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What helped provincial nobles establish regional states in the 1700s?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did many regional rulers acknowledge the Mughal emperor?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair of states emerged under former Mughal officials?Read the answer and worked solution →Who founded the eighteenth-century state of Hyderabad?Read the answer and worked solution →Hyderabad emerged as a regional power in which region?Read the answer and worked solution →Hyderabad's founder had held which central Mughal office?Read the answer and worked solution →Which title is especially associated with Hyderabad's rulers?Read the answer and worked solution →Which official made Bengal virtually independent in the early 1700s?Read the answer and worked solution →Murshid Quli Khan first served in Bengal as its:Read the answer and worked solution →Who founded the autonomous nawabi of Awadh?Read the answer and worked solution →How did Saadat Khan strengthen Awadh's military position?Read the answer and worked solution →Making Awadh's governorship hereditary meant that it passed:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Awadh city followed Faizabad as a major nawabi centre?Read the answer and worked solution →The Imambara buildings illustrate the cultural patronage of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which dance developed through cultural synthesis under Awadh's nawabs?Read the answer and worked solution →Jaipur was a leading Rajput state in which region?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ruler strengthened Amber in the early eighteenth century?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did Jai Singh seek jagirs close to his home territories?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sikh regional powers developed principally in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which pilgrimage city became a focus of Sikh activity?Read the answer and worked solution →Before Ranjit Singh's consolidation, Sikh power rested in:Read the answer and worked solution →Who united several Sikh principalities into a larger kingdom?Read the answer and worked solution →Which city became Ranjit Singh's capital?Read the answer and worked solution →Sikh chiefs' use of jagir assignments continued practices of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Whose rule in Mysore left the Wodeyars as nominal kings?Read the answer and worked solution →Who succeeded Hyder Ali as Mysore's effective ruler?Read the answer and worked solution →Hyder Ali's rise to power began in:Read the answer and worked solution →Why did Hyder Ali and Tipu seek access to coastal ports?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Mysore innovation later influenced British weapon design?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Mysore ruler established state trading depots abroad?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What helped provincial nobles establish regional states in the 1700s?

  1. More centralised revenue administration
  2. Stronger imperial military control
  3. A uniform provincial succession law
  4. Weakening central authority
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Correct answer: D. Weakening central authority

Weaker central authority allowed powerful nobles to build their own regional bases.

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Why did many regional rulers acknowledge the Mughal emperor?

  1. To legitimise their own authority
  2. To surrender all local power
  3. To end provincial taxation
  4. To restore direct imperial rule
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Correct answer: A. To legitimise their own authority

Recognition of the emperor supplied legitimacy while regional rulers pursued their own ambitions.

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Which pair of states emerged under former Mughal officials?

  1. Mysore and Travancore
  2. Maratha and Sikh states
  3. Hyderabad and Awadh
  4. Jaipur and Mewar
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Correct answer: C. Hyderabad and Awadh

Hyderabad and Awadh were established by powerful officials who had served the Mughal state.

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