| 81. | Maratha Secretariat was called? |
A. Fad | |
B. Swaraj | |
C. Mughtai | |
D. None of these |
| 82. | What was the result of the third Anglo Maratha war, which was the last war between the British and the Marathas? |
A. The post of Peshwa was abolished and Bajirao II was sent to live in Bithoor (near Kanpur) as a pensioner. | |
B. Peshwa’s territory Poona was merged with the English state. | |
C. Other small Maratha states became subordinate to the Company. | |
D. All of the above |
| 83. | Which Maratha chieftain organized the army in the European way? |
A. Mahdaji Scindia | |
B. Raghunath Rao / Raghova | |
C. Malharrao Holkar | |
D. None of these |
| 84. | Match List-I with List-II : List-I (Territory) A. Baroda B. Indore C. Nagpur D. Gwalior List-II (Founder) 1. Gaekwad 2. Holkar 3. Bhonsle 4. Scindia Koot |
A. A → 1, B → 2, C → 3, D → 4 | |
B. A → 2, B →1 , C → 3, D → 4 | |
C. A → 1, B → 2, C → 4, D → 3 | |
D. A → 4, B → 3, C → 2, D → 1 |
| 85. | Who has said that the ‘rise of the Marathas was like a sudden fire’? |
A. Grant Duff | |
B. M. G. Ranai | |
C. Andrevik | |
D. Jadunath Sarkar |
| 86. | Which one of the following was the result of the First Anglo-Maratha War of 1775-82? |
A. The british won the war | |
B. Maratha won the war | |
C. Neither side wins | |
D. This helped Hyder Ali to consolidate power as the British and the Marathas were engaged in internecine warfare. |
| 87. | What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali’s invasion of India and the third battle of Panipat? |
A. He wanted to avenge the expulsion of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore by the Marathas. | |
B. He was invited by the frustrated governor of Jalandhar, Adina Beg Khan, to invade the Punjab. | |
C. He wanted to punish the Mughal administration for not paying the revenue of Chahar Mahal (Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur) | |
D. He wanted to annex all the fertile plains of the Punjab up to the borders of Delhi and annex it to his kingdom. |
| 88. | In whose hands was the Maratha leadership at the time of Aurangzeb’s death? |
A. Shambhaji | |
B. King Rama | |
C. Brother-in-law | |
D. Tara Bai |
| 89. | When was Shivaji born and when was he given the title of Chhatrapati? |
A. 16251671 | |
B. 16261675 | |
C. 16271661 | |
D. 16271674 |
| 90. | After the death of Shivaji, there was a fight for the succession between |
A. Shambhaji and Shivaji’s widow | |
B. Shambhaji and Bajirao | |
C. Rajaram and Shambhaji | |
D. None of these |
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