WBCS Mains Vijayanagar & Bahmani Kingdoms Questions 2022

Q. The Vijaynagar State was founded by

(A) Harihara and Bukka
(B) Chenna and Pedanna
(C) Tiruvalluvar
(D) Malik Ambar

Correct Answer: (A) Harihara and Bukka

WBCS Mains Vijayanagar & Bahmani Kingdoms Questions 2020

Q. The Russian merchant traveller Nikitin visited South India in

(A) 14th Century
(B) 15th Century
(C) 16th Century
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (B) 15th Century

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Q. Which of the following systems were the backbones of the Vijaynagar administration?

(A) Nitinirdesha and Dandniti
(B) Karyapalika and Nayankara
(C) Nayankara and Ayagar
(D) Dandniti and Spy system

Correct Answer: (C) Nayankara and Ayagar

WBCS Mains Vijayanagar & Bahmani Kingdoms Questions 2019

Q. The Muslim kingdom of Golconda grew up on the ruins of the old Hindu kingdom of

(A) Devagiri
(B) Dwarsamudra
(C) Warrangal
(D) Kanchi

Correct Answer: (C) Warrangal

WBCS Mains Vijayanagar & Bahmani Kingdoms Questions 2018

Q. The foreign traveller named one of the famous Vijayanagara coins as pagoda. Originally it was

(A) Pan
(B) Varaha
(C) Hun
(D) Panam

Correct Answer: (B) Varaha

WBCS Mains Vijayanagar & Bahmani Kingdoms Questions 2017

Q. Policemen of Vijaynagar were paid out of taxes collected from

(A) Wine shops
(B) Land revenue
(C) Taxes on goods
(D) Prostitutes

Correct Answer: (D) Prostitutes

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Q. The 96 years old man who was captured and beheaded at Talikota (Bannihatti) in 1565 was

(A) Rama Raya
(B) Krishna Deva Raya
(C) Bukka I
(D) Saluva Narsimha

Correct Answer: (A) Rama Raya

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Q. Which Bahamani ruler shifted the capital from Gulbarga to Bidar?

(A) Ala-ud-din II
(B) Ahmad Shah Wali
(C) Muhammad Shah I
(D) Muhammad III

Correct Answer: (B) Ahmad Shah Wali

WBCS Mains Vijayanagar & Bahmani Kingdoms Questions 2016

Q. According to Abdur Razzaq, the policemen of Vijayanagar were paid out of taxes collected from

(A) Wine shops
(B) Brothels (prostitutes)
(C) Land revenue
(D) Taxes on goods

Correct Answer: (B) Brothels (prostitutes)

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Q. By whom was the most significant commentary on the Rigveda composed in the medieval period in the Vijayanagar realm?

(A) Chakrapanidatta
(B) Sayana
(C) Kannada
(D) Sagarnandin

Correct Answer: (B) Sayana

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Q. Nicolo de Conti, an Italian visitor, came to Vijaynagar during the reign of

(A) Harihara I
(B) Bukka I
(C) Deva Raya II
(D) Deva Raya I

Correct Answer: (C) Deva Raya II

WBCS Mains Vijayanagar & Bahmani Kingdoms Questions 2015

Q. City of Nagalapura was built by

(A) Bukka-I
(B) Deva Raya-I
(C) Krishnadevaraya
(D) Virupaksha

Correct Answer: (C) Krishnadevaraya

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Q. During whose reign did Vijayanagara come into conflict with Orissa for the first time?

(A) Bukka-II
(B) Devaraya-I
(C) Devaraya-II
(D) Virupaksha-II

Correct Answer: (B) Devaraya-I

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Q. What is ‘Asthavana’?

(A) Land revenue department
(B) A type of rice
(C) One third of the produce of the land
(D) House-tax

Correct Answer: (C) One third of the produce of the land

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Q. Which Vijayanagara ruler sent an embassy to China?

(A) Harihara-I
(B) Krishna Deva Raya
(C) Bukka-I
(D) Saluva Narasimha

Correct Answer: (C) Bukka-I

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Q. Who built the ‘Gol-Gumbaj’ at Bijapur famous for the world’s second largest dome and the whispering gallery?

(A) Mahmud Gawan
(B) Yusuf Adil Shah
(C) Ismail Adil Shah
(D) Muhammed Adil Shah

Correct Answer: (D) Muhammed Adil Shah