The Mughal Empire

The Battle of Khanua (1527 CE) was fought between:

• Babur and Ibrahim Lodi

• Ibrahim Lodi and Rana Sanga

• Babur and Rana Sanga

• Babur and Daulat Khan Lodi

The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was:

• a system that dealt with military and civil administration

• a new system of education

• a new religion that believed in one God

• a new system of revenue collection

Given here are the zat and sawar of four different mansabdars in the Mughal empire. Who among them would have had the maximum amount of money left with him after paying his dues to the Mughal empire?

• The zat and sawar of Mansabdar A is 5000 and 7000 respectively.

• The zat and sawar of Mansabdar B is 2000 and 8000 respectively.

• The zat and sawar of Mansabdar C is 4000 and 6000 respectively.

• The zat and sawar of Mansabdar D is 3000 and 9000 respectively.

The statement that gives the correct picture about the Mughal Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries is:

• It thrived under Aurangzeb's successors until the British took over India.

• Signs of the empire's decline emerged under Aurangzeb and his successors did little to revive it.

• The successors of Aurangzeb brought about the decline of the Mughal Empire which Aurangzeb had spent all his life consolidating.

• The British caused the steady decline of the Mughal Empire.

2. Read the two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose the correct option.

Assertion (A): Babur was able to win the battles fought at Panipat and Khanua. Reason (R): Babur was a skilled commander and the Indian soldiers were not used to the light field artillery and muskets used by Babur.

• A is true but R is false.

• A is false but R is true.

• Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

• Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

3. 'Akbar was a great ruler'. Choose the statements that justify this claim:

i. He created a new religion called Din-i-Ilahi. ii. He believed in the equality and unity of all religions. iii. The system of land revenue collection of Akbar provided great relief to the farmers. iv. He expanded his empire to cover the most of India.

• i and iii

• i, ii, iii

• ii, iii

• ii, iii, iv