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Extra Questions of history Class VII Chapter 10

                   Extra Questions of history Class VII Chapter 10

Q1.Who  were Misls?

Ans.Sikhs organized themselves into smaller groups. These groups  were called Jathas or Misls.

Q2.Who were deshmukhs?

Ans.Powerful Maratha warrior families were called deshmukhs.

Q3.What was Chauth?

Ans.It was 25 percent of the land revenue claimed by zamindars.In the Deccan this was collected by the Marathas.

Q4.What was Sardeshmukhi?

Ans.Maratha Kings levied a tax on Deccan peninsula called Sardeshmukhi. It was 9-10percent of the land revenue paid to the head revenue collector in the Deccan.

Q5.Name the Jat king under whose leadership, Jats acquired the region between Delhi and Agra on 1680s?

Ans.Churaman.

Q6.Name the Jat king under whose leadership the kingdom of Bharatpur emerged as a strong state.

Ans.Suraj Mal

Q7.Who founded the institution of the Khalsa?

Ans.Guru Gobind Singh

Q8.Who after the death of Guru Gobind Singh ,led the revolt against Mughal empire?

Ans.Banda Bahadur

Q9.Under whose reignthe banking house of Jagat Seth became extremely prosperous.

Ans.Alivardi Khan.

Q10.What were Watan Jagirs?

Ans.States that  had enjoyed considerable independence under the Mughals as watan jagirs.these included several Rajput principalities (se.g. Jodhpur,Marwar)

Q11. Who found the state of Awadh after breaking up with later Mughals ?

Ans-Burhan-ul-Mulk Sa’adat Khan

Q12.The state of Hyderabad was constantly engaged in a struggle against which kingdoms ?

Ans- The Marathas to the west , independent Telugu warrior chiefs ( nayakas) of the plateaus and the British of the Coromandel coast in the east .

Q13.Who was the founder of the Hyderabad state during later Mughals ?

Ans- Asaf Jah or Chin Quilich Khan who gave himself title as Nizam-ul-Mul

Q14.Who found the state of Bengal after breaking away from Mughal control ?

Ans- Murshid Quli Khan

Q15.Who was the founder of Maratha Empire ?

Ans- Shivaji

Q16.The later Mughal emperors were puppets in the hands of which two powerful groups ?

Ans- The Iranis and Turanis ( nobels of Turkish descent)

Q17.Name the Afghan ruler who invaded north India five times in later Mughals period ?

Ans- Ahmad Shah Abdali between 1748 and 1761