Maratha State & Confederacy

Maratha State & Confederacy Ashtapradhan

Test your knowledge about Shivaji and the Maratha Empire

1 Shivaji defeated the Mughals in the battle of

[UPPCS (Mains) 2005]

(A) Purandar (B) Raigarh (C) Salher (D) Shivner

Correct Answer: (C) Salher

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) 1627, 1674

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) All of the above

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) Afzal Khan

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) Agra

6 Where was the capital of Shivaji?

[UPPCS (Pre) 1990]

(A) Raigarh (B) Satara (C) Purandar (D) Tanjore

Correct Answer: (A) Raigarh

7 Where was Shivaji formally crowned as Chhatrapati?

[UPPCS (Mains) 2016]

(A) Pune (B) Kolhapur (C) Raigarh (D) Ahmednagar

Correct Answer: (C) Raigarh

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) Ramdas

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 administration (D) In the Maratha administration

Correct Answer: (D) In the Maratha administration

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) Military administration

11 The member of Shivaji's Ashtapradhan who looked after foreign affairs was

[IAS (Pre) 1998]

(A) Peshwa (B) Sachiv (C) Pandit Rao (D) Sumant

Correct Answer: (D) Sumant

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) Sumant

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) Shivaji

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

[IAS (Pre) 2000]

(A) Rajaram (B) Balaji Viswanath (C) Ganga Bai (D) Nanaji Deshmukh

Correct Answer: (B) Balaji Viswanath

15 The Maratha King became a nonentity 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) Balaji Bajirao

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) Tarabai

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) Tara Bai

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) Land revenue system of Maratha

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

[Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2003]

(A) Khafi Khan (B) Kashiraj Pandit (C) Dattaji Pingle (D) Harcharan Das

Correct Answer: (B) Kashiraj Pandit

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-payment of the revenues of the Chahar Mahal (Gujarat, Aurangabad, 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) He wanted to avenge the expulsion of his Viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore by Marathas

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) Afghans

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) 14 January, 1761

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) Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali

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) 1761 A.D.

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) Najib Khan

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) Marathas

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) Tarai-Tax collected on irrigation

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.

[Kerala PSC (Pre) 2018, UPPCS (Pre) 1997]

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

Correct Answer: (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

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) Marathas

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]

(A) 4, 3, 1, 2 (B) 1, 2, 3, 4 (C) 3, 1, 2, 4 (D) 2, 1, 4, 3

Correct Answer: (C) 3, 1, 2, 4

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.

[UPPCS (Mains) 2005]

(A) 3, 2, 1, 4 (B) 3, 2, 4, 1 (C) 2, 3, 1, 4 (D) 1, 2, 3, 4

Correct Answer: (A) 3, 2, 1, 4

32 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.

[UPPCS (Pre) 1997]

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

Correct Answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Answer Key

1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (D)

11. (D) 12. (A) 13. (C) 14. (B) 15. (C) 16. (D) 17. (C) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (A)

21. (A) 22. (C) 23. (C) 24. (B) 25. (B) 26. (D) 27. (D) 28. (C) 29. (D) 30. (C)

31. (A) 32. (A)

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