Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775 to 1862)

Total Questions: 9

1 - Who was the last Mughal emperor?

A ) Shah Alam ll
B ) Akbar ll
C ) Bahadur Shah Zafar ✅
D ) Aurangzeb

2 - Which Mughal Emperor does not have a tomb?

A ) Aurangzeb
B ) Humayun
C ) Shah Jahan
D ) None of these ✅

3 - Where Bahadur Shah Zafar was taken by Britishers by the conquer of Delhi?

A ) Rangoon ✅
B ) Bali
C ) Hong Kong
D ) Agra

Explanation:

Last Mughal Emperor? → Bahadur Shah Zafar (Bahadur Shah II) Full Name: Abu Zafar Siraj-ud-din Muhammad ( 24 October 1775- 7 November 1862), Place of Birth: Delhi, Mughal Empire (now in India)  Father: Mughal Emperor Akbar Shah II.

 Reign: 1837–1857 . Bahadur Shah Zafar  was the 20th and last Mughal Emperor. 

Where did Bahadur Shah Zafar die? → Rangoon (Burma)

Where was he exiled after 1857? → Rangoon

Who exiled him? → British authorities

What was his pen name? → Zafar

Why was he exiled?His role as the symbolic leader of the Revolt/War of Independence of 1857Profession besides emperor.

4 - Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last emperor of which dynasty?

A ) Lodhi
B ) Slave
C ) Mughal ✅
D ) Tughlaq

5 - Bahadur Shah Zafar played a key role in which major historical event?

A ) Revolt of 1857 ✅
B ) Treaty of Bassein
C ) Battle of Plassey
D ) First Anglo-Mysore War

6 - Which British officer arrested Bahadur Shah Zafar after the Revolt of 1857 ?

A ) Sir Hugh Rose
B ) Major William Hodson ✅
C ) Lord Canning
D ) Lord Dalhousie

7 - After the defeat in 1857, Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to which place?

A ) Afghanistan
B ) Iran
C ) Burma ( Myanmar) ✅
D ) Andaman Islands

Explanation:

Last Mughal Emperor? → Bahadur Shah Zafar (Bahadur Shah II) Full Name: Abu Zafar Siraj-ud-din Muhammad ( 24 October 1775- 7 November 1862), Place of Birth: Delhi, Mughal Empire (now in India)  Father: Mughal Emperor Akbar Shah II.

 Reign: 1837–1857 . Bahadur Shah Zafar  was the 20th and last Mughal Emperor. 

Where did Bahadur Shah Zafar die? → Rangoon (Burma)

Where was he exiled after 1857? → Rangoon

Who exiled him? → British authorities

What was his pen name? → Zafar

Why was he exiled?His role as the symbolic leader of the Revolt/War of Independence of 1857Profession besides emperor.

8 - What was Bahadur Shah Zafar's famous contribution to Urdu literature?

A ) Novels
B ) Poetry ✅
C ) Drama
D ) Short stories

Explanation:

Last Mughal Emperor? → Bahadur Shah Zafar (Bahadur Shah II) Full Name: Abu Zafar Siraj-ud-din Muhammad ( 24 October 1775- 7 November 1862), Place of Birth: Delhi, Mughal Empire (now in India)  Father: Mughal Emperor Akbar Shah II.

 Reign: 1837–1857 . Bahadur Shah Zafar  was the 20th and last Mughal Emperor. 

Where did Bahadur Shah Zafar die? → Rangoon (Burma)

Where was he exiled after 1857? → Rangoon

Who exiled him? → British authorities

What was his pen name? → Zafar

Why was he exiled?His role as the symbolic leader of the Revolt/War of Independence of 1857Profession besides emperor.

9 - Under which British Governor-General did the Mughal Empire officially come to an end?

A ) Lord Canning ✅
B ) Lord Dalhousie
C ) Lord Wellesley
D ) Lord Ripon