Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Medieval History

Which one of the following correctly describes the ancestry claimed by the Mughals?

  1. They descended from Genghis Khan through their fathers and Timur through their mothers.
  2. They descended exclusively from the Afghan ruling families of northern India.
  3. They traced maternal descent from Genghis Khan and paternal descent from Timur.
  4. They traced both maternal and paternal descent from the rulers of Persia.
  1. Arrange the following developments in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Shah Shuja allowed…
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  3. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. The Compagnie des Indes…
  4. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. The French captured…
  5. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Shahu was released from…
  6. Assertion: The eighteenth-century regional states weakened Mughal authority but failed to establish a stable…