Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara

Question:

Read the passage and answer the questions:

The king made a tank.. at the mouth of two hills so that all the water which comes from either one side or the other collects there; and, besides this, water comes to it from more than three leagues (approximately 15 kilometres) by pipes which run along the lower parts of the range outside. This water is brought from a lake which itself overflows into a little river. The tank has three large pillars handsomely carved with figures; these connect above with certain pipes by which they get water when they have to irrigate their gardens and rice fields. In order to make this tank, the said king broke down a hill... In the tank, I saw so many people at work that there must have been fifteen or twenty thousand men, looking like ants...

Arrange the following dynasties in their correct chronological order:
A. Aravidu
B. Tuluvas
C. Sangama
D. Saluva

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. D, B, A, C
2. A, B, D, C
3. C, B, D, A
4. C, D, B, A

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

4

Explanation:

Dynasties of Vijaynagara Empire in chronological order:
The first dynasty, known as the Sangama dynasty, exercised control till 1485.
They were supplanted by the Saluvas, military commanders, who remained in power till 1503 when they were replaced by the Tuluvas.  
Krishnadeva Raya belonged to the Tuluva dynasty.
After the death of Krishna Dev Raya, the power shifted to another ruling lineage, that of the Aravidu, which remained in power till the end of the seventeenth century.