UGC NET History Practice Question

Which Chandela king was responsible for constructing the famous Kandariya Mahadeva Temple at Khajuraho?

Yasovarman

Dhanga

Vidyadhara ✓

Paramardi

The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, the largest and most ornate of the Khajuraho group, was built under Chandela king Vidyadhara (early 11th century), representing the peak of Chandela temple architecture and sculpture.

In early medieval South India, what was the merchant guild known as Ayyavole 500 or 500 Swami of Aihole?

A guild of local weavers

A powerful corporation of trans-regional and maritime traders ✓

An assembly of judicial officials

A tax-farming association

The Ayyavole 500 (also called the Five Hundred of Aihole) was one of the most powerful trans-regional merchant guilds in early medieval South India, operating across long-distance and maritime trade networks and leaving inscriptions across the peninsula and Southeast Asia.

The Pratiharas trace their legendary origin to which mythological figure, claiming to be Agnikula Kshatriyas?

Lakshmana ✓

Rama

Arjuna

Bhima

The Gurjara-Pratiharas claimed descent from Lakshmana (Rama's brother, who guarded the "pratihara"/gateway) and were counted among the legendary Agnikula ("fire-born") Rajput clans said to have originated from a sacrificial fire pit at Mount Abu.

The Chalukyan capital was shifted from Badami to Kalyani by which ruler?

Pulakeshin I

Vikramaditya VI

Tailapa II ✓

Somesvara I

Tailapa II, who revived Chalukya power after overthrowing the Rashtrakutas, established Kalyani as the new capital, marking the start of what historians call the Later (Western) Chalukya dynasty, distinct from the earlier Badami Chalukyas.

The Uttaramerur Inscriptions of Parantaka I (919 and 921 CE) provide detailed insights into:

Navigational techniques of the Chola fleet

The electoral process, qualification, and working of village committees (Variyams) ✓

Royal taxation policies on textile imports

Judicial trials involving trial by ordeal

The Uttaramerur inscriptions detail an elaborate system of qualifications, disqualifications, and a lottery-based (Kudavolai) election process for village committees (Variyams) — celebrated as unusually detailed evidence of local self-government in Chola villages.

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