FIA Assistant Director Past Paper 2004

Q21: . Within two years of his marriage with Amber Princess (1562), the liberal measures taken by Akbar were:

(1562)

Withdrawal of pilgrim taxes throughout the Mughal Empire (1563)

Total withdrawal of Jizyah from the Hindus (1564)

All of the above

Q22: The Zoroastrian practices adopted by Akbar were:

Adoption of Parsi festival Naoroz

Adoption of Parsi solar calendar

Both (a) & (b)

none of these

Q23: Akbar wanted to establish friendship with the Rajputs because:

اکبر راجپوتوں کے ساتھ دوستی قائم کرنا چاہتا تھا کیونکہ

Friendship with the Rajputs was politically immensely fruitful

With the Mughal links with Central Asia having been completely snapped

Akbar had tomake friendly alliances in India

He wanted to make Rajputana a stepping stone for his Gujarat and Deccan conquests

All of the above

Q24: The Jesuit missionary, who held personal discussions with Akbar and has written an interesting account of him was:

Sir Thomas Roe

Antony Monserrate

Rudolf Aquaviva

Francis Henriquez

Q25: Humayun committed follies during the conduct of two military campaigns, on account of which he lost his empire to Sher Shah Suri? Humayun committed follies during the conduct of two military campaigns, on account of which he lost his empire to Sher Shah Suri?

Gujarat and Malwa

Malwa and Chunar

Chunar and Malwa

Gujarat and Bengal

Q26: Abul Fazl the celebrated author of Akbar Nama, was murdered by:

اکبر نامہ کے مشہور مصنف ابوالفضل کا قتل کس نے کیا؟

Bir Singh Deva Bundela

Prince Salim

Prince Daniyal

Malik Ambar

Q27: Answer:

The disgruntled nobles and officers declared Akbar's half-brother Mirza Hakim their ruler

Yusufzais revolted in the north-west

Rana Pratap escaped from the battle of Haldighat

None of these

Q28: The most valuable acquisition of Akbar in the north-west frontier was:

شمال مغربی سرحد میں اکبر کا سب سے قیمتی حصول کیا تھا

Kashmir

Kabul

Kandahar

Gogunda

Q29: Mewar refused to accept the friendship of the Mughals because:

Mewar had hostility with the Mughals since the days of Rana Sanga There were hostile relations between Mewar and Amber

which had entered intomatrimonial alliance with the Mughals

Mewar considered it dishonorable to accept the friendship of the Mughals

All of the above

Q30: UNSTABLE opposite meaning

Continuous

Hrad

delicious

Steady