61. | Which Maratha ruler’s reign is known as the reign of Peshwas? |
A. King Rama | |
B. Shivaji | |
C. Shahu | |
D. Shambhaji |
62. | In which Peshwa’s time was the Maratha Mandal or the Maratha State Union (Maratha Confederacy) established? |
A. Balaji Vishwanath | |
B. Bajirao I | |
C. Balaji Bajirao | |
D. None of these |
63. | Richard Temple has called the 1719 treaty between the Mughals and the Marathas as the ‘Magna Carta of the Maratha Empire’. In whose name did Balaji Vishwanath and Sayyid brothers make this treaty? |
A. Maratha Chhatrapati Shahu and Mughal Emperor Rafi-ud-Rajat | |
B. Maratha Chhatrapati Rajaram and Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar | |
C. Maratha Chhatrapati Tarabai and Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb | |
D. None of these |
64. | Who was the bravest woman of Maratha Empire? |
A. Tara Bai | |
B. Yesubai | |
C. Sai Bai | |
D. Soyarabai |
65. | Who was the last Chhatrapati who enjoyed full rights and after whom the Maratha king named Chhatrapati remained and gradually all the power went into the hands of the Peshwa? |
A. Shahu I | |
B. Shahu II | |
C. Ramaraja | |
D. Pratap Singh |
66. | ‘This is the time when we can earn amarkirti by expelling the foreigners (Mughals) from our country. If we import on the trunk of this withering old tree, its branches will automatically fall.’—Who said this? |
A. Balaji Vishwanath | |
B. Bajirao. | |
C. Balaji Bajirao | |
D. None of these |
67. | Who was called the ‘Fighting Peshwa’ and ‘The Avatar of Hindu Power’? |
A. Bajirao. | |
B. Balaji Vishwanath | |
C. Balaji Bajirao | |
D. None of these |
68. | Who among the following wrested the islands of Salsette and Bassein from the Portuguese? |
A. Balaji Vishwanath | |
B. Bajirao. | |
C. Balaji Bajirao | |
D. None of these |
69. | Which Peshwa invaded Delhi in 1737 AD to give a glimpse of Maratha power to the Mughal emperor Muhammadshah Rangeela and forced Muhammadshah to cede the governorship of Malwa to the Peshwa? |
A. Bajirao I | |
B. Balaji Vishwanath | |
C. Balaji Bajirao | |
D. None of these |
70. | In whose time the Maratha power reached its zenith and at the same time the decline of the Maratha power also began? |
A. Balaji Vishwanath | |
B. Bajirao I | |
C. Balaji Bajirao | |
D. None of these |