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Later Mughals and Regional States – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 2

Second-level practice on the Later Mughals and regional states, from Murshid Quli Khan's Bengal and Sa'adat Khan's Awadh to the Jats, Sawai Jai Singh and Nadir Shah.

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50
Duration
30 min
Marks
50

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Attempts
100
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About this test

Later Mughals and Regional States GK Practice Quiz: Level 2 Questions

This Aptitude360 quiz is the Level 2 General Awareness set on the Later Mughals and the regional states that rose as Mughal authority weakened. It covers court factions, weak emperors, foreign invasions and the new provincial, Rajput and Jat powers. Every question carries a written explanation for revision.

What this Later Mughals Level 2 set tests

  • Causes of Mughal decline after Aurangzeb, including the Deccan wars and peasant and zamindari revolts
  • Later emperors who were assassinated or blinded, and the Irani and Turani noble factions
  • Founders of Awadh, Bengal and Hyderabad: Sa'adat Khan, Murshid Quli Khan and Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah
  • Revenue changes such as ijaradari, cash collection and the transfer of Bengal jagirdars to Orissa
  • Rajput states under Ajit Singh and Sawai Jai Singh, Jaipur and the Jantar Mantar observatories
  • The Jats under Churaman and Suraj Mal, and the invasions of Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah Abdali

Key concepts to revise for Later Mughal history

  • How provincial governors combined the subadari, diwani and faujdari offices
  • Difference between successor states, watan jagir states and states that fought the Mughals
  • Why bankers and merchants gained influence in the new provincial order
  • Mansab ranks of the provincial founders and the offices they held at court

How to prepare the regional states chapter

  • Make a table of each state with its founder, capital and main policy
  • Learn the sequence of events from Aurangzeb's death to the third battle of Panipat as a single timeline
  • Practise statement-based and match-the-list questions, since they test precise facts

Who this quiz suits

Aspirants revising medieval Indian history for General Awareness papers who have covered the basics and want the second level of practice on this period.

FAQs about Later Mughals and Regional States – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 2

Who were the Iranis and Turanis in the Mughal court?
They were the two main factions of nobles at the later Mughal court. The Iranis were of Persian origin, and the Turanis were of Central Asian origin.
Who founded the state of Hyderabad?
Hyderabad was founded by Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah, a powerful noble at the court of Farrukh Siyar. He took control of the Deccan and ruled it as a practically independent state.
Which later Mughal emperors were assassinated?
Farrukh Siyar and Alamgir II were assassinated by their nobles. Ahmad Shah and Shah Alam II were blinded.
Where did Sawai Jai Singh build Jantar Mantar observatories?
Sawai Jai Singh of Amber built five Jantar Mantar observatories, at Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Mathura and Varanasi. He also built the new capital city of Jaipur.

Test structure

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SectionQuestionsTime
Later Mughals and Regional States GK Level 25030 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
50 across 50 questions.
Negative marking
A wrong answer costs marks. Leaving a question unanswered costs nothing.
Attempts
100 in total. An attempt is spent the moment you begin one.

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Score and accuracy

Marks, percentage, right, wrong and skipped, and the time you took.

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Every question with your answer, the right one, the working, and the video where there is one.

Where you stand

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