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WorksheetsNew Kingdoms and Empires
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 17mins
Many new dynasties emerged after the-
7th century
11th century
17th century
12th century
Big landlords or warrior chiefs in different regions of the subcontinent were-
sammantas
samantas
Chalukyas
none of these
In the mid-eight century, ______ , a Rashtrakuta chief, overthrew his _____ overlord and performed a ritual called_________
Rashtrakuta
Chalukya
Hiranya- Garbha
Nagabhata
Palas
Cholas
Dantidurga
Chalukya
Hiranya- Garbha
Vishnudev
Samantas
Chahamanas
Kadamba Mayurasharman and the Gujara- Pratihara were ______ before they took to arms
kshatriya
Vish
Brahman
samantas
Who need to pay taxes
Peasants
Cattle-Keepers
Artisans
All of these
Who had more than 400 taxes
Cholas
Chalukyas
Rajput
Chollas
The functionaries for collecting revenue generally recruited from influential families and positions were often (a) . ( All alphabets should be small)
Nagabhata's prashasti was found in (a) . ( First alphabet should be capital)
Kings often rewarded Brahmans by grants of land. These were recorded on-
Metal plates
Iron plates
Copper plates
None of these
Who composed a long Sanskrit poem containing the history of kings who ruled over Kashmir-
Kahna
Budhha
Harisena
Kalhana
For centuries, rulers belonging to the Gurjara-Pratihara, Rashtrakuta and Pala dynasties fought for control over Kanauj. So Historians often describe it as the-
Three Parties struggle
Tripartite Struggle
3 Parties struggle
Gurjara-Pratihara, Rashtrakuta and Pala Struggle
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, Afganiustan, ruled from to. ( Use 'to' )
(a)
Name the wealthy temple of Gujrat that Mahmud robbed to make a splendid capital at Ghazni-
Jagannath Temple
Brihadishvara Temple
Shree Padmanabhaswam-y Temple
Somnath Temple
Who wrote Kitab ul-Hind
Mahmud
Banabhatta
Al-Biruni
Al-Biryani
Chahamanas were later known as the _________, ruled over the region around ________ and ________. ( Should be in order)
Cholas
Delhi
Indraprastha
Chahanas
Delhi
Ajmer
Chauhans
Delhi
Ajmer
Palas
Kanauj
Taxila
The Best known Chahamana ruler was- ( Use the 3rd / 2nd)
(a)
Prithviraja the 3rd defeated an Afgan ruler named __________ in 1191 but lost to him in the very next year, in 1192
Sultan Muhammad Gnori
Sultan Babur
Sultan Al-Biruni
Sultan Mahammad of Ghazni
A minor chiefly family known as the ___________ power in the _________ delta. They were subordinate to the Pallava Kings of ________ .
Chauhans
Chambal
Ajmer
Muttaraiyar
Kaveri
Kanchipuram
Muttaraiyar
Kanchipuram
Banavasi
Kanch
Gangavadi
Maduri
_________ , who belonged to the ancient chiefly family of the _____ from Uraiyur, captured the delta from the Muttaraiyar in the middle of the _______ century.
Vijay
Cholas
tenth
Vijayalaya
Cholas
ninth
Pandyan
Cholas
eighth
None of these
Who built the town of Thanjavur?
Kadamba
Raja Vinayak
Nishumbh
Vijayalaya
Who was the most powerful Chola ruler and when did he become king?
Rajendara
985
Rajaraja the first
985
Thanjavur
984
None of these
Temples of _________ and ___________, built by Rajaraja and Rajendra, are architectural and sculptural marvels
Gangaikonda
cholapuram
Thanjavur
Gangaikondacholapuram
None of these
Temples were also endowed with land by rulers as well as by others. The produce of this land went into maintaining all the specialists who worked at the temple and very often lived near it-
musicians
dancers
sweepers
cooks
garland makers
priests
Although agriculture had developed earlier in other parts of Tamil Nadu, it was only from the ____ and _____ century that this area had opened up for large-scale cultivation.
5th
6th
None of these
All of these
What is the thing in the picture ?
A ninth-century sluice-
gate in Tamil Nadu.
A ninth-century sluce-
gate in Tamil Nadu.
.
A ninth-century
Water Gate in TamilNadu.
None of these
The spread of irrigation agriculture led to the prosperity of Settlements of peasants, known as ____. Groups of such villages formed larger units called____.
Ur
Nadu
Vihara
Chaitya
Brahmanas received a large number of land grants or _______, thus leading to the emergence of a large number of Brahmana settlements in the ____valley as in other parts of South India. Each brahmadeya was looked after by an assembly or _____ of prominent Brahmana landholders, who worked very efficiently.
brahmadeya
Kaveri
Sabha
Brhama
Krisna
Sabha
Nadu
Yamuna
Gurjara
None of these
