Shindes of Gwalior

Q. What title did the Emperor of Delhi confer upon Mahadaji Shinde?

1. Shahenshah
2. Sahib-e-Qiran
3. Padishah-e-Ghazi
4. Vakil-i-Mutlak

Q. Who tried to take the help of the British in order to become the Peshwa?

1. Madhavrao
2. Nana Phadnavis
3. Bajirao
4. Raghunathrao

Q. Who conferred the family title on Mahadaji Shinde?

1. Peshwa Bajirao I
2. Peshwa Madhavrao
3. Peshwa Bajirao II
4. Nana Phadnavis

Q. Who captured the Red Fort and tortured the Emperor of Delhi to get at the Marathas?

1. Ghulam Kadir
2. Ahmad Shah Abdali
3. Najib Khan
4. Ghulam Khan

Q. The Marathas had control over Delhi till which year?

1. 1800 A.D.
2. 1801 A.D.
3. 1802 A.D.
4. 1803 A.D.

Q. How did de Boigne help Mahadaji Shinde?

1. He helped Mahadaji Shinde in the administration of his region.
2. He helped Mahadaji Shinde in training his army and modernising his artillery.
3. He helped Mahadaji Shinde in making new and suitable laws.
4. He helped Mahadaji Shinde in the plannig of his cities.

Q. When Mahadaji came into power, he trained his army under military expert, De Boigne.

1. Portuguese
2. French
3. British
4. Dutch

Q. Who made Ranoji Shinde a Sardar in the North of the Maratha empire?

1. Bajirao I
2. Bajirao II
3. Sambhaji
4. Shivaji

Q. In the war for succession of the Maratha empire, where did the British and the Maratha armies meet?

1. Panipat
2. Bundelkhand
3. Vadodra
4. Wadgaon

Q. Mahadaji Shinde defeated to reinstate Maratha supremacy in Delhi for the second time.

1. Najib Khan
2. Nizam Shah
3. Ghulam Kadir

Q. Identify the sons of Ranoji Shinde amongst the following.

1. Jankoji Rao Shinde
2. Mahadaji Shinde
3. Dattaji Shinde
4. Jayappa Shinde

Q. In which place did Mahadaji Shinde die?

1. Kolhapur
2. Wanawadi
3. Solapur
4. Wadgaon

Q. In their fight against the Marathas, the Britishers marched against them from ______ .

1. Madras
2. Calcutta
3. Bombay
4. Delhi

Q. Why did Prince Azamshah release Shahu Maharaj from captivity?

Q. In their fight against the Britishers, the Marathas gathered under whose leadership?

1. Mahadaji Shinde
2. Malharrao Holkar
3. Raghuji Bhosale
4. Ahilyabai Holkar

Q. chose Mahadaji Shinde to rule the Gwalior region.

1. Peshwa Madhavrao
2. Ranoji Rao Shinde
3. Sahu Maharaj

Q. Which were two great powers who clashed to decide the eventual rulers of India before the Britishers finally took over the entirety of India?

1. The Britishers and the Marathas
2. The Mughals and the Marathas
3. The Dutch and the Marathas
4. The Britishers and the Mughals

Q. Mahadaji earned the title of "The Chief Agent of the Emperor" when he reinstated the rule of Marathas in Delhi and drove out the British.

1. True
2. False

Q. Who recovered Maratha prestige?

1. Mahadji Shinde
2. Bajirao I
3. Raghunathrao
4. Jayappa

Q. Who captured Senji in 1648?

1. Swaroop Singh
2. Raja Desingh
3. Sadat Ullah khan
4. Shivaji