General Studies

Vijayanagar & Other Kingdoms

1. The kingdom of Vijayanagar was founded by –
Ans:- Harihar and Bukka.                                                                     [Utt. PSC (P), 2005]

2. The rulers of Vijayanagar promoted –
Ans:- Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit language.                                  [SSC Sec. off (Aud), 2007]

3. The Bahmani kingdom was founded in the year –
Ans:- 1347.                                                                                             [UP PCS (M), 2005]

4. The founder of the Bahmani Kingdom was –
Ans:- Alauddin Bahman Shah.                                                               [WB PCS (P), 2008]

5. The Bahmanis of the Deccan rose to prominence in which centuries?
Ans:- 14th Century.                                                  [RRB Mumbai Supervisor/ IESM, 2006]

6. Which region was the main bone of contention between the Vijayanagar rulers and the Bahmani sultans?
Ans:- Tungabhadra Doab, also known as Raichur Doab, the fertile region situated between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers.

7. When Harihar and Bukka set up a principality in South India, which later became Vijayanagar Empire, who was the Delhi sultan?
Ans:- Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq.                                                               [CDS, 2003]

8. When Babar invaded India who was the ruler of Vijayanagar empire in South India?
Ans:- Krishnadeva Raya.                                                                    [CPF Assit. Commat, 2008]

9. The first dynasty of the Vijayanagar kingdom was –
Ans:- Sangama.                                                                                  [CDS, 2004]

10. Taraf in Bahmani kingdom signified –
Ans:- Province.                                                                                  [UGC NET/ JRF (History), 2007]

11. Which Bahmani ruler built the famous “Gol Gumbaj” at Bijapur?
Ans:- Muhammad Adil Shah.                                                                     [SSC Tax Assit., 2008]

12. The Nayakas in the Vijayanagar empire were –
Ans:- Military chiefs controlling particular territories.

13. The most important cause of the downfall of the Vijayanagar empire was –
Ans:- Unity among the Muslim rulers of Bijapur, Golconda and                                                      Ahmednagar.                                                                 [RRB Mumbai supervisor/ IESM, 2006]

14. “A Forgotten Empire”, written by renowned historian Robert Sewell is about which empire?
Ans:- Vijayanagar Empire.                                                                       [CDS, 2009]

15. Who were the ashta-diggaja in the court of Krishnadeva Raya?
Ans:- Eight Telugu poets.                                                                         [UP PCS (P), 2003]

16. Which ruler of Vijayanagar had sent his embassy to the emperor of China?
Ans:- Bukka-I.

17. When Raja Wodeyar founded the kingdom of Mysore, who was the ruler of the Vijayanagar Empire?
Ans:- Venkata-II.                                                                                     [UPSC, 2006]

18. Which was the capital of Hoysalas?
Ans:- Dwarasamudra.                                                                              [CDS, 2008]

19. What is the meaning of Athavana?
Ans:- Revenue department.                                                                       [JPSC, 2001]

20. Hoysala monuments are found in –
Ans:- Halebid and Belur.                                                                       [UPSC, 2001]

21. Where is the famous Virupaksha Temple located?
Ans:- Hampi.                                                                                       [UPSC, 2009]

22. Name the Bengali poet who was conferred with the title Gunaraj Khan in the Sultanate period?
Ans:- Maladhar Basu.

23. Which region of India was ruled by Sultan Zainul Abidin?
Ans:- Kashmir.                                                                                      [CDS, 2007]

24. The city of Jaunpur was founded in the memory of –
Ans:- Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq.                                                                       [UP PCS (M), 2007]

25. Sufi Kalam, a type of devotional music, is characteristic of –
Ans:- Kashmir.                                                                                       [Utt PCS (M), 2007]

26. Who was given the title of Andhra-Kavita-Pitamaha?
Ans:- Peddana.                                                                                       [WB PSC (P), 2007]

27. Which one of the Muslim rulers was hailed as the Jagadguru by his Muslim subjects because of his belief in secularism?
Ans:- Ibrahim Adil Shah-II.                                                                         [UPSC, 2000]

28. Who was called the Akbar of Kashmir?
Ans:- Zainul Abidin.                                                                                 [WB PSC (P), 2007]

29. Where is the famous Vijaya Vithala Temple, having its 56 carved pillars emitting musical notes located?
Ans:- Hampi.                                                                                        [UPSC, 2007]

30. How did the dynasty of Nizam Shahis of Ahmednagar come to an end?
Ans:- Ahmednagar was annexed into the Mughal empire and Husain Shah was consigned to life imprisonment.                                                                                [UPSC, 2004]

31. Dynasty and their respective capitals are written below:-

Ans: