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The lowest unit of administration was

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  1. Village

  2. Nadus

  3. Valanadus

  4. Vishayas

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Correct Option: A
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Village was the lowest unit of Chola administration. In the Chola empire, Kingdom was divided into Mandalams (or provinces) and each mandalam divided into Valanadus (Commissionary) and Nadus (Districts) and villages(Kurram ).

Who established the Rashtrakuta kingdom by defeating the last Badami Chalukya ruler Keerthivarma II?

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  1. Vijayaditya

  2. Singhana

  3. Dantidurga

  4. Jayasimha

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Correct Option: C
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Chalukyas ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th centuries. The earliest Chalukyas were called Badami Chalukyas. Their last ruler Keerthivarman II was defeated by the Rashtrakuta King Dantidurga in 753. Dantidurga established the Rashtrakuta dynasty that ruled the Deccan and neighbouring areas of India from about 755 to 975 CE.

Dantidurga performed the hireranyagarbhaclana ceremony at Ujjain after his victory over

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  1. Malwa

  2. Gondwana

  3. Chittor

  4. Jodhpur

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Correct Option: A

Who wrote Vaddaradhane? 

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  1. Pampa

  2. Poona

  3.  Shivakottacharya

  4. Shrivijaya

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Correct Option: C
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The author of this is Shivakottacharya. It is a collection of Jain religious stories. Special importance has been given to use of native Kannada words here. There is liveliness in plot, structure, characterization and dialogue. This is a great prose work belonging to the pre-Pampa age, and enjoys eternal significance in the history of Kannada literature. 

Period of rule of Rashtrakutas :

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  1. 647-898 A.D

  2. 896-998 A.D

  3. 768-916 A.D

  4. 753-973 A.D

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
The  last ruler Keerthivarman II of Chalukya dynasty was defeated by the Rashtrakuta King Dantidurga in 753 AD. Dantidurga established the Rashtrakuta dynasty that ruled the Deccan and neighbouring areas of India from about 753 to 973 CE. The early kings of this dynasty were influenced by Hinduism and the later kings by Jainism.

Mahmud Ghazni invaded the famous ______ temple.

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  1. Rameswaram

  2. Somnath

  3. Jagannath

  4. Omkareshwar

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Correct Option: B
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Mahmud Ghazni attacked and plundered the famous Somnath temple of Gujarat along with a huge army and plundered the great wealth therein after destroying the Shivalinga. 

Firdausi was the Poet laureate at the court of ______.

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  1. Mahmud Ghaznavi

  2. Mohd. Ghori

  3. Jaipal

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
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Mahmud brought whole libraries from Ray and Isfahan to Ghazni. He even demanded that the Khwarizmshah court send its men of learning to Ghazni. Mahmud patronized the notable poet Firdausi, who after labouring 27 years, went to Ghazni and presented the Shahnameh to him. Nothing is chronicled about the court poets of the other two kings, hence, incorrect. 

Mahmud Ghazni plundered Somnath Temple in Kathiawar in 

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  1. 1020 A.D.

  2. 1025 A.D.

  3. 1030 A.D.

  4. 1029 A.D.

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Correct Option: B
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Mahmud Ghazni was the ruler of Ghazni. He was the first Turk invader. Between A.D. 1010 and 1025, he attacked only temple towns in Northern India. He attacked India 17 times during the course of 25 years. The most devastating invasion of Mahmud was the attack on the Somnath Temple in Kathiawar in 1025 A.D. It was his 16th invasion. 

The Somnath temple which was destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni was dedicated to Lord _________.

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  1. Vishnu

  2. Shiva

  3. Surya

  4. Ganapati

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Correct Option: B
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Mahmud Ghazni plundered the Somnath temple in 1024. The temple was dedicated to Lord Shiva. Ghazini broke the shiva linga and looted the wealth of the temple. 

What was the status of women's in medieval India ?

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  1. Full of hardship

  2. Education was neglected

  3. Customs imposed harsh restriction

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
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Women's life in those days was full of hardship. Their world was confined to the house of first their father , and then their husband. Their education was neglected. Only a few exceptional women had achieved any progress in literacy, administration and battle skills. Customs like child marriage, unequal marriages, widowhood, keshwapan, sati, polygamy had imposed harsh restriction on the way women lived.