Q20. Which structures are associated with Babur?
(a) Kabuli Bagh Mosque, Panipat;
(b) Panch Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri;
(c) Jama Masjid, Sambhal;
(d) Jama Masjid, Hisar.
[RPSC School Lecturer, General Awareness, 15 October 2022]
- (A) (a) and (b)
- (B) (a) and (c)
- (C) (c) and (d)
- (D) (b) and (d)
Answer: (B) (a) and (c)
Explanation: Kabuli Bagh Mosque at Panipat and the Sambhal Jama Masjid are associated with Babur’s early reign. Panch Mahal is linked to Akbar’s Fatehpur Sikri complex.
Q19. Babur ruled at Delhi until which year?
[SSC CGL Tier-I, 12 December 2022, Shift 4]
- (A) 1530
- (B) 1539
- (C) 1526
- (D) 1545
Answer: (A) 1530
Explanation: Babur’s Indian reign extended from his victory at Panipat in 1526 until his death in December 1530. His son Humayun then inherited the imperial territories.
Q18. How old was Babur when he succeeded to Ferghana’s throne in 1494?
[SSC MTS, 25 July 2022, Shift 2]
- (A) 18 years
- (B) 12 years
- (C) 15 years
- (D) 10 years
Answer: (B) 12 years
Explanation: Babur succeeded his father Umar Shaikh Mirza in 1494, aged about twelve by traditional reckoning. Early succession involved political insecurity and repeated struggles for Samarkand.
Q17. What was the original given name of the ruler generally known as Babur?
[RRB NTPC CBT-I, 21 March 2021, Shift 2]
- (A) Khurram
- (B) Nasir-ud-din
- (C) Salim
- (D) Zahir-ud-din
Answer: (D) Zahir-ud-din
Explanation: His full name was Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur. Khurram was Shah Jahan’s princely name, Salim was Jahangir’s, and Nasir-ud-din was associated with Humayun.
Q16. Tulughma, employed by Babur in battle, refers to what?
[RRB NTPC CBT-I, 15 March 2021, Shift 1]
- (A) A water-conservation system
- (B) A judicial punishment
- (C) A mobile flanking and encirclement tactic
- (D) A commercial tax
Answer: (C) A mobile flanking and encirclement tactic
Explanation: Tulughma used mobile wings to strike around opposing forces while the main army fixed the enemy’s front. Combined with carts and artillery, it assisted Babur at Panipat.
Q15. Who wrote Tuzuk-i-Baburi, also known as Baburnama?
[SSC CHSL 2020 examination (held 6 August 2021, Shift 2)]
- (A) Talib Amuli
- (B) Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
- (C) Babur
- (D) Faizi
Answer: (C) Babur
Explanation: Babur himself composed his memoirs in Chagatai Turkish. Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan later translated the text into Persian during Akbar’s reign, making it accessible to court readers.
Q14. In which year did Babur defeat Ibrahim Lodi and capture Delhi and Agra?
[SSC CHSL, 21 October 2020, Shift 3]
- (A) 1526
- (B) 1530
- (C) 1543
- (D) 1494
Answer: (A) 1526
Explanation: Babur’s victory at the First Battle of Panipat occurred in 1526. It ended Lodi rule in Delhi and established the initial territorial base of the Mughal Empire.
Q13. Babur, the first Mughal emperor, originally came from which region?
[SSC GD Constable, 21 February 2019, Shift 3]
- (A) Syria
- (B) Greece
- (C) Ferghana
- (D) Persia
Answer: (C) Ferghana
Explanation: Babur was born in Andijan in the Ferghana Valley of Central Asia. After losing his ancestral homeland, he established himself at Kabul and subsequently advanced into northern India.
Q12. What is the name of the autobiography written by Babur in Chagatai Turkish?
[UPSSSC Chakbandi Lekhpal, 1 October 2019, Shift 2]
- (A) Mughal Nama
- (B) Baburnama
- (C) Babar Mubarak
- (D) Babarbihaya
Answer: (B) Baburnama
Explanation: Baburnama, also called Tuzuk-i-Baburi, contains Babur’s first-person accounts of warfare, political affairs, landscape, gardens and people. It is an invaluable source for early Mughal history.
Q11. In which year did Babur make his first major raid toward India?
[RRB Group D, 4 October 2018, Shift 1]
- (A) 1519
- (B) 1521
- (C) 1535
- (D) 1544
Answer: (A) 1519
Explanation: Babur entered the northwestern subcontinent during the campaign of 1519, capturing Bajaur and moving toward Bhira. These expeditions preceded his conquest at Panipat in 1526.
