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HistoryClass 7All

Why did the peasants and zamindars revolted in many parts of northern and western India?

Answer: A number of reasons were responsible for the revolts: Pressures of mounting taxes. Attempts by powerful chieftains to consolidate their own positions.

HistoryClass 7All

What steps did Murshid Quli Khan take to reduce Mughal influence in Bengal?

Answer: In an effort to reduce Mughal influence in Bengal, Murshid Quli Khan transferred all Mughal jagirdars to Orissa and ordered a major reassessment of the revenues of Bengal.

HistoryClass 7All

Which two taxes were imposed by Shivaji in the Deccan region?

Answer: Chauth and Sardeshmukhi were levied in the entire region.

HistoryClass 7All

List one factor that led to crisis in the Mughal Empire in the closing years of seventeenth century.

Answer: Emperor Aurangzeb had depleted the military and financial resources of his empire by fighting a long war in the Deccan. It led to crisis in the Mughal Empire in the closing years of 17th century.

HistoryClass 7All

Who were ijaradars?

Answer: Ijaradars were the revenue farmers.

HistoryClass 7All

Who were kunbis?

Answer: Kunbis were groups of highly mobile, peasant pastoralists. They were the backbone of the Maratha army.

HistoryClass 7All

Under whose leadership did the Khalsa raise a revolt against the Mughal authority?

Answer: The Khalsa rose in revolt against the Mughal authority under Banda Bahadur’s leadership.

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What was ‘chauth’?

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

HistoryClass 7All

Who was the famous leader of the Jats?

Ans. Churaman was the famous leader of the Jats.

HistoryClass 7All

What Were two taxes imposed by the Peshwas?

Ans. The Peshwas imposed Chauth and sardeshmukhi.

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What were the developments of the Maratha kingdom under the Peshwa?

Ans. Under the Peshwas , the Maratha kingdom developed a very successful military organisation. They built strong forts to face the Mughals. Between 1720 and 1761, the Maratha Empire expanded. It gradually occupied the parts of the Mughal Empire. Malwa and Gujarat were seized from the Mughals by 1720s. By the 1730s, the Maratha kingdom was enjoying complete domination in the entire Deccan.

HistoryClass 7All

Under whose rule did Poona become the capita of the Maratha kingdom?

Ans. Under the rule of Peshwa, Poona became the capital of the Maratha kingdom.

HistoryClass 7All

Who ruled the Maratha kingdom after the death of Shivaji?

Ans. After the death of Shivaji the Maratha kingdom was ruled by a family of Chitpavan Brahmanas who served Shivaji’s successors as Peshwa or principle minister

HistoryClass 7All

When was Banda Bahadur executed?

Ans. Banda Bahadur was executed in 1716.

HistoryClass 7All

With whose support did the Marathas faced the Mughals?

Ans. The Maratha had faced the threat of the Mughals with the help of powerful warrior families deshmukhs. The kunbis or peasant pastoralists provided the backbone of the Maratha army. Shivaji used this army to challenge the Mughals in the peninsula.

HistoryClass 7All

When did Kalsa declare its sovereign rule and mint its own coin?

Ans. Khalsa declared its sovereign rule and mint its own coin in 17765. The coins bore the same inscription issued at the time of Banda Bahadur.

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How did Guru Gobind inspire the Khalsa?

Ans. Guru Gobind Singh had inspired the Khalsa with the belief that their destiny was to rule (raj karegakhalsa).

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What was the system of rakhi?

Ans. The combined forces of the Sikhs dal Khalsa offered protection to cultivators on the payment of a tax of 20 percent of the produce. This system was called as rakhi.

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What was the gurumatas?

Ans. The combined forces of the Sikhs known as dal Khalsa used to meet at Amritsar to take collective decisions known as “resolutions of the Guru”. It was called as gurumatas.

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What were jathas?

Ans. Under a number of able leaders in the eighteenth century, the Sikhs organized themselves into a number of bands called jathas and later known as misls. Their combined forces were known as the grand army or dal Khalsa.

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