Akbar The Great Mcqs - DAWN MCQS

The fortress of Asirgarh was under the rule of ……. when Akbar besieged it.

A) Mansingh

B) Raja Bhagvan Das

C) Bahadur Shah

D) Hemu

Akbar occupied Burhanpur and besieged Asirgarh Fort in 1599, and took it on 17 January 1601, when Miran Bahadur Shah refused to submit Khandesh.

Which among the following fort was known as the ‘Key of Deccan’?

A) Kalinjar

B) Ajaygarh

C) Asirgarh

D) Gulbarga

Akbar’s Deccan campaign began with the siege of Ahmednagar. At that time who defended Ahmednagar?

A) Maham Anga

B) Hamida

C) Anjidi Bano

D) Chand Bibi

Akbar annexed Qandahar to the Mughal Empire in:

B) 1596

C) 1597

D) 1598

In 1595 during Akbar’s time, Muzaffar Hussain was the Persian governor of:

A) Qandahar

B) Ghazni

C) Herat

D) Kabul

When did Baluchistan become part of Mughal Empire?

B) 1596

C) 1597

D) 1698

Which of the following brought the whole of Orissa under the Mughal rule in 1592?

A) Raja Todar Mal

B) Qasim Khan

C) Man Singh

D) Mirza Hakim Khan

When did Akbar conquer Sindh?

A) 1586

B) 1587

C) 1588

Akbar annexed Kashmir to his empire in:

A) 1586

B) 1587

C) 1588

D) 1589

Akabr’s general Qasim Khan led the Mughal army to conquer Kashmir. Yousuf Shah Chak was ruler of Kashmir that time. The mighty Mughal army was defeated two times by defiant Kashmiris. Finally Akbar resorted to cheating and offered friendship to the Kashmir King Yusuf Shah Chak. To avoid bloodshed, Yousuf Shah Chak wanted to talk with Akbar but Akbar betrayed Yousuf, and imprisoned him for the rest of his life.

For how many years has Lahore remained the capital of Akbar?

A) 10 years

B) 11 years

C) 12 years

D) 14 years