MCQ Chapter 3 Resistance and Resilience Class 9 Social Science

1. What does resilience mean in the context of Indian history?

Avoiding all contact with other communities

Surviving difficulties and adapting to challenging situations

Expanding territories through conquest alone

Abandoning inherited cultural traditions

Question 1 of 20

2. What is the primary purpose of resistance?

To increase taxes on farmers

To encourage the destruction of cultural traditions

To oppose threats and protect political power, territory, or identity

To eliminate all forms of cooperation

Question 2 of 20

3. How are resistance and resilience connected?

Resilience helps communities endure difficulties and continue resisting

Resistance always results in immediate victory

Resilience is possible only during peaceful periods

Resistance and resilience are unrelated concepts

Question 3 of 20

4. Which of the following is a form of resistance besides warfare?

Abandoning one's territory permanently

Giving up all political authority

Stopping every form of economic activity

Diplomacy and strategic alliances

Question 4 of 20

5. Why did fertile river plains attract invading powers?

They contained no permanent settlements

They produced surplus agricultural goods and supported economic prosperity

They prevented the growth of agriculture

They had no connection with trade

Question 5 of 20

6. Section 2: Regional Kingdoms and Resistance

ich Hindu Shahi ruler was defeated by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1001 CE?

Jayapala

Bhoja Paramara

Prithviraj Chauhan

Rana Sanga

Question 6 of 20

7. Who defeated Muhammad Ghuri at the Battle of Kasahrada in 1178 CE?

Rani Abbakka Chowta

Rudrama Devi

Queen Naiki Devi

Rani Durgavati

Question 7 of 20

8. In which year was the Delhi Sultanate established?

1178 CE

1192 CE

1228 CE

1206 CE

Question 8 of 20

9. What was the iqta system associated with the Delhi Sultanate?

A system for electing village representatives

A system of assigning territories to military commanders in lieu of salaries

A method of selecting religious teachers

A system for distributing naval vessels to merchants

Question 9 of 20

10. Which dynasty repeatedly resisted the Delhi Sultanate from Devagiri in the western Deccan?

Yadava dynasty

Sena dynasty

Gajapati dynasty

Lodi dynasty

Question 10 of 20

11. Which ruler led a Rajput confederacy against Babur at the Battle of Khanua in 1527 CE?

Rana Udai Singh

Maharana Pratap

Rana Sangram Singh I, popularly known as Rana Sanga

Rana Hammira Deva

Question 11 of 20

12. What did Akbar's mansabdari system combine?

Agriculture and maritime trade

Religious worship and temple administration

Village self-government and judicial independence

Military organisation and civil administration

Question 12 of 20

13. Which Rajput kingdom maintained strong resistance to Mughal authority, while some other Rajput rulers cooperated with the Mughals?

Amber

Mewar

Ajmer

Kannauj

Question 13 of 20

14. Why did the Mughals seek cooperation with some Rajput kingdoms?

They needed Rajput military strength, loyalty, and administrative capabilities

They wanted to eliminate their entire administrative system

They intended to abandon all territorial expansion

They wanted to stop collecting land revenue

Question 14 of 20

15. Who led the Rajput resistance against Mughal forces at the Battle of Haldighati in 1576 CE?

Rana Hammira

Rana Kumbha

Maharana Pratap

Rana Sanga

Question 15 of 20

16. Which military strategy did Maharana Pratap adopt to continue resisting Mughal forces?

Avoiding all contact with local communities

Depending exclusively on large open-field battles

Abandoning the Aravalli region permanently

Guerrilla warfare involving surprise attacks and ambushes

Question 16 of 20

17. What was the significance of the Battle of Dewair in 1582 CE?

It established the Delhi Sultanate

It weakened key Mughal military outposts and helped Maharana Pratap regain control

It brought the Ahom kingdom under Mughal rule

It ended the Vijayanagara Empire

Question 17 of 20

18. Which community provided important tactical and logistical support to Maharana Pratap?

Bhil community

Banjara community

Satnami community

Koch community

Question 18 of 20

19. What concession did the Mughals grant Mewar under the treaty acknowledging its distinct political position?

Mewar had to abandon its ancestral territory

Mewar was required to surrender all its trade routes

Mewar's leadership was exempted from personal attendance at the Mughal court

Mewar was forbidden to maintain its local administration

Question 19 of 20

20. Which Rajput ruler consolidated Mewar's resistance framework between 1433 and 1468 CE, including the construction of forts?

Rana Udai Singh

Rana Sanga

Rana Hammira

Maharana Kumbha

Question 20 of 20

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