| 31. | Which ruler of Vijayanagara abolished unpopular taxes like marriage tax? |
A. Devrai I | |
B. Devaraya II | |
C. Krishnadev Rai | |
D. Sadashiv Roy |
| 32. | How did the Nizamshahi dynasty of Ahmednagar end? |
A. Hussain Shah was given life imprisonment by adding Ahmednagar to the Mughal Empire. | |
B. The Mughal army destroyed the Daulatabad fort and killed Nizamulmulk of Ahmednagar. | |
C. Fateh Khan usurped the throne of Nizamulmulk | |
D. Malik Ambar was defeated in a battle with the Mughals in 1631 and the entire royal family was killed by the Mughal army. |
| 33. | Who was the ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire when Raja Wodeyar established the Kingdom of Mysore? |
A. Sadashiv | |
B. Tirumal | |
C. Ranga. | |
D. Venkat. |
| 34. | Which one of the following Muslim rulers was called ‘Jagadguru’ by his Muslim subjects because of his belief in secularism? |
A. Hussain shah | |
B. Zain-ul-Abidin | |
C. Ibrahim Adilshah | |
D. Mahmud II |
| 35. | In whose hands was the real power at the time of Sadasiva Raya, the last ruler of the Tuluva dynasty? |
A. Ram Rai or Ram Raja | |
B. Tirumal | |
C. Narsa Nayak | |
D. None of these |
| 36. | Who was the ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire at the time of one of the most destructive battles in Indian history, the Battle of Rakshasa-Tangadi / Battle of Talikota / Battle of Banni-Hatti (January 23, 1565)? |
A. Achyutdev Roy | |
B. Sadashiv Roy | |
C. Krishnadev Rai | |
D. Devaraya II |
| 37. | The reason for the battle of Talikota was |
A. Ramraya’s haughty treatment of the southern sultanates and their interference in inter-state politics | |
B. Southern sultanates felt similar jealousy and hatred towards Vijayanagar | |
C. Both A and B | |
D. None of these |
| 38. | Who was not a part of the confederacy formed by the Southern Sultanates against Vijayanagar? |
A. Bijapur | |
B. Ahmednagar | |
C. Golconda | |
D. Berar |
| 39. | Which war is considered to be the end of the glorious era of the Vijayanagara Empire? |
A. Third Battle of Panipat | |
B. Adoni’s War | |
C. Battle of Talikota | |
D. None of these |
| 40. | Which traveler visited the Vijayanagara Empire after the Battle of Talikota (1565) and commented on the ruined splendor of this royal city? |
A. Nicoli the Conti | |
B. Domingo paes | |
C. Fernao nuniz | |
D. Caesar Frederick |