With reference to Indian history, which of the following statements is/are correct?
- 1.The Nizamat of Arcot emerged out of Hyderabad State.
- 2.The Mysore Kingdom emerged out of Vijayanagara Empire.
- 3.Rohilkhand Kingdom was formed out of the territories occupied by Ahmad Shah Durrani.
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Answer & explanation
Answer: (b) 2 only
Only statement 2 is correct: the Wodeyar (Yadu) rulers of Mysore began as feudatories of the Vijayanagara kings and later ruled on their own. The Carnatic of the Arcot nawabs was a Mughal-era province, not a piece cut out of Hyderabad, and Rohilkhand grew out of Mughal decline, not out of land held by Ahmad Shah Durrani.
- ✗ 1. A Government of Tamil Nadu district page says the Nizam of Hyderabad, as Mughal representative in the south, entrusted the Carnatic to the Nawab of Arcot. The Arcot nawabs were thus Mughal-appointed governors under the Nizam, not a state that 'emerged out of' Hyderabad State.
- ✓ 2. The Mysuru Yadu dynasty rose to power in 1399 as feudatories of the Vijayanagara kings. NCERT adds that many Vijayanagara nayakas set up independent kingdoms in the seventeenth century, and lists Mysore among the nayaka centres.
- ✗ 3. Rohilkhand took shape in the early 18th century, when Mughal rule was fading and Rohilla Afghan settlers built their own power there. It was not carved from territory that Ahmad Shah Durrani, the Afghan invader, had occupied.
Remember · Mysore's Wodeyars were Vijayanagara feudatories; the Carnatic was a dependency of Hyderabad, not carved from it; Rohilkhand arose from Mughal decline.
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 12 Themes in Indian History, Part II, Ch 3 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- Mysuru District (Government of Karnataka, NIC): History ↗ “the Vijayanagar Kings and then the Mysuru Yadu dynasty came to power in 1399A.D. They were the feudatories of the Vijayanagar Kings.”
- NCERT Class 12 · Themes in Indian History, Part II, Chapter 3 “However, during the course of the seventeenth century, many of these nayakas established independent kingdoms.”
- Pudukkottai District (Government of Tamil Nadu, NIC): History ↗ “The Nizam of Hydrabad was appointed as the Mughal representative of South India, in turn the Nizam entrusted the Tamilnadu region then known as Carnatic, to the Nawab of Arcot.”
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Rohilkhand ↗ · reference work “With the eclipse of Mughal rule, the region was divided by Jat, Rohilla, and Maratha annexations until it passed to the British”
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2021, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·