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Questions : The religious conferences were held by king Harshavardhana at

(a) Prayag and Thaneshwar

(b) Thaneshwar and Vallabhi

(c) Vallabhi and Prayag

(d) Kannauj and Prayag

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

The religious conference was held by king Harshavardhana at Kannauj and Prayag. A courier brought the distressing intelligence that Grahavarman, king of Kanauj, and husband of Rajyasri, sister of the princes, had been slain by the King of Malwa, who cruelly misused the princess, “confining her like a brigand’s wife, with a pair of iron fetters kissing her feet.”

The young king, resolute to avenge his sister’s wrongs, started at once with a mobile force of ten thousand cavalries, leaving the elephants and heavy troops behind in his brother’s charge.

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Question : 1

Who founded the four Mathas in the four corners of India?

a) Ramanujacharya

b) Bhaskaracharya

c) Madhvacharya

d) Shankaracharya

Answer: (d)

Sankaracharya founded the four Mathas in the four corners of India. Shankara was born at Kaladi in Kerala as a result of austerities and earnest prayers of his childless parents to Lord Shiva. Shankara’s father Shivaguru and mother Aryambal were Namboodiri Brahmin couples who led a holy life performing Vedic rituals ordained for a householder. However, they were childless.

Question : 2

Harsha’s military expansion in the Deccan was checked by

a) Dantidurga

b) Rajendra

c) Pulkesin II

d) Mahendravarman

Answer: (c)

Harsha’s military expansion in the Deccan was checked by Pulkesin II. When Pulikeshi II pushed forth up to the Narmada, he came face to face with Harshavardhana of Kanauj who already had the title Uttarapatheshvara (Lord of the north).

In a decisive battle fought on the banks of the river Narmada, Harsha lost a major part of his elephant force and had to retreat. The Aihole inscription describes how the mighty Harsha lost his Harsha (joy) when he suffered the ignominy of defeat.

Question : 3

The language patronised by Guptas was

a) Prakrit

b) Sanskrit

c) Hindi

d) Arabic

Answer: (b)

Question : 4

Who among the following had the title ‘Amoghavarsha’ ?

a) Rajendra Chola

b) Munja Paramara

c) None of these

d) Govinda Chandra Gahadavala

Answer: (c)

Question : 5

Arabs were defeated in 738 AD by

a) Rashtrakutas

b) Palas

c) Chalukyas

d) Pratiharas

Answer: (d)

Arabs were defeated by Pratiharas in 738 AD. Indian inscriptions confirm this invasion but record the Arab success only against the smaller states in Gujarat. They also record the defeat of the Arabs at two places. The southern army moving south into Gujarat was repulsed at Navsari by the south Indian emperor Vikramaditya II of the Chalukya dynasty and Rashtrakutas.

Question : 6

Majority of the Gupta emperors patronised

a) Jainism

b) Buddhism

c) Shaivism

d) Vaishnavism

Answer: (d)

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