61
During the reign of Akbar, revenue system was in the hands of
1
Todar Mal
2
Abdul Hamid Lahori
3
Tansen
4
Birbal
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62
The Finance Minister(or, auditor who checked public income and expenditure) under Shivaji was called as
1
Amatya
2
Samanta
3
Mantri
4
Pandit Rao
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63
Which Mughal ruler built a new city at Delhi, called Din Panah?
1
Babur
2
Humayun
3
Shah Jahan
4
Aurangzeb
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64
The ‘dagh’ system was
1
A fixed standerd of weights and measures
2
Tolls on trade
3
Minting of a uniform standerd of gold, silver and copper in place of debased coins of mixed metal
4
None of the above
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Answer:Branding of horses with the imperial sign so that horses of inferior quality may not be substituted
65
Akbar instituted a new system called the ‘Dahsala’. It was
1
An organization of local government
2
An organization of his army on a decimal basis
3
A ten-year settlement of revenue
4
A system under which the average produce of different crops as well as the average prices prevailing over the last ten years were calculated
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Answer: A system under which the average produce of different crops as well as the average prices prevailing over the last ten years were calculated
66
On which wall of the following buildings, the Persian couplet, ‘If there is a paradise on earth,it is this,it is this’ is inscribed?
1
Diwan-i-Khas
2
Tajmahal
3
Diwan-i-Am
4
None of the above
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67
Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitamanasa during the reign of
1
Akbar
2
Jahangir
3
Sher Shah
4
Aurangzeb
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68
Which of the following is the autobiography of Babur?
1
Babur-i-Jurk
2
Tuzuk-i-Baburi
3
Baburi I Tuzuk
4
None of above
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69
Persian prose and poetry reached a climax under Akbar’s reign. The translation of Mahabharata was carried out under the supervision of
1
Abul Fazi
2
Utbi
3
Naziri
4
Faizi
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70
There was a long-drawn war between the Maghals and the Ahoms during the reign of
1
Shah Jahan
2
Akbar
3
Jahangir
4
Aurangzeb
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71
Shah Alam II was succeeded by
1
Bahadur Shah I
2
Bahadur Shah II
3
Akbar II
4
Ahmad Shah
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72
The settlement of the French in Bengal was at
1
Hugli
2
Chandernagore
3
Balasore
4
Murshidabad
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73
English was introduced as a medium of higher education during colonial rule on the advice of
1
Babington Macaulay
2
Charles Metcalfe
3
Raja Rammohan Roy
4
Dayananda Saraswati
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Answer: Babington Macaulay
74
The English East India Company was originally known as
1
The Company of Merchants of London Trading in the East Indies
2
The Company of Merchants in the East Indies
3
The Company of London Trade
4
None of the above
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Answer: The Company of Merchants of London Trading in the East Indies
75
Who among the following laid the foundation of thePortuguese empire in India?
1
Vasco da Gama
2
Bartholomew Dias
3
Affonso de Albuquerque
4
None of the above
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Answer: Affonso de Albuquerque
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