1. Early-Medieval Period I. North India (Rajputa Period)

1. Who built the Khajuraho temples?

(a) Holkars

(b) Scindias

(c) Bundela

(d) Chandela

Ans:- (d)

2. Arabs were defeated in 738 AD by-

(a) Pratiharas

(b) Rashtrakutas

(c) Palas

(d) Chalukyas

Ans:- (a)

3. Who among the following Rajputa kings defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first time?

(a) Prithviraj III

(b) Baghel Bhim

(c) Jaichanda

(d) Kumarpal

Ans:- (a)

4. Who constructed the world famous Jagannath Temple at Puri?

(a) Krishnavarman

(b) Anantvarman

(c) Devavarman

(d) None of these

Ans:- (b)

5. The Dilwara Temple is located at -

(a) Bhubaneswar

(b) Aurangabad

(c) Khajuraho

(d) Mount Abu

Ans:- (d)

6. Alberuni lived during the period of which one of the following?

(a) Mahmud Ghaznavi

(b) Mohammad Ghori

(c) Alauddin Khalji

(d) Firuzshah Tughlaq

Ans:- (a)

7. Jaideva, the famous author of 'Gita Gobinda', was the court poet of-

(a) Harsha

(b) Prithviraj Chauhan

(c) Lakshmanasena

(d) None of these

Ans:- (c)

8. Who founded four mathas in the four corners of India?

(a) Shankaracharya

(b) Ramanujacharya

(c) Bhaskaracharya

(d) Madhvacharya

Ans:- (a)

9. The Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval period is at-

(a) Bhubaneswar

(b) Khajuraho

(c) Madurai

(d) Mount Abu

Ans:- (a)

10. Who fought the battle of Waihind (1009 AD)?

(a) Anandpala and Mahmud Ghazanavi

(b) Jayapala and Muhmmad Ghori

(c) Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori

(d) Jaichandra and Bakhtiyar Khalji

Ans:- (a)

11. The temple of Somnath which was destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni (Mahmud Ghazanavi) was dedicated to Lord-

(a) Siva

(b) Vishnu

(c) Surya

(d) Ganapati

Ans:- (a)

12. In India, the first to put forward the theory that the earth revolves round the sun was-

(a) Aryabhatta

(b) Brahmagupta

(c) Bana

(d) Kalhana

Ans:- (a)

13. The Sun Temple of Konark was built by Narasimhadeva I. To which dynasty he belong to?

(a) Somvansi dynasty

(b) Gang dynasty

(c) Suryavansi dynasty

(d) Bhoi dynasty

Ans:- (b)

14. Which one of the following is NOT a feature of North Indian temple architecture?

(a) Shikhara

(b) Garbha Griha

(c) Gopuram

(d) Pradakshina-path

Ans:- (c)

15. Who among the following is well known for his contribution in the field of Algebra?

(a) Aryabhatta

(b) Brahmagupta

(c) Bhaskara

(d) Lalla

Ans:- (c)

16. The presiding deity of Bhojshala Temple is-

(a) Goddess Durga

(b) Goddess Laxmi

(c) Goddess Saraswati

(d) Goddess Parvati

Ans:- (c)

17. Vikramsila Mahavihara was established by the ruler of-

(a) Pushyabhuti Dynasty

(b) Barman Dynasty

(c) Sen Dyanasty

(d) Pal Dynasty

Ans:- (d)

18. 'Daskumar Charitam' was composed by-

(a) Surdas

(b) Dandin

(c) Tulsidas

(d) Kalidas

Ans:- (b)

19. The Laxman Era was started (in 1119 AD) by which of the following dynasty?

(a) Pratiharas

(b) Palas

(c) Chauhans

(d) Sens

Ans:- (d)

20. Sun Temple is situated at-

(a) Puri

(b) Khajuraho

(c) Konark

(d) Gaya

Ans:- (c)

21. …… was one of the famous philosophers and scholars of the Pala period.

(a) Atish Dipankar

(b) Dibyok

(c) Ravikriti

(d) Aryabhatta

Ans:- (a)

22. Who wrote 'Ramcharita'?

(a) Banabhatta

(b) Kalidas

(c) Sandhyakar Nandi

(d) Tulsidas

Ans:- (c)

23. The Vikramsila Vihara was founded by-

(a) Mahipala I

(b) Devapala

(c) Dharmapala

(d) Surapala

Ans:- (c)

24. Who among the following was not a part of tripartite struggle?

(a) Palas

(b) Pratiharas

(c) Rashtrakutas

(d) Cholas

Ans:- (d)

25. Who was the founder of Pala Dynasty?

(a) Dharmapala

(b) Deopala

(c) Gopala

(d) Rampala

Ans:- (c)

26. According to Chachnama, what was the capital of the Indus country in the 6th and 7th century?

(a) Deval

(b) Arod

(c) Lodawa

(d) Barmer

Ans:- (b)

27. King Latitaditya Muktapida ruled over-

(a) Gujarat

(b) Sikkim

(c) Kerala

(d) Kashmir

Ans:- (d)

28. The author of 'Lalit Vigraharaj' drama was-

(a) Hemchandra

(b) Kalhana

(c) Somdeva

(d) Mahesh

Ans:- (c)