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UPSC CDS Medieval Indian History — practice questions — page 14

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The sthapatis making bronze idols and bell-metal lamps worked at:Read the answer and worked solution →Chola bronze statues were made using which technique?Read the answer and worked solution →Bhillasvamin, a temple around which a town grew, is modern Bhilsa or:Read the answer and worked solution →Which town was the Chauhan capital in the twelfth century and later a Mughal suba headquarters?Read the answer and worked solution →The market centre in small medieval towns, later called mandi, was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Market streets lined with shops, later called haat, were known as:Read the answer and worked solution →The most famous south Indian trade guilds from the eighth century were the Manigramam and:Read the answer and worked solution →Gujarati traders who dealt with Red Sea and Gulf ports included Hindu Baniyas and Muslim:Read the answer and worked solution →Jean Baptiste Tavernier estimated the annual horse trade at Kabul at:Read the answer and worked solution →The inlay work in copper and silver famous from Bidar is called:Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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The sthapatis making bronze idols and bell-metal lamps worked at:

  1. Madurai
  2. Svamimalai
  3. Uraiyur
  4. Thanjavur
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Correct answer: B. Svamimalai

1. Sthapatis are sculptors. 2. They worked at Svamimalai near Thanjavur. 3. They used the lost wax technique. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 6, Towns, Traders and Craftspersons._

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Chola bronze statues were made using which technique?

  1. Lost wax
  2. Sand casting
  3. Hammering
  4. Die stamping
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Correct answer: A. Lost wax

1. A wax image was covered in clay and the wax drained out. 2. This is the lost wax technique. 3. Molten metal filled the mould. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 6, Towns, Traders and Craftspersons._

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Bhillasvamin, a temple around which a town grew, is modern Bhilsa or:

  1. Bhopal
  2. Vidisha
  3. Ujjain
  4. Sanchi
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Correct answer: B. Vidisha

1. It is in Madhya Pradesh. 2. Bhilsa is Vidisha. 3. Somnath in Gujarat is another temple town. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 6, Towns, Traders and Craftspersons._

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