HISTORY MCQS SET 86

HISTORY MCQS SET 86

851) Who constructed the world famous Jagannath Temple at Puri?
A) Krishnavarman
B) Anantvarman
C) Devavarman
D) None of these
Answer: Anantvarman
    
852) The Dilwara temple is located at
A) Bhubaneswar
B) Aurangabad
C) Khajuraho
D) Mount Abu
Answer: Mount Abu
    
853) Assertion (A) The success of the Turks against the Indian rulers at the end of the 12th century was an event that exposed the weakness of the Indian armies.
Reason (R) Large scale conversions to Islam had depleted the numerical strength of the Indian armies
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A .
B) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false
D) A is false, but R is true
Answer: A is true, but R is false
    
854) Alberuni lived during the period of which one of the following?
A) Mahmud Ghaznavi
B) Muhammad Ghori
C) Alauddin Khalji
D) Ferozshah Tughlaq
Answer: Mahmud Ghaznavi
    
855) The Lingaraja temple built during the medieval period is at
A) Bhubaneswar
B) Khajuraho
C) Madurai
D) Mount Abu
Answer: Bhubaneswar

856) Who fought the Battle of Waihind (AD 1009 )?
A) Anandpala and Mahmud Ghaznavi.
B) Jayapala and Muhammad Ghori.
C) Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori.
D) Jaichandra and Bakhtiyar Khilji.
Answer: Anandpala and Mahmud Ghaznavi.
    
857) The temple of Somnath which was destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni (Mahmud Ghazanavi) was dedicated to Lord
A) Shiva
B) Vishnu
C) Surya
D) Ganapati
Answer: Shiva
    
858) Assertion (A) Alberuni, who visited India at the time of Mahmud of Ghazni, critisised the Hindus for their exclusiveness which kept them away from the rest of the world.
Reason (R) He believed that the caste system was responsible for this.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C) A is true. but R is false
D) A is false, but R is true
Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    
859) In India, the first to put forward the theory that the Earth revolves round the Sun was
A) Aryabhatta
B) Brahmagupta
C) Bana
D) Kalhana
Answer: Aryabhatta
    
860) The Sun Temple of Konark was built by Narasimhadeva I. To which dynasty he belong to?
A) Somvansi dynasty
B) Ganga dynasty
C) Suryavansi dynasty
D) Bhoi dynasty
Answer: Ganga dynasty