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UPSC CDS Indian History Timeline — practice questions — page 27

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Sher Khan defeated Humayun at Chausa in 1539 and at Kanauj in:Read the answer and worked solution →In exile, Humayun received help from the Shah of which dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar became emperor at the age of:Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar seized the Sisodiya capital of Chittor in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mughals followed which custom of dividing inheritance among all sons?Read the answer and worked solution →Defeated Rajputs like the Sisodiyas got their lands back as assignments called:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the mansabdari system, rank and salary were fixed by a numerical value called:Read the answer and worked solution →A mansabdar's military duty was to maintain a specified number of:Read the answer and worked solution →Mansabdars received their salaries as revenue assignments called:Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar's revenue minister who surveyed crop yields and prices for ten years was:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mughal revenue system fixing cash tax per crop after Todar Mal's survey was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Zabt could not be applied in which provinces where land surveys were not possible?Read the answer and worked solution →Abul Fazl's three-volume history of Akbar's reign was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Mughal provinces were called subas and each was governed by a:Read the answer and worked solution →Mehrunnisa married Jahangir and received the title Nur Jahan in:Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar's religious discussions with ulama, Brahmanas, Jesuits and Zoroastrians took place in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar's idea of universal peace was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Bijapur was annexed by Aurangzeb in 1685 and Golconda in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Mughal emperorsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Mughal officersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Mughal accession yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Mughal termsRead the answer and worked solution →Akbar or AurangzebRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the early Mughal cluesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Mughal Empire bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The lions on Indian currency come from a stone pillar Ashoka set up at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mauryan empire was founded more than 2300 years ago by:Read the answer and worked solution →Chanakya or Kautilya's ideas were written down in the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mauryan city that was a gateway to the northwest and Central Asia was:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Sher Khan defeated Humayun at Chausa in 1539 and at Kanauj in:

  1. 1530
  2. 1545
  3. 1540
  4. 1555
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Correct answer: C. 1540

1. Humayun's brother Mirza Kamran had weakened him. 2. Kanauj was lost in 1540. 3. Humayun fled to Iran. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 4, The Mughal Empire._

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In exile, Humayun received help from the Shah of which dynasty?

  1. Ottoman
  2. Uzbeg
  3. Timurid
  4. Safavid
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Correct answer: D. Safavid

1. He recaptured Delhi in 1555. 2. The Safavid Shah of Iran helped him. 3. He died the next year after an accident. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 4, The Mughal Empire._

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Akbar became emperor at the age of:

  1. 13
  2. 18
  3. 12
  4. 21
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Correct answer: A. 13

1. Bairam Khan acted as regent at first. 2. Akbar was 13 in 1556. 3. He ruled until 1605. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 4, The Mughal Empire._

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