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Eighteenth- Century Political Formations

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is one of the reasons for the decline of the Mughal Empire? (Select all the options that are applicable)

a)

Nadir Shah

b)

Peasant and zamindari rebellions

c)

Banda Bahadur

d)

None of these

2.

Which Afghan ruler invaded North India 5 times between 1748 and 1761? (Write in small letters)

(a)  

3.

Groups of highly mobile, peasant-pastoralists are called

(a)  

4.

Who is in the above picture?

a)

Aurangzeb

b)

Nadir Shah

c)

Shivaji

d)

None of these

5.

What is Sardeshmukhi?

a)

9-10% of the land revenue paid to the head revenue collector in the Deccan.

b)

25% of the land revenue claimed by the zamindars. In the Deccan, this was collected by the Marathas.

c)

None of the above

6.

Nadir Shah invaded Bengal

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

The founder of Awadh state was

(a)  

8.

Sikhs' combined forces were known as the grand army or

a)

Dal Khalsa

b)

Deshmukhs

c)

Peshwa

d)

None of these

9.

Nadir Shah was the ruler of which country?

a)

Iran

b)

Afghanistan

c)

India

10.

Which states were seized by the Mughals by the 1720s?

a)

Malwa and Gujarat

b)

Bengal

c)

Malwa only

d)

All of these

11.

Who was captured in 1715 and was executed (killed) in 1716?

a)

Guru Gobind Singh

b)

Guru Nanak

c)

Shivaji

d)

Banda Bahadur

12.

Whose sword is this?

a)

Shivaji

b)

Banda Bahadur

c)

Maharaja Ranjit Singh

d)

Guru Gobind Singh

13.

(a)   is the capital of the Maratha Kingdom.

14.

What did the Khalsa declare in 1765?

a)

Sovereign rule

b)

Sikhs rule

c)

None of the above

15.

In which battle did Aurangzeb die?

a)

First battle of Panipat

b)

Third battle of Panipat

c)

Third battle of Sonipat

16.

Which 2 states were found by members of high Mughal nobility? (Select all that are applicable)

a)

Awadh

b)

Bengal

c)

Hyderabad

d)

Delhi

17.

Guru Gobind Singh had inspired the Khalsa with the belief that their destiny was to rule.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

Who developed an effective administrative system?

(a)  

19.

In which year Marathas raided Delhi?

(a)  

20.

Aurangzeb had fought a protracted war in the (a)   which had led to the decline of the Mughal Empire

21.

The Sikhs organized themselves into a number of bands called jathas which were later called as __________

a)

Misls

b)

Turanis

c)

Peshwas

d)

None of the above