Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Question:

Match List -1 with List - 2

List- 1 (Year)

List- 2 (Incident)

(A) 1526

(I) Nadir Shah invades India and sacks Delhi

(B) 1739

(II) Ahmad Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas 

(C) 1761

(III) Bahadur Shah II, was deposed by the British and exiled to Rangoon

(D) 1857

(IV) Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer:

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

Explanation:

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

The correct match is:

List- 1 (Year)

List- 2 (Incident)

(A) 1526

(IV) Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat

(B) 1739

(I) Nadir Shah invades India and sacks Delhi

(C) 1761

(II) Ahmad Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas

(D) 1857

(III) Bahadur Shah II, was deposed by the British and exiled to Rangoon

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)