Vijayanagar QUIZ

Q.1. Which was the last dynasty that ruled the Vijayanagara Empire?

(A) Sangama dynasty

(B) Aravidu dynasty

(D) Tuluva dynasty

Q.2. What was the capital of Aravidu dynasty?

(A) Hampi

(B) Penagonda

(D) Vijayapura

Q.3. Who was the ruler of Vijayanagar at the time of the Battle of Talikota in 1565?

(A) Tirumala Deva Raya

(B) Achyuta Deva Raya

(D) Venkata I

Q.4. Who assumed the title of 'Yavanarajya Sthapanacharya' or restorer of the Yavana kingdom?

(A) Devaraya II

(B) Achyuta Deva Raya

(D) Krishnadeva Raya

Q.5. Who among the following was the ruler of Delhi Sultanate when the Vijayanagar empire was founded?

(A) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

(B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

(D) Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq Shah II

Q.6. Which among the following Vijayanagar rulers earned the title of Purvapaschima Samudradhishavara (“master of the eastern and western seas”)?

(A) Bukka Raya I

(B) Bukka Raya II

(D) Harihara II

Q.7. Who was the Vijayanagara ruler during the Bahmani–Vijayanagar War of 1443?

(A) Deva Raya II

(B) Virupaksha Raya II

(D) Bukka Raya II

Q.8. Battle of Raichur took place between Vijayanagar army under Krishna Deva Raya and Sultanate of ___________.

(A) Golconda

(B) Bijapur

(D) Bidar

Q.9. Which Vijayanagar ruler got the title of Andhra Bhoj?

(A) Krishnadeva Raya

(B) Deva Raya II

(D) Harihara II

Answers:

1.- B

The Aravidu Dynasty was the fourth and last dynasty of Vijayanagara Empire. Its founder was Tirumala Deva Raya, whose brother Rama Raya was the regent of Sadasiva Raya, the last ruler of Tuluva dynasty. Rama Raya was killed in the Battle of Talikota in 1565.

2.- B

After the destruction of Hampi in the Battle of Talikota, Penagonda became the capital of the Vijayanagar empire.

3.- C

Sadasiva Raya was the ruler of Vijayanagar at the time of the the Battle of Rakshasa Tangadi or Talikota in 1565, in which Vijayanagar army was defeated by the combined forces of the five Muslim Sultanates of Deccan. During his rule Caeser Frederick or Caesaro Federici, a Venetian traveller, had visited the Vijayanagara empire,

Sadasiva Raya belonged to Tuluva dynasty, one of the four dynasties that ruled Vijayanagar empire.

4. - D

Krishnadeva Raya (1509-29) had defeated the Muslim sultanate of Bidar and restored the puppet Bahmani Sultan mood Shah Bahmani II to the throne. To commemorate the event, he assumed the title of 'Yavanarajya Sthapanacharya' or restorer of the Yavana kingdom.

5.- A

During the reign of Sultan Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq, new kingdoms came into being in south India and the Deccan like Vijayanagara Empire and the Bahmani kingdom.

6.- C

Harihara I, who ruled from 1336 to 1356 extended control over most of the area south of the Tungabhadra River. This earned him the title of “master of the eastern and western seas” (Purvapaschima Samudradhishavara).

7.- A

During the Bahmani–Vijayanagar War of 1443 Vijayanagar was ruled by Deva Raya II (Reigned 1423 -1446). While the Bahmani kingdom was ruled by Alauddin Ahmad Shah and Deva Raya II was ruling the Vijayanagar empire. The war took place in present-day Mudgal in the Raichur district in Karnataka.

8.- B

The Battle of Raichur was fought between Vijayanagara empire and Bijapur Sultanate for control of Raichur, located in a fertile doab between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers.

9.-A

Krishnadevaraya earned the title of "Andhra Bhoj" for his patronage of literature, arts, and culture, particularly Telugu literature.

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