MCQ on Maratha State and Confederacy

Question 1. Shivaji defeated the Mughals in the battle of _________.

(A) Shivner

(B) Salher

(C) Raigarh

(D) Purandar

Question 2. When was Shivaji born and when did he assume the title of Chhatrapati?

(A) 1627, 1674

(B) 1627, 1661

(C) 1625, 1671

(D) 1626, 1675

Question 3. Which is/are correct reasons of Maratha’s Rise?

(A) Religious Consciousness

(B) Political awakening

(C) Geographical Security

(D) All of the above

Question 4. Who was the commander who sent by Sultan of Bijapur for repression of Shivaji in 1659?

(A) Sayyid Banda

(B) Shaista Khan

(C) Afzal Khan

(D) Inayat Khan

Question 5. In which city was Shivaji in captivity when he escaped from the custody of the Mughals?

(A) Kanpur

(B) Delhi

(C) Agra

(D) Gwalior

Question 6. Where was the capital of Shivaji?

(A) Tanjore

(B) Purandar

(C) Satara

(D) Raigarh

Question 7. Where was Shivaji formally crowned as Chhatrapati?

(A) Ahmednagar

(B) Raigarh

(C) Kolhapur

(D) Pune

Question 8. What was the name of Shivaji’s Guru? 

(A) Gaga Bhatt

(B) Vaman Pandit

(C) Tukaram

(D) Ramdas

Question 9. Ashtapradhan was a Council of Ministers _______.

(A) In the Maratha administration

(B) In the Vijayanagara administration

(C) In the Chola administration

(D) In the Gupta administration

Question 10. At the time of Shivaji, the post of ‘Sarnobat’ was related with ________.

(A) Military administration

(B) Local administration

(C) Judicial administration

(D) Financial administration

Question 11. The member of Shivaji’s Ashtapradhan who looked after foreign affairs was _______.

(A) Sumant

(B) Pandit Rao

(C) Sachiv

(D) Peshwa

Question 12. During the reign of Shivaji, the foreign minister was known as ________.

(A) Sachiv

(B) Sar-i-Naubat

(C) Amatya

(D) Sumant

Question 13. ‘Ashtapradhan’ a Council of Ministers helped in discharge of State affairs to ________.

(A) Yashovarman

(B) Shivaji

(C) Samudra Gupta

(D) Harshavardhana

Question 14. Who among the following streamlined the Maratha administration after Shambhaji? 

(A) Nanaji Deshmukh

(B) Ganga Bai

(C) Balaji Viswanath

(D) Rajaram

Question 15. The Maratha King became a nonentity and the Peshwa the virtual ruler from the time of _________.

(A) Madhavrao I

(B) Balaji Bajirao

(C) Bajirao I

(D) Balaji Vishwanath

Question 16. At the time of Aurangzeb’s death, the Maratha leadership was in the hands of _________.

(A) Tarabai

(B) Jijabai

(C) Rajaram

(D) Sambhaji

Question 17. Who among the following Maratha women led struggles against the Mughal Empire from 1700 A.D. onwards?

(A) Rukmini Bai

(B) Tara Bai

(C) Mukta Bai

(D) Ahilya Bai

Question 18. Saranzami system was related to _________.

(A) Land revenue system of Maratha

(B) Qutb Shahi administration

(C) Taluqdari system

(D) None of the above

Question 19. A historian witness to the third battle of Panipart. Who was he?

(A) Harcharan Das

(B) Dattaji Pingle

(C) Kashiraj Pandit

(D) Khafi Khan

Question 20. What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and fight the Third Battle of Panipat? 

(A) He wanted to annex all the fertile plains of Punjab up to the borders of Delhi to his kingdom

(B) He wanted to punish Mughal administration for non-payment of the revenues of the Chahar Mahal (Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur)

(C) The frustrated Governor of Jullundhar Adina Beg Khan invited him to invade Punjab

(D) He wanted to avenge the expulsion of his Viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore by Marathas

Question 21. In the Third Battle of Panipat, Marathas were defeated by _________.

(A) Rohillas

(B) Mughals

(C) Britishers

(D) Afghans

Question 22. When was the 3rd Battle of Panipat fought? 

(A) 5 November, 1556

(B) 14 January, 1761

(C) 5 January, 1761

(D) 14 January, 1760

Question 23. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between _________.

(A) Nadir Shah and the Mughals History of India 79

(B) Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali

(C) Humayun and Sher Shah

(D) Hemu and Akbar

Question 24. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in the year ________.

(A) 1857 A.D.

(B) 1556 A.D.

(C) 1761 A.D.

(D) 1526 A.D.

Question 25. Who of the following Rohilla Chiefs was the confidant of Ahmad Shah Abdali?

(A) Hafiz Rahmat Khan

(B) Ali Muhammad Khan

(C) Najib Khan

(D) Ghulam Qadir Rohilla

Question 26. The ‘Modi script’ was employed in the documents of the ________.

(A) Marathas

(B) Hoysalas

(C) Zamorins

(D) Wodeyars

Question 27. Which of the following pair (tax during Maratha rule in C.G. and its meaning) is not correctly matched? 

(A) Tarai-Tax collected on irrigation

(B) Pandari – Tax collected from non-agriculturists

(C) Sair – Tax on the sales of goods

(D) Takoli – Annual tribute from the zamindars

Question 28. 

• Assertion (A): In matters of State Shivaji was advised by a Council of Ministers.
• Reason (R): Each minister held independent charge of his department.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 29. Arrange the following in the chronological order of their rule.

1. Bajirao
2. Balaji Bajirao
3. Balaji Vishwanath
4. Madhavrao

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) 2, 1, 4, 3

(B) 3, 1, 2, 4

(C) 1, 2, 3, 4

(D) 4, 3, 1, 2

Question 30. Arrange the following in the correct chronological order.

1. Chhatrapati Shahuji
2. Rajaram
3. Sambhaji
4. Shivaji-II

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

Question 31.

• Assertion (A): By 1750 the Maratha kingdom had become a Confederacy presided over by the Peshwa.
• Reason (R): The successors of Shahu depended on the will of the Peshwa.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)