History of Modern India - MCQs with answers - Part I
1. When did Farrukhsiyar become the Mughal emperor?a) 1707
b) 1712
c) 1713
d) 1719
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) 1713
Farrukhsiyar became the emperor on 11 January 1713, at the age of 27.
a) 1719
b) 1739
c) 1747
d) 1748
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1719
Farrukhsiyar was strangled to death at the orders of the Sayyid Brothers.
a) 1719
b) 1739
c) 1747
d) 1748
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) 1739
On 13 February 1739, Nadir Shah crushed the Mughal army in less than three hours at the huge Battle of Karnal.
a) 1747
b) 1748
c) 1749
d) 1752
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1747
Some of his officers planned against him when Nadir Shah intended to punish Kurdish rebels.
a) 1806
b) 1837
c) 1857
d) 1862
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) 1862
Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal emperor and a member of the Timurid dynasty. He was the son of Akbar II and Lal Bai, a Hindu Rajput.
a) Balaji Baji Rao
b) Shivaji
c) Sambhaji
d) Shahu
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Shivaji
An independent Maratha kingdom was created with Raigad as its capital. In 1674, Shivaji was crowned as Chhatrapati of the new Maratha kingdom.
a) 1627
b) 1659
c) 1674
d) 1680
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1627
His father, Shahaji Bhonsle was Maratha general. Ramayana and Mahabharata inspired Shivaji for his lifelong defence of Hindu values.
a) 1659
b) 1674
c) 1680
d) 1713
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) 1680
He founded an empire which dominated India for about a century and a half.
a) Balaji Vishwanath
b) Madhavrao Ballal
c) Narayanrao
d) Raghunathrao
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Balaji Vishwanath
'Peshwa' was the title of Prime Minister of the Maratha state.
a) 1713
b) 1720
c) 1740
d) 1761
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) 1740
Baji Rao died while still in his prime at the age of 39. On April 28, 1740, he was cremated on the bank of river Narmada.
