Assertion (A) : Marathas emerged as the strongest native power in India after the decline of Mughal empire.

(a) The Mughal empire became stronger in the eighteenth century. Ans.  False (b) The English East India Company was the only European company that traded with India. Ans.  False (c) Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the ruler...

(i) Britain imposed import duties on cotton textiles, thus export market got declined. (ii) Exports of British goods to India increased. The Manchester goods flooded Indian markets. (iii) The machine-made goods were...

The income from land revenue was the main source of income for the Mughal rulers and hence it was very important.  The salaries of soldiers were paid and the welfare for...

The Marathas wanted to expand beyond the Deccan to receive tribute and control trade and agriculture. They had built a rich and effective administrative system, so they could think of...

(d) Shah Jahan recovered Kandhar in 1638 from the Iranians but lost it again in 1649 despite three campaigns. The loss of Kandhar was a big blow as it was a...

(b) William Hawkins visited the court of Jahangir and received a farman which allowed East India Company to set up their first factory at Surat in 1613.

(d) Absence of national consciousness and representatitive institutions

(a) Bahadur Shah I 

(c) In 1628, Shahjahan faced a major revolt by Khan Jahan Lodi. He had united with the ruler of Ahmednagar and came out in open rebellion against the emperor. The...

(d) Akbar and Aurangzeb were the Mughal emperors who dismissed the chiefs ‘Sardars’ of the empire.