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Murshidabad became the capital of Bengal in:Read the answer and worked solution →Hampi lies in the basin of the Krishna and which river?Read the answer and worked solution →The Vijayanagara Empire was founded in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Portuguese traveller described the fortified city of Hampi in the sixteenth century?Read the answer and worked solution →Vijayanagara was defeated in 1565 by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Surat, the emporium of western trade, was also called the gate to:Read the answer and worked solution →According to Ovington in 1689, about how many ships were anchored at Surat on average?Read the answer and worked solution →The English East India Company shifted its headquarters from Surat to Bombay in:Read the answer and worked solution →The fort at Masulipatnam on the Krishna delta was built by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Aurangzeb annexed Golconda in:Read the answer and worked solution →Vasco da Gama reached Calicut in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the temple townsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Surat wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the trading-town datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the trade wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Hampi or SuratRead the answer and worked solution →Sort guilds, traders and craftsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Towns and traders bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Which chief of the Gakkhar tribe was made a mansabdar by Akbar?Read the answer and worked solution →Raja Man Singh, Akbar's general, defeated which tribe in 1591?Read the answer and worked solution →The caravan of the Banjaras was called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sultan used the Banjaras to transport grain to city markets?Read the answer and worked solution →With a large Mughal army on campaign, how many bullocks might the Banjaras have carrying grain?Read the answer and worked solution →Smaller castes that emerged within varnas were called:Read the answer and worked solution →A twelfth-century inscription from Uyyakondan Udaiyar fixed the status of the rathakaras, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →The forested region inhabited by the Gonds was called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Akbar Nama says the Gond kingdom of Garha Katanga had how many villages?Read the answer and worked solution →Gond kingdoms were divided into garhs, each further divided into units of 84 villages called:Read the answer and worked solution →Aman Das, the Gond raja of Garha Katanga, took which title?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Murshidabad became the capital of Bengal in:

  1. 1336
  2. 1704
  3. 1668
  4. 1565
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Correct answer: B. 1704

1. It rose as a silk centre on the Bhagirathi. 2. It became capital in 1704. 3. Cheap English mill cloth later hurt its weavers. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 6, Towns, Traders and Craftspersons._

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Hampi lies in the basin of the Krishna and which river?

  1. Godavari
  2. Penner river
  3. Tungabhadra
  4. Kaveri river
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Correct answer: C. Tungabhadra

1. This basin was the nucleus of Vijayanagara. 2. The Tungabhadra flows by Hampi. 3. Its walls used no mortar. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 6, Towns, Traders and Craftspersons._

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The Vijayanagara Empire was founded in:

  1. 1565
  2. 1498
  3. 1704
  4. 1336
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Correct answer: D. 1336

1. Hampi was its capital. 2. The empire was founded in 1336. 3. It fell to the Deccani Sultans in 1565. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 6, Towns, Traders and Craftspersons._

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