Which among the below listed cities was not the capital of the Mughal Empire?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Multan
The Mughal empire was controlled from Delhi, Agra or Lahore, the different capital cities; Multan was not one of them.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Kings and Chronicles’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “1. The Mughals and Their Empire … After 1707, following the death of Aurangzeb, the power of the dynasty diminished. In place of the vast apparatus of empire controlled from Delhi, Agra or Lahore – the different capital cities – regional powers acquired greater autonomy. Yet symbolically the prestige of the Mughal ruler did not lose its aura. In 1857 the last scion of this dynasty, Bahadur Shah Zafar II, was overthrown by the British.” |