Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Kings and Chronicles

Question:

Alamgir was the title given to which of the following Mughal emperors?

Options:

Jahangir

Aurangzeb

Shahjahan

Akbar

Correct Answer:

Aurangzeb

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2 - Aurangzeb

Aurangzeb was also known as 'Alamgir'.

The authors of Mughal chronicles were invariably courtiers. The histories they wrote focused on events centred on the ruler, his family, the court and nobles, wars and administrative arrangements. Their titles, such as the Akbar Nama, Shahjahan Nama, Alamgir Nama, Shah Jahan and Alamgir (a title of the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb), suggest that in the eyes of their authors the history of the empire and the court was synonymous with that of the emperor.