Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 7 (SSC) · History-Civics (इतिहास-नागरिकशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 11 — Chapter 11: Marathas - The Protectors of the Nation
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What did the Marathas resist? [1]
(A) Mughal expansion and foreign domination
(B) Only their own internal conflicts
(C) Nothing significant
(D) Only trade competition
2. What did Maratha military campaigns help do? [1]
(A) Limit expansion of invading forces
(B) Support all invaders
(C) Do nothing significant
(D) Only protect their own capital
3. What is the Maratha confederacy? [1]
(A) A group of Maratha powers working together
(B) A single unified empire
(C) A foreign alliance
(D) A religious organisation
4. Was the Maratha confederacy always united? [1]
(A) No, sometimes divided
(B) Yes, always perfectly united
(C) It never existed
(D) It was united only once
5. What did the confederacy generally work to maintain? [1]
(A) Indian political influence
(B) Foreign domination
(C) No specific goal
(D) Only their own wealth
6. How are the Marathas remembered in this period? [1]
(A) As protectors resisting foreign control
(B) As collaborators with foreign powers
(C) As irrelevant to Indian history
(D) As only regional rulers
7. What broader narrative does Maratha resistance fit into? [1]
(A) Resistance to foreign control in Indian history
(B) Only regional conflicts
(C) No broader significance
(D) Foreign collaboration
8. Why learn about Marathas as protectors? [1]
(A) To understand their role in resisting foreign domination
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What did the Marathas resist? [1]
(A) Mughal expansion and foreign domination
(B) Only their own internal conflicts
(C) Nothing significant
(D) Only trade competition
10. What did Maratha military campaigns help do? [1]
(A) Limit expansion of invading forces
(B) Support all invaders
(C) Do nothing significant
(D) Only protect their own capital
11. What is the Maratha confederacy? [1]
(A) A group of Maratha powers working together
(B) A single unified empire
(C) A foreign alliance
(D) A religious organisation
12. Was the Maratha confederacy always united? [1]
(A) No, sometimes divided
(B) Yes, always perfectly united
(C) It never existed
(D) It was united only once
13. What did the confederacy generally work to maintain? [1]
(A) Indian political influence
(B) Foreign domination
(C) No specific goal
(D) Only their own wealth
14. How are the Marathas remembered in this period? [1]
(A) As protectors resisting foreign control
(B) As collaborators with foreign powers
(C) As irrelevant to Indian history
(D) As only regional rulers
15. What broader narrative does Maratha resistance fit into? [1]
(A) Resistance to foreign control in Indian history
(B) Only regional conflicts
(C) No broader significance
(D) Foreign collaboration
16. Why learn about Marathas as protectors? [1]
(A) To understand their role in resisting foreign domination
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests