Q. Who of the following founded a new city on the south bank of a tributary to river Krishna and undertook to rule his new kingdom as the agent of a deity to whom all the land south of the river Krishna was supposed to belong? (a) Amoghavarsha I (b) Ballala II (c) Harihara I (d) ...

Q. Consider the following pairs: Medieval Indian State : Present Region 1. Champaka : Central India 2. Durgara : Jammu 3. Kuluta : Malabar Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched? (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 only (c) 1 and 3 (d) 3 only Ans: (b) 2 only

Q. With reference to Indian history, which of the following is/are the essential elementary elements of the feudal system? 1. A very strong centralized political authority and a very weak provincial or local political authority 2. Emergence of administrative structure based on control and ...

Q. In medieval India, the designations ‘Mahattara’ and ‘Pattakila’ were used for (a) military officers (b) village headmen (c) specialists in Vedic rituals (d) chiefs of craft guilds Ans: (b) village headmen Explanation: In medieval India, the designations 'Mahattara' and ...

Q. Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri was (a) the mosque for the use of Royal Family (b) Akbar’s private chamber prayer (c) the hall in which Akbar held discussions with scholars of various religions. (d) the room in which the nobles belonging to different religions gathered to discuss ...

Q. India maintained its early cultural contacts and trade links with southeast Asia across the Bay of Bengal. For this pre-eminence of early maritime history of Bay of Bengal , which of the following could be the most convincing explanation/explanations ? (a) As compared to other countries, ...

Q. Why did Buddhism start declining in India in the early medieval times? 1. Buddha was by that time considered , as one of the incarnations of Vishnu and thus became a part of Vaishnavism. 2. The invading tribes from Central Asia till the time of last Gupta king adopted Hinduism and ...

Q. What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and fight the Third Battle of Panipat? (a) He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore (b) The frustrated governor of Jullundhar Adina Beg Khan invited him to invade Punjab (c) ...

Q. Among the following, who was not a proponent of bhakti cult? (a) Nagarjuna  (b) Tukaram (c) Tyagaraja (d) Vallabhacharya Ans: (a) Nagarjuna Explanation: Among the options provided, Nagarjuna was not a proponent of the bhakti cult. Nagarjuna was a renowned Buddhist ...

Q. With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat? (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb Ans: (b) Jahangir  Explanation: The English set up their first factory in Surat with the permission of Emperor Jahangir. Jahangir granted the ...

Q. During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India? (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Shah Jahan (d) Aurangzeb Ans: (b) Jahangir Explanation: The English East India Company established its first factory in India during the ...

Q. When Raja Wodeyar founded the kingdom of Mysore, who was the ruler of the Vijayanagar Empire? (a) Sadasiva (b) Tirumala (c) Ranga II (d) Venkata II Ans: (d) Venkata II Explanation: Indigenous chieftains from Karnataka rose to become the founders of a dynasty after a series of ...