Mughal Empire - Study Mode

[#161] The Mughal government can be described as an/a
Correct Answer

(C) Centralised despotism

Explanation

Solution: The Mughal government was a centralized despotism. In such a system everything depended upon the personality and character of the monarch.

[#162] The first Mughal Garden in India had been laid out by
Correct Answer

(A) Babur

Explanation

Solution: The founder of the Mughal empire, Babur, described his favourite type of garden as a charbagh. They use the term bagh, baug, bageecha or bagicha for garden.

[#163] Under the Mughal rule the main occupation of the people was
Correct Answer

(B) Agriculture

Explanation

Solution: Indian agricultural production increased under the Mughal Empire. A variety of crops were grown, including food crops such as wheat, rice, and barley, and non-food cash crops such as cotton, indigo and opium.

[#164] Which of the following statement is not correct about Portuguese?
Correct Answer

(D) The Indian Medicinal Plants was the first scientific work which was published at Andhra Pradesh in 1563

Explanation

Solution: The Portuguese were the first Europeans to write scientifically on plants and especially on medicinal plants. Garcia da Orta who published his work Coloquios dos Simples e Drogas da India in 1563 from Goa is considered the pioneer in this field.

[#165] The Upanishads were translated by Dara Shikoh in Persian under the title of
Correct Answer

(B) Sirr-i-Akbar

Explanation

Solution: So'aal o Jawaab bain-e-Laal Daas wa Dara Shikoh (also called Mukaalama-i Baba Laal Daas wa Dara Shikoh) Sirr-e-Akbar (The Great Secret, his translation of the Upanishads in Persian) Persian translations of the Yoga Vasishta and Bhagavad Gita.