Question

Consider the following statements:-
i) Shah Jahan was the last powerful Mughal Emperor.
ii) The Mughal Empire started weakening after the death of Aurangzeb.
II)Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?
A. Only (i)
B. Only (ii)
C. Both are correct
D. Neither are correct

Answer 1

Hint:The Mughal Dynasty had six powerful kings who are remembered in history.
Shah Jahan was succeeded to the throne by Aurangzeb, who seized power by force.
Aurangzeb was a powerful ruler in his own right.

Complete answer:
The Mughal Dynasty was a hugely successful lineage of kings who held a large kingdom in South Asia between the 16th till 19th century. The empire was founded by Babur, a warrior chieftain from Uzbekistan. He defeated Ibrahim Lodhi and seized the Delhi Sultanate founding a new dynastic rule and the empire lasted till about 1720.
To see which of the options are correct, let us first check the veracity of the statements:-
i) Shah Jahan was the last powerful Mughal Emperor. This is not true because his successor Aurangzeb was a powerful ruler as well.
ii) The Mughal Empire started weakening after the death of Aurangzeb. This is true, as Aurangzeb is considered the last powerful Mughal Emperor. His successors were weak and the empire started disintegrating after his rule.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option B.

Note:The Mughal Empire is generally agreed to have started in 1526 by Babur.
The Mughals were descended from Genghis Khan and Tamerlane on the paternal and maternal sides.
The Mughal empire achieved its maximum geographical extent under the rule of Aurangzeb.
The empire formally came to an end when it was dissolved after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 by the British Colonial empire.