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Rani Durgawati, who ruled Garha Katanga for her son, was the daughter of the Chandel raja of:Read the answer and worked solution →Mughal forces under Asaf Khan attacked Garha Katanga in:Read the answer and worked solution →Garha Katanga earned wealth by trapping and exporting:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ahoms migrated to the Brahmaputra valley in the thirteenth century from present-day:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ahoms annexed the kingdom of the Chhutiyas in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ahoms used firearms as early as the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mughals under which governor attacked the Ahom kingdom in 1662?Read the answer and worked solution →Those forced to work for the Ahom state were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Ahom society was divided into clans called:Read the answer and worked solution →Hinduism became the predominant Ahom religion in the reign of:Read the answer and worked solution →Historical works of the Ahoms, written first in Ahom and then in Assamese, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the medieval tribesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Ahom wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the tribal state datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the tribal termsRead the answer and worked solution →Gond or AhomRead the answer and worked solution →Sort nomads, tribes and castesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Tribes and nomads bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Chera kingdom of Mahodayapuram, an early user of Malayalam in official records, was set up in which century?Read the answer and worked solution →The fourteenth-century Lilatilakam on grammar and poetics was composed in:Read the answer and worked solution →Jagannatha, literally lord of the world, worshipped at Puri is a name for:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Ganga ruler decided in the twelfth century to build the Purushottama Jagannatha temple at Puri?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1230, which king dedicated his kingdom to Jagannatha and called himself the deity's deputy?Read the answer and worked solution →The British in the nineteenth century called most of present-day Rajasthan:Read the answer and worked solution →The term kathak is derived from katha, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →The kathaks were originally a caste of:Read the answer and worked solution →Folk plays enacting the Radha-Krishna legends, which shaped Kathak, were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Kathak developed in two gharanas, one at Jaipur and the other at:Read the answer and worked solution →Under which last Nawab of Awadh did Kathak grow into a major art form?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Rani Durgawati, who ruled Garha Katanga for her son, was the daughter of the Chandel raja of:

  1. Orchha
  2. Mahoba
  3. Mandu
  4. Gwalior
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Correct answer: B. Mahoba

1. Her husband Dalpat died early. 2. She was Salbahan of Mahoba's daughter. 3. She died fighting rather than surrender. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 7, Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities._

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Mughal forces under Asaf Khan attacked Garha Katanga in:

  1. 1662
  2. 1523
  3. 1565
  4. 1591
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Correct answer: C. 1565

1. Rani Durgawati resisted strongly. 2. The attack came in 1565. 3. Part of the kingdom went to Chandra Shah. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 7, Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities._

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Garha Katanga earned wealth by trapping and exporting:

  1. War horses
  2. Bengal tigers
  3. Desert camels
  4. Wild elephants
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Correct answer: D. Wild elephants

1. The Mughals captured a huge booty of elephants. 2. Wild elephants were the export. 3. The Gonds later fell to the Bundelas and Marathas. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 7, Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities._

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