Exercise Answers
A. Choose the correct answer.
1. When he was barely 12 years old, Babur became the ruler of:
a. India
b. Afghanistan
c. Fargana
d. Lahore
Ans. c. Fargana
2. In the battle of Kannauj, Sher Shah defeated:
a. Dara Shikoh
b. Humayun
c. Shah Jahan
d. Babur
Ans. b. Humayun
3. The head of Akbar's department of finance was:
a. Todar Mal
b. Raja Man Singh
c. Birbal
d. Tansen
Ans. a. Todar Mal
4. In the Mughal administrative system, the person who headed the military department was called:
a. mir bakhshi
b. mir saman
c. qazi
d. munshi
Ans. a. mir bakhshi
5. One of the British travellers who visited Jahangir's court was:
a. Ibn Battuta
b. Faxian
c. Tavernier
d. Sir Thomas Roe
Ans. d. Sir Thomas Roe
B. Fill in the blanks.
1. Babur defeated the lodis in the _______ __________ ____ ____________.
Ans. first battle of Panipat
2. _____ _______ was the Afghan chief of Bihar who defeated Humayun and occupied the throne of Delhi.
Ans. Sher Khan
3. Akbar was tortured by _______.
Ans. Bairam Khan
4. Akbarnama was written by _______ _______.
Ans. Abu'l Fazl
5. _________ was the last of the Great Mughals.
Ans. Aurangzeb
C. Define the following:
1. jizyah
Ans. Akbar followed a policy of religious tolerance. He treated people of all faiths with respect. He abolished the jizyah, a tax that non-Muslim subjects of a Muslim state had to pay.
2. sadr
Ans. Person in charge of charitable and religious endowments.
3. sarkar
Ans. The subas were divided into sarkars (districts). The sarkars were managed by the faujdar (responsible for maintaining law and order).
4. faujdar
Ans. The subedar was aided by other officers such as faujdar (military commanders), kotwal (police officer) and sadr.
5. mansabdar
Ans. The word mansab means rank in Arabic. It indicated the rank or position of an officer (called a mansabdar) in the Mughal administrative hierarchy.
D. Answer in one or two sentences.
1. Who did Babur defeated in the battle of khanwa?
Ans. Babur defeated Rana Sanga in the battle of khanwa.
2. What was the importance of the first battle of Panipat?
Ans. The First Battle of Panipat (1526 CE) marked the end of the Delhi sultanate and established Mughal rule in India.
3. What was Din-i-llahi?
Ans. Akbar also founded a new religion called Din-i-llahi or 'divine faith'.
4. Why did the relationship between Jahangir and the Sikh sour?
Ans. Jahangir followed a policy of religious tolerance. His relationship with the sikhs, however, was strained. He executed the Sikh guru Arjan Dev, who had aided Jahangir son khusrau in the latter's rebellion against his father.
5. How was Aurangzeb different from Akbar?
Ans. Akbar followed a policy of religious tolerance. He treated people of all faiths with respect on the other hand Aurangzeb was orthodox in his religious beliefs.
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