Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Question:

Match List -1 with List - 2

List- 1 (RULER)

List- 2 (Duration)

(A) Reign of Akbar

(I) 1658-1707

(B) Reign of Jahangir

(II) 1556-1605

(C) Reign of Shah Jahan

(III) 1605-1627

(D) Reign of Aurangzeb

(IV) 1628-1658

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

(A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

(A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

(A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

(A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3 - (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

The correct MATCH is:

List- 1

List- 2

(A) Reign of Akbar

(II) 1556-1605

(B) Reign of Jahangir

(III) 1605-1627

(C) Reign of Shah Jahan

(IV) 1628-1658

(D) Reign of Aurangzeb

(I) 1658-1707

Landmarks in the History of the Mughal Empire:

1526: Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodi, the Delhi Sultan, at Panipat, and becomes the first Mughal emperor
1530-40: First phase of Humayun’s reign
1540-55: Humayun was defeated by Sher Shah, in exile at the Safavid court
1555-56: Humayun regains lost territories
1556-1605: Reign of Akbar
1605-27: Reign of Jahangir
1628-58: Reign of Shah Jahan
1658-1707: Reign of Aurangzeb
1739: Nadir Shah invades India and sacks Delhi
1761: Ahmad Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas in the third battle of Panipat
1765: The Diwani of Bengal transferred to the East India Company
1857: The last Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah II, was deposed by the British and exiled to Rangoon (present-day Yangon, Myanmar)