300+ TOP Maratha Empire MCQs and Answers Exam Quiz

Rise of the Maratha Empire Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Consider the following statements and mark the option which is correct.
    (1) Guru Ramdas was the political guru of Shivaji.
    (2) Shivaji adopted the title of Chattarpati and Kshatriya Kulavatamsa
    (3) Shivaji belonged to Bhonsle Clan.
    a. all of the above
    b. 1
    c. none of the above
    d. 2 & 3

    Answer: a all of the above
  2. Consider the following statements and mark the option which is true.
    (1) Shivaji’s Biography by Sabhasad is known as Bakhar.
    (2) Watandars were the local landed elements in the Maratha Kingdom.
    (3) The lowest unit of the country was termed as Prants in the Maratha Kingdom.
    a. 1 & 2
    b. 3
    c. all of the above
    d. none of the above

    Answer: a 1 & 2
  3. Consider the following statements and mark the option which is true.
    (1) Balaji Vishwanath introduced Saranjami System.
    (2) Baji Rao, I campaigned against the Sidis of Janjira.
    (3) Deshmukhs were equivalent to Chandharib of North and Desais of Gujarat.
    a. none of the above
    b. 2 & 3
    c. all of the above
    d. only 1

    Answer: c all of the above
  4. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Shivaji?
    (1) He abolished the Jagirdari system.
    (2) Zabti system was used for measuring land and levying the tax.
    (3) Sardeshmukhi was levied outside the Maratha state.
    Codes:
    a. 1 and 2 only
    b. 1 and 3 only
    c. 2 and 3 only
    d. All of these

    Answer: b 1 and 3 only

  5. ‘Chauth’ was :
    a. A religious tax imposed by Aurangzeb
    b. Toll tax imposed by Shivaji
    c. Irrigation tax charged by Akbar
    d. Land tax: levied by Shivaji on neighboring States

    Answer: d Land tax: levied by Shivaji on neighboring States
  6. Under the administration of Shivaji, “Peshwa” was referred to as :
    a. Minister of Religious Affairs
    b. Minister of Defence
    c. Prime Minister
    d. Minister of Justice

    Answer: c Prime Minister
  7. Bajirao I (1720-1740 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    a. Nanda
    b. Maratha
    c. Haryanka
    d. Maurya

    Answer: b Maratha
  8. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1674-1680 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    a. Nanda
    b. Haryanka
    c. Maurya
    d. Maratha

    Answer: d Maratha
  9. Where did Shivaji was Born?
    a. Shivaner
    b. Bijapur
    c. Pune
    d. Raigad

    Answer: a Shivaner
  10. Who among the following was sent against Shivaji by the Bijapur Sultan?
    a. Afzal Khan
    b. Muhammad Shah
    c. Feroz Shah
    d. Jaising

    Answer: a Afzal Khan
  11. After the death of Rajaram in 1700 AD, Marathas continued the war against the Mughals under his brave wife :
    a. Tarabai
    b. Lakshmibai
    c. Ramabai
    d. Jijabai

    Answer: a Tarabai
  12. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition :
    a. The French
    b. The Portuguese
    c. The Dutch
    d. The English

    Answer: b The Portuguese
  13. The guerrilla warfare was pioneered by :
    a. Aurangzeb
    b. Akbar
    c. Shivaji
    d. Balaji Rao

    Answer: c Shivaji
  14. The most powerful Peshwa was :
    a. Balaji Baji Rao
    b. Baji Rao
    c. Madhava Rao
    d. Balaji Vishwanath

    Answer: b Baji Rao
  15. Baji Rao II (1796-1818 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    a. Nanda
    b. Haryanka
    c. Maurya
    d. Peshwas

    Answer: d Peshwas
  16. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station was designed by :
    a. Frederick William Stevens
    b. Santiago Calatrava
    c. Fazlur Rahman Khan
    d. Frei Otto

    Answer: a Frederick William Stevens
  17. What was the title of Shivaji?
    a. Mahavira
    b. Rajadhiraja
    c. Chhatrapati
    d. Nayaka

    Answer: c Chhatrapati
  18. Shivaji ceded the forts to the Mughals by the treaty of :
    a. Chittor
    b. Pune
    c. Purandar
    d. Torna

    Answer: c Purandar
  19. Which among the following was the capital of Shivaji?
    a. Poona
    b. Raigarh
    c. Singhgarh
    d. Panhala

    Answer: b Raigarh
  20. How many times did Shivaji plunder Surat?
    a. Four Times
    b. Once
    c. Thrice
    d. Twice

    Answer: d Twice
  21. In which year, Shivaji was crowned as the Chhatrapati?
    a. 1608
    b. 1646
    c. 1674
    d. 1710

    Answer: c 1674
  22. Chhatrapati Sambhaji (1680-1688 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    a. Maratha
    b. Nanda
    c. Haryanka
    d. Maurya

    Answer: a Maratha
  23. When Shivaji was born?
    a. 1632
    b. 1627
    c. 1678
    d. 1634

    Answer: b 1627
  24. Who was sent by Aurangzeb against Shivaji?
    a. Ratan Sing
    b. Jai Sing
    c. Man Sing
    d. Arjun Sing

    Answer: b Jai Sing
  25. The first Peshwa was _______
    a. Balaji Viswanath
    b. Balaji Baji Rao
    c. Baji Rao
    d. none

    Answer: a Balaji Viswanath
  26. Treaty of Purandhar was signed between _______ and Shivaji
    a. Raja Jaisingh
    b. Afzal khan
    c. Shaista Khan
    d. Aurangzeb

    Answer: a Raja Jaisingh
  27. Marathas were the people who lived in the hilly region of ________
    a. Deccan
    b. North India
    c. West Bengal
    d. none

    Answer: a Deccan
  28. Who was the mother of Shivaji?
    a. Gijabai Bhosle
    b.Jijabai Bhosale
    c. Saibai Bhosale
    d. None

    Answer: b Jijabai Bhosale
  29. At the time of Rajaram which one is the capital of the Maratha Empire?
    a.Puna
    b. Hyderabad
    c. Satara
    d. None

    Answer: c Satara
  30. Who was named as “Senakarte”?
    a.Bajirao
    b. Balaji Vishwanath
    c. Kavi Kalash
    d. None

    Answer: b Balaji Vishwanath
  31. Battle of Palkhed fought between
    a. Bajirao and Nizam
    b. Mughal and Nizam
    c. Bajirao and Mughal
    d. None

    Answer: a Bajirao and Nizam

  32. Mastani was the wife of –
    a. Bajirao I
    b.Biswanath
    c. Bajirao II
    d. None

    Answer: a Bajirao I
  33. Who created Hindu-Pat-Padshahi?
    a.Balaji Bajirao
    b. Baji Rao I
    c. Madhab Rao
    d. None

    Answer: b Baji Rao I

  34. Who was known as Nanasaheb?
    a. Baji Rao I
    b. Balaji Bajirao
    c. Shahuji
    d. None

    Answer: b Balaji Bajirao
  35. First Anglo-Maratha War started in
    a.1785
    b. 1775
    c. 1778
    d. 1780

    Answer: b 1775

  36. Who founded the Peshwa dynasty?
    a. Balaji Vishwanath
    b. Madhavrao Ballal
    c. Narayanrao
    d. Raghunathrao

    Answer: aBalaji Vishwanath

  37. Who was the last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire?
    a. Balaji Vishwanath
    b. Baji Rao II
    c. Balaji Baji Rao
    d. Baji Rao

    Answer: b Baji Rao II

  38. Between whom was the treaty of Purandar in 1776 made?
    a. Marathas and Rajputs
    b. Marathas and Nizam
    c. Marathas and Mughals
    d. Marathas and British

    Answer: d Marathas and British

  39. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between – 
    a. Maratha and Tipu
    b. Maratha and Hyder Ali
    c. Maratha and Ahmad Shah Abdali
    d. Maratha and Aurangzeb

    Answer: c Maratha and Ahmad Shah Abdali

  40. Shivaji defeated the Mughals in the battle of – 
    a. Salhar
    b. Panipat
    c. Purandar
    d. Raigarh

    Answer: a Salhar
  41. Who was called Chanakya of Maratha Politics? 
    a. Balaji Vishwanath
    b. Nana Phadnabis
    c. Shivaji
    d. Sambhaji Rao

    Answer: b Nana Phadnabis

  42. Who among the following Maratha Chieftains helped the Syed brothers in dethroning the emperor Farrukhsiyer?
    a. Balaji Vishwanath
    b. Baji Rao I
    c. Raghunath Rao
    d. Raja Ram

    Answer: a Balaji Vishwanath
  43. The English ambassador who had attended the coronation of Shivaji with presents from East India Company at Raigarh was
    a. Captain Gray
    b. Oxenden
    c. Humphery Cook
    d. Sir Gervase Lucas

    Answer: b Oxenden
  44. Which Fort ceded by Shivaji to the Mughals by the terms of the Treaty of Purandar (1665 AD) could not be won back by Shivaji?
    a. Purandhar
    b. Mahuli
    c. Lohagadh
    d. Shivneri

    Answer: d Shivneri
  45. In the third battle of Panipat, Marathas were defeated by
    a. Mughals
    b. Rohillas
    c. Britishers
    d. Afghans

    Answer: d Afghans
  46. Who among the following Maratha officers looked after the revenue department’?
    a. Peshwa
    b. Amalya
    c. Sachiva
    d. Sumant

    Answer: b Amalya
  47. The Maratha powder readied its zenith during the Peshwaship of-
    a. Balaji Vishwanath
    b. Balaji II
    c. Baji Rao I
    d. Madhav Rao

    Answer: b Balaji II
  48. Who led the Marathas at the third battle of Panipat?
    a. Baji Rao II
    b. Jaswant Rao Holkar
    c. Mahadji Sindhia
    d. Sadashiva Rao Bhau

    Answer: d Sadashiva Rao Bhau
  49. The Maratha kingdom was founded by Shivaji during the reign of
    a. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    b. Akbar
    c. Shahjahan
    d. Aurangzeb

    Answer: d Aurangzeb
  50. After the death of Shivaji, there was a fight for succession between
    a. Shambhaji and the widow of Shivaji
    b. Shambhaji and Bajirao
    c. Rajaram and Shambhaji
    d. None of them

    Answer: c Rajaram and Shambhaji
  51. Which one among the following thinkers argued that Maratha rule in general and Shivaji, in particular, represented early nationalist consciousness in India?
    a. Pandita Ramabai
    b. MG Ranade
    c. Bipin Chandra Pal
    d. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

    Answer: d Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  52. Which one of the following methods of revenue assessment is related to the Vijayanagara Empire?
    a.Chauth
    b. Ryotwari
    c. Rae Rekho
    d. Sardeshmukhi

    Answer: d Sardeshmukhi
  53. Shivaji’s Agra Adventure was planned by
    a. Afzal Khan
    b. Shaista Khan
    c. Jai Singh
    d. Mir Jumla

    Answer: c Jai Singh

  54. Name the religious personality who exercised a great influence over Shivaji.
    a. Tukaram
    b. Guru Nanak Dev
    c. Mirabai
    d. Guru Ram Das

    Answer: d Guru Ram Das
  55. Shivaji founded the Maratha kingdom by annexing the territories of
    a. Bijapur
    b. Mughals
    c. Both a. and b. above
    d. Bijapur, Golcunda and the Mughals

    Answer: c Both a. and b. above

  56. The second founder of the Maratha Kingdom was
    a. Tarabai
    b. Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
    c. Peshwa Bajirao
    d. Shahu

    Answer: b Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath

  57. The Mughal General, who decisively defeated Shivaji and forced him to conclude the Treaty of Purandar, was
    a. Shaista Khan
    b. Mirza Raja Jai Singh
    c. Prince Muazzam
    d. Dilir Khan

    Answer: b Mirza Raja Jai Singh

  58. After the death of Rajaram in 1700 AD, Marathas continued the war against the Mughals under his brave wife
    a. Tarabai
    b. Lakshmibai
    c. Ramabai
    d. Jijabai

    Answer: a Tarabai

  59. The Shivaji Festival was inaugurated in 1895 by:
    a. Hume
    b. Morley
    c. Tilak
    d. Gokhale

    Answer: c Tilak

  60. Tarabai, who conducted the affairs of the Maratha government from 1700 to 1707 AD, was the widow of the Maratha King
    a. Shambhaji
    b. Shivaji II
    c. Raja Ram
    d. Shivaji III

    Answer: c Raja Ram

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