Question : Who was the first Englishman to appear in the Mughal Court during Jahangir's reign?
Option 1: Paul Canning
Option 2: Captain William Hawkins
Option 3: William Edward
Option 4: Ralph Fitch
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Correct Answer: Captain William Hawkins
Solution : The correct answer is Captain William Hawkins.
Jahangir welcomed Captain William Hawkins and Sir Thomas Roe to his court. He gained the emperor's approval to grant a commission for an English factory in Surat, earning him the nickname "English Khan" from Jahangir.
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Question : The foreign traveller who visited India during the reign of Shah Jahan was
Option 1: Thomas Roe
Option 2: William Hawkins
Option 3: Ibn Battuta
Option 4: Manucci
Question : Sisodiya Rajput, ruler of Mewar, Amar Singh, accepted Mughal services during the reign of _______.
Option 1: Akbar
Option 2: Jahangir
Option 3: Aurangzeb
Option 4: Babur
Question : During Alauddin Khalji's reign, the cloth market was known as _________.
Option 1: Sher-i-Adl
Option 2: Mandi
Option 3: Munhiyans
Option 4: Shahna-i-Mandi
Question : Who received the Nobel Prize 'for his research in the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions' in 1975?
Option 1: Vladimir Prelog
Option 2: William N. Lipscomb
Option 3: Geoffrey Wilkinson
Option 4: Paul J. Flory
Question : Which Governor General abolished the 'Sati System' in India?
Option 1: Lord Canning
Option 2: Lord Rippon
Option 3: Lord William Bentinck
Option 4: Lord Dalhousie
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