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During whose reign did William Hawkins visit the Mughal court to secure a right to trade in Mughal ports?
a) Aurangzeb                          

b) Shah Jahan
c) Akbar                                 

d) Jahangir

d

The East India Company was founded in India during the reign of
a) Shah Jahan                         

b) Jahangir

c) Akbar

b

Explanation:In 1612, James I instructed Sir Thomas Roe to visit the Mughal Emperor Nur-ud-din Salim Jahangir (r. 1605–1627) to arrange for a commercial treaty that would give the company exclusive rights to reside and establish factories in Surat and other areas.


Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of……..
a) Akbar
b) Aurangzeb
c) Jahangir
d) Babur

c

Which of the following Mughal Emperors wrote their own autobigraphies?
a) Shah Alam and Farukh Siyar
b) Babur and Jahangir
c) Jahangir and Shah Jahan
d) Akbr and Aurangzeb

b

Noor Jahan was wife of which Mughal Emperor?
a) Akbar 

b) Aurangzeb                          
c) Jahangir
d) Babur

c

The real name of Noor Jahan……….
a) Noor-un-Nisa                      

b) Mehr-un-Nisa
c) Razia Begum                      

d) Nusrat Bibi

b