alleryStart learning →Aurangzeb's death in which year marked the start of the later-Mughal period?
- 1719
- 1739
- 1707
- 1761
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Correct answer: C. 1707
Aurangzeb died in 1707, the usual dividing point between the great and later Mughals.
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Aurangzeb's death in which year marked the start of the later-Mughal period?Read the answer and worked solution →Who succeeded Aurangzeb on the Mughal throne?Read the answer and worked solution →Bahadur Shah I tried to manage rival nobles through:Read the answer and worked solution →What followed Aurangzeb's prolonged absence from the centre?Read the answer and worked solution →In Mughal decline, 'imperial overstretch' refers to:Read the answer and worked solution →Mughal succession wars were fought mainly over:Read the answer and worked solution →What guided powerful Mughal nobles in the 1720s?Read the answer and worked solution →What influenced many later-Mughal appointments and promotions?Read the answer and worked solution →What did imperial officers do as confidence in the centre declined?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair became powerful kingmakers at the later-Mughal court?Read the answer and worked solution →Calling the Sayyid brothers 'kingmakers' refers to their power to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which emperor was deposed by the Sayyid brothers in 1719?Read the answer and worked solution →A Mughal farman was a:Read the answer and worked solution →Which group had supplied important military support to the Mughals?Read the answer and worked solution →Aurangzeb's reimposed jizya was a poll tax on:Read the answer and worked solution →Who was Mughal emperor when Nadir Shah sacked Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →Nadir Shah invaded Mughal India from which country?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did Nadir Shah sack Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →Which battle preceded Nadir Shah's occupation of Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →Which famous Mughal throne was taken away by Nadir Shah?Read the answer and worked solution →After plundering Delhi, which arrangement did Nadir Shah make?Read the answer and worked solution →Ahmad Shah Abdali led invasions of north India from:Read the answer and worked solution →Which mid-eighteenth-century ruler repeatedly invaded northern India?Read the answer and worked solution →Amid eighteenth-century fragmentation, what continued?Read the answer and worked solution →One important motive for Nadir Shah's Indian invasion was to:Read the answer and worked solution →Under which emperor did the Mughal Empire reach its greatest extent?Read the answer and worked solution →Revenue farming involved granting someone the right to:Read the answer and worked solution →
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Who succeeded Aurangzeb on the Mughal throne?
- Muhammad Shah
- Farrukh Siyar
- Bahadur Shah I
- Jahandar Shah
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Correct answer: C. Bahadur Shah I
Bahadur Shah I became emperor after Aurangzeb's death.
Bahadur Shah I tried to manage rival nobles through:
- Conciliation of former opponents
- Dismissal of provincial governors
- Permanent confiscation of jagirs
- Reorganisation of the royal army
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Correct answer: A. Conciliation of former opponents
Bahadur Shah I pardoned nobles who had supported his rivals and tried to reconcile them.
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