Medieval History interview questions

Who built the Khajuraho temples?

1. Chandela
2. Bundela
3. Scindias
4. Holkars

Sun Temple is situated at

1. Gaya
2. Konark
3. Khajuraho
4. Puri

The Laxman Era was started (in 1119 AD) by which of the following dynasty?

1. Sens
2. Chauhans
3. Palas
4. Pratiharas

Who founded four mathas in the four corners of India?

1. Madhvacharya
2. Bhaskaracharya
3. Ramanujacharya
4. Shankaracharya

Vikramasila Mahavihara was established by the ruler of

1. Pal Dynasty
2. Pushyabhuti Dynasty
3. Sen Dynasty
4. Barman Dynasty

The temple of Somnath which was destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni (Mahmud Ghazanavi) was dedicated to Lord

1. Ganapathi
2. Siva
3. Surya
4. Vishnu

Who fought the battle of Waihind (1009 AD)?

1. Jaichandra and Bakh tiyar Khalji
2. Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori
3. Jayapala and Muhmmad Ghori
4. Anandpala and Mahmud Ghazanavi

The Sun Temple of Konark was built by Narasimhadeva I. To which dynasty he belong to?

1. Bhoi dynasty
2. Suryavansi dynasty
3. Gang dynasty
4. Somvansi dynasty

In India, the first to put forward the theory that the earth revolves round the sun was

1. Kalhana
2. Bana
3. Brahmagupta
4. Aryabhatta

Who among the following Rajputa kings defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first time?

1. Kumarpal
2. Jaichanda
3. Baghel Bhim
4. Prithviraj III

The Vikramsila Vihara was founded by

1. Dharmapala
2. Surapala
3. Devapala
4. Mahipala I

The presiding deity of Bhojshala Temple is

1. Goddess parvati
2. Goddess saraswati
3. Goddess Laxmi
4. Goddess Durga

Who constructed the world famous Jagannath Temple at Puri?

1. Anantvarman
2. Devavarman
3. Krishnavarman
4. None of these

Arabs were defeated in 738 AD by

1. Chalukyas
2. Palas
3. Rashtrakutas
4. Pratiharas

Who wrote ‘Ramcharita’?

1. Tulsidas
2. Sandhyakar Nandi
3. Kalidas
4. Banabhatta

‘Daskumar Charitam’ was composed by

1. Kalidas
2. Tulsidas
3. Dandin
4. Surdas

Jaideva, the famous author of ‘Gita Gobinda’, was the court poet of

1. Lakshmanasena
2. Harsha
3. Prithviraj chauhan
4. None of these

____ was one of the famous philosophers and scholars of the Pala period.

1. Aryabhatta
2. Atish Dipankar
3. Dibyok
4. Ravikriti

Who among the following is well known for his contribution in the field of Algebra?

1. Lalla
2. Bhaskara
3. Brahmagupta
4. Aryabhatta

Alberuni lived during the period of which one of the following?

1. Mahmud Ghaznavi
2. Mohammad Ghori
3. Firuzshah Tughlaq
4. Aluddin Khalji