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Themes in Indian History, Part II

Class 12 · History

Theme 7 · An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara (c. fourteenth to sixteenth century)

Real UPSC Prelims questions from 2016–2026, linked to this book. Try each one first, then open the answer. 2026 answers follow UPSC's provisional answer key.

Prelims 2019 · Q11

Building 'Kalyaana Mandapas' was a notable feature in the temple construction in the kingdom of

(a)Chalukya
(b)Chandela
(c)Rashtrakuta
(d)Vijayanagara

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UPSC's answer: (d)

NCERT answers it: Class 12 Themes in Indian History, Part II, Theme 7 (An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara (c. fourteenth to sixteenth century)).

Themes in Indian History, Part II (Theme 7): among the new features of Vijayanagara temples was the kalyana mandapa, built to celebrate divine weddings. So (d).

Hindi version: UPSC's official question paper (2019), question 11 ↗

Prelims 2019 · Q23

Consider the following pairs:

Famous place : River

1.Pandharpur : Chandrabhaga
2.Tiruchirappalli : Cauvery
3.Hampi : Malaprabha

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

(a)1 and 2 only
(b)2 and 3 only
(c)1 and 3 only
(d)1, 2 and 3

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UPSC's answer: (a)

NCERT answers it: Class 12 Themes in Indian History, Part II, Theme 7 (An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara (c. fourteenth to sixteenth century)).

Themes in Indian History, Part II (Theme 7): Hampi (Vijayanagara) lies on the Tungabhadra, not the Malaprabha, so pair 3 is wrong. Only (a) leaves out 3. So (a).

Hindi version: UPSC's official question paper (2019), question 23 ↗

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