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- Jahangir
- Aurangzeb
- Shah Jahan
- Bahadur Shah I
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Correct answer: B. Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb brought back the jizya and encouraged conversion to Islam.
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Which Mughal emperor reinstated the jizya on non-Muslims?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sikh guru did Aurangzeb order to be executed?Read the answer and worked solution →Which invader sacked Delhi in 1739 and carried off the Mughal treasury?Read the answer and worked solution →The Third Battle of Panipat in 1761 was won by forces led by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Indian National Congress founded in Bombay?Read the answer and worked solution →Which retired civil servant inspired the founding of the Indian National Congress?Read the answer and worked solution →Who formed the East India Association in 1866?Read the answer and worked solution →Who became the first Indian member of the British House of Commons?Read the answer and worked solution →Who declared, "Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it"?Read the answer and worked solution →The British called which leader the father of Indian Unrest?Read the answer and worked solution →Who became Mahatma Gandhi's political mentor after his return to India?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did the Congress split into radicals and moderates?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two leaders backed Tilak among the radicals?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Ghadar Party formed overseas?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Viceroy ordered the partition of Bengal in 1905?Read the answer and worked solution →Where was the All-India Muslim League founded in 1906?Read the answer and worked solution →Sir Syed's Aligarh college was renamed what in 1920?Read the answer and worked solution →On what date did Gandhi return to India from South Africa?Read the answer and worked solution →Which method of protest did Gandhi perfect in South Africa?Read the answer and worked solution →The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →Who ordered troops to fire at Jallianwala Bagh?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1919 law extended wartime powers of the Defence of India Act?Read the answer and worked solution →The first Non-Cooperation Movement under Gandhi ran in which years?Read the answer and worked solution →Where did Gandhi set up his ashram on the Sabarmati river?Read the answer and worked solution →Which day was observed as Purna Swaraj Day in 1930?Read the answer and worked solution →At which session in December 1929 did Congress adopt complete self-rule as its aim?Read the answer and worked solution →The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in which month and year?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1937 provincial elections followed which Act?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Lahore Resolution adopted by the Muslim League?Read the answer and worked solution →How many arrests did the British make in response to Quit India?Read the answer and worked solution →
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Which Sikh guru did Aurangzeb order to be executed?
- Guru Nanak
- Guru Arjan
- Guru Har Rai
- Tegh Bahadur
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Correct answer: D. Tegh Bahadur
The execution of Tegh Bahadur led to the militarisation of the Sikh community.
Which invader sacked Delhi in 1739 and carried off the Mughal treasury?
- Muhammad Ghori
- Nader Shah
- Timur Lang
- Mahmud Ghazni
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Correct answer: B. Nader Shah
Nader Shah's campaign ended with the sack of Delhi in 1739, which shattered Mughal power and prestige.
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