In the 18th century, compared to the Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire was

In the 18th century, compared to the Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire was in a state of decline.

Explanation:

The Ottoman empire was strong until he end of the 19th century when its power began to weaken and it only fell to the British by being on the wrong side of the war effort in the first world war.

Meanwhile the Mughals had begun to decline by the time of the demise of their last strong ruler Aurangzeb.

By the time of the ruler's end their formidable opponents in Marathas had begun seizing control and they would eventually take over from the Mughals by the time of 1760s because of multiple takeovers and raids by foreign invaders weakening the mughals further.

even though you have attached neither the chart nor the generalizations, i have located them online. the right answer is d, since they are asking you about a generalization. you can only infer from the chart that between 2008 and 2009 the number of employed workers decreased significantly (from over 115 millions to 107 millions approximately), which signals some type of economic crisis.  

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