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This set of History of Medieval India Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on History Of Medieval India Set 4

Q1 | The administration of ……………. was divided into eight departments headed byministers who are called Ashta pradhan.
  • raja jai singh
  • pushyabhutis
  • shivaji
  • narasimhavarman
Q2 | …………… wrote ‘Contribution of South India to Indian Culture’,
  • s.krishna swami ayyankar
  • robert sewell
  • nilakanta sastri
  • n. rajayyan
Q3 | S. Krishna Swami Ayyankar, along with …………… edited the ‘HistoricalInscriptions of South India’.
  • robert sewell
  • nilakanta sastri
  • burton stein
  • appadorai
Q4 | ……………… can be considered as the first historian to write a comprehensivehistory of south India.
  • k.a. nilakanta sastri
  • richard kennedy
  • southal
  • robert sewell
Q5 | …………………. was written ‘History of South India’,
  • k.a. nilakanta sastri
  • appadorai
  • mahalingam
  • robert sewell
Q6 | ………………. works, ‘Inscriptions of Pallavas and Early Indian Paleography’ are ofconsiderable importance for the reconstruction of the history he Pallavas.
  • mahalingam’s
  • burton stein’s
  • george spencer’s
  • kenneth hall’s
Q7 | Kanchi was the capital of …………………..
  • chalukyas
  • vijayanagara
  • pallavas
  • cholas
Q8 | The political history of the South India from the period of 6th century to 8th centuryis marked by the struggle for supremacy between the Pallavas of Kanchi and …………….. of Badami.
  • cholas
  • vijayanagara
  • chalukyas
  • cheras
Q9 | Mahendravarman I in the beginning of the 7th century was defeated by the Chalukyaruler …………….. and was given the territory of Vengi.
  • simhavishnu
  • narasimhavarman
  • pulikesi ii
  • mahendravarman
Q10 | ……………., the Pallava ruler defeated Pulikesi II and captured Vatapi capital of theChalukyas.
  • narasimhavarman
  • simhavishnu
  • mahendravarman
  • pulikesi ii
Q11 | The ……………. king Vikramadithya II said to have overrun Kanchi, the capital ofPallavas.
  • mauryan
  • vijayanagara
  • bhamini
  • chalukya
Q12 | …………. was the first ruler who laid the foundation of the Chalukya dynasty.
  • pulikesi i
  • narasimhavarman
  • vikramadithya ii
  • mahendravarman
Q13 | The most famous of the stone temple of the Pallavas is the seven ratha temples(seven pagoda) in ………………..
  • darasuram
  • mahabhalipuram
  • tribhuvanam
  • tanjore
Q14 | ……………..founded the city of Mahabhalipuram as Mamallapuram.
  • narasimhavarman
  • rajendra i
  • rajaraja chola
  • rajadhiraja chola
Q15 | The structural temple architecture of the …………. was patronized and favoured byNarasimhavarman II who substituted bricks and temples for stone.
  • pandyas
  • vijayanagara
  • cheras
  • pallavas
Q16 | The Kailasanath temple or Rajasimhawara temple is the largest among the…………… temples.
  • vijayanagara
  • pallava
  • chola
  • chaukyan
Q17 | Vijayalaya (850-875) was the founder of the …………… dynasty.
  • chola
  • vijayanagara
  • bahmini
  • pala
Q18 | Rajaraja invaded Northern part of Sri Lanka and made it a ........... province.
  • chola
  • vijayanagara
  • pandya
  • cheras
Q19 | ............ conquered several trans-Ganga kingdoms and assumed the title of GangaiKondachola.
  • rajaraja chola
  • rajendra i
  • rajadhiraja chola
  • kulottunga
Q20 | Rajendra I founded a new capital called .....................
  • gangai kondacholapuram
  • pullaur
  • mahodayapuram
  • ezhimala
Q21 | .............. founded a new capital called Gangai Kondacholapuram.
  • kulottunga chola
  • rajendra chola i
  • rajaraja chola
  • rajadhiraja chola
Q22 | Kulottunga (1178-1210) was the last greatest ............ emperor.
  • chola
  • vijayanagara
  • chera
  • pandyas
Q23 | The …………….. inscriptions thrown light on the constitution and working ofthe village assembles of the cholas.
  • darasuram
  • warrangal
  • uttaramerur
  • tribhuvanam
Q24 | The Vijayalaya Cholisvara temple is situated at…….
  • pudukottai
  • kumbakonam
  • tribhuvanam
  • tanjore
Q25 | The early phase of Dravida temple is best illustrated in the Kuranganathatemple at Srinivasanallur built in the reign of ……...
  • parantaka i
  • rajaraja chola
  • rajadhiraja chola
  • pulikesi ii