Try to solve the following questions:
1. Who was Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah I?
a) Founder of the State of Avadh
b) Founder of the state of Hyderabad
c) Founder of the state of Carnatic Subahs
d) Founder of Aurangabad
Answer. b) Founder of the state of Hyderabad
Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah founded the state of Hyderabad in 1724.
2. Who was the Puran Chand in the State of Hyderabad during the 18th century?
a) Wajir ( Prime Minister)
b) Diwan ( Finance Minister)
c) Fauzdar ( Military head)
d) Mansbadar
Answer. b) Diwan ( Finance Minister)
3. In medieval India, the "Taccavi loan" was given for what purpose?
a) For cultivation
b) For trade
c) For pilgrimage
d) education
Answer. a) For cultivation
Taccavi is one type of agriculture loan, which was granted to poor cultivators to relieve their distress as well as to enable them to pay land revenue in time.
4. Who was the Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk?
a) Founder of the State of Avadh
b) Founder of the state of Hyderabad
c) Founder of the state of Carnatic Subahs
d) Founder of Aurangabad
Answer. a) Founder of the State of Avadh
The founder of the State of Avadh was Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk in 1722.
5. Haidar Ali established a modern arsenal in Dindigul in 1755 with the help of --------experts.
a) Dutch
b) British
c) French
d) American
Answer. c) French
6. Who was King of Mysore before Haidar Ali?
a) Tipu Sultan
b) Nanjaraj
c) Devraj
d) Chikka Krishna Raj
Answer. d) Chikka Krishna Raj
In 1761, Haidar Ali overthrew Nanjaraj (Sarvadhikari) and established authority.
7. When Haidar Ali died?
a) 1769
b) 1782
c) 1799
d) 1802
Answer. b) 1782; Haidar Ali died in 1782 in the course of the Second Ango-Mysore War.
8. When did Tipu Sultan die?
a) 1769
b) 1782
c) 1799
d) 1802
Answer. c) 1799; Third anglo-mysore war
9. Raja Jai Singh was a great astronomer, he erected observatories in five locations. Which of the following is not on the list?
a) Delhi
b) Kolkata
c) Ujjain
d) Mathura
Answer. b) Kolkata;
The name of the five locations where observatories were erected by Raja Jai Singh in Jaipur, Delhi, Ujjain, Mathura, and Varanasi.
10. Who was the founder of the Sikh religion?
a) Guru Nanak
b) Guru Hargobind
c) Guru Gobind Singh
d) Bahadur Shah
Answer. a) Guru Nanak founded the Sikh religion in the 15th century.
11. Which Sikh Guru was murdered in Deccan by a Pathan employee during the reign of Bahadur Shah?
a) Guru Nanak
b) Guru Hargobind
c) Guru Gobind Singh
d) Bahadur Shah
Answer. c) Guru Gobind Singh;
12. What are the 12 Misls of Sikhs in the 18th century?
a) Peasant group
b) Religious group
c) Sikh Gurus
d) Military confederacies
Answer. d) Military confederations, 12 Misls of Sikhs in the 18th century was a military confederation with aims to expand the sikh controls in Punjab. Initially, they had an equal voice in political affairs, but later spirit of brotherhood disappeared.
13. Ranjit Singh ( chief of Sukerchakia misl) captured Lahore in------ and Amritsar in ------.
a) 1799, 1802
b) 1802. 1799
c) 1802, 1805
d) 1805, 1802
Answer. a) 1799, 1802
14. The third battle of Panipat happened in which year?
a) 1661
b) 1761
c) 1764
d) 1785
Answer. b) 1761; between Maratha and Ahmad Shah Abdali (Afghan rulers).
15. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
a) First Anglo-Marath War: ( 1775-1782)
b) Second Anglo-Maratha War: (1803-1805)
c) Third Anglo-Marath War: (1816-1819)
d) All of the above are true
Answer. d) All of the above are true
16. Where was Ahilya Bai administered from 1766 to 1796?
a) Pune
b) Nagpur
c) Indore
d) Varanasi
Answer. c) Indore
17. Which of the following was not a true character of 18th-century Indian states and Society?
a) Two great evils of that time were the caste system and the custom of Sati.
b) There was the revival of Malayalam literature under the Patronage of the Travancore rulers, Martanda Varma and Rama Varma.
c) There was strong development happened in the field of Science and Technology during the 18th Century in India.
d) There were friendly relations between Hindu and Muslim societies.
Answer. c) There was strong development happened in the field of Science and Technology during the 18th Century in India.
18. Which of the following statement is not correct about India during the 18th century?
a) Export of India was more than that of import.
b) India was known as the sink of precious metals.
c) India's major import items include Cotton textiles, raw Silk, Rice, and sugar.
d) India's major export items include raw silk, indigo, spices, opium, wheat, and drugs.
Answer. c) India's major import( it was export) items include Cotton textile, raw Silk, Rice, and sugar.
19. Safdar Jang was the Nawab of which of the following states?
a) Hyderabad
b) Bengal
c) Avadh
d) Mysore
Answer. c) Avadh
20. Who among the following ended the political power of the Dutch in Kerala?
a) East Indian Company
b) French East India Company
c) Tipu Sultan
d) Martanda Varma
Answer. d) Martanda Varma
21. With which misal was Ranjit Singh related? ( MPPSC 2021)
a) Aahluvaliyan
b) Dalevaliyan
c) Kanhaiya
d) Shukarchakiya
Answer. d) Shukarchakiya; Ranjit Singh was misal from Shukarchakiya. There were 12 misals ( military groups) in Punjab in the 18th century.
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