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UPSC CDS Ancient Indian History — practice questions — page 8

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Which Rashtrakuta chief overthrew his Chalukya overlord in the mid-eighth century?Read the answer and worked solution →The Kadamba Mayurasharman and the Gurjara-Pratihara Harichandra were originally:Read the answer and worked solution →Chola inscriptions refer to more than how many different terms for taxes?Read the answer and worked solution →The most frequently mentioned Chola tax, vetti, was taken in the form of:Read the answer and worked solution →The prashasti describing Pratihara king Nagabhata's exploits was found at:Read the answer and worked solution →Land grants to Brahmanas were recorded on:Read the answer and worked solution →The twelfth-century Sanskrit history of Kashmir's kings was composed by:Read the answer and worked solution →The tripartite struggle was fought for control of which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which three dynasties fought the tripartite struggle?Read the answer and worked solution →Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni ruled from 997 to:Read the answer and worked solution →Mahmud of Ghazni entrusted which scholar to write the Kitab ul-Hind?Read the answer and worked solution →The Chahamanas, later called Chauhans, ruled the region around Delhi and:Read the answer and worked solution →Prithviraja III defeated Sultan Muhammad Ghori in 1191 but lost to him in:Read the answer and worked solution →Vijayalaya of the Cholas captured the Kaveri delta from which minor chiefly family?Read the answer and worked solution →Vijayalaya built the town of Thanjavur and a temple to the goddess:Read the answer and worked solution →Rajaraja I, considered the most powerful Chola ruler, became king in:Read the answer and worked solution →Groups of Chola peasant villages formed larger units called:Read the answer and worked solution →Land gifted to Brahmanas in the Chola kingdom was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Land gifted to temples in the Chola kingdom was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Inscriptions describing how the sabha chose committee members by lottery come from:Read the answer and worked solution →Sabha members at Uttaramerur had to be aged between:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Chola land categoriesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the early medieval dynastiesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the early medieval datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the medieval termsRead the answer and worked solution →North or CholaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the kingdom cluesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →New kingdoms bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Engineers first stumbled upon the site of Harappa while laying:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which Rashtrakuta chief overthrew his Chalukya overlord in the mid-eighth century?

  1. Harichandra
  2. Dantidurga
  3. Nagabhata
  4. Vijayalaya
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Correct answer: B. Dantidurga

1. The Rashtrakutas had been Chalukya subordinates. 2. Dantidurga broke free. 3. He performed the hiranya-garbha ritual. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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The Kadamba Mayurasharman and the Gurjara-Pratihara Harichandra were originally:

  1. Brahmanas
  2. Kshatriyas
  3. Traders
  4. Peasants
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Correct answer: A. Brahmanas

1. They gave up their traditional professions. 2. Both were Brahmanas who took to arms. 3. They founded kingdoms in Karnataka and Rajasthan. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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Chola inscriptions refer to more than how many different terms for taxes?

  1. Over 100
  2. Over 400
  3. Over 40
  4. Over 4,000
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Correct answer: B. Over 400

1. Taxes covered thatching and even ladders for palm trees. 2. There were more than 400 tax terms. 3. Vetti and kadamai were the commonest. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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