GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

1. Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of?

(A) Humayun’s

(B) Babur’s

(C) Aurangzeb’s

(D) Shah Jahan

2. In which year did the Simon Commission arrive in India?

(A) 1912

(B) 1917

(C) 1928

(D) 1931

3. Under whose direction the Persian translation of Mahabharata took place during the time of Akbar, is it?

(A) Utbi

(B) Fizzy

(C) Naziri

(D) Abul Fazl

4. Where is the tomb of famous musician Tansen located?

(A) Agra

(B) Jaipur

(C) Jhansi

(D) Gwalior

5. The map of which building made by Akbar is like a Buddhist vihara?

(A) Diwan-i-Khas

(B) Panchmahal

(C) Jodha Bai’s palace

(D) Buland Darwaza

6. By which treaty did Shivaji transfer the forts to the Mughals?

(A) Pune

(B) Purandar

(C) Torna

(D) Chittor

7. Dastan-e-Amir Hamza was painted by?

(A) Mansoor Mir

(B) Abul Hasan

(C) Syed Ali

(D) Abdus Samad

8. Patna was made the provincial capital?

(A) Ibrahim Lodi

(B) Prince Azim

(C) Sher Shah

(D) none of these

9. Who was the famous painter of the time of Mughal Emperor Akbar?

(A) Abul Fazl

(B) Ustad Mansoor

(C) Bishan Das

(D) Dashwant

10. Who was the greatest painter of birds in Jahangir’s court?

(A) Mansoor

(B) Khwaja Abdusamad

(C) Basavan

(D) none of these 

11. Faizi lived in the court of which of the following?

(A) Dara Shikoh

(B) Bahadur Shah

(C) Akbar

(D) Humayun

12. Who defeated Humayun in the battle of Chausa?

(A) Shivaji

(B) Maharana Pratap

(C) Sher Shah

(D) none of these

13. Which Mughal ruler ruled twice?

(A) Humayun

(B) Jahangir

(C) Shah Jahan

(D) none of these

14. After winning which war, Sher Shah established Afghan power in Delhi?

(A) Battle of Kalinjar

(B) Battle of Chausa

(C) Battle of Bilgram

(D) none of these

15. In which of the following cities did Shah Jahan build the Moti Masjid?

(A) Agra

(B) Amarkot

(C) Jaipur

(D) Delhi

16. Who built the famous Jama Masjid of Delhi?

(A) Ibrahim Lodi

(B) Shah Jahan

(C) Noor Jahan

(D) Jahangir

17. In which year the Communist Party of India came into existence?

(A) 1912

(B) 1915

(C) 1918

(D) 1921

18. By what name is the district known in the Mughal administration?

(A) Diet

(B) Government

(C) Diocese

(D) Dastur

19. Which Mughal emperor was called Zinda Pir?

(A) Akbar

(B) Jahangir

(C) Shah Jahan

(D) Aurangzeb

20. What was the real name of Mumtaz Mahal?

(A) Arjumand Banu Begum

(B) Roshan Ara

(C) Ladli Begum

(D) none of these

 

ANSWERS

1.  B
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. D
10. A
11. C
12. C
13. A
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. D
18. B
19. D
20. A