MPSC History Quiz

Q 1:.......................built the Vajreshwari temple to thank the goddess Vajreshwari for the conquest of the Bassein Fort in 1739
Ram Shastri
Chimaji Appa
Bhonsle

Q 2:Who is given the Title 'Kshatriya Kulawatasana' ?

Shambhaji Maharaj
Shivaji Maharaj
Shahu Maharaj

Q 3:Shivaji was born in the hill-fort of Shivneri, near the Junnar city in Pune district. While his mother Jijabai was pregnant, she had prayed to Goddess ...............
AmbaBai
Bhavani
Shivaibai

Q 4:An army led by Fattekhan was defeated by Shivaji in the battle of ...................
Pratapgarh
Purandhar
Kolhapur

Q 5:In the ensuing Battle of Pratapgarh fought in the dense forest of Javli in the year ..........., Shivaji's armies attacked Vijapur's (Afzal Khan's) forces and engaged them in swift flanking maneuvers.
1658
1659
1660

Q 6:To counter the loss at Pratapgad and to defeat the newly emerging Maratha power, another army, this time numbering over 10,000, was sent against Shivaji, commanded by Bijapur's renowned general .................
Afzal Khan
Gagan Mahal
Rustamjaman

Q 7:Treaty of Purandar was signed in the year .....?
1664
1665
1666

Q 8:In 1666, Aurangzeb invited Shivaji to Agra, along with his nine-year-old son Sambhaji. Aurangzeb's plan was to send Shivaji to ............
Lahore
Kandahar
Kashmir

Q 9:According to some theories, Shivaji's ancestors from his father's side had migrated from Mewar to Deccan .But later on the Rajput origin of the Bhonsle has been contested by some academics in 20th century.According to this hypothesis, many local Brahmins questioned Shivaji's Kshatriya ancestry before his coronation, but the Marathas secured support of Pandit Gaga Bhatt of .............. who presented a genealogy claiming Shivaji's ancestors were Kshatriyas descended from the solar line of the Rajput Ranas of Mewar.
Ujjain
Rameshwaram
Varanasi

Q 10:Shivaji was born in the fort of Shivneri in ?
1629
1630
1631