1. How many sons Aurangzeb had ?
Ans. Four sons-(i) Mohammad Moazzam, (ii) Shah Ala (iii) Kam Baksh and (iv) Akbar.
2. Which title did Aurangzeb assume after ascending the throne ?
Ans. Jahangir.
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3. What kind of Muslim Aurangzeb was ?
Ans. An orthodox Sunni Muslim.
4. Under which leadership the Jats of Mathura revolted against Aurangzeb ?
Ans. Gokal Jat in 1669 AD.
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5. The Bundelas of Bundelkhand revolted against the religious policy of Aurangzeb under whose leadership?
Ans. Champat Rai.
6. Who established his independent rule in Bundelkhand during the .reign of Aurangzeb ?
Ans. Chhatrsal.
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7. Under whose leadership did Maratha take up the arms against the religious policies of Aurangzeb ?
Ans. Shivaji.
8. Aurangzeb sent whom to crush the Marathas ?
Ans. Shaista Khan, his maternal uncle in 1663 AD.
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9. Who ordered the killing of the ninth Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur Singh ?
Ans. Aurangzeb in 1675 AD.
10. Who was Guru Gobind Singh ?
Ans. He was the tenth Guru of Sikh and the son of ninth Guru Tegh Bahadur Singh.
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11. Who founded the Khalsa Panth (sect) in Sikhism ?
Ans. The last and the tenth Guru Gobind Singh.
12. What kind of India Aurangzeb wanted ?
Ans. He wanted to convert Dar-ul-Harab into Dar-ul-lslam.
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13. What was the term Dar-ul-Harab mean ?
Ans. A house of violence.
14. What was the term Dar-ul-Islam mean ?
Ans. A house of peace.
15. Which Mughal ruler discontinued the Jharokha Darshan ?
Ans. Aurangzeb.
16. Which Mughal ruler banned the music in the court ?
Ans. Aurangzeb.
17. Which Mughal ruler reimposed Jazia tax in 1679 AD ?
Ans. Aurangzeb.
18. Which Mughal ruler abolished the Nauroz festival ?
Ans. Aurangzeb.
19. Which Mughal ruler appointed the Muhtasibs (censorers of public morals) ?
Ans. Aurangzeb.
20. Which Mughal ruler issued secular decrees called Zawabits?
Ans. Aurangzeb.
21. Which Mughal ruler is known as “Zinda Pir” ?
Ans. Aurangzeb.
22. Which Mughal ruler had changed the name of the city Mathura to Islamabad?
Ans. Aurangzeb.
23. When Aurangzeb died ?
Ans. In 1707 AD.
24. Where was Aurangzeb buried ?
Ans. At Daulatabad (Devagiri).