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  • 1. Which Dutch East India Company merchant recorded details of a wealthy Indian's feast during Jahangir's reign?
A) Francisco Pelsaert
B) Eugene Schuyler
C) Ármin Vámbéry
D) Edward Terry
  • 2. Which meat dish, meaning 'with onion', was recorded by Francisco Pelsaert?
A) dupiyaza
B) aeshelia
C) pasanda
D) keema matar
  • 3. What were zueyla, according to Francisco Pelsaert's account?
A) Minced lamb curries
B) Rice fritters in syrup
C) Stuffed Bengali flatbreads
D) Spiced cakes of wheat
  • 4. How did the American diplomat Eugene Schuyler describe pilau?
A) Pleasant but too greasy and insipid
B) Exceedingly pleasing to all palates
C) Terrible and overly spicy
D) Excellent
  • 5. Who served as the British ambassador to Jahangir's court from 1615 to 1619?
A) Ármin Vámbéry
B) Eugene Schuyler
C) Francisco Pelsaert
D) Edward Terry
  • 6. How many different dishes were set in front of guests at the Mughlai dinner described by Edward Terry?
A) Fifty
B) Ten
C) A hundred
D) Twenty
  • 7. What colors was the rice dyed in at the Mughlai dinner described by Edward Terry?
A) Blue and orange
B) Red and yellow
C) Purple and green
D) Gold and silver
  • 8. Which Mughal Emperor is associated with the origin of chicken tikka?
A) Shah Jahan
B) Akbar
C) Jahangir
D) Babur
  • 9. What was added to chicken tikka in late 20th-century Britain to create chicken tikka masala?
A) Yoghurt and green ginger
B) Tomato, cream, and spices
C) Cashews and curd
D) Almonds and rose-water
  • 10. What are the tastes of Mughlai cuisine typically associated with?
A) Extremely sweet flavors and minimal seasoning
B) Bland ingredients and fermented dairy
C) Solely fruit-based sauces and raw vegetables
D) A distinctive aroma and the use of ground and whole spices
  • 11. How many main course dishes can make up an elaborate buffet in a Mughlai meal?
A) Only five
B) Up to fifteen
C) As many as a hundred
D) Exactly fifty
  • 12. What is keema matar?
A) Chicken black pepper curry
B) Sautéed potatoes in cashew curd curry
C) Kashmiri red meat in aromatic sauce
D) Minced lamb and pea curry
  • 13. What is kofta chorba?
A) Rice-based dessert
B) Soup with meatballs
C) Minced lamb and pea curry
D) Verimicelli with milk
  • 14. What is murgh kali mirch?
A) Kashmiri red meat curry
B) Minced lamb curry
C) Chicken black pepper curry
D) Marinated spiced chicken
  • 15. What is mutton rogan josh?
A) A mild curry with a thick yoghurt sauce
B) Kashmiri red meat in an aromatic sauce
C) Chicken black pepper curry
D) Minced lamb and pea curry
  • 16. What is shahi kaju aloo?
A) Fig halva with milk solids
B) Bread pudding with cardamom
C) Sautéed potatoes in a cashew and curd curry
D) Rice-based dessert with dried fruits
  • 17. During which historical period were kebabs first introduced?
A) Delhi Sultanate
B) Maurya Empire
C) British Raj
D) Gupta Empire
  • 18. What is korma?
A) A rice dish garnished with meat and spices
B) A soup containing small meatballs
C) A spicy red meat curry from Kashmir
D) A mild curry with a thick sauce made by braising meat or vegetables in yoghurt and spices
  • 19. What is murgh musallam?
A) Minced lamb and pea curry
B) A dish of marinated spiced chicken
C) Chicken black pepper curry
D) Bread pudding with dried fruits
  • 20. What is pasanda?
A) Cheese and rice fritters in scented syrup
B) Marinated meat in a creamy sauce with yoghurt, nuts, and mild spices
C) Vermicelli in a thickened syrup
D) Sautéed potatoes in a cashew and curd curry
  • 21. What is Mughlai paratha?
A) A spiced cake of wheat from Jahangir's reign
B) A rich bread pudding with cardamom
C) A tandoor-grilled yoghurt-marinated chicken
D) A Bengali flatbread stuffed with minced meat or egg
  • 22. What is anjeer halwa?
A) Milk solids cooked to a fudge
B) Vermicelli with milk
C) Rice-based dessert
D) Fig halva
  • 23. What are gulab jamun made of according to the text?
A) Bread pudding with dried fruits
B) Figs cooked in clarified butter
C) Cheese and rice fritters in a scented syrup
D) Milk solids cooked to a fudge with sugar
  • 24. What is falooda?
A) A rice-based dessert
B) Vermicelli with milk, clarified butter, rose-water and almonds
C) Fig halva with cardamom
D) Vermicelli in a thickened syrup
  • 25. What ingredients are used to make seviyan?
A) Milk solids cooked to a fudge with sugar
B) Vermicelli with milk, clarified butter, rose-water and almonds
C) Cheese and rice fritters in a scented syrup
D) Bread pudding with dried fruits and cardamom
  • 26. What kind of dessert is phirni?
A) A fig-based halva
B) Vermicelli in thickened syrup
C) A milk solid fudge
D) A rice-based dessert
  • 27. What is barfi?
A) Rich bread pudding with dried fruits
B) Vermicelli with milk and rose-water
C) Milk solids cooked to a fudge with sugar
D) Cheese and rice fritters in syrup
  • 28. What is shahi tukra?
A) Fig halva with clarified butter
B) A rich bread pudding with dried fruits and cardamom
C) A rice-based dessert with milk and almonds
D) Cheese fritters in a scented syrup
  • 29. Which indigenous Indian fruits were highly prized by the Mughals as desserts?
A) Bananas
B) Apples
C) Mangoes
D) Oranges
  • 30. What is a characteristic Mughal drink?
A) Chai
B) Sherbet
C) Thandai
D) Lassi
  • 31. Mughlai cuisine represents a combination of the cuisine of the Indian subcontinent with what other cuisine?
A) Mediterranean cuisine
B) Chinese cuisine
C) Persian cuisine
D) Latin American cuisine
  • 32. Which cooking method was brought by the Mughals?
A) Smoking meat over pine wood
B) Baking bread in stone hearths
C) Deep frying in wok pans
D) The tandoor clay oven
  • 33. Which Mughal work translates to 'Shah Jahan's Recipes'?
A) Alwān-E-Niʿmat
B) Nuskha-i-Shahjahani
C) Ḵẖulāṣat-i Mākūlāt u Mashrūbāt
D) Colours of the Table
  • 34. Which work is dedicated entirely to sweetmeats?
A) Compendium of Things Eaten and Drunk
B) Nuskha-i-Shahjahani
C) Ḵẖulāṣat-i Mākūlāt u Mashrūbāt
D) Alwān-E-Niʿmat
  • 35. How many chapters does the Nuskha-i-Shahjahani have?
A) Five chapters
B) Forty chapters
C) Twelve chapters
D) Ten chapters
  • 36. Which emperor's court is the Nuskha-i-Shahjahani said to record dishes for?
A) Aurangzeb
B) Jahangir
C) Shah Jahan
D) Akbar
  • 37. During which emperor's reign or later was the Ḵẖulāṣat-i Mākūlāt u Mashrūbāt written?
A) Shah Jahan
B) Humayun
C) Jahangir
D) Aurangzeb
  • 38. How many chapters are in the Ḵẖulāṣat-i Mākūlāt u Mashrūbāt?
A) 12 chapters
B) 25 chapters
C) 40 chapters
D) 10 chapters
  • 39. During whose reign was the Alwān-E-Niʿmat created?
A) Shah Jahan
B) Babur
C) Aurangzeb
D) Jahangir
  • 40. Which of the following is described as a biscuit-like bread, sometimes with almond?
A) Nan ḵẖata'i
B) Firni
C) Falooda
D) Gulgula
  • 41. What is harīsa according to the text?
A) Cold vermicelli dessert
B) Savoury porridge
C) Meat with onions
D) Stuffed poultry
  • 42. What are ḵẖāgīna and shishranga described as in the Nuskha-i-Shahjahani?
A) Omelette
B) Pickles and jams
C) Rice desserts
D) Leavened breads
  • 43. Which chapter type in the Ḵẖulāṣat-i Mākūlāt u Mashrūbāt covers Hindustani sauce-based dishes?
A) Sālanhā-i hindī
B) Qalīya
C) Bharta
D) Dopiyāza
  • 44. Which of the following is a type of rice and milk pudding mentioned in the text?
A) Halva
B) Falooda
C) Phirni
D) Panbhatta
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