Marathas in the North

Q. What did the Marathas get in return for protecting the Mughals according to the treat of 1752?

1. They were given cash money, the right to collect Chauthai in the territories of Punjab, Multan, Rajputana, Sindh, and Rohilkhand and the Subhedari of the provinces of Ajmer and Agra.
2. They were given more than half the revenue collected by the Mughals and most of Mughal land.
3. They were given money and the right to demand taxes from the Mughals every year.
4. They got nothing except a guarantee that the Mughals would never invade them and that they would not have to face their enemies alone and that the might of the Mughal Empire was always on their side.

Q. In accordance with the terms of the Mughal-Maratha treaty of 1752, the Peshwa sent the _____ to protect Delhi on behalf of the Chhatrapati.

1. Mughal-Rajput armies
2. Shinde-Holkar armies
3. Maratha-Jat armies
4. Maratha-Rohilla armies

Q. _____, brother of the Peshwa Nanasaheb, accompanied by Jayappa Shinde and Malharro Holkar, undertook the campaign of North India to combat Abdali.

1. Balaji Bajirao
2. Raghunathrao
3. Shahu Maharaj
4. Surajmal Jat

Q. After Bajirao I, Shahu Maharaj appointed his son, _____, alias Nanasaheb the Peshwa.

1. Balaji Bajirao
2. Ahmadshah Abdali
3. Raghunathrao
4. Jayappa Shinde

Q. Alam Khan, one of those who invited Babur to invade India was ________.

1. an uncle of Ibrahim Lodi who was ill-treated and expelled from the country
2. the father of Dilawar Khan to whom cruel treatment was meted out by Ibrahim Lodi
3. a cousin of Ibrahim Lodi who was ill-treated and expelled from the country
4. a high official in Punjab province who was very much discontented with Ibrahim Lodi's treatment to his tribe

Q. Read the following statements and choose the correct option that best describes the two. 1. Najib Khan led the Marathas against the Mughals. 2. Abdali invaded India only once.

1. Sentence 1 is correct. Sentence 2 is incorrect.
2. Both statements are correct.
3. Both statements are incorrect.
4. Sentence 1 is incorrect. Sentence 2 is correct.

Q. Around the time Balaji Bajirao was appointed Peshwa by Shahu Maharaj, there was instability in Delhi following an invasion by _____.

1. Abdali
2. Nadir Shah
3. Najib Khan
4. Shah Alam

Q. Read the following sentences and choose the correct option that best describes both the sentences. 1. Following an invasion by Nadirshah, there was instability in Delhi. 2. Ahmadshah Abdali posed a challenge to the Marathas at Panipat.

1. Sentence 1 is incorrect. Sentence 2 is correct.
2. Sentence 1 is correct. Sentence 2 is incorrect.
3. Both statements are correct.
4. Both statements are incorrect.

Q. Read the following sentences and choose the correct option that best describes both the sentences. 1. The Marathas subdued the Nawab of Ayodhya to help the Rohillas. 2. Ahmadshah Abdali posed a threat to the Mughal Empire.

1. Sentence 1 is correct. Sentence 2 is incorrect.
2. Both statements are correct.
3. Both statements are incorrect.
4. Sentence 1 is incorrect. Sentence 2 is correct.

Q. Read the following sentences and choose the correct option that best describes both the sentences. 1. The Mughals wanted to subdue the Marathas before fighting Ahmadshah Abdali. 2. The Rohillas had wrought havoc in the Doad region of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers.

1. Sentence 1 is correct. Sentence 2 is incorrect.
2. Both statements are correct.
3. Both statements are incorrect.
4. Sentence 1 is incorrect. Sentence 2 is correct.

Q. Read the following statements and choose the correct option that best describes the two. 1. Raghunathrao, the father of Peshwa Nanasaheb, undertook a solo campaign to subdue Abdali. 2. The Mughals were capable of subduing Abdali on their own but they wanted to subdue the Marathas first.

1. Sentence 1 is correct. Sentence 2 is incorrect.
2. Both statements are correct.
3. Both statements are incorrect.
4. Sentence 1 is incorrect. Sentence 2 is correct.

Q. Read the following sentences and choose the option that best describes both the sentences. 1. Shahu Maharaj appointed his son Balaji Bajirao the Peshwa. 2. The region to the northwest of Ayodhya province at the foothills of the Himalayas was called Rohilkhand in the 18th century.

1. Sentence 1 is correct. Sentence 2 is incorrect.
2. Both statements are correct.
3. Both statements are incorrect.
4. Sentence 1 is incorrect. Sentence 2 is correct.

Q. The conflict between the Marathas and the Afghans was imminent and inevitable. Discuss.