The document provides a series of multiple choice questions about 18th century political formations in India. It covers the rise of the British East India Company's power after 1757, the decline of the Mughal Empire during the 18th century due to Aurangzeb depleting military and financial resources through wars in the Deccan. Ahmed Shah Abdali invaded North India 5 times between 1748-1761. Regional powers like the Maratha Empire and Sikh Confederacies emerged to challenge Mughal control, with the Marathas expanding their territory under the Peshwas between 1720-1761, and the Sikhs organizing into misls and establishing the Khalsa under Guru Gobind Singh.

1. OUR PAST-II
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY POLITICAL FORMATION
MCQs
PRESENTED BY- BISHNU PRASAD NAHAK

2. 1. THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY
ESTABLISHED ITS POWER AFTER
a. 1757
b. 1761
c. 1768

3. 2. AURANGZEB HAD DEPLETED THE MILITARY
AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES BY FIGHTING A
LONG WAR IN THE
a. East India
b. Deccan
c. North India

4. 3. AURANGZEB DIED IN THE YEAR
a. 1700
b. 1706
c. 1707

5. 4. AHMED SHAH ABDALI WAS THE RULER
OF
a. Afghan
b. Iran
c. Iraq

6. 5. AHMED SHAH ABDALI INVADED NORTH
INDIA ___ TIMES BETWEEN 1748 AND 1761.
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6

7. 6. DURING WHICH CENTURY THE MUGHAL
EMPIRE DECLINED?
a. 18th
b. 19th
c. 8th

8. 7.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ENJOYED
THE ZAT RANK OF 7000?
a. Asaf Jah
b. Murshid Quli Khan
c. Both of these

9. 8. WHO WERE THE TELUGU WARRIOR
CHIEF?
a. Nayakas
b. Misl
c. Jathas

10. 9. WHO WAS THE POWERFUL GOVERNOR
OF BENGAL?
a. Saadat Khan
b. Murshid Quli Khan
c. Asaf Jah

11. 10. DURING WHOSE RULE JAGAT SETH
BECAME PROSPEROUS IN BENGAL?
a. Alivardi Khan
b. Asaf Jah
c. Saadat Khan

12. 11. SAWAI JAI SINGH FOUNDED HIS NEW
CAPITAL HERE-
a. Malwa
b. Jaipur
c. Jodhpur

13. 12. DAL KHALSA WAS SET UP IN 1699 BY
a. Guru Nanak Singh
b. Guru Teg Bahadur
c. Guru Gobind SIngh

14. 13. SMALL POLITICAL GROUPS OF THE
SIKHS WERE CALLED
a. Khalsa
b. Misls
c. Dal Khalsa

15. 14. CHAUTH WAS THE ___ OF THE LAND
REVENUE.
a. 10%
b. 25%
c. 30%

16. 15. WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF MARATHA
EMPIRE?
a. Shivaji
b. Tipu Sultan
c. Raja Jai Singh

17. 16. SHIVAJI ADOPTED THE TITLE OF
CHHATRAPATI IN
a. 1752
b. 1762
c. 1760

18. 17. TAX LEVIED BY MARATHAS WAS
CALLED
a. Zat
b. Sardeshmukhi
c. Umara

19. 18. UNDER WHOSE LEADERSHIP BHARATPUR
EMERGED AS A STRONG JAT STATE?
a. Suraj Mal
b. Nadir shah
c. Churaman

20. ANSWER KEY
1-b
2-b
3-c
4-a
5-b
6-a
7-c
8-b
9-b
10-a
11-b
12-c
13-b
14-b
15-a
16-b
17-b
18-a

21. 19. THE MARATHAS KINGDOMS WAS ANOTHER
POWERFUL REGIONAL KINGDOM TO ARISE OUT
OF A SUSTAINED OPPOSITION TO __________.
a. The Sikh Rule
b. The Afghan Rule
c. The Mughal Rule

22. 20. SHIVAJI MADE A STABLE KINGDOMS WITH
THE SUPPORT OF POWERFUL WARRIOR
FAMILIES CALLED________.
a. Khalsa
b. Deshmukh
c. Kunbis

23. 21. WHICH GROUP OF HIGHLY MOBILE
PROVIDED THE BACKBONE TO THE MARATHAS
ARMY?
a. Peasant-pastoralist
b. Kunbis
c. Both A and B

24. 22. AFTER THE DEATH OF SHIVAJI , THE
EFFECTIVE POWER IN THE MARATHA’S
STATE WAS WIELDED BY A FAMILY OF
_______WHO SERVED SHIVAJI’S
SUCCESSOR AS ______ OR (PRINCIPAL
MINISTER)
a. Banda Bahadur, Peshwa
b. Chitpavan Brahmans , Peshwa
c. Banda Bahadur, Maharaja

25. 23. _____ BECAME THE CAPITAL OF
MARATHA KINGDOM.
a. Bombay
b. Poona
c. Masulipatnam

26. 24. BETWEEN 1720 TO 1761, THE
MARATHA EMPIRE _______.
a. Declined
b. Downfall
c. Expanded

27. 25. IDENTIFY THE INCORRECT STATEMENT
ABOUT THE MARATHA’S-
a. Between 1720 and 1761 the Maratha empire
expanded.
b. It gradually chipped away at the authority of
Mughal Empire.
c. By 1720s Malwa and Gujarat were seized from
Mughals.
d. By 1730s the Mughal King was recognised as
the overlord of the entire Deccan Peninsula.
e. Maratha’s possessed the right to levy Chauth
and Sardeshmukhi in the entire region.

28. 26. IN WHICH YEAR MARATHA’S RAIDED
DELHI?
a. 1727
b. 1737
c. 1747
d. 1757

29. ANSWER KEY
19. C
20. B
21. C
22. B
23. B
24. C
25.D
26.B

30. 27. MATCH THE FOLLOWING-
I. Governors
II. Diwani
III. Faujdari
A. Revenue
B. Military
C. Subadars
a. I-A, II-B, III-C
b. II-C, I-A, III-B
c. I-C, II-A, III-B

31. 28. THE ORGANIZATION OF WHICH POLITICAL
COMMUNITY DURING 17TH CENTURY HELPED
IN REGIONAL STATE-BUILDING IN THE PUNJAB?
a. Jats
b. Sikhs
c. Marathas

32. 29. WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE MUGHALS
AND RAJPUTS RULERS BEFORE AND AFTER
THE INSTITUTION OF KHALSA?
a. Guru Gobind singh
b. Banda Bahadur
c. Guru Arjan Dev

33. 30. IDENTIFY THE INCORRECT STATEMENT
ABOUND BANDA BAHADUR-
a. The Khalsa rose revolt against the Mughal
authority under him.
b. Declared their sovereign rule by striking coins
in the name of Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind
Singh.
c. Established their own administration between
the Ravi and the Jamuna.
d. He was captured in 1715 and executed in1716.

34. 31. Under a number of able leaders in the eighteenth
century, the Sikhs organized themselves into a
number of bands called ____, later on ____. Their
combined forces called Grand Army or __________.
a. Jathas, Misls, Dal Khalsa
b. Dal Khalsa, Misls, Jathas
c. Misls, Jathas, Dal Khalsa

35. 32. THE ENTIRE SIKHS ORGANIZATION USED TO
MEET AT AMRITSAR AT THE TIME OF ______ AND
_____ TO TAKE COLLECTIVE DECISIONS KNOWN
AS “ RESOLUTIONS OF THE GURU (GURMATAS)”.
a. Baisakhi , Diwali
b. Diwali and Holi
c. Baisakhi and Rakhi

36. 33. A SYSTEM CALLED ______ WAS
INTRODUCED, OFFERING PROTECTION
TO CULTIVATORS ON THE PAYMENT OF
TAX _____ PERCENT OF THE PRODUCE.
a. Holi, 10
b. Rakhi, 20
c. Bhai dooj, 30

37. 34. WHO HAD INSPIRED THE KHALSA WITH
THE BELIEF THAT THEIR DESTINY WAS TO
RULE (RAJ KAREGA KHALSA)?
a. Guru Nanak
b. Guru Teg Bahadur
c. Guru Gobind Singh

38. 35. WHO REUNITED SIKH TERRITOTIES IN
THE LATE 18TH CENTURY AND
ESTABLISHED HIS CAPITAL AT LAHORE IN
1799?
a. Maharaj Jai Singh
b. Sawai Raja Jai Singh
c. Maharaja Ranjit Singh

39. ANSWER KEY
27-B
28-B
29-A
30-C
31-A
32-A
33-B
34- C
35-C

40. ASAF JAH
ZAT RANK- 7000
SA’ADAT KHAN
ZAT RANK- 6000
MURSHID QULI KHAN
ZAT RANK- 70000
HYDERABAD AWADH BENGAL