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Class 7 History
The Mughal Empire
Quiz 3
Babur came to India originally from _____.
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Khiva
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Ferghana
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Khorasan
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Seistan
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Babar came to India originally from Ferghana. Babar fought three important battles in India viz, the battles of Panipat, Khanwa and Ghaghara and won all of them. He came to India from Ferghana to fight Ibrahim Lodi in the battle of Panipat and establish his rule in India. Babur was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India.
During the Mughal rule, the police duties in the districts were entrusted to the officials known as ______________.
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Faujdar
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Mansabdar
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Kotwal
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Amin
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During the Mughal rule, Faujdar was responsible for maintaining law and order, functioning the police duties, executed the royal decrees and regulations at the district level.
Prince Dara Shukoh was the son of _________.
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Humayun
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Akbar
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Jahangir
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Shah Jahan
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Dara Shukoh was the eldest son of the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. He was favored as a successor by his father, Shah Jahan, and his older sister, Jahanara Begum, but was defeated and later killed by his younger brother Aurangzeb.
Under the Mughals, the Police duties in urban areas were entrusted to the officers known as __________.
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Kotwal
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Kazi
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Vakil
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Amin
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Mughal empire was divided in "Subas". Each Suba was divided into Sarkar(District), Pargana and Village. Every city had a police officer named as Kotwal. He was the in charge of the town administration. He was given both civil and police duties. He caught criminals. He was in charge of maintaining law and order.
Mir Jumla intially was a _____________.
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Soldier
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Amir
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Diamond Merchant
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Prince
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Mir Jumla was a prominent subahdar of Bengal in Eastern India under the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
He was born in Iran, the son of an oil merchant.
In his early age, Mir Jumla found a job of a clerk under a diamond merchant. Later he
came to India and started his own diamond business.
The Jagirdars during the Mughal period were ______.
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Mansabdars
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Zamindars
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All assignees of Jagirs
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All the above
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During the Mughal period, Most of the Mansabdars were given salary but some of the Mansabdars were given Jagir (a piece of land) as their salary. Those Mansabdars who receive jagir to collect revenue were known as Jagirdar. It was ensured that the revenue from Jagir was not more than their salary.
Thus the mansabdar who were paid in cash were called Naqdi and those who were paid through jagir were called Jagirdar.
From where the Mansabdari system was borrowed?
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Afghanistan
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Turkey
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Mongolia
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Persia
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Answer - (C) -Mangolia
The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from Mongolia. The word 'Mansab' is of Arabic origin meaning rank or position. Every civil and military officer was given a 'mansab'. It was also meant for fixing the salaries and allowances of officers.
Under the Mughal rule the Prime Minister was known as ________.
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Zat
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Wazir
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Kazi
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Mansabdar
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In the Mughal administration, the prime minister was known as Wazir. He was in charge of the revenue and financial administration. He was the chief advisor of the ruler.
What was the unique system developed by the Mughals?
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Centralised autocracy
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Ryotwari settlement
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Mansabdari system
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Permanent Settlement
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Answer - (C) - Mansabdari System
The Mansabdari System was introduced by Mughal Emperor Akbar as new administrative machinery and revenue system. The word 'Mansab' is of Arabic origin meaning of 'rank' or 'position'. This system determined the rank of a government official. Every civil and military official was given a 'mansab'. It was also meant for fixing the salaries and allowances of officers.
Who among the following had shifted the capital of the Mughal empire from Agra to Delhi?
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Shah Jahan
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Aurangzeb
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Jahangir
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Humayun
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The capital of M
ughal
empire was shifted from Agra to Delhi by
Shah Jahan
in the year of 1638.
Who was the in-charge of a pargana?
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Amin
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Pattidar
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Shiqdar
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Oanungo
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The Mughal empire was divided into Subas. The Suba was further divided into a number of "Sarkars". Each of Sarkar further divided into Parganas. Shiqdar was the in-charge of a pargana. He was responsible for maintaining law and order at pargana level. He was also entitled to punish criminals.
First man who attempted to estimate the population of Mughal India was _________.
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Kingsley Davis
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Moreland
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Bernier
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Pelsaert
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Moreland was the first to attempt the estimation of demographics during Mughal India. He relied on the figures available in Ain-i-Akbari. He represented the gross cropped area as Arazi. Based on the relation between the gross cropped area and gross cultivation, and assuming a direct proportionality between the gross cultivation and the size of population, he estimated the population of North India to be 30-40 million at the end of the sixteenth century.
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