Q: Battle of Kannauj fought between  

Answer: C

After the Battle of Chausa,

Humayun and his other brothers Askari and Hindal, marched to meet Sher Shah just 240 kilometers (150 mi) east of Agra at the battle of Kannauj on 17 May 1540. Humayun once again made some tactical errors, and his army was soundly defeated. He and his brothers quickly retreated back to Agra, but they chose not to stay and retreated to Lahore, since Sher Shah followed them. The founding of the short-lived Sur Dynasty (which contained only him and his son) of northern India, with its capital at Delhi, resulted in Humayun's exile for 15 years in the court of Shah Tahmasp I.

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