Test: The Vijayanagar Empire - 2 - UPSC MCQ

At one time he got a canal cut to cross a swollen river so that a stronghold could be captured.

He personally led his troops while fighting with the Bijapur ruler.

He killed his own soldiers when they tried to desert.

He personally looked after the wounded and took personal care of the distinguished fighters amongst the defeated too.

Tamil

Sanskrit

Telugu

Kannada

Goa was a part of the Vijayanagar empire.

The city enjoyed protection and trade concessions.

The Tuluva kings always had Goa as the last refuge after losing war.

None of these.

Was responsible for the construction of many Hindu temples.

Was the outcome of conscious efforts of the Hindu of the South to checkmate the ambitions of Islam.

Was the manifestation of the aim of Hindu to gain supremacy in the South while Delhi was ruled by Muslims.

Was the result of disintegration of Tughlaq empire.

Abdur Razzaq

Nicolo Conti

Father Heras

Swell

Ala-ud-din Khalji and Hamir Deva

Ala-ud-din Khalji and Karnadeva

Firuz Shah and Hari Hara II

Firuz Shah and Deva Raya

Ahmad Shah

Hasan Bahmani

Firuz Shah

Muhammed Shah III

The Chola tradition of village self-government received a setback with the growth of he-reditarynayakship.

The hereditary officer of the village moot was known as ‘Ayagar’.

The village was the unit of administration.

The village moot, corresponding to the panchayat of Northern India, managed its own affairs.

The hereditary officer of the village moot was known as ‘Mahanayakacharya’.

The position of women in the capital was not honourable.

Prostitution was a common vice.

Women received education of high order.

The practice of ‘sati’ was common.

It is almost certain that a sort of rough and ready justice was dispensed according to the discretion of the authorities.

Theft, adultery, the treason were punished with death or mutilation.

Torture was not the surest method to export confession of crime.

Brahmanas were exempted from capital punishment.

III, II, I, IV, V, VI

I, II, III, IV, V, VI

II, III, IV, V, I, VI

III, II, IV, V, I, VI

1, 2 and 3 only

1, 3 and 4 only

2 and 4 only

1, 2, 3 and 4

The flesh of cattle was strictly prohibited.

Even Brahmanas ate all kinds of meat.

Only non-Brahmanas consumed all kinds of meat.

Dwelling was a recognised method of setting disputes.

Those who stood on the right hand side of the king were called Valangais and other who stood on the left side were called Idangais.

Valangais were agriculturists  and Idangais were traders, the distinction arising on account of foreign trade and contact.

On acount of great animosity between the two classes of people, they got these tables.

It had its origin in the method of work i.e. those working with right hand come to be known as Vanangais and left handers as Idangais.

The sati’s sacrifice was commemorated by erection of Satikals.

There was no compulsion and it was done voluntarily.

It was very popular and widespread.

There were no social disabilities attached to widows who did not choose to become satis.

Venkata II

Achyutadeva Raya

Deva Raya II

Krishnadeva Raya

An occasion for purchase and sale of vehicles which was accompanied by Ayudhapuja.

The moving around of the king in his chariot during Mahanavami festival.

A chariot race arranged on the occasion of important festivals.

The concluding event of a festival celebration in a temple in which the idol was taken out in chariot.

An assembly of poets was convened by Harihara after the pattern of the Sangam Age.

It is named after the village where the city of Vijayanagar was built.

The idea of cooperative common wealth which formed the basis of the kingdom was borrowed from Sangam Age.

It is named after the father of Harihara and Bukka namely Sangam.

The region between the rivers Krishna and Kaveri.

The Krishna-Godavari delta.

Krishna-Tungabhadradoab

None of these.

Gardens

Shops and bazaars

Houses of nobles

Quarters of courtesans.

Chess

Shadow plays

Wrestling

Gambling

Vidyaranya

Vallabhacharya

Raidasa

None of these

Bukka

Harihara II

Devaraya I

Krishnadeva Raya

He was able to maintain his position in the face of the Bahmani-Warangal combine.

His greates t succe ss was i n wresti ng Belgaum and Goa in the west from the Bahmani kingdom.

He also sent an expedition to north Sri Lanka.

None of the above.

Harihara II

Bukka

Deva Raya I

Deva Raya II

He ceded to Firuz Shah Bankapur in the doab in dowry in order to obviate all future dispute.

Following a confusion in the Reddi kingdoms, Deva Raya entered into an alliance with Warangal for partitioning the kingdom between them.

He constructed a dam across the Tungabhadra so that he could bring the canals into the city to relieve the shortage of water.

He also built a dam on the river Harida for irrigation purposes.

All of the above.

Harihara II

Deva Raya I

 Achyuta Deva Raya

Krishnadeva Raya

Dandanayak

Amaram

Mahanayacharya

Nayaka

Deva Raya II felt that the superiority of the Bahmani army was due to their sturdier horses and their large body of good archers.

He, therefore, enlisted 2000 Muslims, gave them jagirs and commended all his Hindu soldiers and officers to learn the art of archery from them.

With his new army, Deva Raya II crossed the Tungabhadra river in 1443 A.D. and tried to recover Mudkal, Bankapur, etc.

All of the above.

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