Top 250+ Solved Medieval India- Society, Culture, Religion MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Founder of the Western or Early Chalukya Dynasty was …………
a. pulakesin i
b. vijayalaya
c. shashanka
d. dharmapala
Q. …………. was in power from 609 AD to 642 AD of Early ChalukyaDynasty.
a. simha vishnu
b. vijayalaya
c. rajaraja chola i
d. pulakesin ii
Q. The Western Chalukya Dynasty’s capital of …………. was destroyed bythe Pallavas in the 7th century.
a. thanjavur
b. badami
c. vengi
d. kalyani
Q. The Eastern Chalukya dynasties were in power from the capital city of ………….and the dynasty was lasted from 624 AD to 11th century.
a. vengi
b. badami
c. thanjavur
d. peshawar
Q. Western Chalukyas reestablished the dynasty in the Deccan andcreated a new capital at ……………...
a. thanjavur
b. badami
c. kalyani
d. thaneswar
Q. ………….. were a powerful Dynasties of Andhra Pradesh in Indianmedieval history in the end of 500 AD.
a. pandyas
b. cholas
c. pallavas
d. chalukyas
Q. The founder of pallava Dynasty was …………..
a. rajaraja chola i
b. vijayalaya
c. simha vishnu
d. pulekisin ii
Q. …………. expanded the Pallava kingdom in Northern Orissa, Tanjoreand Trichirapalli.
a. simha vishnu
b. vijayalaya
c. rajaraja chola i
d. pulakesin i
Q. Mahendravarman established a cave temple at …………….
a. trichirapalli
b. tanjore
c. mahabalipuram
d. pullalur
Q. In 620 AD, Mahendravarman was attacked by the Chalukya kingPulekisin II in a battle at …………… and loosed very badly.
a. pullalur
b. thanjavur
c. mahabalipuram
d. manimangalam
Q. …………… in his work, ‘Peasant State and Society in Medieval SouthIndia’ introduced a new theory of ‘Segmentary’ state system for medieval South Indian state and society.
a. burton stein
b. noboru karashima
c. a.s.altekar
d. richard kennedy
Q. ……………. has been criticized for introducing the vague concept of‘peasant economy’ as substitution for the Marxian theory of mode of production.
a. burton stein
b. richard kennedy
c. george spencer
d. nilakanta sastri
Q. ………………, in his book ‘Trade and Statecraft in the Age of Cholas’criticized the concept of centralized state during the period of Cholas.
a. d.n. jha
b. stein burton
c. a.s.altekar
d. kenneth hall
Q. Prof. ……………….., a Japanese historian on South Indian studiespublished the work “South Indian History and Society” in 1984.
a. s. krishnaswami aiyangar
b. noboru karashima
c. nilakanta sastri
d. n. jha
Q. Land grants to .................. institutions were called Brahmadeya, (i.e.donated to Brahmins).
a. religious
b. political
c. capitalistic
d. socialistic