Q. What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and fight the Third Battle of Panipat?
(a) He wanted to avenge the expulsion of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore by the Marathas
(b) The frustrated governor of Jullundhar Adina Beg Khan invited him to invade Punjab
(c) He wanted to punish Mughal administration for non-payment of the revenues of the ChaharMahal
(Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur)
(d) He wanted to annex the fertile plains of Punjab up to the borders of Delhi to his kingdom
Ans: (a) He wanted to avenge the expulsion of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore by the Marathas
