BPSC PRELIMS GENERAL STUDIES QUIZ

Question 1:

Which of the following statements is correct?

Shivaji also had a navy.

Siledars were soldiers in the Maratha army who were given arms and horses by the state.

Bargir (Bargi) were soldiers in the Maratha army who kept their personal weapons and horses.

Sant Tukaram was the spiritual guru of Shivaji.

None of the above / More than one of the above

Question 2:

The term “Patel” refers to which one of the following ?

A village headman during Gupta Period

A village headman during Vedic period

A village headman during Maratha period

A soldier during Mughal period

None of the above/More than one of the above

Question 3:

With whom was Dabir related in the arrangement of Shivaji's Ashtapradhan ?

Home department

Finance department

Foreign department

Military department

None of the above / More than one of the above

Question 4:

What was the relation of 'Kurram' in the Chola administration?

Musician

Village Sangh

State officials

Temple building style

None of the above / More than one of the above

Question 5:

Which of the following statements is correct ?

Shivaji had his coronation done in the fort of Sinhagar in 1674.

Shivaji plundered Surat for the first time in 1664.

The Peshwa was the head of Shivaji's army.

Shivaji's foreign minister was called Dabir or Sumant.

None of the above / More than one of the above

Question 6:

Which one of the following statements is not correct.

Mughtai was those regions form which Marathas collected chauth and sardeshmukhi

Swarajya was the regions which was directly controlled by the Marathas

Sachiva /Surnavis Inspected the records of the expenditure of the Turf under Maratha

Dabir looked after the foreign department.

None of the above/More than one of the above

Question 7:

Where was the Peshwa sent away with a pension after the Third Anglo-Maratha War?

Poona

Nagpur

Surat

Bithur

None of the above/More than one of the above

Question 8:

In which year was the Treaty of Bassein signed between Baji Rao II, the Maratha Peshwa of Poona in India, and the British?

1820

1802

1810

1801

None of the above/More than one of the above

Question 9:

Which fort is regarded as the first pillar of Maratha empire?

Sindhudurg

Panhala

Rajgad

Prachandagad

None of the above/More than one of the above

Question 10:

The backbone of the Maratha army was provided by groups of peasant-pastoralists called

Kunbis

Deshmukhs

Subadars

Peshwas

None of the above/More than one of the above

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