India in the 16th–18th centuries
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write the first four Baburid rulers with years.
Babur (1526–1530), Humayun (1530–1540, 1555–56), Akbar (1556–1605), Jahangir (1605–1627).
2
Compare the policies of Akbar and Aurangzeb: one similarity, two differences.
Both wanted a strong empire; Akbar abolished jizya, Aurangzeb restored it; Akbar was tolerant, Aurangzeb strict.
3
Write three cultural achievements of the Baburid period.
The Taj Mahal; translations of the Ramayana and Mahabharata; Tulsidas’s poetry.
4
What was the British East India Company? 2 sentences.
A trading company; in India it raised an army, seized territory and took over administration.