1. When was Delhi first occupied by British Forces?2. When did Aurangzeb die?3. During whose succession battle did nobles emerge as kingmakers?4 What is 'Ijarah'?5. The physical breakup of Mughal empire began with the rise of which successor state?6. When did Nadir Shah invade India?7. Period of Ahmad Shah Abdali's invasions?8. Who was Ahmad Shah Abdali?9. Which Indian rulers fought the East India Company at the Battle of Buxar?10. What are 'succession states'?11. Why did Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah give up the post of wazir of Mughal empire?12. Match the Governors and Successor states a. Nizam ul Mulk Asaf Jah 1. Carnatic b. Nawab Saadatullah Khan 2. Awadh and Allahabad c. Murshid Quli Khan and Alivardi Khan 3. Hyderabad d. Saadat Khan Burhan ul Mulk and Safdarjung 4. Bengal

13. What are 'Zij Muhammadshahi"?14. What was the immediate reason that brought the Marathas in conflict with Ahamad Shah Abdali?Answers:1. 1803 [In 1803 the East India Companys forces led by Lord Lake captured Delhi after defeating the Daulat Rao Sindias troops (Daulat Rao was the successor of Mahadji) at the battle of Patparganj].- http://pd.cpim.org/2007/0617/06172007_1857.htm

2. 1707 AD

3. During the succession battle of Jahandar Shah (Aurangzeb's grandson) in 1712, Zulfikar Khan, the strongest noble, supported him and went on to become the Wazir.

4. 'Ijarah' is revenue farming whereby the Mughal govt contracted with revenue farmers and middlment to pay the govt a fixed amount of money, while they were free to collect whatever they could from the peasant. This was a departure from Todar Mal's policy where a fixed land revenue was collected from the farmers.

5. When Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah founded the state of Hyderabad in 1724.

6. 1738-39 during Muhammad Shah's rule.