Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 7 (SSC) · History-Civics (इतिहास-नागरिकशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 4 — Chapter 4: Maharashtra Before the Times of Shivaji Maharaj
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What sultanates controlled Maharashtra before Shivaji? [1]
(A) Bijapur and Ahmednagar
(B) Only Delhi Sultanate
(C) Only Mughal Empire
(D) No sultanates
2. How did sultanates rule the region? [1]
(A) Through appointed local administrators
(B) Directly without any local involvement
(C) No governance at all
(D) Through foreign rulers only
3. What cultural mix existed in the region? [1]
(A) Persian governance with local Marathi traditions
(B) Only Persian culture
(C) Only Marathi culture
(D) No mixing occurred
4. What roles did Maratha families serve? [1]
(A) Administrators, soldiers, officials
(B) No roles at all
(C) Only farmers
(D) Only traders
5. What did Marathas gain from these roles? [1]
(A) Political and military experience
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only wealth
(D) Only land
6. How did this experience help later? [1]
(A) It helped establish independent Maratha power
(B) It had no effect
(C) It weakened the Marathas
(D) It prevented independence
7. Who led the eventual independence effort? [1]
(A) Shivaji Maharaj
(B) Only the Mughals
(C) Only foreign powers
(D) No one led it
8. Why learn about pre-Shivaji Maharashtra? [1]
(A) To understand the roots of Maratha power
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What sultanates controlled Maharashtra before Shivaji? [1]
(A) Bijapur and Ahmednagar
(B) Only Delhi Sultanate
(C) Only Mughal Empire
(D) No sultanates
10. How did sultanates rule the region? [1]
(A) Through appointed local administrators
(B) Directly without any local involvement
(C) No governance at all
(D) Through foreign rulers only
11. What cultural mix existed in the region? [1]
(A) Persian governance with local Marathi traditions
(B) Only Persian culture
(C) Only Marathi culture
(D) No mixing occurred
12. What roles did Maratha families serve? [1]
(A) Administrators, soldiers, officials
(B) No roles at all
(C) Only farmers
(D) Only traders
13. What did Marathas gain from these roles? [1]
(A) Political and military experience
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only wealth
(D) Only land
14. How did this experience help later? [1]
(A) It helped establish independent Maratha power
(B) It had no effect
(C) It weakened the Marathas
(D) It prevented independence
15. Who led the eventual independence effort? [1]
(A) Shivaji Maharaj
(B) Only the Mughals
(C) Only foreign powers
(D) No one led it
16. Why learn about pre-Shivaji Maharashtra? [1]
(A) To understand the roots of Maratha power
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests