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981.

With whose permission did the English set up their first factory at Surat?

(a)Akbar

(b)Jahagir

(c)Shahjahan

(d)Aurangzeb

Comment

Answer is: B

982.

Who was the last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne?

(a)Aurangzeb

(b)Bahadur Shah Zafar

(c)Muhammad Shah

(d)Shah Alam II

Comment

Answer is: C

983.

Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal Emperor?

(a)Babur

(b)Akbar

(c)Jahangir

(d)Aurangzeb

Comment

Answer is: C

984.

Who was the Mughal Emperor when the Battle of Plassey was fought between the Nawab of Bengal and the English East India Company?

(a)Ahmed Shah

(b)Aziz-ud-din Alamgir II

(c)Muhammad Shah

(d)Shah Alam II

Comment

Answer is: B

985.

How did the Mughal Emperor Jahandar Shah's reign come to and early end?

(a)He was deposed by his Wazir

(b)He died due to slip while climbing down the steps

(c)He was defeated by his nephew in a battle

(d)He died of sickness due to too much consumption of wine

Comment

Answer is: C

986.

A Mughal Queen whose name was written to all the Mughal Firmans and inscribed on the coins was

(a)Maham Ananga

(b)Nur Jahan

(c)Mumtaz Mahal

(d)Mariam Makani

Comment

Answer is: B

987.

The head of the military department under the recognized central machinery of administration during Akbar's reign was

(a)Diwan

(b)Mir Bakshi

(c)Mir Saman

(d)Bakshi

Comment

Answer is: B

988.

The greatest failure of the reign of Jahagir was

(a)Formation and ascendancy of the Nur Jahan Junta

(b)Failure to secure an inch of land in the Deccan

(c)The loss of Kandahar to Persia

(d)Execution of Guru Arjun Dev

Comment

Answer is: C

989.

The most severe famine which affected the Mughal empire was

(a)The famine of 1555-56 famine in Agra and Biyana

(b)The 1573-74 famine in Gujarat

(c)The 1630-32 famine in the Deccan and Gujarat

(d)The 1645-46 famine in the Coromandel Coast

Comment

Answer is: C

990.

Who is the author of the book 'The Last Mughal - The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1987'?

(a)John Kirkland

(b)William Dalrymple

(c)Thomas Wilson

(d)Simon Digby

Comment

Answer is: B

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