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MARATHA EMPIRE MCQs

Total Questions : 52 | Page 2 of 6 pages
Question 11. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1674-1680 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
  1.    Maratha
  2.    Haryanka
  3.    Nanda
  4.    Maurya
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Maratha
Question 12. Chhatrapati Sambhaji (1680-1688 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
  1.    Nanda
  2.    Maratha
  3.    Haryanka
  4.    Maurya
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Maratha
Question 13. Bajirao-I (1720-1740 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
  1.    Haryanka
  2.    Peshwas
  3.    Nanda
  4.    Maurya
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Peshwas
Question 14. Baji Rao-II (1796-1818 A.D.) was the ruler of which dynasty?
  1.    Peshwas
  2.    Haryanka
  3.    Nanda
  4.    Maurya
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Peshwas
Question 15. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition
  1.    The English
  2.    The French
  3.    The Portuguese
  4.    The Dutch
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> The Portuguese
Question 16. Shivaji founded the Maratha kingdom by annexing the territories of
  1.    Mughals
  2.    Bijapur
  3.    Bijapur, Golcunda and the Mughals
  4.    Both (a) and (b) above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Both (a) and (b) above
Question 17. The Mughal General, who decisively defeated Shivaji and forced him to conclude the Treaty of Purandar, was
  1.    Prince Muazzam
  2.    Dilir Khan
  3.    Shaista Khan
  4.    Mirza Raja Jai Singh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Mirza Raja Jai Singh
Question 18. 'Chauth' was
  1.    Toll tax imposed by Shivaji
  2.    A religious tax imposed by Aurangzeb
  3.    Irrigation tax charged by Akbar
  4.    Land tax levied by Shivaji on neighbouring States
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Land tax levied by Shivaji on neighbouring States
Question 19. The second founder of the Maratha Kingdom was
  1.    Shahu
  2.    Peshwa Bajirao
  3.    Tarabai
  4.    Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
Question 20. What was the capital of Shivaji's Kingdom?
  1.    Purandhar
  2.    Raigarh
  3.    Pune
  4.    Karwar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Raigarh

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