Mughal Empire- Babur

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.

Q40. Which place did Babur first capture during his early Indian campaigns?

[SSC CGL 2025 Tier-II (held 19 January 2026)]

• (A) Panipat
• (B) Lahore
• (C) Sialkot
• (D) Bhira (Bhera)

Answer: (D) Bhira (Bhera)

Explanation: Babur’s first major incursion into the northwestern subcontinent in 1519 included the capture of Bhira, usually identified as Bhera. Panipat followed years later as the decisive conquest.

Q39. In which year did Babur defeat Ibrahim Lodi at the First Battle of Panipat?

[SSC CGL 2025 Tier-II (held 19 January 2026)]

• (A) 1519 CE
• (B) 1526 CE
• (C) 1529 CE
• (D) 1530 CE

Answer: (B) 1526 CE

Explanation: The Battle of Panipat occurred on 21 April 1526. Ibrahim Lodi died in the conflict, and Babur’s army gained control of Delhi and Agra, founding Mughal dominion.

Q38. In which year did Babur seize control of Kabul?

[SSC CPO 2025, 9 December 2025, Shift 2]

• (A) 1500 CE
• (B) 1508 CE
• (C) 1504 CE
• (D) 1512 CE

Answer: (C) 1504 CE

Explanation: Babur captured Kabul in 1504 after repeated reversals in Central Asia. Kabul provided the strategic base, soldiers and revenue resources from which he later campaigned into India.

Q37. What is the principal subject of the first volume of the Akbarnama, including its account of Babur?

[SSC CHSL 2025 Tier-I, 21 November 2025, Shift 3]

• (A) Akbar’s administrative regulations
• (B) Akbar’s final military campaigns
• (C) Provincial geography only
• (D) Akbar’s ancestry and earlier dynastic history

Answer: (D) Akbar’s ancestry and earlier dynastic history

Explanation: Abu’l-Fazl’s first Akbarnama volume traces Akbar’s ancestry and predecessors, including Babur and Humayun. It establishes dynastic legitimacy before turning to Akbar’s reign and administrative achievements.

Q36. Consider the statements:
1. Babur had Timurid and Mongol ancestry and founded Mughal rule after defeating Ibrahim Lodi.
2. Sher Shah deposed Babur and Babur was succeeded by Akbar. Which is correct?

[SSC Selection Post, Graduate Level, 29 August 2025, Shift 1]

• (A) Statement 1 only
• (B) Statement 2 only
• (C) Both statements
• (D) Neither statement

Answer: (A) Statement 1 only

Explanation: Statement 1 is correct. Babur died in 1530 and was succeeded by his son Humayun, whom Sher Shah later defeated. Akbar was Babur’s grandson, not his immediate successor.

Q35. The First Battle of Panipat ended Lodi rule. Which commander defeated Ibrahim Lodi?

[RRB NTPC (UG) CBT-I, 12 August 2025, Shift 1]

• (A) Shah Jahan
• (B) Akbar
• (C) Aurangzeb
• (D) Babur

Answer: (D) Babur

Explanation: Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi in 1526 using mobile cavalry, defensive cart formations and artillery. This military success ended the Lodi dynasty and began the Mughal imperial period.

Q34. Medini Rai, Hasan Khan Mewati and Mahmud Lodi joined Rana Sanga against which Mughal ruler?

[SSC CGL Tier-I, 26 September 2024, Shift 2]

• (A) Babur
• (B) Akbar
• (C) Aurangzeb
• (D) Humayun

Answer: (A) Babur

Explanation: These regional leaders joined the coalition confronting Babur at Khanwa in 1527. The alliance united Rajput chiefs and Afghan opponents seeking to challenge his newly established position.

Q33. What was the full personal name of Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire?

[SSC CGL Tier-I, 24 September 2024, Shift 2]

• (A) Zahir-ud-din Muhammad
• (B) Irfan-ud-din Muhammad
• (C) Zain-ud-din Muhammad
• (D) Rukn-ud-din Muhammad

Answer: (A) Zahir-ud-din Muhammad

Explanation: Babur’s formal name was Zahir-ud-din Muhammad. Born in Andijan in 1483, he descended from the Timurids and later established the Mughal dynasty in India.

Q32. Which battle was fought between Babur and Rana Sanga in 1527?

[SSC CGL Tier-I, 23 September 2024, Shift 1]

• (A) First Battle of Panipat
• (B) Battle of Khanwa
• (C) Second Battle of Panipat
• (D) Battle of Chanderi

Answer: (B) Battle of Khanwa

Explanation: The Battle of Khanwa in 1527 followed Panipat and tested Babur against the Rajput confederacy. His victory consolidated Mughal authority and weakened a major rival coalition.

Q31. Who succeeded Babur as Mughal emperor after his death in 1530?

[SSC CGL Tier-I, 17 September 2024, Shift 1]

• (A) Shah Jahan
• (B) Humayun
• (C) Jahangir
• (D) Aurangzeb

Answer: (B) Humayun

Explanation: Babur’s eldest surviving son, Nasir-ud-din Muhammad Humayun, inherited the Mughal throne in 1530. Humayun later lost the empire temporarily to Sher Shah Suri before recovering it.

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.

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.

Q10. Daulat Khan Lodi sought Babur’s help against which Delhi sultan?

[RRB Group D, 3 October 2018, Shift 2]

• (A) Bahlul Lodi
• (B) Ibrahim Lodi
• (C) Ghazi Khan Lodi
• (D) Sikandar Lodi

Answer: (B) Ibrahim Lodi

Explanation: Daulat Khan Lodi, the Punjab governor, opposed Sultan Ibrahim Lodi’s authority and approached Babur. Political divisions within the Lodi administration helped facilitate Babur’s invasion.

Q9. Into which language was Baburnama translated under Akbar’s patronage?

[RRB Group D, 24 September 2018, Shift 1]

• (A) Turkish
• (B) Arabic
• (C) Persian
• (D) Urdu

Answer: (C) Persian

Explanation: Babur originally wrote his memoirs in Chagatai Turkish. Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan produced an influential Persian translation under Akbar, connecting Babur’s experiences with the Persianate Mughal court.

Q8. Who wrote Humayun Nama, a memoir of Babur’s family and his successor?

[UPSC NDA, General Ability Test, 22 April 2018]

• (A) Roshanara Begum
• (B) Ruqaiya Sultan Begum
• (C) Gulbadan Begum
• (D) Gauhara Begum

Answer: (C) Gulbadan Begum

Explanation: Gulbadan Begum, daughter of Babur and sister of Humayun, wrote Humayun Nama. Her work offers a rare female perspective on the early Mughal household and court.

Q7. Which Mughal emperor personally authored an autobiography?

[WBCS Preliminary Examination 2017]

• (A) Babur
• (B) Akbar
• (C) Humayun
• (D) Akbar II

Answer: (A) Babur

Explanation: Babur authored Baburnama in his native Chagatai Turkish. The memoirs describe his Central Asian struggles, conquest of India, observations of flora and fauna, and private reflections.

Q6. Which Rajput chiefs supported Rana Sanga against Babur at Khanwa? (i) Bharmal of Idar; (ii) Viramdev of Merta; (iii) Rao Bika; (iv) Rao Lunkaran.

[RPSC Senior Teacher, Grade II, 26 April 2017]

• (A) (i) and (ii) only
• (B) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
• (C) (i), (ii) and (iv)
• (D) All four

Answer: (A) (i) and (ii) only

Explanation: The cited RPSC answer identifies Bharmal of Idar and Viramdev of Merta among Rana Sanga’s supporters. Khanwa involved a broad coalition confronting Babur in 1527.

Q5. Which subjects are NOT characteristic of Rajput paintings?
1. Stories of Krishna;
2. Ragas and Raginis;
3. Deeds of Hamza;
4. Deeds of Babur.

[UPSC CDS, General Knowledge, 14 February 2016]

• (A) 1, 2 and 3
• (B) 2, 3 and 4
• (C) 3 and 4 only
• (D) 4 only

Answer: (C) 3 and 4 only

Explanation: Rajput painting often depicts Krishna narratives and musical ragamala themes. Illustrated stories of Hamza and the life of Babur belong instead to Mughal manuscript traditions.

Q4. Which Babur-era battle and year are incorrectly paired?

[UPPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination, 10 May 2015]

• (A) First Panipat — 1526
• (B) Khanwa — 1527
• (C) Ghaghra — 1529
• (D) Chanderi — 1530

Answer: (D) Chanderi — 1530

Explanation: Babur fought at Chanderi in 1528, not 1530. His other major battles were Panipat in 1526, Khanwa in 1527 and Ghaghra in 1529.

Q3. Babur’s arrival in India led to which of the following?
1. First introduction of gunpowder to the subcontinent;
2. Introduction of the arch and dome;
3. Establishment of a Timurid dynasty in India.

[UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2015]

• (A) 1 and 2 only
• (B) 3 only
• (C) 1 and 3 only
• (D) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (B) 3 only

Explanation: Gunpowder weapons and arches already existed in India before Babur. His conquest did establish Timurid dynastic rule after Panipat in 1526, making only statement 3 correct.

Q2. Which of the following was NOT a wife of Babur?

[MPPSC General Studies Preliminary Examination 2010]

• (A) Maham Begum
• (B) Gulrukh Begum
• (C) Gulbadan Begum
• (D) Dildar Begum

Answer: (C) Gulbadan Begum

Explanation: Gulbadan Begum was Babur’s daughter, not his wife. She later wrote Humayun Nama. Maham Begum, Gulrukh Begum and Dildar Begum appear among Babur’s consorts.

Q1. Arrange these Mughal-era battles chronologically: I. Ghaghra; II. Khanwa; III. Chausa; IV. Samugarh.

[Chhattisgarh PSC (CGPSC) 2008]

• (A) II, I, III, IV
• (B) I, III, II, IV
• (C) III, II, I, IV
• (D) II, III, I, IV

Answer: (A) II, I, III, IV

Explanation: Khanwa occurred in 1527, Ghaghra in 1529, Chausa in 1539 and Samugarh in 1658. The first two battles belong to Babur’s reign, preceding Humayun’s defeat.