Mughal Decline and Rise of Regional States — GK Questions with Answers

1. Who founded Hyderabad city and built the Charminar?
   1. Ahmad Quli Qutb Shah
   2. Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
   3. Ibrahim Qutb Shah
   4. Quli Qutb Shah
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   Answer: (B) Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah

   Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah founded the city in 1591.

2. Which pair is NOT correctly matched?
   1. Murshid Quli Khan — Bengal
   2. Asaf Jah Nizam-ul-Mulk — Hyderabad
   3. Saadat Khan — Mysore
   4. Sawai Jai Singh — Amber
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   Answer: (C) Saadat Khan — Mysore

   Saadat Khan founded Awadh.

3. Which is/are correct? 1. Murshid Quli Khan became diwan of Bengal in 1707. 2. Shaukat Jang, Siraj-ud-Daula’s cousin, helped him gain the throne.
   1. 1 only
   2. 2 only
   3. Both
   4. Neither
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   Answer: (D) Neither

   Murshid Quli became diwan in 1700, and Shaukat Jang was Siraj’s rival, defeated at Manihari.

4. Which are correct about Ranjit Singh? 1. He founded the Sikh kingdom of Punjab. 2. He was narrow in religious matters. 3. He signed the Tripartite Treaty (1838) letting Company troops pass through Punjab.
   1. 1 and 2
   2. 2 and 3
   3. 1 and 3
   4. All three
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   Answer: (C) 1 and 3

   He was known for his religious tolerance.

5. From whom did Ranjit Singh obtain the Koh-i-noor?
   1. Nadir Shah
   2. Zaman Shah
   3. Shah Shuja
   4. Dost Muhammad
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   Answer: (C) Shah Shuja

   Shah Shuja gave it up in 1813.

6. The Bengal nawab who moved the capital from Dhaka to Murshidabad was —
   1. Murshid Quli Khan
   2. Shuja-ud-din
   3. Alivardi Khan
   4. Siraj-ud-Daula
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   Answer: (A) Murshid Quli Khan

   The new capital carried his name.

7. The Sayyid brothers could not save the empire mainly because —
   1. the rebels were too strong
   2. nothing could work any more
   3. they faced constant rivalry, quarrels and plots at court
   4. the English had already destroyed the empire
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   Answer: (C) they faced constant rivalry, quarrels and plots at court

   Court factions, led by the Turani nobles, brought them down in 1720.

8. Banda Bahadur was captured and executed in the reign of —
   1. Aurangzeb
   2. Bahadur Shah I
   3. Jahandar Shah
   4. Farrukhsiyar
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   Answer: (D) Farrukhsiyar

   Executed in Delhi in June 1716.

9. Shivaji founded the Maratha kingdom in the reign of —
   1. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
   2. Akbar
   3. Shah Jahan
   4. Aurangzeb
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   Answer: (D) Aurangzeb

   His coronation was in 1674.

10. Correct order of the later Mughals?
    1. Bahadur Shah I, Farrukhsiyar, Jahandar Shah, Muhammad Shah
    2. Farrukhsiyar, Bahadur Shah I, Jahandar Shah, Muhammad Shah
    3. Bahadur Shah I, Jahandar Shah, Farrukhsiyar, Muhammad Shah
    4. Jahandar Shah, Bahadur Shah I, Muhammad Shah, Farrukhsiyar
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    Answer: (C) Bahadur Shah I, Jahandar Shah, Farrukhsiyar, Muhammad Shah

    "Ba-Ja-Fa-Mu".

11. Which are correct? 1. The seeds of Mughal disintegration were sown under Aurangzeb. 2. He left three living sons — Muazzam, Azam and Kam Bakhsh. 3. Muazzam marched quickly from Kabul towards Agra.
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 1 and 3
    3. 2 and 3
    4. All three
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    Answer: (D) All three

    Muazzam won the race and the battle at Jajau.

12. In whose reign did the queen mother Udham Bai and her favourite control the government?
    1. Muhammad Shah
    2. Alamgir II
    3. Ahmad Shah
    4. Shah Alam II
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    Answer: (C) Ahmad Shah

    The favourite was the eunuch Javed Khan.

13. The Battle of Porto Novo was part of the —
    1. Second Anglo-Mysore War
    2. Third Anglo-Mysore War
    3. Third Anglo-Maratha War
    4. Second Anglo-Sikh War
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    Answer: (A) Second Anglo-Mysore War

    Eyre Coote defeated Haidar Ali in 1781.

14. About Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur: 1. He was called "Abla Baba" (friend of the poor). 2. He wrote the music book Kitab-i-Nauras. 3. He built the new capital Nauraspur. 4. He was called "Jagadguru". Which are correct?
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 1, 2 and 3
    3. 2 and 3
    4. All four
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    Answer: (D) All four

    All four describe this cultured Deccan sultan.

15. Which battle made the Company a ruling power by bringing the Mughal emperor, the Nawab of Awadh and Mir Qasim to defeat together?
    1. Plassey
    2. Buxar
    3. Wandiwash
    4. Bedara
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    Answer: (B) Buxar

    Buxar (1764) led to the Treaty of Allahabad (1765).

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