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  1. Two of the following states which Aurangzeb had conquered in Deccan, were
    1. Ahmednagar and Bijapur
    2. Bidar and Bijapur
    3. Bijapur and Golconda
    4. Golconda and Ahmednagar
Correct Option: C

The two states which Aurangzeb had conquered in Deccan were Bijapur and Golconda. In 1685, Aurangzeb dispatched his son. Muhammad Azam Shah, with a force o nearly 50,000 men to capture Bijapur Fort and defeated Sikandar Adil Shah (the ruler of Bijapur) who refused to be a vassal. The Mughals could not make any advancement upon Bijapur Fort mainly due to the superior usage of cannon batteries on both sides. Outraged by the stalemate, Aurangzeb himself arrived on 4 September 1686, and commanded the Siege of Bijapur; after eight days of fighting, the Mughals were victorious, in 1687, Aurangzeb led his grand Mughal army against the Deccan Qutbshahi fortress during the Siege of Golconda.



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