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Murshid Quli Khan transferred all Mughal jagirdars of Bengal to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which banking house became extremely prosperous under Alivardi Khan of Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Rajput state alone defied Mughal suzerainty?Read the answer and worked solution →Sawai Raja Jai Singh of Amber founded his new capital at:Read the answer and worked solution →Sawai Jai Singh built how many astronomical observatories, known as Jantar Mantar?Read the answer and worked solution →After Guru Gobind Singh's death in 1708, the Khalsa revolted under:Read the answer and worked solution →Sikh bands of the eighteenth century were called jathas and later:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the rakhi system the Sikhs protected cultivators for a tax of:Read the answer and worked solution →Maharaja Ranjit Singh reunited the Sikh groups and made his capital at Lahore in:Read the answer and worked solution →Shivaji was born at Shivneri in:Read the answer and worked solution →Chauth, the Maratha levy on zamindars, was what share of land revenue?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the eighteenth-century statesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Maratha wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the eighteenth-century datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the eighteenth-century termsRead the answer and worked solution →Sikh or MarathaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the state foundersRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Eighteenth-century bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Saliya weavers of Thanjavur and which nearby town produced cloth for temple flags?Read the answer and worked solution →The sthapatis making bronze idols and bell-metal lamps worked at:Read the answer and worked solution →Chola bronze statues were made using which technique?Read the answer and worked solution →Bhillasvamin, a temple around which a town grew, is modern Bhilsa or:Read the answer and worked solution →Which town was the Chauhan capital in the twelfth century and later a Mughal suba headquarters?Read the answer and worked solution →The market centre in small medieval towns, later called mandi, was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Market streets lined with shops, later called haat, were known as:Read the answer and worked solution →The most famous south Indian trade guilds from the eighth century were the Manigramam and:Read the answer and worked solution →Gujarati traders who dealt with Red Sea and Gulf ports included Hindu Baniyas and Muslim:Read the answer and worked solution →Jean Baptiste Tavernier estimated the annual horse trade at Kabul at:Read the answer and worked solution →The inlay work in copper and silver famous from Bidar is called:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Murshid Quli Khan transferred all Mughal jagirdars of Bengal to:

  1. Assam
  2. Orissa
  3. Bihar
  4. Awadh
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Correct answer: B. Orissa

1. He wanted to cut Mughal influence. 2. Jagirdars were sent to Orissa. 3. Revenue was reassessed and collected in cash. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 10, Eighteenth-Century Political Formations._

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Which banking house became extremely prosperous under Alivardi Khan of Bengal?

  1. Birla house
  2. Chettiars
  3. Jagat Seth
  4. Hukumchand
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Correct answer: C. Jagat Seth

1. States were closely tied to bankers. 2. The house of Jagat Seth flourished. 3. Alivardi ruled from 1740 to 1756. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 10, Eighteenth-Century Political Formations._

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Which Rajput state alone defied Mughal suzerainty?

  1. Amber
  2. Jodhpur
  3. Bundi
  4. Mewar
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Correct answer: D. Mewar

1. Envoys failed to persuade its Rana. 2. Mewar refused Mughal authority. 3. Amber and Jodhpur served the Mughals. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 10, Eighteenth-Century Political Formations._

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