CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. This ruler belonged to the Pallava dynasty -
(A) Raja Bhoj
(B) Mahendravarman I
(C) Rajendra Chola
2. The Second Battle of Tarain was fought in –
(A) 1292 AD (B) 1182 AD
(C) 1192 AD
3. After the victory over the Palas, Rajendra Chola I built the city called –
(A) Tanjore (B) Kanauj
(C) Gangaikondapuram
4. A Chola village assembly of was called –
(A) Nagaram (B) Sabha
(C) Ur
5. Initially Rashtrakutas were subordinate to –
(A) Chalukyas (B) Pandyas
(C) Cholas (D) Cheras
6. Chalukya belongs to which state –
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Karnataka
(C) Bengal (D) Punjab
7. Kadamba Mayurasharman & the Gurjara Pratihara were -
(A) Brahmanas (B) Shudras
(C) K shatriyas (D) Vaishnav
8. Vetti collected in Tamil Nadu was –
(A) Land revenue
(B) Tax taken not in cash but in the form of forced labour
(C) Tax collected on thatching the house
(D) A cess on succession to family property
9. Who wrote a long Sanskrit poem containing the history of kings who ruled over Kashmir –
(A) Amir Khushro (B) Kalhana
(C) Nagabhata (D) Chandarbardai
10. Tripartitle struggle was between –
(A) Gurjana-Pratihara, Rashtrakuta & Pala dynasties
(B) Paramars, Chandellas & Pala
(C) Cholas, Cheras & Pandyas
(D) Rashtrakutas, Cholas & Cheras
11. Kitab-al-Hind was written in –
(A) Arabic (B) Persian
(C) Sanskrit (D) Urdu
12. Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni ruled over –
(A) Afghanistan (B) India
(C) Greece (D) China
13. Al-Biruni wrote –
(A) Ain-i-Akbari (B) Akbar Nama
(C) Kitab-al-Hind (D) All of these
14. Prithviraja III was a …….. ruler –
(A) Chalukyas (B) Palas
(C) Chola (D) Chera
15. Cholas were subordinate to –
(A) Parmar (B) Pallava
(C) Chalukya (D) Yadavas
16. Who built the town of Thanjaver –
(A) Muttarailyar (B) Vijayalaya
(C) Rajaraja (D) Rajendra I
17. Who was considered as the most powerful Chola ruler –
(A) Rajaraja I (B) Rajendra I
(C) Vijayalaya (D) None of these
18. Settlement of peasants in Chola empire were known as –
(A) Ur (B) Nadu
(C) Muvendavelan (D) Araiyar
19. Match the following
(a) Vellanvagai
(i) Land for the maintenance of School
(b) Brahmadeya
(ii) Land of non-Brahmana peasants Proprietors
(c) Shalabhoga
(iii) Land donated to Jaina institutions
(d) Palli Chohhandam
(iv) Land gifted to Brahmanas
(A) a-(ii), b-(iv), c-(i), d-(iii)
(B) a-(i), b-(ii), c-(iii), d-(iv)
(C) a-(iii), b-(i), c-(iv), d-(ii)
(D) a-(iv), b-(iii), c-(i), d-(ii)