GK (General Knowledge) questions on Shivaji Maharaj

Shivaji Maharaj (GK, Quiz, MCQ). Let’s test your general knowledge and see how much you know about the great Maratha warrior.

Shivaji Maharaj is one of the most revered leaders of Maharashtra. Let’s see how much you know about the Marathi warrior Shivaji Maharaj.

A 17th-century warrior of India, Shivaji was instrumental in the development of an independent Maratha kingdom, with Raigad as its capital.

General Knowledge (GK), Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) that will test your knowledge about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, his family, upbringing, personality, and his tenure as the king of the Maratha empire.

Are you a student, or appearing for a competitive exam? These questions will also help you brush up for the same.

So here you go.

Q) Who is considered the founder of Maratha empire?
Answer: Shivaji Maharaj

Q) Where was Shivaji Maharaj born?
Answer: Shivneri

Q) Where is Shivneri fort located?
Answer: Near Junnar in Pune district in Maharashtra

Q) In which year was Shivaji born?
Answer: 1630 (February 19, 1630)

Q) Shivaji belonged to which Maratha clan?
Answer: Bhosle / Bhonsle (popular surname among Maharashtrians)

Q) What was Shivaji’s father’s name?
Answer: Shahaji

Q) What was Shivaji’s mother’s name?
Answer: Jijabai

Q) At the age of 12, Shivaji went to see his father in which city?
Answer: Bangalore (Bengaluru).
His father Shahaji Raje then ruled Bengaluru. Shivaji stayed in Bengaluru for a few years, as per this report.

Q) Who was the 1st wife of Shivaji?
Answer: Sai Bhosale

Q) In which year Shivaji became Chhatrapati?
Answer: 6 June 1674, at Raigad.

Q) What does Chhatrapati mean?
Answer: Royal Title equivalent to the title ‘King’ or ’emperor’.
The Sanskrit term combines Chatra (umbrella) with Pati (master), and means the one who protects his subjects.

Q) Who was Shivaji’s guru?
Answer: Samarth Ramdas (saint and spiritual poet)

Q) When was the Battle of Pratapgarh fought?
Answer: November 10, 1659.
Fought between Shivaji and the Afzal Khan at ‘Fort of Pratapgad’ (near Satara). The battle is still remembered for the manner in which Afzal Khan was killed by Shivaji. It was the first major Maratha win against a regional power, leading to the establishment of the Maratha Empire.

Q) Which taxes were introduced by Shivaji
Answer: Chauth and Sardeshmukhi

Q) Treaty of Purandar (Purandhar) was signed between which parties
Answer: Jai Singh and Shivaji

The Treaty of Purandar was signed on June 11, 1665, between Rajput ruler Jai Singh I (who was commander of the Mughal Empire) and Shivaji Maharaj. Shivaji was forced

to sign the agreement after Jai Singh besieged (surrounded) Purandar fort. Shivaji, realizing that war would inflict huge damage on his forces, chose to make a treaty instead of leaving his men under the Mughals. Shivaji had to make several compromises, and even had to agree to visit Agra to meet Aurangzeb for further political talks.

Q) In which year was Shivaji captured by Aurangzeb?
Answer: 1666
In 1666, Aurangzeb invited Shivaji to Agra, along with his nine-year-old son Sambhaji. On 12 May 1666, in the court, Aurangzeb made Shivaji stand behind military commanders, which offended Shivaji and he stormed out of the court in protest. Shivaji was promptly placed under house arrest (Shivaji eventually managed to escape).

Q) In which year did Shivaji die
Answer: April 3, 1680 (Shivaji died of illness at the age of 50, he died in Raigad Fort, Pune)

Q) Shivaji died on the eve of
Answer: Hanuman Jayanthi

Q) Whose statue was erected alongside Shivaji’s memorial?
Answer: Shivaji’s pet dog.
Legend has it that Waghya (the pet dog) was distraught at the sight of his master’s funeral and lept onto the burning pyre thus killing himself. In 1936, a statue of Waghya was erected at the site of the burial at Raigad (a rugged mountain fort that was Shivaji’s capital).

Q) Shivaji’s son’s names?
Answer: Sambhaji Bhosale, Rajaram Bhosale

Q) Who was the successor of Shivaji?
Answer: Sambhaji

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