ADDITIONAL QUESTION SOLVED
I. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
(i) Which Mughal emperor is mainly held responsible for the decline of the empire?
(a) Jahangir (b) Aurangzeb (c) Shah Jahan (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(ii) Nadir Shah, the ruler of Iran, invaded Delhi in the year
(a) 1739 (b) 1748 (c) 1761 (d) 1776
(iii) Bengal was founded by
(a) Murshid Quil Khan (b) Sa'adat Khan (c) Asaf Khan (d) Shah Aslam
(iv) Sawai Raja Jai Singh was given subadari of Agra in the year
(a) 1722 (b) 1740 (c) 1750 (d) 1755
(v) The Khalsa rose in revolt against the Mughal authority under the leadership of
(a) Guru Gobind Singh (b) Baba Guru Nanak (c) Guru Arjan Dev (d) Banda Bahadur
(vi) Maharaja Ranjit Singh established his capital at
(a) Ludhiana (b) Lahore (c) Rawalpindi (d) Chandigarh
(vii) The Marathas developed a very successful military organisation under
(a) Mughals (b) Peshwas (c) Sindhias (d) Holkars
Ans. (i) - (b), (ii) - (a), (iii) - (a), (iv) - (a), (v) - (d), (vi) - (b), (vii) - (b).
II. Fill in the Blanks
(i) The Jats were prosperous ................ .
(ii) The Afghan ruler ............... invaded north India .............. times between 1748 and 1761.
(iii) ............... was an important state that emerged out of the break up of the Mughal Empire.
(iv) During the reign of Alivardi Khan the banking house of .............. became prosperous.
(v) Groups of highly mobile, peasant-pastoralists provided the backbone of the .............. army.
Ans. (i) agriculturists (ii) Ahmad Shah Abdali; five (iii) Awadh (iv) Jagat Seth (v) Maratha
III. Write T for True and F for False
Column A Column B
(i) Sultan Iltutmish (a) Bangal dome
(ii) Harmandar Sahib (b) Hasht bihisht
(iii) Tall gateway (c)
(iv) The Mughals liked
(v) Eight paradise
(vi) The ceremonial halls of public and private audience
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