Arrange the following into chronological order andselect the correct answer from the codes given below: A. Muhammad Shah B. Jahandar Shah C. Alamgir II D. Ahmadshah Codes:

1. A

   A C D B

   A C D B would put Muhammad Shah before Jahandar Shah, which reverses 1712–13 and 1719–48. This option is not the key.

2. B

   B A D C

   Jahandar Shah (1712–13) comes first, then Muhammad Shah Rangeela (1719–48), then Ahmad Shah (1748–54), then Alamgir II (1754–59). That order is B A D C. This option is the official key.

3. C

   C A B D

   C A B D starts with Alamgir II, who is last among the four. This option is therefore wrong.

4. D

   D B C A

   D B C A begins with Ahmad Shah and is scrambled. This option is not the key.

Summary. Official key is (b) B A D C. After Bahadur Shah I, Jahandar Shah had a brief reign, Farrukhsiyar intervened, then Muhammad Shah’s long reign, then Ahmad Shah, then Aziz-ud-Din Alamgir II. The four names in the question therefore run Jahandar, Muhammad Shah, Ahmad Shah, Alamgir II. Only (b) is that chronology.