which year did the First Battle of Panipat take place?
[WBCS 2023 Mains, History Paper III (held 18 August 2024)]
- (A) 1526
- (B) 1528
- (C) 1616
- (D) 1626
Answer: (A) 1526
Explanation: The battle took place in April 1526 and brought Babur into control of Delhi after defeating Ibrahim Lodi. It is conventionally treated as the beginning of Mughal rule.
Q28. Which pair correctly identifies the armies in the First Battle of Panipat?
[WBCS (Executive) Preliminary Examination 2023]
- (A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
- (B) Babur and Rana Sanga
- (C) Babur and Sher Khan
- (D) Akbar and Hemu
Answer: (A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
Explanation: Panipat in 1526 was fought between Babur and Ibrahim Lodi. Rana Sanga confronted Babur at Khanwa, whereas Akbar’s forces faced Hemu at Panipat in 1556.
Q27. Which ruler was defeated by Babur at the Battle of Chanderi in 1528?
[SSC CGL Tier-I, 14 July 2023, Shift 2]
- (A) Sher Shah Suri
- (B) Sikandar Lodi
- (C) Hasan Khan Mewati
- (D) Medini Rai
Answer: (D) Medini Rai
Explanation: Medini Rai defended Chanderi against Babur in January 1528. The Mughal victory followed Khanwa and extended Babur’s political influence toward the Malwa region.
Q26. Which Lodi sultan was defeated by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat?
[SSC MTS 2022 examination (held 13 June 2023, Shift 2)]
- (A) Sikandar Lodi
- (B) Mahmud Lodi
- (C) Ibrahim Lodi
- (D) Bahlul Lodi
Answer: (C) Ibrahim Lodi
Explanation: Ibrahim Lodi lost to Babur at Panipat in 1526 and died on the battlefield. Sikandar and Bahlul were earlier Lodi rulers; Mahmud later challenged Babur.
Q25. After losing ground in Central Asia, Babur captured which city in 1504?
[SSC MTS, 19 May 2023, Shift 3]
- (A) Kabul
- (B) Samarkand
- (C) Lahore
- (D) Delhi
Answer: (A) Kabul
Explanation: Kabul became Babur’s principal headquarters after 1504. Holding it allowed him to reorganize his followers and plan campaigns toward the Punjab and the Indo-Gangetic plain.
Q24. Which early Mughal ruler assumed the imperial title Padshah?
[SSC MTS 2022 examination (held 12 May 2023, Shift 2)]
- (A) Jahangir
- (B) Babur
- (C) Humayun
- (D) Akbar
Answer: (B) Babur
Explanation: Babur adopted the sovereign title Padshah during his Central Asian and Afghan career. The title signified independent kingship and later became a standard Mughal imperial designation.
Q23. In 1529, Babur defeated Afghan resistance associated with Mahmud Lodi near which river?
[SSC MTS 2022 examination (held 4 May 2023, Shift 1)]
- (A) Yamuna
- (B) Narmada
- (C) Ghaghra
- (D) Godavari
Answer: (C) Ghaghra
Explanation: The Battle of Ghaghra in 1529 checked Afghan opposition led by Mahmud Lodi amid Bengal’s political involvement. It was Babur’s last major campaign in northern India.
Q22. In what year did the twelve-year-old Babur inherit the throne of Ferghana?
[SSC CHSL 2022 examination (held 15 March 2023, Shift 4)]
- (A) 1494
- (B) 1526
- (C) 1504
- (D) 1530
Answer: (A) 1494
Explanation: Babur inherited Ferghana in 1494 after the death of his father, Umar Shaikh Mirza. His early struggles for Ferghana and Samarkand shaped his subsequent military career.
Q21. Aram Bagh, a garden associated with Babur, is in which Indian state?
[SSC CHSL 2022 examination (held 9 March 2023, Shift 2)]
- (A) Delhi
- (B) Uttar Pradesh
- (C) Madhya Pradesh
- (D) Bihar
Answer: (B) Uttar Pradesh
Explanation: Aram Bagh is situated at Agra in Uttar Pradesh and is associated with Babur’s early Mughal garden building. It reflects the Persian-inspired formal garden tradition.
