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HypeHive’s history quizzes test what you know about the topics behind today’s headlines: how Aurangzeb died, Tipu Sultan’s family, the Mughal Empire and the Scud missile’s family tree. Each quiz has five questions, every answer is explained, and each one links to the full, sourced article.

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Quiz: How Did Aurangzeb Die?

5 questions. Pick your answers, then check your score. Each answer is explained. Based on the full article.

1. Where did Aurangzeb die in 1707?
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Answer: Ahmadnagar (now Ahilyanagar). He died at his military encampment at Ahmadnagar in the Deccan on 3 March 1707, without returning to the northern capitals.

2. How old was Aurangzeb when he died?
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Answer: 88. He was born in November 1618 and died in March 1707, aged 88.

3. Where is Aurangzeb buried?
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Answer: Khuldabad, near the shrine of Shaikh Zayn al-Din Shirazi. He lies in a deliberately simple, open grave at Khuldabad in Maharashtra.

4. Which son won the 1707 war of succession?
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Answer: Muazzam, who became Bahadur Shah I. Muazzam defeated Azam Shah at Jajau in June 1707 and took the throne as Bahadur Shah I. Dara Shikoh was Aurangzeb's brother, killed in 1659.

5. English records written in the Old Style date Aurangzeb's death to which day?
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Answer: 20 February 1707. 3 March 1707 (New Style) was 20 February 1707 in the Julian Old Style calendar that Britain used until 1752. Try it in the Historical Calendar Converter.

Quiz: Tipu Sultan's Family

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1. Who was Tipu Sultan's father?
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Answer: Haidar Ali. Haidar Ali, a commander who became the de facto ruler of Mysore in the 1760s, was Tipu's father.

2. How many sons do the genealogical records give Tipu Sultan?
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Answer: Between 12 and 16. Records give twelve to sixteen sons and at least eight daughters, not the four sons many websites list.

3. Which two sons were handed to Lord Cornwallis as hostages in 1792?
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Answer: Abdul Khaliq and Muiz-ud-din. Abdul Khaliq and Muiz-ud-din were given as hostages under the Treaty of Seringapatam in 1792 and returned in 1794.

4. Where was Tipu's family held after his death in 1799?
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Answer: Vellore Fort. The family was moved to Vellore Fort, then shipped to Calcutta in 1806 after the Vellore Mutiny.

5. Who was Tipu Sultan's last surviving son?
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Answer: Ghulam Muhammad. Prince Ghulam Muhammad, knighted by the British, died in Calcutta in 1872, the last of Tipu's sons.

Quiz: The Mughal Empire

5 questions. Pick your answers, then check your score. Each answer is explained. Based on the full article.

1. In which year did Babur win the First Battle of Panipat?
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Answer: 1526. Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat in 1526, founding Mughal rule in India.

2. Who drove Humayun out of North India in 1540?
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Answer: Sher Shah Suri. Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun, founding the Sur Empire. Humayun regained Delhi only in 1555.

3. Which emperor built Shahjahanabad, today's Old Delhi?
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Answer: Shah Jahan. Shah Jahan built the walled city of Shahjahanabad, completed in 1648.

4. Who was the last Mughal emperor?
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Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar. Bahadur Shah Zafar ruled until 1857 and was exiled to Rangoon after the Revolt of 1857.

5. Whose death in 1707 is usually seen as the start of the empire's decline?
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Answer: Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb's death in 1707 was followed by a succession war and decades of weakening central authority.

Quiz: The Scud Missile's Family Tree

5 questions. Pick your answers, then check your score. Each answer is explained. Based on the full article.

1. What kind of name is "Scud"?
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Answer: A NATO reporting name. "Scud" is a NATO reporting name. Moscow called the missiles R-11 and R-17.

2. What was the Soviet designation of the first Scud, the Scud-A?
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Answer: R-11. The R-11, first flown in 1953, is known in the West as the Scud-A. The R-17 is the Scud-B.

3. Which German wartime rocket do some researchers see as the Scud's real ancestor?
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Answer: Wasserfall anti-aircraft rocket. Research reported by the Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine points to the Wasserfall, rather than the V-2.

4. What was the 1946 Soviet operation that moved German rocket specialists east?
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Answer: Operation Osoaviakhim. Operation Osoaviakhim moved more than 2,000 German specialists and their families to the USSR on 22 October 1946. Paperclip was the American equivalent.

5. What is North Korea's copy of the Scud-B called?
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Answer: Hwasong-5. North Korea reverse-engineered Scud-Bs obtained from Egypt as the Hwasong-5. Al-Hussein was Iraqi and Burkan is the Houthi family.

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