Vijayanagara & Bahmani Kingdoms PYQs

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1. Prelims 2024Q56Vijayanagara & Bahmani Kingdoms

   Who of the following rulers of medieval India gave permission to the Portuguese to build a fort at Bhatkal ?

   aKrishnadevarayabNarasimha SaluvacMuhammad Shah IIIdYusuf Adil Shah
2. Prelims 2023Q48Vijayanagara & Bahmani Kingdoms

   Who among the following rulers of Vijayanagara Empire constructed a large dam across Tungabhadra River and a canal-cum-aqueduct several kilometres long from the river to the capital city?

   aDevaraya IbMallikarjunacVira VijayadVirupaksha
3. Prelims 2023Q49Vijayanagara & Bahmani Kingdoms

   Who among the following rulers of medieval Gujarat surrendered Diu to Portuguese?

   aAhmad ShahbMahmud BegarhacBahadur ShahdMuhammad Shah
4. Prelims 2021Q35Vijayanagara & Bahmani Kingdoms

   According to Portuguese writer Nuniz, the women in Vijayanagara Empire were expert in which of the following areas?

   1.Wrestling

   2.Astrology

   3.Accounting

   4.Soothsaying

   Select the correct answer using the code given below.

   a1, 2 and 3 onlyb1, 3 and 4 onlyc2 and 4 onlyd1, 2, 3 and 4
5. Prelims 2017Q51Vijayanagara & Bahmani Kingdoms

   Which one of the following was a very important seaport in the Kakatiya kingdom ?

   aKakinadabMotupallicMachilipatnam (Masulipatnam)dNelluru
6. Prelims 2016Q9Vijayanagara & Bahmani Kingdoms

   Regarding the taxation system of Krishna Deva, the ruler of Vijayanagar, consider the following statements :

   1.The tax rate on land was fixed depending on the quality of the land.

   2.Private owners of workshops paid an industries tax.

   Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

   a1 onlyb2 onlycBoth 1 and 2dNeither 1 nor 2
7. Prelims 2015Q47Vijayanagara & Bahmani Kingdoms

   Who of the following founded a new city on the south bank of a tributary to river Krishna and undertook to rule his new kingdom as the agent of a deity to whom all the land south of the river Krishna was supposed to belong?

   aAmoghavarsha IbBallala IIcHarihara IdPrataparudra II
8. Prelims 2006Q127Vijayanagara & Bahmani Kingdoms

   When Raja Wodeyar founded the kingdom of Mysore, who was the ruler of the Vijayanagar Empire?

   aSadasivabTirumalacRanga IIdVenkata II
9. Prelims 2004Q2Vijayanagara & Bahmani Kingdoms

   Consider the following statements:

   1.Narasimha Saluva ended the Sangama dynasty and seized the throne for himself and started the Saluva dynasty.

   2.Vira Narasimha deposed the last Saluva ruler and seized the throne for himself.

   3.Vira Narasimha was succeeded by his younger brother, Krishnadeva Raya.

   4.Krishnadeva Raya was succeeded by his half-brother, Achyuta Raya.

   Which of these statements given above are correct?

   a1, 2 and 3b2, 3 and 4c1 and 4d1, 2, 3 and 4
10. Prelims 2004Q25Vijayanagara & Bahmani Kingdoms

    How did the dynasty of Nizam Shahis of Ahmadnagar come to an end?

    aAhmadnagar was annexed into Mughal empire and Husain Shah was consigned to life imprisonmentbMughal troops destroyed Daulatabad fort and killed Nizam-ul-Mulk of AhmadnagarcFateh Khan usurped the throne from Nizam-ul-MulkdMalik Ambar was defeated in a battle with Mughals in 1631 and the entire royal family was killed by the Mughal troops
11. Prelims 2003Q114Vijayanagara & Bahmani Kingdoms

    Assertion (A): Saluva Narasimha put an end to the old dynasty and assumed the royal title.

    Reason (R): He wanted to save the kingdom from further degeneration and disintegration.

    aBoth A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of AbBoth A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of AcA is true but R is falsedA is false but R is true
12. Prelims 2000Q45Vijayanagara & Bahmani Kingdoms

    Which one of the following Muslim rulers was hailed as the ‘Jagadguru’ by his Muslim subjects because of his belief in secularism?

    aHusain ShahbZain-ul-AbidincIbrahim Adil ShahdMahmud II