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State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 5

Which Mughal ruler first fought against the British?

  1. Aurangzeb
  2. Shah Jahan
  3. Bahadur Shah Zafar
  4. Jahangir
  5. None of the above / More than one of the above
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Answer: (A) Aurangzeb

Explanation

Child's War (1686–90) under Josiah Child ended with the Company submitting to Aurangzeb.

  • (A) Correct

    Correct: Aurangzeb defeated the English East India Company in the Anglo-Mughal War (1686–90).

  • (B) Incorrect

    Wrong: he fought the Portuguese (Hooghly), not the British.

  • (C) Incorrect

    Wrong: 1857 came much later.

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: he granted trading rights to the English.

  • (E) Incorrect

    Wrong: only one of the options A–D is correct.