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Marathas – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 3

Check your grip on Shivaji's rise, chauth and sardeshmukhi, Baji Rao I, the Peshwas, the Maratha sardar families and the road to Panipat.

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About this test

Marathas GK Quiz with Answers, Level 3 for Medieval Indian History

Use this Level 3 Marathas quiz to check how firmly you know Maratha history, from Shivaji's rise in the Deccan to Peshwa-led expansion and the third battle of Panipat. It covers revenue terms, sardar families and their cities, trade and chronology. Aptitude360 gives an explanation with every answer, so each mistake points to a fact worth revising.

What this Marathas Level 3 quiz checks

  • Shivaji's early life at Shivneri, his guardian Dada Konddev and the occupation of Javli
  • Shivaji's dealings with the Mughals, including his escape from Agra
  • The kunbis and deshmukhs as the social base of the Maratha kingdom
  • Chauth and sardeshmukhi, and how they differed from revenue farming
  • The Peshwas, Baji Rao I's campaigns and Poona as capital
  • The Sindhia, Holkar, Gaekwad and Bhonsle families and the cities linked to them
  • Trade through Chanderi, Burhanpur, Ujjain and Indore, and the order of key events

Key Maratha concepts worth revising

  • How effective power passed from the Maratha kings to the Chitpavan Brahmana Peshwas
  • The Maratha strategy of bypassing Mughal forts and raiding cities
  • How Malwa and Gujarat were taken from the Mughals before the raid on Delhi
  • The spread of Maratha domination towards Bengal and Orissa

Revision tips for Maratha history questions

  • Memorise the four sardar families with Gwalior, Indore, Baroda and Nagpur as one set
  • Keep father and son pairs clear: Balaji Vishwanath was the father of Baji Rao I
  • Revise chauth and sardeshmukhi together, since statements often swap their definitions

Who will gain most from this set

General awareness aspirants in Chandigarh and elsewhere who have covered the basics of medieval India and want harder statement and matching practice on the Marathas.

FAQs about Marathas – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 3

Who were the Marathas in Indian history?
The Marathas were a Deccan power that rose under Shivaji in the seventeenth century, building a kingdom backed by warrior families called deshmukhs and peasant-pastoralists called kunbis. Under the Peshwas they became the strongest power in eighteenth-century India.
What were chauth and sardeshmukhi?
Chauth was one-fourth of the land revenue claimed by zamindars, collected by the Marathas from areas they did not directly rule. Sardeshmukhi was an additional levy on land revenue paid to the head revenue collector of the Deccan.
What happened to the Marathas after Shivaji?
After Shivaji's death, effective power in the Maratha state gradually passed to the Peshwas, the principal ministers, who made Poona their capital. Under them Maratha power expanded across north and central India.
Who was Baji Rao I?
Baji Rao I, also called Baji Rao Ballal, was a Peshwa and the son of Balaji Vishwanath. He is credited with expanding Maratha power well beyond the Deccan into Malwa and north India.

Test structure

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SectionQuestionsTime
Marathas GK Level 35035 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
50 across 50 questions.
Negative marking
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Attempts
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