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(a) Do you agree that the schemes of Muhammad bin Tughluq were correctly conceived, badly executed and disastrously abandoned ? Discuss. (15 marks)

(b) Do you think that Akbar's Rajput policy was a conscious attempt to incorporate the Indian ruling elite with the Mughal Imperial System ? (15 marks)

(c) “The political disintegration was responsible for the socio-economic decline in India during the 18th century.” Comment. (20 marks)