State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · வினா 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
விடையைக் காட்டு & விளக்கம்

விடை: (A) Aurangzeb

விளக்கம்

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

  • (A) சரி

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

  • (B) தவறு

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

  • (C) தவறு

    Wrong: 1857 came much later.

  • (D) தவறு

    Wrong: he granted trading rights to the English.

  • (E) தவறு

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