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18TH CENTURY POLITICAL FORMATIONS

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the leader of the Marathas?

a)

Churaman

b)

Shivaji

c)

Maharaja Ranjit Singh

2.

What were powerful warrior families called in Maratha?

a)

Kunbis

b)

Jathas

c)

Deshmukhs

3.

Which is the capital of Maratha?

a)

Poona

b)

Ujjain

c)

Indore

4.

What is 25 per cent of the land revenue claimed by the zamindars?

a)

Rakhi

b)

Chauth

c)

Sardeshmukhi

5.

What is sardeshmukhi?

a)

A powerful state that emerged in the late 17th century.

b)

A region under the control of the Marathas.

c)

9-10 per cent of the land revenue paid to the head revenue collector.

6.

Aurangzeb died in the year -

a)

1700

b)

1710

c)

1725

d)

1707

e)

1711

7.

Ahmad Shah Abdali was the ruler of -

a)

Afghan

b)

Iraq

c)

Iran

d)

None of these

8.

Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded North India times between 1748 and 1761.

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

9.

Who were the Telugu warrior chiefs’?

a)

Nayakas

b)

Jathas

c)

Misl

d)

None

10.

Who was the powerful governor of Bengal?

a)

Sa'adat khan

b)

Murshid Quli khan

c)

Asaf jah

d)

Alivardi khan

11.

Who invaded the Mughal Empire?

a)

Nadir Shah

b)

Firoz Shah

c)

Naser Ali Khan

d)

Ahmad Shah

e)

Ahmad Al Ameri

12.

The last Mughal Emperor was

a)

Shah AlamII

b)

Mir Qasim

c)

Shuja-ud Daula

d)

Bahadur shah Zafar

13.

Lucknow culture developed in the state of

a)

Awadh

b)

Punjab

c)

Bengal

d)

Hyderabad

14.

What were the nobles who were appointed as governors in the Mughal empire called?

a)

Mansabdars

b)

Subadars

c)

Faujdari

d)

None of the above

15.

What was the name of the battle in which Aurangzeb died?

a)

The battle of Panipat

b)

The battle of waterloo

c)

The battle of Golconda

d)

None of the above