Medieval History - MOST IMPORTANT UPSC EPFO Previous Year Questions

Megasthenes

Yuan Chwang

Fa Hien

Nicolo Conti

Kolkata and Mumbai

Delhi and Chennai

Kolkata and Amritsar

Tirupati and Ludhiana

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

A is false but R is true

A-$\displaystyle 2$, B-$\displaystyle 1$, C-$\displaystyle 3$, D-$\displaystyle 4$

A-$\displaystyle 4$, B-$\displaystyle 3$, C-$\displaystyle 1$, D-$\displaystyle 2$

A-$\displaystyle 2$, B-$\displaystyle 3$, C-$\displaystyle 1$, D-$\displaystyle 4$

A-$\displaystyle 4$, B-$\displaystyle 1$, C-$\displaystyle 3$, D-$\displaystyle 2$

Uday Singh

Rana Pratap

Bahman Shah

Jaimal

Sayyids – Khaljis – Lodis - Tughlaqs

Khaljis - Tughlaqs - Sayyids – Lodis

Khaljis - Sayyids – Lodis – Tughlaqs

Tughlaqs - Khaljis – Sayyids - Lodis

Guru Nanak-Tulsidas Ramdas Tukaram

Tulsidas-Guru Nanak Tukaram-Ramdas

Guru Nanak-Tulsidas Tukaram-Ramdas

Tulsidas-Guru Nanak Ramdas-Tukaram

Favourite son inheriting his father's estate

Eldest son inheriting his father's estate

Division of the inheritance amongst all the sons

Division of the inheritance amongst all the sons and daughters

Accounts of contemporary travellers

Individual revenue records

Chronicles and documents from the Mughal court

Records of the East India company

Both of these empires had powerful navies that engaged European navies.

Both of these empires expanded through the use of gunpowder weapons and extensive bureaucracies.

Both of these empires gave little monetary support to artistic and cultural endeavours.

In both of these empires the majority of the people were Muslims.

$\displaystyle 1$, $\displaystyle 5$, $\displaystyle 3$, $\displaystyle 2$ and $\displaystyle 4$

$\displaystyle 3$, $\displaystyle 1$, $\displaystyle 5$, $\displaystyle 4$ and $\displaystyle 2$

$\displaystyle 3$, $\displaystyle 1$, $\displaystyle 4$, $\displaystyle 5$ and $\displaystyle 2$

$\displaystyle 1$, $\displaystyle 3$, $\displaystyle 5$, $\displaystyle 2$ and $\displaystyle 4$

They present a continuous chronological record of events.

They were a repository of factual information about the Mughals.

They allow us to understand how imperial ideologies were created and disseminated.

They contain brief biographies of the authors of the chronicles.

Shaivite form of worship

Vaishnavite form of worship

Incarnation worship

Abstract form of God worship

Social disharmony influenced by the whims of the nobility

Cessation of the provincial units from central rule

Social harmony with the support of a strong ruling class

Establishment of a rule of rural republics by overthrowing the Mughal suzerainty

Samarangana-Sutradhara : A scientific work on ancient Indian architecture

Harmika : A style of temple architecture that originated under the Chola Kings

Vimana : A striking feature of the Dravidian style of temples

Kutagarashala : A hut with a pointed roof where travelling mendicants halted

Sangama Dynasty-Harihara II

Saluva Dynasty-Timma

Aravidu Dynasty-Tirumala

Tuluva Dynasty-Gunda

Shaivite form of worship

Vaishnavite form of worship

Incarnation worship

Abstract form of God worship

Guru Nanak-Tulsidas-Ramdas-Tuqaram

Tulsidas-Guru Nanak-Tuqaram-Ramdas

Guru Nanak- Tulsidas- Tuqaram- Ramdas

Tulsidas- Guru Nanak- Ramdas- Tuqaram

Saiyed-Khilji-Lodhi-Tughlaq

Khilji-Tughlaq-Saiyed-Lodhi

Khilji-Saiyed-Lodhi-Tughlaq

Tughlaq-Khilji-Saiyed-Lodhi

Udai Singh

Rana Pratap

Bhama Shah

Jaimal