- Who was the Mughal emperor when Nadir Shah invaded India?
- (a) Shah Alam II
- (b) Ahmad Shah
- (c) Muhammad Shah
- (d) Bahadur Shah I
- Answer: (c) Muhammad Shah
- Which Mughal emperor faced the invasion of Ahmad Shah Abdali?
- (a) Alamgir II
- (b) Muhammad Shah
- (c) Shah Alam II
- (d) Ahmad Shah
- Answer: (a) Alamgir II
- During which Mughal ruler’s reign did the Battle of Plassey take place?
- (a) Bahadur Shah Zafar
- (b) Shah Alam II
- (c) Alamgir II
- (d) Ahmad Shah
- Answer: (c) Alamgir II
- Who was the founder of the Sayyid Brothers’ political influence in the Mughal court?
- (a) Syed Hassan
- (b) Syed Abdullah
- (c) Syed Hussain Ali
- (d) Syed Nazir
- Answer: (c) Syed Hussain Ali
- Which Mughal ruler was deposed by the Sayyid Brothers?
- (a) Jahandar Shah
- (b) Farrukhsiyar
- (c) Muhammad Shah
- (d) Alamgir II
- Answer: (b) Farrukhsiyar
- Who was the last powerful Mughal ruler before the decline of the empire?
- (a) Aurangzeb
- (b) Shah Alam II
- (c) Muhammad Shah
- (d) Bahadur Shah I
- Answer: (a) Aurangzeb
- What was the main reason for the decline of the Mughal Empire?
- (a) Weak successors
- (b) European invasions
- (c) Economic crisis
- (d) All of the above
- Answer: (d) All of the above
- Which Mughal ruler signed the Treaty of Allahabad with the British?
- (a) Shah Alam II
- (b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
- (c) Alamgir II
- (d) Ahmad Shah
- Answer: (a) Shah Alam II
- Who was the last ruling Mughal emperor exiled to Rangoon?
- (a) Bahadur Shah I
- (b) Shah Alam II
- (c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
- (d) Akbar II
- Answer: (c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
- Which battle marked the formal end of Mughal rule in India?
- (a) Battle of Panipat III
- (b) Battle of Plassey
- (c) Battle of Buxar
- (d) Revolt of 1857
- Answer: (d) Revolt of 1857
- Which Mughal ruler issued the ‘Farrukhsiari Firman’ that granted trade privileges to the British?
- (a) Aurangzeb
- (b) Jahandar Shah
- (c) Farrukhsiyar
- (d) Bahadur Shah I
- Answer: (c) Farrukhsiyar
- Who was the Mughal emperor during the Third Battle of Panipat?
- (a) Shah Alam II
- (b) Ahmad Shah
- (c) Alamgir II
- (d) Muhammad Shah
- Answer: (b) Ahmad Shah
- Who was the Mughal ruler when the Treaty of Bassein was signed?
- (a) Akbar II
- (b) Shah Alam II
- (c) Bahadur Shah II
- (d) Alamgir II
- Answer: (b) Shah Alam II
- Which Mughal emperor was referred to as ‘Shah-e-Bekhabar’ (The Careless King)?
- (a) Aurangzeb
- (b) Bahadur Shah I
- (c) Muhammad Shah
- (d) Ahmad Shah
- Answer: (c) Muhammad Shah
- Who was the Mughal emperor when the British took control of Delhi in 1803?
- (a) Akbar II
- (b) Shah Alam II
- (c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
- (d) Alamgir II
- Answer: (b) Shah Alam II
- Which Mughal emperor abolished the Jizya tax?
- (a) Aurangzeb
- (b) Akbar
- (c) Jahangir
- (d) Shah Jahan
- Answer: (b) Akbar
- Who built the Moti Masjid in Red Fort, Delhi?
- (a) Aurangzeb
- (b) Akbar
- (c) Shah Jahan
- (d) Jahangir
- Answer: (a) Aurangzeb
- Which Mughal emperor’s reign saw the establishment of the first printing press in India?
- (a) Akbar
- (b) Aurangzeb
- (c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
- (d) Jahandar Shah
- Answer: (c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
- Who was the Mughal emperor when the East India Company was granted Diwani rights in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa?
- (a) Shah Alam II
- (b) Bahadur Shah I
- (c) Alamgir II
- (d) Farrukhsiyar
- Answer: (a) Shah Alam II
- Who was the last Mughal ruler recognized as the symbolic head of the 1857 Revolt?
- (a) Akbar II
- (b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
- (c) Shah Alam II
- (d) Ahmad Shah
- Answer: (b) Bahadur Shah Zafar