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Who was the last Mughal, overthrown by the British in 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →Which emperor consciously made Persian the leading language of the Mughal court?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mahabharata was translated into Persian under which title?Read the answer and worked solution →The imperial scriptorium where manuscripts were kept and produced was called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar's favourite calligraphic style, fluid with long horizontal strokes, was:Read the answer and worked solution →Abu'l Fazl worked on the Akbar Nama from 1589 for how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →The third book of the Akbar Nama is which text?Read the answer and worked solution →Abu'l Fazl was murdered in a conspiracy hatched by Prince Salim. Who was the accomplice?Read the answer and worked solution →Who wrote the Badshah Nama, the official history of Shah Jahan's reign?Read the answer and worked solution →The Nawab of Awadh gifted the illustrated Badshah Nama in 1799 to which king?Read the answer and worked solution →Abu'l Fazl's idea of Divine Light, farr-i izadi, drew on which Iranian sufi?Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar abolished the pilgrimage tax in 1563 and which tax in 1564?Read the answer and worked solution →Jahangir's Chain of Justice was made of pure gold and contained how many bells?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1585 Akbar shifted the capital from Fatehpur Sikri to which city?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did Shah Jahan's court move from Agra to the new capital Shahjahanabad?Read the answer and worked solution →Which English envoy of James I shocked the Mughal court by demanding a chair?Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar introduced the practice of appearing on a balcony each morning for public darshan. The balcony was the:Read the answer and worked solution →A mansabdar's rank had two numbers. Zat showed position and salary. What did sawar show?Read the answer and worked solution →The first Jesuit mission reached Akbar's court at Fatehpur Sikri in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Mughal chroniclesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the court wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Mughal yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the ministersRead the answer and worked solution →Akbar or Shah JahanRead the answer and worked solution →Who wrote itRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Mughal court bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in:Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi's 1917 satyagraha in Champaran, Bihar, was to inspire which group against the plantation system?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1918 Gandhi organised a satyagraha among cotton mill workers in:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Who was the last Mughal, overthrown by the British in 1857?

  1. Farrukhsiyar of Agra
  2. Bahadur Shah Zafar II
  3. Aurangzeb Alamgir I
  4. Shah Alam II of Delhi
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Correct answer: B. Bahadur Shah Zafar II

1. After Aurangzeb's death in 1707 the dynasty weakened. 2. Bahadur Shah Zafar II was overthrown in 1857. 3. Its prestige survived long after its power. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 9, Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Courts._

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Which emperor consciously made Persian the leading language of the Mughal court?

  1. Humayun
  2. Zafar
  3. Akbar
  4. Babur
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Correct answer: C. Akbar

1. Turkish was the Mughals' mother tongue. 2. Akbar elevated Persian. 3. Urdu grew from Persian meeting Hindavi. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 9, Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Courts._

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The Mahabharata was translated into Persian under which title?

  1. Akbar Nama
  2. Babur Nama
  3. Humayun Nama
  4. Razmnama
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Correct answer: D. Razmnama

1. Emperors commissioned Sanskrit translations. 2. The Mahabharata became the Razmnama, Book of Wars. 3. The Ramayana was translated too. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 9, Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Courts._

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