Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Kings and Chronicles

Question:

Which among the below listed cities was not the capital of the Mughal Empire?

Options:

Delhi

Agra

Lahore

Multan

Correct Answer:

Multan

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Multan

Multan was not a Mughal Capital.

After 1707, following the death of Aurangzeb, the power of the dynasty diminished. In place of the vast apparatus of the 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.