Q.1. On the banks of which river was the war between Harshavardhan and Chalukya king Pulakeshin II fought in 618 AD?
(A) Krishna
(B) Tungabhadra
(C) Godavari
(D) Narmada
Q.2. What was the war fought in 1565 between the Vijayanagar Empire and the Muslim Sultanates of Deccan resulting in the destruction of Hampi, the capital of Vijayanagar Empire?
(A) Battle of Talikota
(B) Battle of Pullalur
(C) Battle of Raichur
(D) Battle of Adoni
Q.3. Which of these is another name for Battle of Talikota?
(A) Battle of Rakkasa Tangadi (or Rakkasagi-Tangadagi),
(B) Battle of Tungabhadra
(C) Battle of Punnaikayal
(D) Battle of Erode
Q.4. In what year was the Third Battle of Panipat fought?
(A) 1526
(B) 1556
(C) 1739
(D) 1761
Q.5. Which battle marked the end of Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Battle of Khanwa
(B) First Battle of Panipat
(C) Battle of Ghaghra
(D) Second Battle of Panipat
Q.6. In which city the was the Battle of Tughlaqabad fought?
(A) Delhi
(B) Agra
(C) Lahore
(D) Ajmer
Q.7. Which river did Aurangzeb’s troops cross to engage in the Battle of Samugarh on 29 May in 1658?
(A) Yamuna
(B) Chambal
(C) Ganga
(D) Ravi
Q.8. Which treaty ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War in 1792?
(A) Treaty of Mangalore
(B) Treaty of Purandhar
(C) Treaty of Srirangapatnam
(D) Treaty of Bassein
Q.9. Which of the following Chola princes died in the battle field?
(A) Rajaditya Chola
(B) Aditya Karikala, alias Aditya II,
(C) Rajendra Chola
(C) Parantaka I
Q.10. Who among the following was instrumental in instituting the innovative techniques in guerrilla warfare known as bargigiri which was later perfected by the Marathas.
(A) Malik Ambar
(B) Mahmud Gawan
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Jahangir
Q. 11. What is the name of the conspiracy to blow up the then Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge, in 1912?
(A) Nashik Conspiracy case
(B) Delhi Conspiracy case
(C) Kakori conspiracy Case
(D) Muzaffarpur Conspiracy case
Q. 12. The Battle of Plassey, which marked the beginning of British rule in India, was fought in which year?
(A) 1757
(B) 1761
(C) 1764
(D) 1803
Q.13. In what year did the Anglo-Abor wars begin?
(A) 1817
(B) 1825
(C) 1858
(D) 1875
Q.14. In which century did the Anglo-Burmese Wars take place?
(A) 17th Century
(B) 18th Century
(C) 19th Century
(D) 20the Century
Q.15. In which century did the Carnatic Wars take place?
(A) 17th Century
(B) 18th Century
(C) 19th Century
(D) 20th Century
Q.16. Which battle occurred at a mountain pass in Rajasthan between Mewar forces under Maharana Pratap and the Mughal army led by Raja Man Singh I in 1576?
(A) Battle of Bayana
(B) Battle of Haldighati
(C) Battle of Khanwa
(D) Battle of Dewair
Q.17. What was name of the aircraft carrier sent by the USA to the Bay of Bengal in support of Pakistan in the 1971 India- Pakistan War?
(A) Seventh Fleet
(B) Royal Navy
(C) First Fleet
(D) Spanish Armada
Q.18. The Santhal Rebellion in 1855 took place in which present state of India?
(A) Chhatisgarh
(B) Jharkhand
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Odisha
Q.19. In which present Indian state did the First Battle of Tarain take place in 1191?
(A) Punjab
(B) Haryana
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Rajasthan
Q,20. Which battle was fought between Chalukya king Pulakesin II and the Pallava king Mahendravarman I in about 618–19?
(A) Battle of Pullalur
(B) Battle of Venni
(C) Battle of Thirupurambiyam
(D) Battle of Vatapi
Answers
Q.1.
Answer: D
Notes: Pulakeshin II was a contemporary of North Indian emperor Harsha (Vardhana dynasty) whom he had defeated on the banks of the Narmada river in 618 AD- the only check in the northern ruler’s otherwise victorious career.
Q.2.
Answer: A
Notes:
Q.3.
Answer: A
Notes: Battle of Talikota or the Battle of Rakshasa-Tangadi is also known as the Battle of Bannihatti leading to the collapse of the Vijayanagara Empire. It was fought between the Vijayanagara forces led by Rama Raya and a united confederacy of the Deccan Sultanates (Bijapur, Ahmadnagar, Golkonda and Bidar).
Q.4.
Answer: D
Notes: The Third Battle of Panipat took place on 14 January 1761 between the Marathas and Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abdali. The Maratha supremacy was dented by their defeat in the Third Battle of Panipat.
Q.5.
Answer: B
Notes: Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi of the Lodi Dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526 and founded the Mughal empire in India.
Q.6.
Answer: A
The Battle of Tughlaqabad was a battle fought in 1556 between Hemu, the Hindu general of the Sur dynasty, and the forces of the Mughal Emperor Akbar led by Tardi Beg Khan at Tughlaqabad in Delhi. The battle resulted in the victory of Hemu.
Q.7.
Answer: B
During the period Aurangzeb crossed the Chambal river and defeated his eldest brother Dara Shikoh in the Battle of Samugarh in 1658. Samugarh is eight miles form Agra. Dara Shikoh was chased by the Mughal forces from place to place. At last he was executed in September 1659 on the charge of heresy and infidelity.
Q.8.
Answer: C
Notes: The Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790-92) came to an end by the Treaty of Seringapatam (also called Srirangapatinam or Srirangapatna), signed 18 March 1792. Its signatories included Lord Cornwallis on behalf of the British East India Company, representatives of the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maratha Empire, and Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore.
Under the terms of the treaty Tipu Sultan had to surrender of nearly half of Mysorean territory to the victorious allies.
Answer: A
Notes: Parantaka I ascended the Chola throne in 907 and ruled for forty-eight years till 955. In 949 he suffered defeat at the hands of Rshtrakuta king Krishna III in the battle of Takkolam. Rajaditya, eldest son of Parantaka I, lost his life in the battle when a well-aimed arrow by Butuga II (Western Ganga king and brother-in-law of Krishna III) struck him while he was on an elephant back. After his success in the battle, Krishna III adopted the title of ‘Conqueror of Kanchi (Kanchipuram) and Thanjai (Thanjavur)’.
Rajaditya earned the title ‘Yanaimel Thunjiya Devar’ (The king who died on the back of an elephant) in the Chola inscriptions at Kumbakonam and Thirunageswaram.
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has named its Recruits Training Centre (RTC) as Rajaditya Cholan (RTC) in Thakkolam, in memory of the Chola prince.
Veeranam Lake, located in Cudadalore district of Tamil Nadu, was constructed by Rajaditya Chola.
Q.10.
Answer: A
Malik Ambar, the regent of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate, known more famously as the Nizam Shahi Dynasty, from 1607 to 1626, is known for instituting the innovative techniques in guerrilla warfare known as bargigiri which was later perfected by the Marathas. He employed this warfare tactic with great effect against the Mughals.
Q.11.
Answer: B
Delhi Conspiracy case is also known as the Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy.
Born in 1869, Amir Chand was a revolutionary arrested in connection with the Delhi Conspiracy case. The case refers to an alleged plot to kill the then Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge, in 1912.
Amir Chand along with Bhai Bal Mukand, Awadh Behari and Basant Kumar Biswas was sentenced to death and hanged at Delhi Jail on May 8, 1915.
Q. 12.
Answer: A
The battle of Plassey was fought between the army of Siraj-ud-Doula, Nawab of Bengal and the troops of the British East India Company under Robert Clive.
Q.13.
Answer: C
Anglo Abor Wars was a series of conflicts which took place between the British and the Abor Tribesmen in Arunachal Pradesh. The four Anglo-Abor wars were fought in 1858, 1859, 1894 and 1911.
The Abors, now called Adis, live in the central part of Arunachal Pradesh.
Q.14.
Answer: C
The Anglo-Burmese Wars were an armed conflict between the British Empire and the Burmese empire (also known as the Konbaung Dynasty. These wars resulted in the annexation of Burma to the British India as its province in 1886. This marked the beginning of British colonial rule in Burma which lasted until 1948.
Answer: B
The first Carnatic wars were fought between 1740 and 1748.
The Carnatic Wars was a series of military conflicts in the 18th century between the British, the French, the Marathas, and Mysore for control of the coastal strip of eastern India.
Q.16.
Answer: B
Q.17.
Answer: A
Q.18.
Answer: B
Q.19.
Answer: B
Notes: First Battle of Tarain, also known as the First Battle of Taraori, was fought on 14 January 1191 between the Ghurid forces led by Muhammad of Ghor and the Rajput Confederacy led by Prithviraj Chauhan, near Tarain (modern Taraori in Haryana, India).
The Second Battle of Tarain was fought in 1192 between the same combatants. The battle ended in a decisive victory for the invading Ghurids.
Q.20.
Answer: A
Notes: The Battle of Pullalur was fought between Chalukya king Pulakesin II (Reigned 610-642) and the Pallava king Mahendravarman I resulting in the victory of the former. The battle took place at Pullalur (now in the Kanchipuram district in Tamil Nadu) in about 618–19.
This was the beginning of the long-drawn-out struggle between the Pallavas and their sworn enemies the Chalukyas of Vatapi (early western Chalukyas), who ruled north of them. The struggle which became necessary for the mastery of south India, lingered through the generations.
Who won the Battle of Pullalur is in the realm of debate. Both sides claim victories.
It seems that though Pulakeshin II won the Battle of Pullalur was not decisive.
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