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Name the first and the last emperors in the line of the Later Mughals.

2. Name any two rival groups of nobles in the Mughal court.
3. Mention ay two reasons for the failure if the Mansabdari system. ______
4. What was the economic impact of the Mughal wars of succession?
5. How did Aurangzeb’s religious policy affect the relationship between the Mughals and the Rajputs?
6. What led to the drain on the royal treasury during Shah Jahan’s reign?
7. Which Mughal emperor assumed leadership of the Revolt of 1857? What happened to him after the Revolt?
8. When did the transition from the Medieval to the Modern Period begin in India?
Decline of the Mughals/VIII/I

9. Several factors were responsible for the decline of the Mughal Empire. In context answer the following questions:
a) How did court politics undermine the authority and prestige of the Mughal Empire? _ _ _
b) To what extent was the Jagirdari crisis responsible for a further decline of the power of the emperor? _ _ _
c) How did the wars of succession destabilize the Mughal empire? _ _ _ _
10. With reference to the decline and disintegration of the Mughal empire discuss the following:
a) The Breakdown of the Mansabdari _ _ _ _
b) The weaknesses of the Mughal army _ _ _
c) Aurangzeb’s religious policy _ _ _
Decline of the Mughals/VIII/I

11. To what extent were the following factors responsible for the eventual collapse of the Mughal empire.
a) Economic bankruptcy _ _ _ _
b) Foreign Invasions _ _ _
c) Weak Successors _ _ _____________________________

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Answered by dadishanti

Answer:

1 Babur and Bahadur Shah Zafar

2. 1The costly, long-drawn and ruinous Deccan campaign.

2. 2Numerous wars with the Sikhs, the Marathas, the Jats and the Rajputs.

3 Mansabdars had to maintain a fixed number of troops. They were given jagirs as the payment for doing so. Later, an increase in the number of mansabs and a shortage of jagirs led to corruption and inefficiency in the system.

4 As soon as the Mughal emperor died, a war of succession among rival claimants to the throne began. These wars of succession harmed the Mughal Empire because these wars proved to be very costly and destructive. They drained the resources of the empire and resulted into political instability

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