This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 7 > History > Eighteenth Century Political Formations > Class 7 History Chapter 8 Eighteenth Century Political Formations – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 7 History Chapter 8 Eighteenth Century Political Formations Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sawai Raja Jai Singh found his new capital in A) Jodhpur. B) Jaipur. C) Bikaner. D) Nagpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jaipur. 2. Who constructed 5 asrtonomical observatories commmonly known as Jantar Mantar? A) Shiva. B) Raja Ranjit Singh. C) Jasal. D) Raja Ajit Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jasal. 3. Nobles were divided into 2 major groups or factions which are ..... and ..... A) Hindu and Muslim. B) Iranis and Turan. C) Brahmanas and Kshatrius. D) Marathas and Sikhs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iranis and Turan. 4. Aurangzeb had depleted the military and financial resources by fighting a long war in the East India A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. ..... was the 10th guru of Sikh community A) Teacher Nanak. B) Guru Gobind Singh. C) Tegh Bahadur teacher. D) Angad teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guru Gobind Singh. 6. What were the significant contributions of the Rajput chieftains in the eighteenth century? A) Economic prosperity. B) Fortifications on hilltops. C) Religious reforms. D) Cultural advancements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fortifications on hilltops. 7. What did the Khalsa declare with the belief that their destiny was to rule? A) Administrative efficiency. B) Maratha sovereignty. C) Khalsa will rule. D) Economic Prosperity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Khalsa will rule. 8. ..... are small-sized paintings, generally done in water colours on cloth or paper. A) Kathak. B) Miniatures. C) Both of these. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Miniatures. 9. Jahandar Shah was the puppet in the hands of the ..... A) Sayyid brothers. B) Nadir Shah. C) Muhammad Shah. D) Zulfiqar khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zulfiqar khan. 10. Emperor Aurangzeb had depleted the military and financial resources of his empire by fighting a long war in the Deccan. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Aurangzeb fought a long war in A) Deccan. B) Eastern India. C) Northern India. D) Southern India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deccan. 12. WHO FOUNDED HYDERABAD STATE A) NIZAM-UL-MULK ASAF JAH. B) Nadir Shah. C) Sorry Jah. D) BEGOTICE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NIZAM-UL-MULK ASAF JAH. 13. The third battle of Panipat was fought between the Marathas & ..... Abdali in 1761, Marathas were defeated. A) Akbar. B) Ahmad Shah. C) Aurangzeb. D) Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ahmad Shah. 14. Which fort was seized by Raja Jai Singh in the battle against Shivaji? A) Prize. B) Steam. C) Agra. D) Panipat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prize. 15. Who were called the Peshwas? A) A family of Chitpavan Brahmanas who served Shivaji's successors. B) Peasant-pastoralists. C) A revenue system. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A family of Chitpavan Brahmanas who served Shivaji's successors. 16. Under whose leadership did the Sikhs organize themselves into jathas and misls in the eighteenth century? A) Guru Gobind Singh. B) Banda Bahadur. C) Maharaja Ranjit Singh. D) Sawai Raja Jai Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guru Gobind Singh. 17. How many times Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded North-India? A) THREE TIMES. B) SIX TIMES. C) THIRTEENTH TIMES. D) FIVE TIMES. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) FIVE TIMES. 18. Name the Mughal ruler who was assassinated? A) Ziyar. B) Shah Alam II. C) Ahmad Shah. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ziyar. 19. The ..... category is those states which asserted their freedom from the Mughal rule after a long struggle. It includes the dominions of the Sikhs, Jats & Marathas. A) First. B) Second. C) Third. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third. 20. Which place was an important trade rout between North India and Bengal? A) Awadh. B) Delhi. C) Ganga pine. D) South India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ganga pine. 21. Subadars often controlled the offices of revenue and military administration ( diwani and faujdari ) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. First governor of Bengal- A) Ali Vardi Khan. B) Shuja-out-Din. C) Michadakha. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michadakha. 23. Sawai Jai Singh founded his new capital here: A) Malwa. B) Amber. C) Jaipur. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jaipur. 24. What regions did Maratha campaigns into Rajasthan put severe pressure on in the 1740s? A) Gujarat and Malwa. B) Rajasthan. C) Punjab and Sindh. D) Bengal and Awadh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajasthan. 25. Which Rajput rulers attempted to extend their control over adjacent regions in the eighteenth century? A) Rana pratap. B) Ajit Singh and Jai Singh. C) Guru Gobind Singh. D) Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ajit Singh and Jai Singh. 26. Who united the Sikh territories in 1799? A) Guru Gobind Singh Ji. B) Maharaja Ranjit Singh ji. C) Banda Singh Bahadur. D) None Of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maharaja Ranjit Singh ji. 27. ..... were independent Telugu warriors. A) Marathas. B) Kunbis. C) Hero:. D) Deshmukhs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hero:. 28. Sa'adat Khan seized a number of fertile lands of the ..... A) Hyderabad. B) Bengal. C) Ganga. D) Afghans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Afghans. 29. The state at that time depended on ..... A) Ejaraders. B) Jagirdras. C) Mansabardar. D) None fo thea bove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ejaraders. 30. Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah brought ..... and ..... from the north, made them mansabdars, and gave them jagirs. A) Skilled soldiers and administrators. B) Army and Common man. C) Common man and king. D) King and queen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skilled soldiers and administrators. 31. Maharaja Ranjit Singh made his capital ..... in 1799. A) Chandigarh. B) Lahore. C) Both of these. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lahore. 32. Who was the founder of Awadh? A) Saadat Khan. B) Murshi Quli Khan. C) Sorry Jah. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saadat Khan. 33. Who was the founder of hyderabad? A) Nizam ul mulk. B) Shiva. C) Ali Vardi Khan. D) Farukh sells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nizam ul mulk. 34. Which Sikh Guru encouraged the Sikhs to transform themselves into a military brotherhood? A) Banda Bahadur. B) Teg Teg Bahadur. C) Guru Gobind Singh. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guru Gobind Singh. 35. Who ascended the throne at Mewar in 1572, and what territories did he control? A) Rana pratap. B) Maharaja Ranjit Singh. C) Sawai Raja Jai Singh. D) Raja Ajit Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rana pratap. 36. He defeated the Nizam of Hyderabad A) Balaji Vishwanath. B) Balaji Baji Rao. C) Chin Qulich Khan. D) Baji Rao i. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baji Rao i. 37. THE SIKHS BECAME A STRONG POLITICAL AND MILITARY FORCE UNDER ..... A) Maharaja Ranjit Singh. B) Sawai Raja Jai Singh. C) Shaista khan. D) Guru Gobind Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guru Gobind Singh. 38. The tax revenue system implemented under the subadari of Burhan-ul-Mulk Sa'adat Khan in Awadh influenced new social groups. The state sold rights to collect taxes to the highest bidders, known as 'revenue farmers', who agreed to pay a fixed sum of money to the state. Which social groups profited the most by this system? A) Moneylenders and bankers. B) Farmers and peasants. C) Farmers and Zamindras. D) Traders and artists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moneylenders and bankers. 39. Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah took over all the ..... and ..... administration of Deccan and became its independent ruler. A) Financial and political. B) Finacial and religious. C) Religious and political. D) Religious and Physical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Financial and political. 40. Nadir Shah was the ruler of A) Afghan. B) Iran. C) Iraq. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iran. 41. Ranjit Singh founded his capital at ..... A) Sindh. B) Lahore. C) Days. D) Bharatpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lahore. 42. His invasion in 1761 shook the Mughal empire A) Nadir Shah. B) Ahmad Shah Abdali. C) Aurangzeb. D) Sayyid Brothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ahmad Shah Abdali. 43. Who was the founder of city of Jaipur? A) Raja Ajit Singh. B) Shiva. C) Sawai Raja Jai Singh. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sawai Raja Jai Singh. 44. Nadir Shah attacked India in ..... year A) 1739. B) 1729. C) 1735. D) 1754. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1739. 45. Who was the naib of Bengal A) Sa'adat Khan. B) Leader of Quli Khan. C) Aurangzeb. D) Asaf Jha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leader of Quli Khan. 46. Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah was one of the most powerful members at the court of ..... A) Ahmad Shah. B) Aurangzeb. C) Alam Shah II. D) Farukh sells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farukh sells. 47. The effective power in the MARATHA state was weilded by a family of Chitpavan ..... who served SHVAJIS successors as PESHWAS A) KSHATRIYAS. B) RAJA. C) BRAHMANAS. D) Vaishyasya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BRAHMANAS. 48. Who invaded Delhi 5 times between 1748 and 1761 A) Ahmad Shah Abdali. B) Farukh sells. C) Burhan-ul-mulk Asaf Jah. D) Nadir Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ahmad Shah Abdali. 49. When Nadir Shah invaded India Who was the king of Mughal Dynasty A) The Muhammadgori. B) Shiva. C) Muhammad Shah. D) Your goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muhammad Shah. 50. What were the "revenue farmers" called? A) Ejaraders. B) Subdaras. C) None of the above. D) Mansabardar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ejaraders. 51. Which system introduced by Aurangzeb was most unsuccessful of his all. A) Rental. B) Jagirdari. C) Transferring jagirs from north to south. D) Transferring jagirdars from north to south. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jagirdari. 52. Saadat Ali Khan was appointed ..... of Awadh in ..... A) Crafts, 1728. B) Jagir, 1725. C) Mansabdar, 1711. D) Subadar, 1722. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subadar, 1722. 53. Jagat Seth became prosperous in Bengal during the rule of Sa'adat Khan A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 54. The first Mughal emperor A) Babur. B) Aurangzeb. C) Akbar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Babur. 55. What is sardeshmukhi? A) A powerful state that emerged in the late 17th century. B) A region under the control of the Marathas. C) 9-10 % of the land revenue paid to the head revenue collector. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9-10 % of the land revenue paid to the head revenue collector. 56. Which state was founded by Asaf Jah? A) Bengal. B) Hyderabad. C) Awadh. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyderabad. 57. What system was introduced by the Sikhs to offer protection to cultivators in the eighteenth century? A) Rakhi. B) Jathas. C) Gurmatas. D) Dal khalsa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rakhi. 58. Who was appointed as the subadar of Awadh in 1722? A) Nizam-Ul-Mulk Asaf Jah. B) Nadir Shah. C) Leader of Quli Khan. D) There is a Sa'adat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There is a Sa'adat. 59. In the eleventh century, Puna became the capital of the Marathas. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. What was the capital of Maratha Kingdom A) Bengaluru. B) Chennai. C) Artificial Toram. D) Poona. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poona. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesClass 7 QuizzesClass 7 History Chapter 8 Eighteenth Century Political Formations Quiz 1Class 7 History Chapter 8 Eighteenth Century Political Formations Quiz 2Class 7 History Chapter 8 Eighteenth Century Political Formations Quiz 3Class 7 History Chapter 8 Eighteenth Century Political Formations Quiz 5Class 7 History Chapter 8 Eighteenth Century Political Formations Quiz 6Class 7 History Chapter 8 Eighteenth Century Political Formations Quiz 7Class 7 History Chapter 8 Eighteenth Century Political Formations Quiz 8Class 7 History Chapter 8 Eighteenth Century Political Formations Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books