UGC NET History Practice Question

The early medieval land system characterized by growing sub-infeudation and peasant serfdom is defined by historians like R.S. Sharma as:

Asiatic Mode of Production

Indian Feudalism ✓

Segmentary State Model

Patrimonial Bureaucracy

R.S. Sharma's "Indian Feudalism" thesis argues that the proliferation of land grants (to Brahmanas and officials) in the early medieval period led to growing sub-infeudation, decline of trade/urbanism, and increasing peasant subjection — a major, still-debated historiographical model for this period, testable alongside the rival "Segmentary State" model proposed by Burton Stein.

Which Kakatiya queen ruled the kingdom of Warangal in her own right during the 13th century and was praised by Marco Polo?

Rudrama Devi ✓

Didda

Kota Rani

Akkadevi

Rudrama Devi ruled the Kakatiya kingdom of Warangal as a capable queen in her own right, defending it against Yadava and other incursions — the Venetian traveler Marco Polo, who passed through the region, praised her governance in his own account.

The Devi-Mahatmya section of which Purana gained intense popularity across regional Eastern kingdoms during the early medieval era?

Markandeya Purana ✓

Vishnu Purana

Skanda Purana

Vayu Purana

The Devi-Mahatmya (glorifying the goddess Durga's victory over the buffalo-demon Mahishasura) forms part of the Markandeya Purana and became especially influential in eastern regions, reflecting the rising prominence of Shakta/goddess worship in early medieval religious culture.

The Chalukya-Chola line was established when which eastern Chalukya prince inherited the Chola throne?

Kulottunga I ✓

Vikrama Chola

Rajaraja II

Kulottunga III

Kulottunga I, born of an Eastern Chalukya father and a Chola princess mother, inherited the Chola throne, merging the two lines and founding what historians call the Chalukya-Chola dynasty, ruling a combined and expanded realm.

The Ganga dynasty of Orissa was divided into two historical branches known as:

Eastern Gangas and Western Gangas ✓

Northern Gangas and Southern Gangas

Kalinga Gangas and Utkala Gangas

Upper Gangas and Lower Gangas

The Ganga dynasty is conventionally divided into the Western Gangas (ruling in Karnataka, earlier) and the Eastern Gangas (ruling in Orissa/Kalinga, later, including the builders of the Konark Sun Temple) — two genealogically related but geographically and chronologically distinct branches.

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