1. Consider the following statements and mark the option which is correct.
(i) Babur founded a new capital city of Fatehpur Sikri.
(ii) Babur was a skilled Musicians played Naqqara.
(iii) Themode of caligraphy favourite to Akbar was ‘Nastaliq’.

(a) i & iii
(b) all of the above
(c) iii
(d) none of the above.

2. Match the following
(i) Jehangir                     (a) established royal Karkhana for painting.
(ii) Akbar                       (b) was antagonistic towards miniature paintings.
(iii) Aurangzeb                (c) sent Bisan Dara to russia.

     (a) (b) (c)
(1) (ii) (iii) (i)
(2) (i) (ii) (iii)
(3) (iii) (i) (ii)

3. Match the following
(i) Zil-i-ilahi                         (a) Dara Shikoh
(ii) Alamgir                          (b) Babur
(iii) Shah-i-Buland Iqbal       (c) Aurangzeb

     (a) (b) (c)
(1) (i) (ii) (iii)
(2) (iii) (i) (ii)
(3) (ii) (iii) (i)

4. Who introduced ‘Du-Aspah’ & ‘Site-Aspah’ system?
(a) Shahjahan
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Jehangir
(d) Akbar

5. Consider the following statements and mark the option which is correct.
(i) Aurangzeb confronted a number of rebelluris including Jats under Rajaram& Chauraman; Sikhs and Rajputs.
(ii) Dara Shikoh was a devotee of Qadiri order of Sufis.
(iii) Shahjahan executed Guru Arjun Dev with charge of giving help of the prince Khusrao after his Revolt in 1606.

(a) i & iii
(b) i & ii
(c) all of the above
(d) none of the above.

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