Eighteenth Century Political Formations

[Link] British East India Company established its power after______

ANS: 1757
Q.2. Aurangzeb had depleted the military and financial resources by fighting a long war in the______
ANS-Deccan
Q.3. Aurangzeb died in the year______
ANS: 1707
Q.4. Ahmad Shah Abdali was the ruler of______
ANS: Afghan
Q.5. How many times Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded North India between 1748 and 1761.
ANS; 5 TIMES
Q.6. During which century the Mughal Empire declined?
ANS: 18th century
Q.7. Who were enjoyed the zat rank of 7000?
ANS: Asaf Jah and Murshil Quli Khan
Q.8. Who were the Telugu warrior chiefs’?
ANS: Nayakas
Q.9. Who was the powerful governor of Bengal?
ANS: Murshid Quli Khan
Q.10. During whose rule Banking house of Jagat Seth became prosperous in Bengal?
ANS: Alivardi Khan
Q.11. Where did Sawai Jai Singh founded his new capital
ANS; Jaipur
Q.12. Dalkhalsa was set up in 1699 by whome?
ANS: Guru Gobind Singh
Q.13. What were Small political groups of the Sikhs called?
ANS: Misls or Jatha
Q14. Chauth was the ______of the land revenue.
ANS: 25%
Q.15. Who was the founder of Maratha empire?
ANS: Shivaji
Q.16. Shivaji adopted the title of Chhatrapati in______
ANS: 1762
Q.17. Tax levied by Marathas was called______
ANS: sardeshmukhi
Q.18. Under whose leadership Bharatpur emerged as a strong Jat State?
ANS: Suraj Mal
Q.19. sardeshmukhi and Chauth were introduced by______
ANS: . Shivaji
Q.20. Third battle of Panipat (1761) was fought between Marathas and ______
ANS: Ahmad Shah Abdali
Q.21. Ruler of Iran ______ plundered the city of Delhi in 1739.
ANS: Nadir Shah
Q.22. Mughal nobles were divided in two factions, the ______and the ______
ANS: Iranis(Iran), AND Turanis(Turkey)
Q.23. Revenue in Bengal was collected in ______
ANS: cash
Q.24. Chief Minister of Marathas was called ______
ANS: Peshwa
Q.25. System of rakhi offered protection to cultivators on payment of a tax of ______of produce.
ANS: 20%
Q.26. Jats consolidated their power under the leadership of ______
ANS: Churaman.
Q.27. Khalsa was instituted in______
ANS: 1699.
Q.28. Nobles appointed as Governors by the Mughals had control over ______
ANS: Diwani and Faujdari.
Q.29. Kunbis were the ______
ANS: Maratha peasant-pastoralists warriors
Q.30. Which part of India was associated with the peasant and zamindari rebellions?
ANS: Northern and Southern parts
Q.31. Bahadur Shah was the son of ______
ANS; Aurangzeb
Q.32. Surajmal was the leader of ______
ANS: Jats
Q.33. Who were the ijaradars ?
ANS: Revenue farmers
Q.34. What were the jats prosperous in?
ANS: Agriculture
Q.35. What were the offices held by Sa’adat Khan?
ANS: Subadari, Diwani and Faujdari
Q.36. Why did the Zamindars of Bengal borrow money from bankers and money lenders?
ANS: To pay revenue in cash
Q.37. Who was appointed by the Mughals to control over their provinces?
ANS: Subadars, Faujdars and Diwans
Q.38. What was the total number of sikh misls before Ranjit Singh?
ANS: 12 sikh misls
Q.39. Who controlled the offices of revenue and military administration
ANS: Governors
Q.40. . Mughals empire started declining its power under the region of
ANS: Aurangzeb
Q.41. Why Mughals empire was facing problems closing of 17th century
ANS: Financial resources were depleted
Q.42. Who was appointed subadar of Awadh
ANS: Burhan-ul-Mulk Sa’adat Khan
Q.43. Who was given the subadari of Agra in 1722
ANS: Raja Jai Singh
Q.44. Many Rajput kings, had served under the Mughals with distinction particularly those to
ANS: Amber and Jodhpur
Q.45. The Mughals emperors after ______were unable to arrest the gradual shifting of political, economic
authority into the hands of provincial governors, local chieftains and other groups
ANS; Aurangzeb
Q.46. . Burhan-ul-Mulk also held the combined offices of ______
ANS: Subadari, Diwani and Faujdari
Q.47. 9-10 per cent of the land revenue paid to the head revenue collector in the Deccan
called ______
ANS: Sardeshmukhi
Q.48. Peacock throne was looted by ______
ANS: Nadir Shah
Q.49. In 1708, the Khalsa rose in revolt against the Mughal authority under whose leaders declared their
sovereign rule.
ANS: Banda Bahadur's
Q.50. Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf jah, founder of ______
ANS: Hyderabad state
Q.51. The organisation of the Sikhs into a political community during the seventeenth century helped in
regional state-building in the ______
ANS: Punjab
Q.52. Guru Gobind Singh died in ______
ANS: 1708
Q.53. Chauth was______
ANS: 25 per cent of the land revenue claimed by zamindars
Q.54. Maharaja Ranjit Singh established his capital at
ANS:Lahore
Q.55. 1/4th of the land revenue claimed by zamindars was known as
ANS: Chauth
Q.56. Awadh depended on ____ and____ for loans
ANS: Local bankers and mahajans
Q.57. The close connection between state and bankers was noticeable in ____
ANS: Hyderabad, Bengal, Awadh
Q.58. The grand army of the Sikhs used to meet every year at _____
ANS: Amritsar
Q.59. __________ sacked and plundered the city of Delhi in 1739.
ANS: Nadir Shah,
Q.60. Sa’adat Khan seized agriculturally fertile lands of the Afghans of _____.
ANS: Rohilkhand
Q.61. The family of Chitpavan Brahamans served Shivaji’s successors as _____.
ANS: Peshwa
Q.62. ____ was conquered and annexed to the house of Jodhpur.
ANS: Nagaur
Q.63. Who consolidated their authority in different parts of the subcontinent when the Mughal Empire
declined?
ANS; The governors of large provinces, subadars and the great zamindars.
Q.64. Name the states that were carved out of the old Mughal provinces.
ANS: Bengal, Awadh and Hyderabad.
Q.65. Name the Maratha chiefs who, with revival of trade, got enough resources to raise armies.
ANS: Sindhia of Gwalior, Gaekwad of Baroda and Bhonsle of Nagpur.
Q.66. What were the drawbacks of the Maratha expansion?
ANS: It made other rulers hostile towards the Marathas. Consequently, they were not inclined to support
the Marathas in the third battle of Panipat in 1761.
Q.67. when Nadir Shah sacked Delhi in 1739 Many of the city’s notables took refuge in______
ANS: Bharatpur
Q.68. Guru Gobind Singh had inspired the Khalsa with the belief that______
ANS: Their destiny was to rule (raj karega khalsa).
Q.69. the Khalsa put up a tough and successful resistance to the______
ANS: Mughal governors, Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Sarkar of Sirhind from the Mughals.
Q.70. The Khalsa declared their sovereign rule by______
ANS: striking their own coin in the year 1708 and 1765
Q.71. who had seized the rich province of Punjab
ANS: Ahmad Shah Abdali
Q.72. ______was the son of Nadir Shah.
ANS: Jawahir Shah
Q.73. Sa'adat Khan managed to reduce the Mughal influence by ______
ANS: reducing the number of office holders (jagirdars) appointed by the Mughals, and appointing his
own loyal servants
[Link] had seized their independence from the Mughals after an armed struggle for a long time.
ANS: The Marathas, Sikhs and Jats
Q.75. Who was appointed as the naib, deputy to the governor of Bengal
ANS: Murshid Quli Khan
Q.76. Murshid Quli Khan managed to reduce the Mughal influence by______
ANS: Transferring all Mughal jagirdars to Orissa.
Q.77. Who was involved in the factional politics at the Mughal court.
ANS: The ruler of Jodhpur, Ajit Singh
Q.78. Raja Ajit Singh of Jodhpur held the governorship of ______
ANS: Gujarat
[Link] was governor of Malwa
ANS: Sawai Raja Jai Singh of Amber
Q.80. the offices of the subadari of the rich provinces of Gujarat and Malwathese were renewed by______
ANS:Emperor Jahandar Shah
Q.81. Who was recognized as the overlord of the entire Deccan peninsula by the 1730s.
ANS: The Maratha king
Q.82. the Marathas raid in Delhi in ______
ANS:1737,
Q.83. ______was the main trade route between north India and Bengal.
ANS;Awadh
Q.84. Awadh was a prosperous region controlling ______
Ans: rich alluvial Ganga plain.
Q.85. Nizam-ul Mulk Asaf Jah was one of the most powerful members in the court of the Mughal
emperor ______
ANS: Farrukh Siyar
Q.86. Initially Asaf Jah was entrusted with the governorship of______
ANS: Awadh
[Link] brought skilled soldiers and administrators from northern India,
ANS: Asaf Jah
Q.88. Though still a servant of the Mughal emperor, who functioned quite independently
ANS: Asaf Jah
Q.89. Hyderabad was constantly struggling against
ANS: the Marathas in the west and the Telugu warrior chiefs (nayaks) of the plateau.
Q.90. Who checked Asaf Jah's ambition to control the rich textile-producing areas of the Coromandel
Coast in the east.
ANS: the British
Q.91. ______ seized many portions of Bundi.
ANS: Amber
[Link] declared their sovereign rule by striking coins in the name of ______
ANS: Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh.
[Link] established their own administration between the______
ANS: Sutlej and the Jamuna.
Q.94. collective decisions of Dal Khalsa were called ______
ANS: resolutions of the Guru (gurumatas).
Q.95. meeting at Amritsar were held at the time of______
ANS: Baisakhi and Diwali.
Q.96. who reunited the groups of different rulers in Punjab
ANS: Maharaja Ranjit Sing
Q.97. the Marathas successfully bypassing the fortified areas of the Mughals by: ______
ANS: Raiding cities and Engaging Mughal armies in areas where their supply lines and reinforcements
could be easily disturbed
Q.98. Maratha domination expanded to______
ANS: 1. Into Rajasthan and Punjab in the north
2. Into Bengal and Orissa in the east
3. Into Karnataka and the Tamil and Telugu states in the south
Q.99. During the Marathas rule The silk was produced in ______
ANS: the Chanderi region
Q.100. The silk produced in the Chanderi region found a new outlet in ______
ANS:the city of Poona.
Q.101. Burhanpur earlier participated in the trade between ______ and ______
ANS: Agra and Surat
Q.102. The Jats acquired control over two imperial cities of______
ANS: Delhi and Agra.
Q.103. Dig were the place where______
ANS:The Jats built an elaborate garden palace combining styles seen at Amber and Agra.
Q.104. The Jats buildings were modeled on architectural forms associated with
ANS: Shah Jahan.
[Link] were the demand of French revolution?
ANS: 1. Social position should depend on merit.

2. There should be equal laws and opportunities for all.

3. The government should come from people who must possess the right to participate in its affairs.