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CBSE Class 7 Social Studies Worksheet

History - Eighteenth-Century Political Formations

1.
Who attacked the city of Delhi in 1739?
2.
Fill in the blanks: ____________ brought skilled soldiers and administrators from northern India who welcomed the new opportunities in the south.
3.
Who was responsible for managing the political, financial and military affairs of the province of Awadh ?
4.
Fill in the blanks: Awadh was a prosperous region, controlling the rich alluvial ____________ plain and the main trade route between north India and Bengal.
5.
State Yes or No: Mughal Empire were divided into two major groups or factions, the Iranis and Turanis.
A) Yes B) No
6.
State Yes or No: By the 1730s, the Maratha king was recognized as the overlord of the entire Deccan peninsula.
A) Yes B) No
7.
State Yes or No: A system called rakhi was introduced, offering protection to cultivators on the payment of a tax of 20 per cent of the produce.
A) Yes B) No
8.
State Yes or No: People lent money to revenue farmers, received land as security and collected taxes from these lands through their own agents.
A) Yes B) No
9.
Fill in the blanks: Through the eighteenth century, the ____________ Empire gradually fragmented into a number of independent, regional states.
10.
What were checked to prevent cheating and the revenues of all districts were reassessed by officials appointed by the Nawabs court ?
11.
Fill in the blanks: After Shivajis death, effective power in the ____________ state was wielded by a family of Chitpavan Brahmanas who served Shivajis successors as Peshwa.
12.
State Yes or No: The Nizam kingdom was another powerful regional kingdom to arise out of a sustained opposition to Mughal rule.
A) Yes B) No
13.
Fill in the blanks: Under the ____________, the Marathas developed a very successful military organization.
14.
State Yes or No: Once conquest had been completed and Maratha rule was secure, revenue demands were gradually introduced taking local conditions into account.
A) Yes B) No
15.
Fill in the blanks: The close connection between the state and bankers noticeable in ____________ and Awadh as well was evident in Bengal under the rule of Alivardi Khan.
16.
Fill in the blanks: ____________ also held the combined offices of subadari, diwani and faujdari.
17.
Who had inspired the Khalsa with the belief that their destiny was to rule (raj karega khalsa) ?
18.
When did Maratha empire expanded ?
19.
Who were the backbone of the Maratha army?
20.
State Yes or No: Ujjain and Indore were large and prosperous and functioned as important commercial and cultural centres.
A) Yes B) No

CBSE Class 7 Social Studies Worksheet

History - Eighteenth-Century Political Formations

Answers

1.
The ruler of Iran, Nadir Shah, sacked and plundered the city of Delhi in 1739 and took away immense amounts of wealth.
2.
Asaf Jah
3.
Burhan-ul-Mulk was responsible for managing the political, financial and military affairs of the province of Awadh.
4.
Ganga
5.
Option A
6.
Option A
7.
Option A
8.
Option A

9.
Mughal
10.
The accounts of jagirdars were checked to prevent cheating and the revenues of all districts were reassessed by officials appointed by the Nawabs court.
11.
Maratha
12.
Option B

13.
Peshwas
14.
Option A

15.
Hyderabad
16.
Burhan-ul-Mulk
17.
Guru Gobind Singh had inspired the Khalsa with the belief that their destiny was to rule (raj karega khalsa).
18.
Between 1720 and 1761, the Maratha empire expanded.
19.
Kunbis were groups of highly mobile, peasant pastoralists. They were the backbone of the Maratha army.
20.
Option A

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