Question 1

City of Nagalapura was built by

Accepted Answer

A)  bukka i 
B)  deva raya i 
C)  krishna deva raya 
D)  virupaksa C

Question 2

Who was responsible for developing the Gurumukhi script?

Accepted Answer

A)  guru arjun 
B)  gobind singh 
C)  nanak 
D)  guru angad D

Question 3

Suddhadvaita was propounded by

Accepted Answer

A)  ramanuja 
B)  namadeva 
C)  tukaram 
D)  vallabhacharya D

Question 4

Who wrote Gangadasa Pralapa Vilasam?

Accepted Answer

A)  allasani peddana 
B)  tenali ramakrishna 
C)  ramabhadrudu 
D)  gangadhara

Question 5

Which one of the following rulers of Kashmir has been described as the Akbar of Kashmir?

Accepted Answer

A)  azam shah 
B)  zain-ul abidin 
C)  shihab-ud-din shah 
D)  shah mir

Question 6

According to Abdur Razzaq, the pay of the policemen of Vijayanagar was paid from the proceeds of

Accepted Answer

A)  brothels 
B)  taxes on goods 
C)  land revenue 
D)  wine shops

Question 7

Amuktamalyada was written in

Accepted Answer

A)  sanskrit 
B)  tamil 
C)  telugu 
D)  kannada

Question 8

Amuktamalyada is a book on

Accepted Answer

A)  poetry 
B)  dance 
C)  polity 
D)  music

Question 9

What is kuttagari?

Accepted Answer

A)  grant of land to the brahmins 
B)  lease system of cultivation 
C)  service tenures for military 
D)  revenue farming

Question 10

Who established the Chisti order in India?

Accepted Answer

A)  nizam-ud-din auliya 
B)  salim chisti 
C)  shaikh moin-ud-in chisti 
D)  hamid-ud-din nagauri

Question 11

Which one of the following places was known as the 'Shiraz-i-Hind'?

Accepted Answer

A)  malwa 
B)  khandesh 
C)  sonargaon 
D)  jaunpur

Question 12

The term senabova or sanbhoga was an official designation under Vijayanagar kingdom. It refers to the

Accepted Answer

A)  chief judicial officer of the mandalam. 
B)  chief of the military staff. 
C)  village accountant. 
D)  head of the accounts department.

Question 13

What is asthavana?

Accepted Answer

A)  land revenue department 
B)  a type of rice 
C)  one-third of the produce of land 
D)  house tax

Question 14

Who wrote Sur Sarawali?

Accepted Answer

A)  mirabai 
B)  chaitanya 
C)  tulsidas 
D)  surdas

Question 15

Who started the Khalsa in Sikh religion?

Accepted Answer

A)  guru angad 
B)  guru gobind singh 
C)  guru tegh bahadur 
D)  guru arjun

Question 16

Who built a college at Bidar making it an important intellectual centre in the Deccan?

Accepted Answer

A)  muhammad shah i 
B)  ahmad shah wali 
C)  ali barid 
D)  mahmud gawan

Question 17

Who wrote Dasabodha?

Accepted Answer

A)  kabir 
B)  nanak 
C)  ramdas 
D)  tukaram

Question 18

Madura Vijayam written by Gangadevi describes

Accepted Answer

A)  battle of bannihatti 
B)  sri krishna deva raya's conquests 
C)  capture of madura by kampana 
D)  court of harihara-i

Question 19

Sangama brothers, who founded Vijayanagar, were originally in the service of

Accepted Answer

A)  kampili kingdom 
B)  hoyasala kingdom 
C)  kakatiya kingdom 
D)  yadava kingdom

Exam 3: Historical Figures, Events, and Concepts in Indian History