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Sawai Jai Singh built how many astronomical observatories, known as Jantar Mantar?Read the answer and worked solution →After Guru Gobind Singh's death in 1708, the Khalsa revolted under:Read the answer and worked solution →Sikh bands of the eighteenth century were called jathas and later:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the rakhi system the Sikhs protected cultivators for a tax of:Read the answer and worked solution →Maharaja Ranjit Singh reunited the Sikh groups and made his capital at Lahore in:Read the answer and worked solution →Shivaji was born at Shivneri in:Read the answer and worked solution →Chauth, the Maratha levy on zamindars, was what share of land revenue?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the eighteenth-century statesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Maratha wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the eighteenth-century datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the eighteenth-century termsRead the answer and worked solution →Sikh or MarathaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the state foundersRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Eighteenth-century bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Civil Code of 1804 that abolished birth privileges is usually known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →The term liberalism derives from the Latin root liber, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Napoleon's measures turned the German principalities into a confederation of how many states?Read the answer and worked solution →The German customs union formed in 1834 at Prussia's initiative was the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Zollverein reduced the number of German currencies from over thirty to:Read the answer and worked solution →The Congress of Vienna of 1815 was hosted by the Austrian Chancellor:Read the answer and worked solution →Which dynasty was restored to power in France by the Treaty of Vienna?Read the answer and worked solution →Metternich described which revolutionary as the most dangerous enemy of our social order?Read the answer and worked solution →The Greek war of independence against the Ottoman Empire began in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which English poet died of fever in 1824 while fighting in the Greek war of independence?Read the answer and worked solution →Which German philosopher held that true German culture lay among the common people, das volk?Read the answer and worked solution →The Grimm brothers published their first collection of folktales in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Frankfurt parliament of 1848 convened in the:Read the answer and worked solution →How many elected representatives marched to the Frankfurt parliament on 18 May 1848?Read the answer and worked solution →The large landowners of Prussia who backed the monarchy were called:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Sawai Jai Singh built how many astronomical observatories, known as Jantar Mantar?

  1. Seven
  2. Five
  3. Nine
  4. Four
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Correct answer: B. Five

1. They stand in Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain and elsewhere. 2. He built five observatories. 3. They held instruments to study heavenly bodies. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 10, Eighteenth-Century Political Formations._

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After Guru Gobind Singh's death in 1708, the Khalsa revolted under:

  1. Guru Angad
  2. Guru Arjan
  3. Banda Bahadur
  4. Ranjit Singh
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Correct answer: C. Banda Bahadur

1. They struck coins in the name of the Gurus. 2. Banda Bahadur led the revolt. 3. He was captured in 1715 and executed. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 10, Eighteenth-Century Political Formations._

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Sikh bands of the eighteenth century were called jathas and later:

  1. Jagirs
  2. Subas
  3. Sardars
  4. Misls
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Correct answer: D. Misls

1. Their combined force was the dal khalsa. 2. The bands became misls. 3. They met at Amritsar on Baisakhi and Diwali. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 10, Eighteenth-Century Political Formations._

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