Match the following:
Subadar
a revenue farmer
Faujdar
a high noble
Ijaradar
provincial governor
Misl
Maratha peasant warriors
Chauth
a Mughal military commander
Kunbis
a band of Sikh warriors
Umara
tax levied by the Marathas
Fill in the blanks:
(a) Aurangzeb fought a protracted war in the ________.
(b) Umara and jagirdars constituted powerful sections of the Mughal __________.
(c) Asaf Jah founded the Hyderabad state in ___________.
(d) The founder of the Awadh state was ________.
State whether true or false:
(a) Nadir Shah invaded Bengal.
(b) Sawai Raja Jai Singh was the ruler of Indore.
(c) Guru Gobind Singh was the tenth Guru of the Sikhs.
(d) Poona became the capital of the Marathas in the eighteenth century.
What were the offices held by Sa’adat Khan?
Why did the Nawabs of Awadh and Bengal try to do away with the jagirdari system?
How were the Sikhs organized in the eighteenth century?
Why did the Marathas want to expand beyond the Deccan?
What were the policies adopted by Asaf Jah to strengthen his position?