HISTORY MCQS SET 82

HISTORY MCQS SET 82

811) At which place in China do we have reference to the presence of Hindu temples in which Brahamanas lived in the earl period?
A) Macau
B) Cantor
C) Peking
D) Hong Kong
Answer: Cantor
    
812) Chief exponent of tantrism in North India in the early medieval period was
A) Goarkhnath
B) Ramanada
C) Shankaracharya
D) Basava
Answer: Goarkhnath
    
813) Iqta in medieval India meant
A) land assigned to religious personnel for spiritual purposes
B) land revenue from different territorial unites assigned to army officers
C) charity for educational and cultural activites
D) the rights of the Zamindar
Answer: land revenue from different territorial unites assigned to army officers
    
814) Alberuni's 'Quanun-i-Masudi' is a book on
A) astronomy
B) minerology
C) history
D) mathematics
Answer: astronomy
    
815) Which of the following statements about the Vijayanagara empire is/are true?
1. The kings claimed to rule on behalf of the God Virupaksha
2. Rulers used the title 'Hindu Suratrana' to indicate their close links with Gods.
3. All royal orders were signed in Kannada, Sanskrit and Tamil.
4. Royal portrait sculpture was now displayed in temples.
Select the correct answer using the code given below
A) Only 4
B) 1 and 2
C) 1,2 and 3
D) 1,2 and 4
Answer: 1,2 and 4

816) An enormous Nandi; the second largest in India is a future of which Chola temple?
A) Natarajan temple at Chitambaram
B) Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple
C) Lepakshi temple
D) Raja Rajeswara Temple at Tanjore
Answer: Raja Rajeswara Temple at Tanjore
    
817) Which Chola ruler was the first to send an embassy to China?
A) Vijayala I
B) Aditya I
C) Raja Raja I
D) Rajendra I
Answer: Rajendra I
    
818) Arrange the following in their chronological order
1. Banja of Gujar - Pratibara Dynasty
2. Hindushahis of Punjab and Kabul
3. Rashtrakutas of Deccan
4. Chalukya Dynasty of Kalyani
A) 1, 2, 3, 4
B) 4, 1, 2, 3
C) 2, 3, 1, 4
D) 3, 1, 2, 4
Answer: 3, 1, 2, 4
    
819) Who built the Korangath temple at Srinivasnattur?
A) Parantaka I
B) Vijayalaya
C) Rajendra
D) Raja Raja
Answer: Parantaka I
    
820) Which Pratihara ruler's achievement are known from Gwalior inscriptions?
A) Vatasaraj
B) Nagabhatta l
C) Mihirbhoja
D) Mahendrapal l
Answer: Mihirbhoja