Question

Choose the correct statement(s) about the emergence of new states after the decline of Mughal emperors' authority.

• A. Subadars consolidated power in different regions.
• B. Three overlapping groups of new states emerged.
• C. Mughal empire fragmented into different states in the seventeenth century.
• D. Mughal empire fragmented into different states in the eighteenth century.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (D)

The correct options are
A Subadars consolidated power in different regions.
B Three overlapping groups of new states emerged.
D Mughal empire fragmented into different states in the eighteenth century.

Mughal empire fragmented into different states in the eighteenth century. Subadars, the nobles appointed as nobles consolidated power in different regions. This led to the emergence of three overlapping groups of new states that emerged as independent regions.