Kings and Chronicles

Choose the correct statement:-

• Mughals were from Europe    

• Nadir Shah was ancestor of Mughals

• Mughals were descendants of Turkish Ruler Timur

• Babur was related to Ghenghiz khan from his father side

Successor of Babur was :-

• Sher Shah Sur

• Jalaluddin Akbar

• Nasiruddin Humayun

• Jahangir

After 1707 Mughal dynasty was :-

• Expanded its frontiers to regional powers

• Increase under the rule of Bahadur Shah Zafar II

• Diminished following the death of Aurangzeb

• In the hands of Aurangzeb who was last ruler of Mughal dynasty

Choose the Correct statement :-

• Mughal Chronicles highlight the problems of the common people.

• Chronicles by Mughal Emperors gives account of administration only.

• Mughal Chronicles are about the activities of Aurangzeb only.

• Chronicles focus on event centred on the ruler, his family, court & noble.

Choose the correct statement :-

• All the Mughal Chronicles were written in Turkish.

• All the Mughal Chronicles were in Hindavi and regional variants

• Mughal Chronicles were written in Sanskrit.

• Most of the Mughal Chronicles were written in Persian.

Kitabkhana was :- 

• Publishing history of Mughal empire in a printed form.

• A scriptorium where manuscript produced and its collection were kept

• Only translated books were kept there

• Printing unit of Mughals.

Abul fazl described painting as :

• Dying art

• Progressive art

• Influential art

• Magical art

Author of Badshah Nama was :

• Abul Fazl

• Sadullah Khan

• Abdul Hamid Lahori

• Prince Salim

Mughal artists began to potray Emperors wearing the halo which means:

• Supremacy of king

• Beautifying the portraits

• Divine light

• First king of the dynasty

The ideal of Sulh-i-kul was-

• light emanating from God

• absolute peace

• absolute power of the king

• it was festival celebrated by kings