Kings and Chronicles 2

________ is considered the greatest Mughal Emperor.

• Shahjehan
• Akbar
• Jehangir
• Aurangzeb

Mother tongue of the Mughals was _______

• Persian
• Arabian
• Turkish
• Urdu

Asiatic society of Bengal was established in

• 1762
• 1784
• 1786
• 1802

Which of these cities was not the capital of the Mughal Court?

• Delhi
• Agra
• Lahore
• Calcutta

_________ was a scriptorium where the emperor’s collection of manuscripts was preserved.

• Library
• Kitabkhana
• Karkhana
• Fort

According to Shihabuddin Suhrawardi’s philosophy, God was represented by the symbol of

• Emperor
• Sun
• Moon
• Lotus

The power of the Mughal dynasty diminished after the death of

• Jahangir
• Shah Jahan
• Aurangzeb
• Bahadur Shah Zafar II

The reign of Akbar was from:

• 1530-40 AD
• 1605-27 AD
• 1556-1605 AD
• 1628-58 AD

In Mughal administration, the court writers who recorded all court documents and imperial orders were called:

• Qazis.
• Wakil.
• Mir Bakhshi.
• Waqia Nawis.

The mother tongue of Mughal Dynasty was

• Persian.
• Turkish.
• Arabic.
• Greek.