Level 1
Subcontinent History MCQs set 3 for AJKPSC Sub Inspector (BS-14) Pakistan Affairs — 20 solved questions.
Q1. In which year did Sultan Mahmud capture Lahore after a long siege?
Answer: In 1021 AD
Explanation: Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni captured Lahore in 1021 AD after a prolonged siege, incorporating it into the Ghaznavid Empire and making it an important provincial capital.
Q2. Balban saved the infant Muslim Sultanate in India from the ________ peril.
Answer: Mongol
Explanation: The correct answer is Mongol. This is an established fact in Pakistan's constitutional or political history tested in competitive exams.
Q3. Nadir Shah of Iran defeated which Mughal Emperor in the Battle of Karnal in 1739?
Answer: Muhammad Shah
Explanation: Nadir Shah of Iran defeated Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah at the Battle of Karnal on February 24, 1739, then sacked Delhi and carried away the Peacock Throne and the Koh-i-Noor diamond.
Q4. The city of _________ was the birthplace of the Mughal Emperor Akbar.
Answer: Umerkot
Explanation: Mughal Emperor Akbar was born on October 15, 1542, in Umerkot (in present-day Sindh, Pakistan) while his father Humayun was in exile, fleeing the forces of Sher Shah Suri.
Q5. Who was the last king of the Mughal Empire?
Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar
Explanation: The correct answer is Bahadur Shah Zafar. This is an established fact in Pakistan's constitutional or political history tested in competitive exams.
Q6. In which city is the largest railway workshop, Mughalpura, located?
Answer: Lahore
Explanation: Mughalpura Railway Workshop, established in 1912, is the largest railway workshop in Pakistan and is situated in Lahore.
Q7. How many Mughal emperors ruled over the subcontinent?
Answer: 17
Explanation: From Babur (1526) to Bahadur Shah Zafar (deposed 1857), a total of 17 emperors ruled the Mughal Empire over the Indian subcontinent.
Q8. Mahmud of Ghazni attacked India in which century:
Answer: 11th Century
Explanation: Mahmud of Ghazni conducted his famous seventeen raids into the Indian subcontinent between 1000 and 1027 AD, firmly placing his campaigns in the 11th century.
Q9. Inam Land in the Mughal Period was assigned to which people?
Answer: Ulema and Scholars
Explanation: The correct answer is Ulema and Scholars. This is an established fact in Pakistan's constitutional or political history tested in competitive exams.
Q10. The first Mughal emperor Babur's tomb is situated in __________.
Answer: Kabul
Explanation: Babur died in Agra in 1530 but his remains were later moved to Kabul as per his wishes, and his tomb (Bagh-e-Babur) is located in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Q11. Razia Sultana, the daughter of Iltutmish, became the first empress of the Delhi Sultanate in _______.
Answer: In 1236 AD
Explanation: Razia Sultana ascended the throne of the Delhi Sultanate in 1236 AD after the death of her father Iltutmish, becoming the first female ruler of any Islamic state in South Asia.
Q12. The tomb of Babur is in which city?
Answer: Kabul
Explanation: Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, died in Agra in 1530 but was later reburied in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the garden known as Bagh-e-Babur per his own wishes.
Q13. Who among the following was the founder of the Mughal dynasty in India?
Answer: Babur
Explanation: Babur, a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan, founded the Mughal Empire after defeating Ibrahim Lodhi at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526.
Q14. The first notable Hindi scholar of the Mughal period was ______.
Answer: Malik Muhammad Jayasi
Explanation: Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, a Mughal nobleman and court poet, is considered the first notable Hindi scholar of the Mughal era due to his celebrated dohas and literary contributions.
Q15. Zahir-ud-Din Babur founded the Mughal Empire in India in ________.
Answer: In 1526 AD
Explanation: Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi at the First Battle of Panipat on 21 April 1526, establishing the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent.
Q16. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system followed in ____:
Answer: Mongolia
Explanation: Akbar's Mansabdari system, which ranked officials by numerical grades, was derived from the Mongolian military organisational system of decimal-based command structures.
Q17. Which rule began in Kashmir as a result of the Treaty of Amritsar?
Answer: Dogra
Explanation: Under the Treaty of Amritsar (1846), Raja Gulab Singh of the Dogra dynasty was sold Kashmir by the British, beginning over a century of Dogra rule over the region.
Q18. Mughal painting reached its zenith under __________.
Answer: Jahangir
Explanation: Mughal painting reached its greatest artistic heights under Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627), who had a personal passion for art and patronized masters like Ustad Mansur and Abu'l Hasan.
Q19. Name the biggest railway workshop in Pakistan.
Answer: Mughalpura Workshop
Explanation: The Mughalpura Railway Workshop in Lahore is the largest and oldest railway workshop in Pakistan, established during British colonial rule to maintain rolling stock.
Q20. Ghiyas-ud-din Balban declared himself king of the Delhi Sultanate in the year _________.
Answer: 1266 AD
Explanation: The correct answer is 1266 AD. This is an established fact in Pakistan's constitutional or political history tested in competitive exams.