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Kings and Chronicles MCQ Questions Class 12 History
Please see solved MCQ Questions for Kings and Chronicles in Class 12 History. All questions and answers have been prepared by expert faculty of standard 12 based on the latest examination guidelines.
MCQ Questions Class 12 Kings and Chronicles
Question. During whose reign did William Hawkins visit the Mughal court to secure a right to trade in Mughal ports?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Answer
A
Question. The Mughal School of Painting was interested in portraying:
(A) Mughal court
(B) Domestic subjects
(C) Scenes from the Indian classics
(D) The scenes of their motherland
Answer
A
Question. The Mughal kings celebrated three major festivals in a year. Identify the festival which is not included as major festivals.
(A) The Solar and Lunar birthdays of the monarch and Nauroz.
(B) the Iranian New Year on the vernal equinox
(C) Emperor’s Birthday
(D) English New Year
Answer
D
Question. Mansabdari System was founded by Akbar. The Mansabdars were
(A) military commanders
(B) provincial governors
(C) high civil and military officers
(D) all of the above
Answer
D
ASSERTION AND REASON BASED MCQs :
Question. Assertion (A): Mughals had a strong grasp on India during the period of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The capital cities of the Mughal shifted frequently from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Reason (R): In the 1570s, Akbar decided to build a new capital, Fatehpur Sikri. One of the reasons prompting this may have been that Sikri was located on the direct road to Ajmer, where the dargah of Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti had become an important pilgrimage center.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true.
Answer
A
Question. Assertion (A): Abu’l Fazl did not give importance to Mughal kingship in his work.
Reason (R): According to Shihabuddin Suhrawardi there was a hierarchy in which the Divine Light was transmitted to the king.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true.
Answer
D
CASE-BASED MCQs :
Question. Observe the picture and answer any three of the following questions by choosing the correct option.
Question. Which building is this?
(A) Agra Fort
(B) Humayun’s Tomb
(C) Mausoleum of Timur
(D) Fatehpur Sikri
Answer
C
Question. Where is it situated?
(A) Samarqand
(B) Agra
(C) New Delhi
(D) Chandigarh
Answer
A
Question. Which famous dynasty was started by the descendants of the person connected with this building?
(A) Delhi Sultanate
(B) Mughal Empire
(C) Nizams of Hyderabad
(D) Nawabs of Awadh
Answer
B
Question. Which author has used a name derived from the descendant dynasty as the name of the superhero of his/her novel?
(A) Rudyard Kipling
(B) Annie Besant
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) William Wordsworth
Answer
A
