The famous Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya said “Hanooz Dilli Door Ast” (Delhi is still far away) to Sultan Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq when the Sultan threatened him.
163. During whose reign the Marathas reached their maximum expansion
Under Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao (also known as Nana Saheb), the Maratha Empire reached its greatest territorial extent before the Third Battle of Panipat.
164. Match the following: (a) Brahmo Samaj (1) Bombay (b) Arya Samaj (2) Bengal (c) Veda Samaj (3) Madras (d) Prarthana Samaj (4) North India
Brahmo Samaj (Founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in Calcutta) Arya Samaj (Founded by Dayanand Saraswati, with major influence in Punjab/North India) Veda Samaj (Founded in 1864 in Madras) Prarthana Samaj (Founded in 1867 in Bombay)
165. The last Nawab of Avadh was
(A) Wajid Ali Shah (B) Bahadur Shah Zafar (C) Mohd Ali Shah (D) Nasiruddin
Answer:
(A) Wajid Ali Shah
Explanation:
Wajid Ali Shah was the eleventh and last King of Awadh (Oudh), ruling until his kingdom was annexed by the British East India Company in 1856.