South India

Q. The Vijayanagara Empire was located on the banks of which river?

1. Tungabhadra
2. Krishna
3. Godavari
4. Mahanadi

Q. The last known Chola king, Rajendra III, died in ______C.E.

1. 1275
2. 1276
3. 1278
4. 1279

Q. The capital of Vijayanagara Empire was shifted to which of the following after the Battle of Talikota?

1. Chandragiri
2. Penugonda
3. Mysore
4. Bijapur

Q. Sentence A: Krishnadeva Raya established the Vijayanagara Empire in the 14th century.
Sentence B: Harihara and Bukka were the rulers of the Vijayanagara Empire.

1. Both sentence A and B are false.
2. Both sentence A and B are true.
3. Only sentence B is true.
4. Only sentence A is true.

Q. Devagari was ruled by _______, until Alauddin Khalji captured it in 1296 C.E.

1. Chalukyas
2. Cholas
3. Pratiharas
4. Yadavas

Q. Harihara and Bukka established which empire?

1. Vijayanagara
2. Sangama
3. Saluva
4. Tuluva

Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are not true about the Vijayanagara Kingdom?

1. It started off as a kingdom established by only Harihara in 1336 C.E.
2. The combined forces of the Deccan Sultanates defeated the Vijayanagar kingdom in 1565 C.E. in the Battle of Talikota.
3. The greatest emperor of the Vijayanagara kingdom, Krishnadeva Raya, belonged to the Tuluva dynasty.
4. The Vijayanagara emperors were forced to move their capital from Vijayanagar to further south to Penugonda after the Battle of Talikota.

Q. When was the Vijayanagara Empire established?

1. 1310
2. 1320
3. 1336
4. 1342