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(86) Sher Shah died while fighting in:
[A] Kalinga
[B] Kalinjar
[C] Chausa
[D] None of the above

Comment

Answer: Option [B]

Sher Shah died while fighting in Kalinjar. Sher Shah started the siege of Kalinjar in 1543 and was killed on 22 May 1545 during the siege of Kalinjar fort.

(87) The Finance Minister under Shivaji was:
[A] Amatya
[B] Pandit Rao
[C] Samanta
[D] Mantri

Comment

Answer: Option [A]

The Finance Minister under Shivaji was Amatya. Moropant Trimbak Pingle was the first Peshwa appointed by Chhatrapati Shivaji. Amatya or Mazumdar - Finance Minister, managing accounts of the Empire.In 1662 Nilo Sondeo was appointed as Mazumdar.

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(88) The great painter khwaja Abdus Samad flourished at the court of which one of the following ?
[A] Sher shah
[B] Babar
[C] Shahjahan
[D] Akbar

Comment

Answer: Option [D]

The great painter khwaja Abdus Samad flourished at the court of Akbar.

'Abd al-Samad or Khwaja Abdus Samad was a 16th-century painter of Persian miniatures who moved to India and became one of the founding masters of the Mughal miniature tradition, and later the holder of a number of senior administrative roles

(89) The Sarak-i-Azam which ran from the Indus to Sonargaon (in Bangladesh) was built by:
[A] Shahjahan
[B] Jahangir
[C] Sher Shah
[D] Akbar

Comment

Answer: Option [C]

The Sarak-i-Azam which ran from the Indus to Sonargaon (in Bangladesh) was built by Sher Shah.

(90) Which of the following is similar to the Taj Mahal in construction ?
[A] Humayun’s tomb
[B] Akbar’s tomb
[C] Jahangir’s tomb
[D] Bibi-ka-maqbara

Comment

Answer: Option [D]

The Replica Of Taj Mahal. The 'Tomb of the Lady', known as Bibi Ka Maqbara was built by Aurangzeb in Aurangabad as a memorial of his wife Rabia-Ul-Daurani alias Dilras Banu Begum.

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