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1. 1.

   Fill in the blanks:

   1. Balaji Vishwanath laid the foundation of the _____________ rule of the peshwas.
   2. _____________ was the capital of Awadh.
   3. Mysore, under the leadership of _____________ _____________, became the most formidable adversary of the English East India Company in the south.
   4. _____________ the tenth Sikh guru, organized a military brotherhood of Sikhs called  _____________.
   5. The Sikhs were organized into a loose confederacy of _____________ misls or groups.
2. 2.

   Match the following:

   A	B
   1. Shahu	(a) Sikh kingdom
   2. Murshid Quli Khan	(b) Awadh
   3. Shuja-ud-Daulah	(c) Mysore
   4. Tipu Sultan	(d) Bengal
   5. Ranjit Singh	(e) Maratha king

    

3. 3.

   Choose the correct answer:

   1. The Marathas/Sikhs/Rajputs had the power and potential to establish an all-India empire after the collapse of the Mughal empire.
   2. Shahu was an ease-loving and weak Maratha/Sikh/Rajput ruler.
   3. The Maratha empire reached the heights of its power and glory during the reign of Balaji Vishwanath/Baji Rao /Balaji Baji Rao.
   4. Shuja-ud-Daulah was the Nawab of Hyderabad/Avadh/Bengal.
   5. The state of Hyderabad/Awadh/Mysore was founded by the Mughal viceroy of the Deccan Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah.
4. 4.

   State whether the following are true or false:

   1. Bengal was one of the poorest provinces of the Mughal empire.
   2. The most capable among the successors of Murshid Quli Khan was Alivardi Khan.
   3. Lucknow was the cultural centre of Bengal.
   4. The most powerful kingdom in the south was Mysore.
   5. Ranjit Singh became the master of Punjab by the end of the 18th century.
5. 5.

   What followed the disintegration of the Mughal empire?

6. 6.

   What is the significance of the Third Battle of Panipat?