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Match List-I (Travellers) with List-II (Kings) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List-I List-II
A. Abdur Razzaq 1. Deva Raya-I
B. Nuniz 2. Deva Raya-II
C. Nicolo de Conti 3. Krishna Deva Raya
D. Barbosa 4. Achyuta Raya
  1. A - 2, B - 1, C - 3, D - 4

  2. A - 2, B - 4, C - 3, D - 1

  3. A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4

  4. A - 2, B - 4, C - 1, D - 3


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Abdur Razzaq was the ambassador of Mirza Shah Rukh of Iran. He was summoned by the king of Vijaynagar Deva Raya-II of Sangam dynasty to visit the court. Fernao Nuniz was a Portuguese traveler and Chronicler who visited the court of Achyuta Raya and lived there for 3 years. Nicolo de Conti was an Italian merchant, scholar, and traveler who visited the Vijayanagar kingdom during the reign of Deva Raya-I. During the reign of Krishna Deva Raya Portuguese travellers, Domingo Paes and Durate Barbosa visited his court

Which emperor of Vijayanagara can be equated with the great emperors like Samudragupta, Ashoka, and Harsha?

  1. Krishnadevaraya

  2. Ramaraya

  3. Praudhadevaraya

  4. Bukkaraya


Correct Option: A

Sayana is associated with _______.

  1. The Chola Kingdom

  2. Hoyasala Kingdom

  3. Bahmani Kingdom

  4. Vijayanagar Kingdom


Correct Option: D

Which of the following dynasties did not rule Vijayanagara?

  1. Sangama

  2. Saluva

  3. Tuluva

  4. Kondaveedu


Correct Option: D

Krishnadevaraya was a _______.

  1. Chola King

  2. Pallava King

  3. Rashtrakuta King

  4. King of Vijayanagar empire


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Krishnadevaraya was the greatest emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire who reigned from 1509–1530. He was the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty. Presiding over the empire at its zenith, he is regarded as an icon by many Indians. Krishna Deva Raya earned the titles Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana, Andhra Bhoja and Mooru Rayara Ganda . He became the dominant ruler of the peninsula of India by defeating the Sultans of Bijapur, Golconda, the Bahmani Sultanate and the Raja of Odisha.

The combined armies of four Deccan Sultans attacked Vijayanagara in _______ and defeated and killed Ramaraya.

  1. 1464

  2. 1509

  3. 1565

  4. 1607


Correct Option: C

Krishnadevaraya extended help to the _________ to conquer Goa from the Sultan of Bijapur.

  1. English

  2. French

  3. Dutch

  4. Portuguese


Correct Option: D

Ashtaelic Gajangals were present in the courts of __________.

  1. Devarya II

  2. Vaktaka I

  3. Sambasivarya

  4. Krishnadevraya


Correct Option: D

Krishnadevaraya's commander _________ was also a poet.

  1. Dindima

  2. Ratnakaravarni

  3. Lakkanna Dandesha

  4. Gangaraja


Correct Option: C

Krishnadevaraya wrote __________ in Sanskrit and ________ in Telugu.

  1. Amuktamalyada; Jambavati kalyana

  2. Jambavati Kalyana; Amuktamalyada

  3. Maduravijayam; Basavapuranamu

  4. Shankaravijayam; Jambavati Kalyana


Correct Option: B