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1. Kathasaritha sagara of Somadeva was based on:
[A] Brihathkatha of Gunadhaya
[B] Gargi Samhitha Saptasati of Hala
[C] Kavya Mimamsa of Rajasekhara
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Brihathkatha of Gunadhaya]
2. Kopparam copper plate granths were associated with:
[A] Pulakesi- I
[B] Kubja vishunuvardhana
[C] Pulakesi- II
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Pulakesi- II ]
3. Who among the following received Navakhandafvada as an Agrahara from Rajaraja Narendra?
[A] Pavuluri Mallana
[B] Nannaya
[C] Tikkana
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Pavuluri Mallana]
Notes:
Pavuluri Mallana was a mathematician and contemporary of King Rajaraja Narendra. He translated GanitasaraSamgraham, a mathematical treatise of Mahivaracharya, into Telugu as Sara SangrahaGanitamu.
Rajaraja Narendra has donated Navakhandavada agraharam near Pithapuram to Pavuluri Mallana.
4. Who among the following developed Kandukur on the model of Bezawada?
[A] Ammaraja-I
[B] Vijayaditya –II
[C] Chalukya Bhima-I
[D] Vijayaditya –III
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Correct Answer: D [Vijayaditya –III
]
5. Kollabhiganda” was the title of:
[A] Vijayaditya IV
[B] Vijayaditya III
[C] Pulaksei-II
[D] Chalukya Bhima
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Correct Answer: A [Vijayaditya IV]
6. During whose reign threat from Rasthrakutas to Eastern Chalukyas was started?
[A] Vijayaditya-I
[B] Vishnuvardhana-IV
[C] Vijayaditya-II
[D] Ammaraja-I
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Correct Answer: A [Vijayaditya-I]
Notes:
During the reign Vijayaditya-I threat from Rasthrakutas to Eastern Chalukyas was started as the Chalukyas of Badami was conquered by Rasthrakuta king DantiDurga in 754 A.D.
7. Telugu poet Nachana Soma was lived in the court of:
[A] Harihara-I
[B] Bukka-I
[C] Sri krishna Devaraya
[D] Devaraya-I
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Correct Answer: B [Bukka-I]
8. Consider the following
taxes in the Vijayanagar empire and identify wrongly matched pair from the given options:
- Staladayam- Tax on goods imported from foreign countries
- Maragdayam- transit duty
- Mamuladayam- Tax on goods exported to foreign countries
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 3
[D] All are correct
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Correct Answer: D [All are correct]
9. Sri Krishna Devaraya wrote Amuktyamalyada in:
[A] Sanskrit
[B] Telugu
[C] Prakrit
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Telugu]
10. Sri Krishna Devaraya was the author of JambavatiKalyanam. It was written in:
[A] Telugu
[B] Sanskrit
[C] Kanada
[D] Prakrit
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Correct Answer: B [Sanskrit]
