NMMS SAT Vijayanagar and Bahmani Kingdoms 7th Term 2 Question and answer English medium

🏰 Founding and Rise of Vijayanagar Empire

Who founded the Vijayanagar Empire?
a) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
b) Vidyaranya
c) Harihara and Bukka
d) Adil Shah
✅ Answer: c) Harihara and Bukka
What was the primary motive behind Harihara and Bukka’s break from Tughluq rule?
a) To establish trade ties
b) To oppose Muslim rule
c) To explore new regions
d) To unify South India
✅ Answer: b) To oppose Muslim rule
Who was the spiritual guide of Harihara and Bukka?
a) Ramanuja
b) Gangadevi
c) Vidyaranya
d) Madhvacharya
✅ Answer: c) Vidyaranya
What does the term 'Vijayanagara' mean?
a) City of Kings
b) City of Gold
c) City of Victory
d) City of Temples
✅ Answer: c) City of Victory
What was the earlier name of the Vijayanagar kingdom?
a) Karnataka Samrajya
b) Vidyanagara
c) Tulu Nadu
d) Hampi Nadu
✅ Answer: b) Vidyanagara
Which river basin did Krishnadevaraya first bring under control after ascending the throne?
a) Krishna
b) Godavari
c) Tungabhadra
d) Cauvery
✅ Answer: c) Tungabhadra

🛡️ Dynasties and Rulers of Vijayanagar

Which was the first dynasty of the Vijayanagar Empire?
a) Tuluva
b) Aravidu
c) Saluva
d) Sangama
✅ Answer: d) Sangama
Who was the most prominent ruler of the Tuluva dynasty?
a) Harihara II
b) Saluva Narasimha
c) Krishnadevaraya
d) Narsa Nayaka
✅ Answer: c) Krishnadevaraya
Which dynasty succeeded the Sangama dynasty?
a) Aravidu
b) Tuluva
c) Saluva
d) Chola
✅ Answer: c) Saluva
Who founded the Saluva dynasty?
a) Devaraya I
b) Krishnadevaraya
c) Saluva Narasimha
d) Bukka II
✅ Answer: c) Saluva Narasimha
Who established the Tuluva dynasty?
a) Narsa Nayaka
b) Saluva Narasimha
c) Kumara Kampana
d) Rama Raya
✅ Answer: a) Narsa Nayaka
Which was the last dynasty of the Vijayanagar Empire?
a) Tuluva
b) Saluva
c) Aravidu
d) Sangama
✅ Answer: c) Aravidu
Who succeeded Krishnadevaraya?
a) Venkata I
b) Achyuta Deva Raya
c) Rama Raya
d) Sadashiva Raya
✅ Answer: b) Achyuta Deva Raya

⚔️ Battles and Decline

Which battle marked the end of the Vijayanagar Empire?
a) Battle of Panipat
b) Battle of Plassey
c) Battle of Talikota
d) Battle of Wandiwash
✅ Answer: c) Battle of Talikota
In which year was the Battle of Talikota fought?
a) 1556
b) 1565
c) 1570
d) 1540
✅ Answer: b) 1565
What was another name for the Battle of Talikota?
a) Rakshasa Tangadi
b) Panipat II
c) Kondavidu Battle
d) Raichur War
✅ Answer: a) Rakshasa Tangadi

📚 Literature and Culture

What were the eight scholars in Krishnadevaraya’s court called?
a) Navaratnas
b) Ashtadiggajas
c) Ashta Pradhans
d) Sapta Rishis
✅ Answer: b) Ashtadiggajas
Who was the most renowned among the Ashtadiggajas?
a) Tenali Ramakrishna
b) Dhurjati
c) Alasanai Peddana
d) Nandi Thimmana
✅ Answer: c) Alasanai Peddana
What did Krishnadevaraya name the towering temple gateways he constructed?
a) Vimana
b) Rayagopuram
c) Mandapam
d) Gopuram
✅ Answer: b) Rayagopuram
What was the main purpose of building large irrigation tanks by Krishnadevaraya?
a) Transportation
b) Rainwater harvesting
c) Bathing
d) Entertainment
✅ Answer: b) Rainwater harvesting
What boosted customs income during Krishnadevaraya’s reign?
a) Land revenue
b) Friendly trade with Portuguese and Arabs
c) Salt tax
d) Maritime conquest
✅ Answer: b) Friendly trade with Portuguese and Arabs

🌍 Bahmani Kingdom

How many monarchs ruled the Bahmani kingdom?
a) 15
b) 18
c) 20
d) 12
✅ Answer: b) 18
Into how many sultanates did the Bahmani kingdom break?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) 3
✅ Answer: b) 5

Where is the site of Vijayanagar located?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Karnataka
✅ Answer: d) Karnataka
What is the present name of the Vijayanagar site?
a) Badami
b) Hampi
c) Mysore
d) Belur
✅ Answer: b) Hampi
Which river flows near Hampi?
a) Krishna
b) Godavari
c) Tungabhadra
d) Kaveri
✅ Answer: c) Tungabhadra
Which dynasty began after the death of Rama Raya?
a) Sangama
b) Saluva
c) Tuluva
d) Aravidu
✅ Answer: d) Aravidu
Where did Tirumaladeva Raya move with treasures?
a) Penukonda
b) Hampi
c) Chandragiri
d) Madurai
✅ Answer: c) Chandragiri
Who was killed on the battlefield from the Aravidu Dynasty?
a) Krishnadevaraya
b) Rama Raya
c) Harihara
d) Bukka
✅ Answer: b) Rama Raya
Which place became the new capital under the Aravidu Dynasty?
a) Madurai
b) Chandragiri
c) Penukonda
d) Tiruchirapalli
✅ Answer: c) Penukonda
When did the Aravidu dynasty collapse?
a) 1500
b) 1646
c) 1565
d) 1450
✅ Answer: b) 1646

📘 Vijayanagar Administration

What type of kingship was followed in Vijayanagar?
a) Democratic
b) Elective
c) Hereditary
d) Military
✅ Answer: c) Hereditary
The hereditary kingship was based on which principle?
a) Autocracy
b) Democracy
c) Primogeniture
d) Succession War
✅ Answer: c) Primogeniture
What is the lowest administrative unit in Vijayanagar?
a) District
b) Province
c) Grama
d) Nadu
✅ Answer: c) Grama
What is a ‘mandalam’ in Vijayanagar administration?
a) Town
b) Village
c) Province
d) Headman
✅ Answer: c) Province
Who looked after the village administration?
a) Mandalesvara
b) Gauda
c) Nayaka
d) Raja
✅ Answer: b) Gauda
Who governed each province?
a) Nayaka
b) Gauda
c) Mandalesvara
d) Mantri
✅ Answer: c) Mandalesvara

📘 Military & Economy

Which branches did the Vijayanagar army have?
a) Infantry, cavalry, navy
b) Cavalry, artillery, navy
c) Infantry, cavalry, elephant corps
d) Infantry, navy, rocket corps
✅ Answer: c) Infantry, cavalry, elephant corps
Which technology made Vijayanagar’s army strong?
a) Swords
b) Cannons
c) Firearms
d) Elephants
✅ Answer: c) Firearms
What was the combination that made Vijayanagar army feared?
a) Infantry and swords
b) Cavalry and elephants
c) Firearms and cavalry
d) Cannons and forts
✅ Answer: c) Firearms and cavalry
What was the lowest administrative unit called?
a) Nadu
b) Grama
c) Mandalam
d) Sthala
✅ Answer: b) Grama
What is the name of the village assembly?
a) Sabha
b) Grama Sabha
c) Mahasabha
d) Lok Sabha
✅ Answer: b) Grama Sabha
What were the gold coins of Vijayanagar called?
a) Dinars
b) Mohurs
c) Varahas
d) Rupaiya
✅ Answer: c) Varahas

🌾 Agriculture & Cottage Industries

Which policy did Vijayanagar rulers promote to support agriculture?
a) Land Redistribution
b) Irrigation Policy
c) Forest Clearance
d) Tax Exemption
✅ Answer: b) Irrigation Policy
Who recorded the construction of a large tank during Krishnadevaraya’s rule?
a) Marco Polo
b) Ibn Battuta
c) Abdur Razzaq
d) Domingo Paes
✅ Answer: c) Abdur Razzaq
Who helped build the huge tank in Krishnadevaraya’s court?
a) Chinese engineers
b) Persian architects
c) Portuguese masons
d) French masons
✅ Answer: c) Portuguese masons
What kind of industries supported agriculture in Vijayanagar?
a) Large factories
b) Cottage industries
c) Foreign companies
d) Heavy industries
✅ Answer: b) Cottage industries
Which was NOT among the major cottage industries in Vijayanagar?
a) Textile
b) Mining
c) Metallurgy
d) Banking
✅ Answer: d) Banking
What regulated the crafts and industries in Vijayanagar?
a) Zamindars
b) Guilds
c) Royal Decrees
d) Trade Unions
✅ Answer: b) Guilds

🌍 Trade & Foreign Relations

Vijayanagar Empire traded silks from which country?
a) Arabia
b) Burma
c) China
d) Africa
✅ Answer: c) China
From which region did Vijayanagar import spices?
a) Gujarat
b) Malabar
c) Bengal
d) Deccan
✅ Answer: b) Malabar
With which of the following regions did Vijayanagar NOT trade?
a) Portugal
b) Sri Lanka
c) Russia
d) Persia
✅ Answer: c) Russia
Which empire traded with South Africa and Arabia?
a) Mughal Empire
b) Chola Empire
c) Vijayanagar Empire
d) Maurya Empire
✅ Answer: c) Vijayanagar Empire

📚 Literature

Who authored Amuktamalyada in Telugu?
a) Tenali Raman
b) Krishnadevaraya
c) Abdur Razzaq
d) Ramakrishna
✅ Answer: b) Krishnadevaraya
What is the theme of Amuktamalyada?
a) War and conquest
b) Trade and commerce
c) A girl offering garlands to the deity
d) Construction of tanks
✅ Answer: c) A girl offering garlands to the deity
In which languages were books written under Vijayanagar rulers?
a) Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada
b) Urdu, Arabic, Tamil, Hindi
c) Persian, Hindi, Sanskrit
d) English, Telugu, Tamil
✅ Answer: a) Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada
Which Sanskrit drama was written by Krishnadevaraya?
a) Ramayana
b) Raghuvamsha
c) Jambavati Kalyanam
d) Gita Govinda
✅ Answer: c) Jambavati Kalyanam
What is the meaning of ‘Amuktamalyada’?
a) The one who wears jewelry
b) The one who prays in temples
c) The one who gives away garlands
d) The one who builds tanks
✅ Answer: c) The one who gives away garlands

🏛️ Architecture

What style did Vijayanagar rulers promote in temples?
a) Chalukya style
b) Dravidian style
c) Indo-Islamic style
d) Vijayanagara style
✅ Answer: d) Vijayanagara style
Which animal was most commonly depicted on Vijayanagar pillars?
a) Lion
b) Horse
c) Elephant
d) Bull
✅ Answer: b) Horse
What is a ‘mandapam’ in Vijayanagar temples?
a) Temple bell tower
b) Watch tower
c) Raised platform or open pavilion
d) Secret chamber
✅ Answer: c) Raised platform or open pavilion

🏰 Bahmani Kingdom

Who founded the Bahmani Kingdom?
a) Alauddin Khilji
b) Hasan Gangu
c) Krishnadevaraya
d) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
✅ Answer: b) Hasan Gangu
When was the Bahmani Kingdom founded?
a) 1336
b) 1347
c) 1429
d) 1320
✅ Answer: b) 1347

🏰 Bahmani Kingdom - Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah

Who was the founder of the Bahmani Kingdom?
a) Muhammad Shah I
b) Ala-ud-din Khilji
c) Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah
d) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
✅ Answer: c) Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah
For how many years did Ala-ud-din Hasan rule?
a) 15 years
b) 11 years
c) 18 years
d) 10 years
✅ Answer: b) 11 years
From which kingdoms did Ala-ud-din demand annual tribute?
a) Hoysalas and Cholas
b) Marathas and Rajputs
c) Warangal and Reddi kingdoms
d) Mughals and Gonds
✅ Answer: c) Warangal and Reddi kingdoms
Into how many territorial divisions did Ala-ud-din divide his kingdom?
a) Five
b) Six
c) Three
d) Four
✅ Answer: d) Four
What was the name of the divisions in the Bahmani Kingdom?
a) Nadus
b) Mandals
c) Tarafs
d) Subahs
✅ Answer: c) Tarafs
Each governor in Bahmani Kingdom was NOT responsible for:
a) Commanding army
b) Collecting revenue
c) Trade with China
d) Administration
✅ Answer: c) Trade with China

👑 Muhammad Shah I (1358–1375)

Who succeeded Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah?
a) Krishnadevaraya
b) Muhammad Shah I
c) Firuz Shah
d) Quli Qutb Shah
✅ Answer: b) Muhammad Shah I
Which year did Muhammad Shah I attack Warangal?
a) 1358
b) 1363
c) 1347
d) 1369
✅ Answer: b) 1363
Which important fort did Muhammad Shah gain from Warangal?
a) Bidar Fort
b) Raichur Fort
c) Golconda Fort
d) Red Fort
✅ Answer: c) Golconda Fort
What royal object became the throne of the Bahmani kings?
a) Iron throne
b) Silver lion throne
c) Turquoise throne
d) Marble seat
✅ Answer: c) Turquoise throne
What is the colour of turquoise?
a) Green
b) Blue
c) Red
d) Yellow
✅ Answer: b) Blue
Turquoise is described in which Persian work?
a) Rigveda
b) Shah Nama
c) Ain-i-Akbari
d) Tughluq Nama
✅ Answer: b) Shah Nama

🕌 Architecture – Forts and Mosques

Where is the Golconda Fort located?
a) Near Bidar
b) Near Raichur
c) 11 km from Hyderabad
d) Near Bijapur
✅ Answer: c) 11 km from Hyderabad
What is the height of the hill where Golconda Fort stands?
a) 100 m
b) 150 m
c) 80 m
d) 120 m
✅ Answer: d) 120 m
What is the highest point of Golconda Fort?
a) Bala Ghar
b) Bala Hisar
c) Burj Mahal
d) Fateh Gate
✅ Answer: b) Bala Hisar
What is Golconda Fort famous for?
a) Paintings
b) Sculptures
c) Acoustic architecture
d) Royal gardens
✅ Answer: c) Acoustic architecture
What was believed to exist in Golconda Fort leading to a palace?
a) A river
b) A flying bridge
c) A secret underground tunnel
d) An elephant gate
✅ Answer: c) A secret underground tunnel
Which mosque was completed in 1367?
a) Mecca Masjid
b) Jama Masjid
c) Great Mosque of Gulbarga
d) Bidar Mosque
✅ Answer: c) Great Mosque of Gulbarga
The size of the Gulbarga mosque is:
a) 200 by 18 feet
b) 216 by 16 feet
c) 150 by 12 feet
d) 220 by 20 feet
✅ Answer: b) 216 by 16 feet
Which groups immigrated to the Deccan under Bahmani rule?
a) Arabs, Turks, Persians
b) Romans, Greeks
c) French, Dutch
d) Hindus, Jains
✅ Answer: a) Arabs, Turks, Persians

👑 Successors of Muhammad Shah I

Who was the son of Muhammad Shah I?
a) Mahmud Gawan
b) Mujahid
c) Muhammad II
d) Daud
✅ Answer: b) Mujahid
What happened to Mujahid after his expedition against Vijayanagar?
a) He became Sultan of Delhi
b) He was assassinated
c) He conquered Vijayanagar
d) He abdicated the throne
✅ Answer: b) He was assassinated
Who succeeded Mujahid as Sultan?
a) Hasan Gangu
b) Muhammad II
c) Firuz Shah
d) Alauddin
✅ Answer: b) Muhammad II
In which year did Muhammad II ascend the throne?
a) 1347
b) 1363
c) 1378
d) 1429
✅ Answer: c) 1378
The reign of Muhammad II is described as:
a) Turbulent and war-torn
b) Peaceful and cultural
c) Short and unstable
d) Dominated by foreign invasions
✅ Answer: b) Peaceful and cultural
Who was the most notable personality during Muhammad III's reign?
a) Firuz Tughlaq
b) Muhammad II
c) Mahmud Gawan
d) Malik Kafur
✅ Answer: c) Mahmud Gawan
For how many years did Muhammad III rule?
a) 25 years
b) 19 years
c) 15 years
d) 10 years
✅ Answer: b) 19 years

🏛 Bahmani Administration & Ministers

Who was the Vakil-us-saltana?
a) Prime Minister
b) Chief Justice
c) Lieutenant of the Kingdom
d) Minister of Foreign Affairs
✅ Answer: c) Lieutenant of the Kingdom
Who supervised the work of all ministers in Bahmani state?
a) Peshwa
b) Waziri-kull
c) Kotwal
d) Sadr-i-jahan
✅ Answer: b) Waziri-kull
Who was in charge of finance as assistant minister?
a) Nazir
b) Amir-i-jumla
c) Wasir-i-ashraf
d) Kotwal
✅ Answer: a) Nazir
Which minister handled foreign affairs?
a) Nazir
b) Sadr-i-jahan
c) Wasir-i-ashraf
d) Peshwa
✅ Answer: c) Wasir-i-ashraf
Who was the chief of police and city magistrate in the Bahmani capital?
a) Peshwa
b) Kotwal
c) Amir-i-jumla
d) Sadr-i-jahan
✅ Answer: b) Kotwal

🧠 Mahmud Gawan’s Role

Mahmud Gawan was originally from:
a) India
b) Persia
c) Arabia
d) Turkey
✅ Answer: b) Persia
Which Bahmani king recruited Mahmud Gawan?
a) Muhammad III
b) Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah
c) Mujahid
d) Firuz Shah
✅ Answer: b) Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah
What position did Mahmud Gawan hold under Muhammad III?
a) Commander-in-Chief
b) Chief Justice
c) Prime Minister
d) Foreign Minister
✅ Answer: c) Prime Minister
Gawan used Persian chemists to teach about:
a) Medicine
b) Coin minting
c) Gunpowder
d) Textile dyeing
✅ Answer: c) Gunpowder
How did Gawan reform the Bahmani Sultanate's administration?
a) By merging provinces
b) By dividing four provinces into eight
c) By abolishing provincial governors
d) By increasing tax rates
✅ Answer: b) By dividing four provinces into eight
Gawan limited governors to control:
a) Multiple forts
b) Only one fort in their territory
c) No forts at all
d) Forts outside their province
✅ Answer: b) Only one fort in their territory
Which two groups had rivalry during Gawan’s time?
a) Turks and Mongols
b) Deccanis and Pradesis (foreigners)
c) Hindus and Muslims
d) Persians and Arabs
✅ Answer: b) Deccanis and Pradesis (foreigners)
What led to the execution of Mahmud Gawan?
a) Failure in war
b) Heavy taxation
c) A conspiracy by Deccani nobles
d) Foreign invasion
✅ Answer: c) A conspiracy by Deccani nobles

🏰 Decline of the Bahmani Kingdom

What led to the departure of several foreign nobles from the Bahmani kingdom?
a) Invasion by Vijayanagar
b) The death of Muhammad I
c) Execution of Mahmud Gawan
d) Fall of Bidar
✅ Answer: c) Execution of Mahmud Gawan
Which ruler's death marked the beginning of Bahmani disintegration?
a) Alauddin Bahman Shah
b) Muhammad I
c) Muhammad III
d) Firuz Shah
✅ Answer: c) Muhammad III
Who ruled after Muhammad III until 1518?
a) Mahmud Gawan
b) Mahmud or Shihab-ud-din Mahmud
c) Mujahid
d) Daud
✅ Answer: b) Mahmud or Shihab-ud-din Mahmud
How is Mahmud’s reign (until 1518) described?
a) Short and peaceful
b) Marked by victory over Vijayanagar
c) Beginning of disintegration
d) Known for reforms
✅ Answer: c) Beginning of disintegration
After Mahmud, the sultans who came to power were:
a) Military leaders
b) Powerful rulers
c) Kings in name only
d) Foreign invaders
✅ Answer: c) Kings in name only
How many independent Deccan kingdoms emerged after the Bahmani break-up?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
✅ Answer: c) 5
Which of the following was NOT one of the five Deccan kingdoms?
a) Golconda
b) Bidar
c) Mysore
d) Ahmednagar
✅ Answer: c) Mysore

🏗️ Contribution of Bahmani Sultans – Architecture

Bahmani kings contributed to architecture in which city?
a) Delhi
b) Bijapur
c) Gulbarga
d) Daulatabad
✅ Answer: c) Gulbarga
Archaeological findings of Bahmani period include all EXCEPT:
a) Temples
b) Halls of public audience
c) Domes
d) Citadels
✅ Answer: a) Temples
What do the architectural findings of Bahmani kingdom illustrate?
a) Weak military
b) Artistic skill
c) Trade relations
d) Influence of Mughal style
✅ Answer: b) Artistic skill

🎓 Contribution of Bahmani Sultans – Education

Who was the founder of the Bahmani kingdom?
a) Mahmud Gawan
b) Muhammad I
c) Ala-ud-din Hasan Shah
d) Firuz Shah
✅ Answer: c) Ala-ud-din Hasan Shah
Where was Ala-ud-din Hasan Shah educated?
a) Delhi
b) Baghdad
c) Multan
d) Kandahar
✅ Answer: c) Multan
Who took the initiative to educate Ala-ud-din Hasan Shah?
a) Zabar Khan
b) Mahmud Gawan
c) Muhammad I
d) Firuz Shah
✅ Answer: a) Zabar Khan
Muhammad I was known for being a:
a) Conqueror
b) Patron of learning
c) Famous architect
d) Sufi saint
✅ Answer: b) Patron of learning
Muhammad I established institutions for:
a) Trade and commerce
b) Music and dance
c) Educating children of noble families
d) Training spies
✅ Answer: c) Educating children of noble families
Which Bahmani ruler was a poet and a linguist?
a) Muhammad I
b) Mahmud Gawan
c) Sultan Firoz
d) Ala-ud-din
✅ Answer: c) Sultan Firoz
In which cities were schools founded by the Bahmani rulers?
a) Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur
b) Gulbarga, Bidar, Daulatabad, Kandahar
c) Bijapur, Mysore, Madurai
d) Lahore, Multan, Karachi
✅ Answer: b) Gulbarga, Bidar, Daulatabad, Kandahar
What was provided at the king’s expense in these schools?
a) Foreign teachers
b) Gold coins
c) Boarding and lodging
d) Personal guards
✅ Answer: c) Boarding and lodging
Where is Mahmud Gawan’s famous madrasa located?
a) Gulbarga
b) Bidar
c) Daulatabad
d) Bijapur
✅ Answer: b) Bidar
How many manuscripts did Mahmud Gawan’s madrasa library hold?
a) 1000
b) 3000
c) 500
d) 5000
✅ Answer: b) 3000

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