Chapter 4 – Shivaji’s Childhood
1. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct option.
(a) Shivaji was born on the ________ fort.
(Purandar, Shivneri, Panhala)
Ans: Shivneri
(b) Adilshah assigned the task of conquering the territories in ________ to Shahaji Raje.
(Karnatak, Khandesh, Konkan)
Ans: Karnatak
2. Write the answer in one sentence.
(a) What did Shivaji feel due to Jijabai’s teaching?
Ans: Due to Jijabai’s teachings Shivaji felt that on growing up, he should also display
valour like that of Rama, Krishna, Bhim and Abhimanyu.
(b) What games did Shivaji and the children of the Mavlas play?
Ans: Shivaji and the children of Mavlas played hide and seek, or played with a ball or top.
(c) Why did Shahaji Raje leave Nizamshahi?
Ans: Shahaji Raje could not withstand the conspiracies and petty rivalries in the court of Nizamshah and therefore got infuriated and left Nizamshahi.
3. Write the answers in two or three sentences.
(a) Whose stories did Jijabai tell Shivaji?
Ans:
(i) Jijabai told Shivaji the stories of Rama and Krishna, Bhim, and Abhimanyu.
(ii) Also occasionally, she would recite to him the devotional songs of Namdeo, Dnyaneshwar, or Eknath.
(b) Why did Shahaji Raje declare the child heir from the Nizamshah’s family as the new Nizamshah?
Ans:
(i) In order to forestall the Moghul Emperor and Vazir Fattekhan, Shahaji Raje found out and declared the child heir from the Nizam’s family as the new Nizamshah.
(ii) Thus, with the new Nizamshah, Shahaji Raje established an altogether new kingdom, which included the territory between the rivers Godavari and Nira.