(A) Purandar
(B) Raigarh
(C) Salher
(D) Shivner
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 2. When was Shivaji born and when did he assume the title of Chhatrapati? [UPPCS (Mains) 2015]
(A) 1626, 1675
(B) 1625, 1671
(C) 1627, 1661
(D) 1627, 1674
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 3. Which is/are correct reasons of Maratha’s Rise? [UPPCS (Pre) 1992]
(A) Religious Consciousness
(B) Geographical Security
(C) Political awakening
(D) All of the above
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 4. Who was the commander who sent by Sultan of Bijapur for repression of Shivaji in 1659? [UPPCS (Pre) 1999]
(A) Inayat Khan
(B) Afzal Khan
(C) Shaista Khan
(D) Sayyid Banda
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 5. In which city was Shivaji in captivity when he escaped from the custody of the Mughals? [MPPCS (Pre) 2005]
(A) Gwalior
(B) Agra
(C) Delhi
(D) Kanpur
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 6. Where was the capital of Shivaji? [UPPCS (Pre) 1990]
(A) Raigarh
(B) Satara
(C) Purandar
(D) Tanjore
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 7. Where was Shivaji formally crowned as Chhatrapati? [UPPCS (Mains) 2016]
(A) Pune
(B) Kolhapur
(C) Raigarh
(D) Ahmednagar
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 8. What was the name of Shivaji’s Guru? [MPPCS (Pre) 2016]
(A) Ramdas
(B) Tukaram
(C) Vaman Pandit
(D) Gaga Bhatt
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 9. Ashtapradhan was a Council of Ministers [UPPCS (Mains) 2013 IAS (Pre) 1996]
(A) In the Gupta administration
(B) In the Chola administration
(C) In the Vijayanagara administr-
ation
(D) In the Maratha administration
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 10. At the time of Shivaji, the post of ‘Sarnobat’ was related with [UPPSC (RI) 2014]
(A) Financial administration
(B) Judicial administration
(C) Local administration
(D) Military administration
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 11. The member of Shivaji’s Ashtapra- dhan who looked after foreign affairs was [IAS (Pre) 1998]
(A) Peshwa
(B) Sachiv
(C) Pandit Rao
(D) Sumant
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 12. During the reign of Shivaji, the foreign minister was known as [MPPCS (Pre) 2014]
(A) Sumant
(B) Amatya
(C) Sar-i-Naubat
(D) Sachiv
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 13. ‘Ashtapradhan’ a Council of Ministers helped in discharge of State affairs to [UPPCS (Pre) 1995, 1991]
(A) Harshavardhana
(B) Samudra Gupta
(C) Shivaji
(D) Yashovarman
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 14. Who among the following stream- lined the Maratha administration after Shambhaji? [IAS (Pre) 2000]
(A) Rajaram
(B) Balaji Viswanath
(C) Ganga Bai
(D) Nanaji Deshmukh
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 15. The Maratha King became a non- entity and the Peshwa the virtual ruler from the time of [Assam PSC (Pre) 2019 UPPCS (Mains) 2007]
(A) Balaji Vishwanath
(B) Bajirao I
(C) Balaji Bajirao
(D) Madhavrao I
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 16. At the time of Aurangzeb’s death, the Maratha leadership was in the hands of [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013 UPPCS (Pre) 2012]
(A) Sambhaji
(B) Rajaram
(C) Jijabai
(D) Tarabai
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 17. Who among the following Maratha women led struggles against the Mughal Empire from 1700 A.D. onwards? [UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2008]
(A) Ahilya Bai
(B) Mukta Bai
(C) Tara Bai
(D) Rukmini Bai
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 18. Saranzami system was related to [39th BPSC (Pre) 1994]
(A) Land revenue system of
Maratha
(B) Taluqdari system
(C) Qutb Shahi administration
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 19. A historian witness to the third battle of Panipart. Who was he? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2003]
(A) Khafi Khan
(B) Kashiraj Pandit
(C) Dattaji Pingle
(D) Harcharan Das
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 20. What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and fight the Third Battle of Panipat? [IAS (Pre) 2010]
(A) He wanted to avenge the
expulsion of his Viceroy Timur
Shah from Lahore by Marathas
(B) The frustrated Governor of
Jullundhar Adina Beg Khan
invited him to invade Punjab
(C) He wanted to punish Mughal
administration for non-pay-
ment of the revenues of the
Chahar Mahal (Gujarat, Au-
rangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur)
(D) He wanted to annex all the
fertile plains of Punjab up to the
borders of Delhi to his kingdom
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 21. In the Third Battle of Panipat, Marathas were defeated by [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2009 UPPCS (Pre) 1994, 1993, 2012]
(A) Afghans
(B) Britishers
(C) Mughals
(D) Rohillas
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 22. When was the 3rd Battle of Panipat fought? [MPPCS (Pre) 2013]
(A) 14 January, 1760
(B) 5 January, 1761
(C) 14 January, 1761
(D) 5 November, 1556
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 23. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between [UP Lower Sub. (Spl)(Pre) 2004 Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2002]
(A) Hemu and Akbar
(B) Humayun and Sher Shah
(C) Marathas and Ahmad Shah
Abdali
(D) Nadir Shah and the Mughals
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 24. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in the year [Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Mains) 2007]
(A) 1526 A.D.
(B) 1761 A.D.
(C) 1556 A.D.
(D) 1857 A.D.
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 25. Who of the following Rohilla Chiefs was the confidant of Ahmad Shah Abdali? [Punjab PSC (Pre) 2019 UPPCS (Mains) 2006]
(A) Ghulam Qadir Rohilla
(B) Najib Khan
(C) Ali Muhammad Khan
(D) Hafiz Rahmat Khan
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 26. The ‘Modi script’ was employed in the documents of the [IAS (Pre) 1995]
(A) Wodeyars
(B) Zamorins
(C) Hoysalas
(D) Marathas
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 27. Which of the following pair (tax during Maratha rule in C.G. and its meaning) is not correctly matched? [Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2019 Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2016]
(A) Takoli - Annual tribute from the
zamindars
(B) Sair - Tax on the sales of goods
(C) Pandari - Tax collected from
non-agriculturists
(D) Tarai-Tax collected on
irrigation
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 28. Assertion (R1): In matters of State Shivaji was advised by a Council of Ministers. Reason (R2): Each minister held independent charge of his department. [Kerala PSC (Pre) 2018 UPPCS (Pre) 1997] Code
(A) Both (R1) and (R2) are true and
(R2) is the correct explanation of
(R1)
(B) Both (R1) and (R2) are true,
but (R2) is not the correct
explanation of (R1)
(C) (R1) is true, but (R2) is false
(D) (R1) is false, but (R2) is true
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 29. Consider the map given below. The shaded area in the map shows the Kingdom of the [IAS (Pre) 1994]
(A) Satavahanas
(B) Chalukyas of Vatapi
(C) Rashtrakutas
(D) Marathas
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 30. 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. [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2004] Code
(A) 4, 3, 1, 2
(B) 1, 2, 3, 4
(C) 3, 1, 2, 4
(D) 2, 1, 4, 3
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 31. 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. Code [UPPCS (Mains) 2005] (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 2 1 4
(B) 3 2 4 1
(C) 2 3 1 4
(D) 1 2 3 4
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 32. Assertion (R1): By 1750 the Maratha kingdom had become a Confederacy presided over by the Peshwa. Reason (R2): The successors of Shahu depended on the will of the Peshwa. [UPPCS (Pre) 1997] Code
(A) Both (R1) and (R2) are true and
(R2) is the correct explanation of
(R1)
(B) Both (R1) and (R2) are true,
but (R2) is not the correct
explanation of (R1)
(C) (R1) is true, but (R2) is false
(D) (R1) is false, but (R2) is true
Correct Answer (A)