CBSE Class 7 Social Science History Eighteenth Century Political Formations MCQs

Question. Tax levied by Marathas was called
(a) zat
(b) sardeshmukhi
(c) umara
(d) none of these

Answer:  B

Question. Telugu warrior chiefs were called
(a) Subadar
(b) Nayakas
(c) Mansabdar
(d) Faujdari

Answer:  B

Question. What were the total number of Sikh misls before Ranjit Singh?
(a) Ten
(b) Twelve
(c) Twenty
(d) Fifteen

Answer:  B

Question. Asaf Jah and Murshid Quli Khan held a zat rank of
(a) 7,000 each
(b) 6,000 each
(c) 9,000 each
(d) 8,000 each

Answer:  A

Question. Aurangzeb died in the year
(a) 1700
(b) 1710
(C) 1725
(d) 1707 

Answer:  D 

Question. Under whose reign the banking house of Jagat Seth became extremely prosperous.
(a) Shah Alam II
(b) Alivardi khan
(c) Mir Jafar
(d) Nadir shah 

Answer:  B 

Question. Dalkhalsa was set up in 1699 by
(a) Guru Nanak Singh
(b) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(c) Guru Gobind Singh
(d) Guru Har Kishan 

Answer:  C

Question. Who was given the subadari of Agra in 1722
(a) Raja Ajit Singh
(b) Raja Amrit Singh
(c) Raja Jai Singh
(d) Raja Amber Singh 

Answer:  C 

Question. Khalsa was found by:
(a) Guru Gobind Singh
(b) Guru Nanak
(c) Guru Arjun Dev 

Answer:  A 

Question. During which century the Mughal Empire declined?
(a) 18th
(b) 16th
(c) 19th
(d) 21th 

Answer:  A

Question. What were the offices held by Sa’adat Khan?

(a) Subadari
(b) Diwani
(c) Faujdari
(d) All of the above

Answer:  D

Question. During which century the Mughal Empire declined?
(a) 18th
(b) 16th
(c) 19th
(d) 21th

Answer:  A

Question. Why Mughals empire was facing problems closing of 17th century
(a) Britishers were under the control of Mughals
(b) Mughals military resources were very powerful
(c) Mughals successors left the Delhi
(d) Financial resources were depleted

Answer:  D

Question. During whose rule Jagat Seth became prosperous in Bengal?
(a) Murshil Quli
(b) Sa’adat Khan
(c) Alivardi Khan
(d) Asaf Jah

Answer:  C

Question. Chauth was the ……….. of the land revenue.
(a) 10%
(b) 20%
(c) 25%
(d) 30%

Answer:  C

Question. Murshid Quli Khan was Governor of:
(a) Bengal
(b) Awadh
(c) Hyderabad

Answer:  A

Question. 9-10 per cent of the land revenue paid to the head revenue collector in the Deccan called
(a) Sardeshmukhi
(b) Dashemukh
(c) Deshmukhi
(d) Chuath

Answer:  A

Question. Who controlled the offices of revenue and military administration
(a) Local people
(b) Britishers
(c) Governors
(d) King

Answer:  C

Question. Aurangzeb had depleted the military and financial resources by fighting a long war in the
(a) East India
(b) North India
(c) Deccan
(d) none of these

Answer:  C

Question. Bahadur Shah was the son of:
(a) Shah Jahan
(b) Akbar
(c) Aurangzeb

Answer:  C

Question. The organisation of the Sikhs into a political community during the seventeenth century helped in regional state-building in the
(a) Punjab
(b) Awadh
(c) Bengal
(d) Jodhpur

Answer:  A

Question. What was the Jats were prosperous about?
(a) Artists
(b) Agriculturist
(c) Craftsman
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. What was the total number of sikh misls before Ranjit Singh?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 20
(d) 15

Answer:  B

Question. Why did the Zamindars of Bengal borrow money from bankers and money lenders?
(a) To increase their wealth
(b) To pay revenue in cash
(c) To buy new land
(d) To promote the agricultures

Answer:  B

Question. What were the jats prosperous in?
(a) Art
(b) Agriculture
(c) War
(d) Craft

Answer:  B

Question. Which part of India was associated with the peasant and zamindari rebellions?
(a) Southern and Eastern parts
(b) Northern and Southern parts
(c) Northern and western parts
(d) Eastern and Western parts

Answer:  B

Question. Who was the founder of the Maratha empire?
(a) Shivaji
(b) Tipu Sultan
(c) Raja Jai Singh
(d) None of these

Answer:  A