Medieval India Society Culture Religion Set 11

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This set of Medieval India- Society, Culture, Religion Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Medieval India Society Culture Religion Set 11

Q1 | …………… introduced the theory of segmentary state for earlymedieval south Indian polity.
  • burton stein
  • mahalingam
  • r.s.sharma
  • d.n.jha
Answer: burton stein
Q2 | The kingdom of …………… came into existence during the period ofconfusion which prevailed in the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq.
  • vijayanagara
  • bhamini
  • pallava
  • mughals
Answer: vijayanagara
Q3 | The foundation of the …………… kingdom was laid by two brothersHarihara and Bukka.
  • chola
  • kakatiya
  • bhamini
  • vijayanagara
Answer: vijayanagara
Q4 | Harihara was a capable ruler but he had to struggle hard against hisneighbours, the Hoysala ruler of ………… and sultan of Madhurai.
  • mysore
  • vijayanagara
  • bhamini
  • pandya
Answer: mysore
Q5 | The end of the …………. kingdom enables Harihara and Bukka toexpand their small principality.
  • bhamini
  • vijayanagara
  • hoysala
  • chalukya
Answer: hoysala
Q6 | By 1346 the whole of the Hoysala kingdom had passed into the handsof the …………….. ruler.
  • bhamini
  • vijayanagara
  • chola
  • gupta
Answer: vijayanagara
Q7 | The real rival of ……………. was the Bahmani sultanate of Deccan.
  • vijayanagara
  • hoysala
  • mughals
  • chalukya
Answer: vijayanagara
Q8 | The …………….. kingdom had come into existence in 1347.
  • chalukya
  • vijayanagara
  • bhamini
  • bahmani
Answer: bahmani
Q9 | The Tungabhadra doab was the region between ……….. andTungabhadra rivers.
  • thungabadra
  • krishna
  • goghavari
  • kaveri
Answer: krishna
Q10 | Krishnadevaraya (1509 -29) is considered as the greatest and themost famous kings of ……………. empire.
  • vijayanagara
  • bhamini
  • pandya
  • gupta
Answer: vijayanagara
Q11 | Krishnadevaraya belonged the …………… dynasty.
  • tuhva
  • mughal
  • slave
  • pusyabhuti
Answer: tuhva
Q12 | ………….. captured Krishna Tungabadra Doab, and the forts ofRiachar and Bidar.
  • achyuta raya
  • krishnadevaraya
  • sadasiva raya
  • rama raya.
Answer: krishnadevaraya
Q13 | The famous battle of Talikotta took place on 23 January …………...
  • 1455
  • 1465
  • 1555
  • 1565
Answer: 1565
Q14 | The battle of Talikotta sounded the death knell of the ..…………. Empire.
  • bhamini
  • vijayanagara
  • pandya
  • gupta
Answer: vijayanagara
Q15 | The …………… king kept of fixed number of soldiers to assist him inwars. They were called Amara Nayakas.
  • vijayanagara
  • bhamini
  • mughal
  • gupta
Answer: vijayanagara
Q16 | The city of Vijayanagara, the capital of the empire was founded in1336 on the banks of the river ……………...
  • kaveri
  • krishna
  • thungabhadra
  • periyar
Answer: thungabhadra
Q17 | The temple of Vithala constructed by ……………, has been describedas the finest buildings of its kinds in southern India.
  • krishnadevaraya
  • ariyanatha mudaliyar
  • achyuta raya
  • ramaraya
Answer: krishnadevaraya
Q18 | King …………….. encouraged Telungu literature and providedprotection to a great Telungu poet Nachan soma.
  • bukka i
  • ariyanatha mudaliyar
  • krishnadevaraya
  • bukka iii
Answer: bukka i
Q19 | Krishna deva Raya made free Telungu from the influence of ………….language and this opened way for independent writings called Prabhanda.
  • telugu
  • malayalam
  • sanskrit
  • tamil
Answer: sanskrit
Q20 | …………. court was graced eight famous poets called Ashtadiggajs.
  • krishna deva raya’s
  • ariyanatha mudaliyar’s
  • ramaraya’s
  • guptaraya’s
Answer: krishna deva raya’s
Q21 | The earlier chief minister and a commander of Vijayanagara, Tirumalaappointed himself as the regent, making ……………, a remote place as his headquarters.
  • talikkotta
  • peshawar
  • penukonda
  • lothal
Answer: penukonda
Q22 | The Nayakas were appointed as provincial governors by the …………. king.
  • vijayanagara
  • gupta
  • chola
  • pandya
Answer: vijayanagara
Q23 | The significant aspect of the …………. administration was the ‘Polygarsystem’ or the ‘Palayakkara system’.
  • pandya
  • gupta
  • chola
  • nayaka
Answer: nayaka
Q24 | The Polygar system was established in the second half of the 16thcentury by ………….., the Prime Minister of the first Nayaka ruler of Madurai to make the territorial administration more efficient.
  • ariyanatha mudaliyar
  • dr.manmohan singh
  • indira gandhi
  • i.k.gujaral
Answer: ariyanatha mudaliyar
Q25 | Carnatic Nawab entrusted the …………… East India Company tocollect revenue from the Polygar areas.
  • dutch
  • french
  • english
  • portuguese
Answer: english
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