QUESTION & ANSWER

1.      Which Mughal Emperor’s reign is considered as the “Golden Age of the Mughals”?

                      Shah Jahan

2.      Akbar was a great lover of Music and is said to be adept at playing

                      Nakkara

3.      The guerilla warfare was pioneered by:

                      Shivaji

4.      Who was the last Mughal emperor to sit on the Peacock throne?

                      Muhammad Shah

5.      Jahangir wrote his own autobiography “Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri” in………..language

                      Persian

6.      Who among the following was the first Mughal emperor to allow Britishers to establish trade links with India?

                     Jahangir

7.      The only prominent Hindu, who accepted the Din-i-Illahi of Akbar, was

                     Raja Bridal

8.      Akbar’s Finance Minister was:

                     Raja Todar Mal

9.      Which battle decided Aurangzeb’s accession to the Mughal throne?

                     Battle of Samugarh

10.  Who among the following Mughal rulers was ignorant of the art of reading & writing?

                     Akbar

11.  The Sikh Guru who wrote ‘Zafar Namah’ in Persian was:

                    Guru Har Rai

12.  At Which place was Akbar born?

                     Amarkot

13.  The Mughal emperors who wrote their autobiographies were

                     Babur and Jahangir

14.  ‘Sea of rains’ is situated in:

                    Moon

15.  Which planet was hitted by Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9?

                    Jupiter

16.  Which of the following is a satellite of Jupiter?

                    Ganymede

17.  The planets on either side of the Earth are

                    Mars and Venus

18.  Which planet in the solar system has polar caps?

                    Venus

19.  How much time does the Moon take to go through a complete cycle of waxing and waning?

                     29.5 days

20.  Comets are mainly made of……….

                      Ice

21.  The asteroid belt lies between

                      Mars and Jupiter

22.  The “Solar Corona” mainly consists of:

                      Plasma

23.  Which galaxy is closest to earth?

                      The Milky Way

24.  What is Super Nova?

 

                      A dying star

25.  Geostationary satellite orbit at a height of:

                       36,000 km

26.  The Indian name for which for which of the following dwarf planets is Yama?

                        Pluto