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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY POLITICAL FORMATIONS

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Aurangzeb died in the year -

a)

1700

b)

1710

c)

1725

d)

1707

e)

1711

2.

Ahmad Shah Abdali was the ruler of -

a)

Afghan

b)

Iraq

c)

Iran

d)

None of these

3.

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

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

4.

During which century the Mughal Empire declined?

a)

18th

b)

16th

c)

21st

d)

19th

5.

Who were the Telugu warrior chiefs’?

a)

Nayakas

b)

Jathas

c)

Misl

d)

None

6.

Who was the powerful governor of Bengal?

a)

Sa'adat khan

b)

Murshid Quli khan

c)

Asaf jah

d)

Alivardi khan

7.

Sawai Jai Singh founded his new capital here:

a)

Amber

b)

Malwa

c)

Jodhpur

d)

Jaipur

8.

Dal khalsa was set up in 1699 by

a)

Guru gobind singh

b)

Guru Tegh bahadur

c)

Guru nanak singh

d)

Nobe of the above

9.

Who was the founder of Maratha empire?

a)

Shivaji

b)

Tipu sultan

c)

Raja jai singh

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.

Ruler of Iran ………… plundered the city of Delhi in 1739.

a)

Nadir shah

b)

Aurangzeb

c)

Shahjahaan

d)

Alivardi khan

12.

Who was given thr subadari of Agra 1722?

a)

Raja ranjit singh

b)

Raja Jai singh

c)

Farukh siyar

d)

None

13.

When was the third battle of Panipat?

a)

1761

b)

1762

c)

1769

d)

None of the above

14.

Who was the Afghan ruler who raided India between 1748-1761

a)

Mohammad Ghazni

b)

Ahmad Shah Abdali

c)

Mohammed Nadir Shah

d)

None of the above

15.

How many times did Ahmad Shah Abdali raid India?

a)

5 times

b)

7 times

c)

8 times

d)

4 times

16.

What were the "revenue farmers" called?

a)

Ijaradars

b)

Subadars

c)

None of the above

d)

Mansabdars

17.

Which state in India has the Chittorgarh Fort?

a)

Madhya Pradesh

b)

Rajasthan

c)

Harayana

d)

Assam

18.

Which ruler of Amber constructed five astronomical observatories, one each in Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Mathura, and Varanasi.

a)

Raja Beejaldev

b)

Raja Banbirsinha

c)

Raja Kantaldev

d)

Sawai Jai Singh

19.

which were the two main kingdoms Guru Gobind Singh fight against?

a)

Rajputs and Mughals

b)

British and Marathas

c)

Rajputs and British

d)

None of these

20.

Banda Bahadur was captured in which year?

a)

1715

b)

1716

c)

1775

d)

1785

21.

Under a number of able leaders in the eighteenth century, the Sikhs organized themselves into a number of bands called Jathas, and later on misls. Their combined forces were known as the grand army. What was the name of the grand army?

a)

dal Khalsa

b)

Gobind Khalsa

c)

Khalsa

d)

None of these

22.

Aurangzeb died in the year -

a)

1700

b)

1710

c)

1725

d)

1707

e)

1711

23.

During which century the Mughal Empire declined?

a)

18th

b)

16th

c)

21st

d)

19th

24.

Who was the powerful governor of Bengal?

a)

Sa'adat khan

b)

Murshid Quli khan

c)

Asaf jah

d)

Alivardi khan

25.

Sawai Jai Singh founded his new capital here:

a)

Amber

b)

Malwa

c)

Jodhpur

d)

Jaipur

26.

Dal khalsa was set up in 1699 by

a)

Guru gobind singh

b)

Guru Tegh bahadur

c)

Guru nanak singh

d)

Nobe of the above

27.

Who was the founder of Maratha empire?

a)

Shivaji

b)

Tipu sultan

c)

Raja jai singh

d)

None

28.

Who was the leader of the Marathas?

a)

Churaman

b)

Shivaji

c)

Maharaja Ranjit Singh

29.

What were powerful warrior families called in Maratha?

a)

Kunbis

b)

Jathas

c)

Deshmukhs

30.

Which is the capital of Maratha?

a)

Poona

b)

Ujjain

c)

Indore

31.

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

a)

Rakhi

b)

Chauth

c)

Sardeshmukhi

32.

What was the main reason for the decline of the Maratha empire?

a)

Foreign invasions

b)

Financial loss of the empire

c)

The third battle of Panipat

33.

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.

34.

Between ____ and ____ , the Maratha empire expanded.

a)

1740 , 1756

b)

1720 , 1761

c)

1713 , 1719

35.

Aurangzeb died in the year -

a)

1700

b)

1710

c)

1725

d)

1707

e)

1711

36.

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

37.

The effective power in the MARATHA state was weilded by a family of Chitpavan __________________who served SHVAJIS successors as PESHWAS

a)

KSHATRIYAS

b)

BRAHMANAS

c)

RAJA

d)

VAISHYAS

38.

Tha JATAHAS were also called _________

a)

Cants

b)

Regiments

c)

misls

d)

Sabhas

39.

_________________held the combined offices of the subadari,diwani and faujdari

a)

SAADAT KHAN

b)

NADIR SHAH

c)

MURSHID QULI KHAN

d)

NIZAM-UL-MULK ASAF JAH

40.

A system called________was introduced offering protection to to cultivators on the payment of a tax of 20percent of the produce

a)

SAKHI

b)

RAKHI

c)

CHAUTH

d)

SARDESHMUKHI

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