Test: Political & Social Conditions (800-1200 A.D)- 3 - Delhi Police Constable MCQ

Prolaraja II

Rudramma

Ganapati

All of the above

Parmaras

Gahadavalas

Chauhans

Chandelas

Udabhanda or Und.

Attock

Kabul

Peshawar

Karna

Mularaja

Jayasimha

Bhima I

Bakhtiyar Khalzi

Qutab-ud-din Aibak

Muiz-ud-din Muhammad-bin-Sam

Ikhtiyar-ud-din Muhammad

Ganapati

Bhillama

Singhana

Polaraja II

Yadavas of Devagiri

Hoyasalas of Dorasamudra

Kakatiyas of Warangal

Pandyas of Madurai

Religion

Kingship

Caste

Clan

Turko-Afghan attacks from the north western regions

Granting of land

The rise of the Rajputs

Lack of a powerful central authority

Mahamandalesvara

Mahasamanta

Mandalika

All of the above

Attendence at court including court service on certain occasions.

Maintenance of a specified number of troops for the king.

For smaller feudatories, permission from the king for any changes in the administration of their property.

All of the above.

Diversion of income into the hands of the intermediaries.

Economic depression of the peasantry.

Weakening of the position of the king.

All of the above.

Agriculture was viewed more or less as regular vocation of the Brahmanas, and not as an occupation to be adopted only in distress.

Agriculture could be practised by Brahmana in distress in addition to six-fold duty.

Agriculture could not be practised by a Brahmanas.

None of the above.

Valabhi

Vikramshila

Nalanda

Jagadalla

The Vaishyas became artisans, mechanics and domestics, following thus the occupation of the Shudras.

Like the Shudras, they began to be denied the privilege of reciting Vedas.

The rich merchants tended to join the ranks of the ruling landed aristocracy and came to be known as “Vaishya-Kshatriyas”.

All of the above.

The inclusion of agriculture in the ‘Samanya Dharma’ of all the Varnas.

The Shudras ‘abandoning their duty of dvijasusrusa’ were threatened with dire consequences of being sent to hell.

Emphasis on the fact that the Shudras should practise cultivation of industrial arts by rendering service to the members of the higher varnas.

None of the above.

In addition to land revenue, the peasants had to bear the burden of a number of special levies and cesses.

The peasants had to render forced labour.

Frequent recurrence of famines and wars also added to the miseries of the poor.

All of the above.

There was a considerable growth of dependent peasantry.

The smaller peasants were being reduced to poverty by oppression and overtaxation.

The weaker peasant proprietors surrendered their lands to chiefs and rulers in return for protection.

All of the above.

The imposition of Bhaga.

Prostitutes as a rich source of royal revenue.

Imposts of duties on places of pilgrimage and worship.

Taxes on the houses.

The decline of the class of merchants and traders became many merchants and traders came under the control of the landed aristocracy.

The activities of professional robbers.

The revision of social values, including undertaking of sea-voyage which was considered as a sin.

All of the above.

Nayanars

Lingayatas

Alvars

Sankaracharya

Marriages between different castes were frowned upon.

A new caste called Rajputs came into exist-ence during this period.

The Smriti writers of the period regard handicraft as high and respectable occupations.

The sufferings of the lower castes increased during this period.

Women were kept in seclusion and their life was regulated by the male relations.

Women continued to be denied the right to study theVeda.

Women did not enjoy the right to inherit the property of their male relations.

The marriageable age for girls was lowered.

The practice of large number of women being maintained by the feudal chiefs and the resultant disputes about the property.

The fear of losing chastity on account of the presence of foreign invaders in large numbers.

The low status assigned to women combined with high sexual morality expected of them.

None of the above.

Matsya Purana

Vayu Purana

Vishnu Purana

Manu Smriti

Imparting education as part of religious instructions.

Confining of knowledge among a very narrow group.

An arrogant attitude towards new ideas which isolated the country from the main currents of scientific thought outside India.

All of the above.

The belief that one could achieve his de-sires by uttering a few magical words and making a few mystical gestures was in vogue.

Supernatural powers could be acquired by some was the belief of the followers of Gorakhnath in northern India

Exponents of new beliefs hailed from the higher castes.

The Shakti form of worship became popular in eastern India leading to the Tara version of Buddhism.

The Lingayats, who primarily fought against Jains, are sub-caste today.

Alvars and Nayanars remained in the orbit of Hinduism.

Despite patronage of Jainism by the Chalukyas, the Parmaras and the Rashtrakutas, Hinduism did not decline in their respective kingdom.

The followers of Basava also became a subcaste.

All of the above

Sanskrit became the language of the upper classes while Hindi, Bengali and Marathi emerged as popular languages.

Some works were in Apabhramsha and Prakrit.

Books and plays were written in Sanskrit.

The Jain scholar, Hema Chandra, wrote both in Sanskrit and Apabhramsha.

They were the Kshatriyas who were evicted earlier from the main land in India during the Brahmanical upsurge against the Kshatriya religious leaders.

Of mixed origin-both foreigners and native people who were brought into the fold of Hinduism or Aryanism.

Of foreign origin but they rose from a sacrificial fire pit, that is, they were accpted into Hindu fold after they established their credentials.

None of the above.