Identify the correct statements from below:
(A) Gajapati Kingdom was established in 1435.
(B) Colin Mackenzie visited Vijayanagara in 1800.
(C) ‘Hampi’ was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1989.
(D) The Portuguese conquest of Goa in 1510.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) Gajapati Kingdom was established in 1435. Correct. The Gajapati kingdom of Orissa was established in 1435. Its rulers were among the neighbours with whom the Vijayanagara kings competed on their northern frontier.
(B) Colin Mackenzie visited Vijayanagara in 1800. Correct. His visit in 1800 is the first landmark in the discovery of Vijayanagara; he prepared the first survey map of the site.
(C) ‘Hampi’ was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1989. Incorrect. Hampi was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1986. 1989 is Sanchi’s year on the same kind of list in another chapter – two World Heritage dates, three years apart, waiting to be swapped.
(D) The Portuguese conquest of Goa in 1510. Correct. The conquest of Goa by the Portuguese took place in 1510, in the same century as the founding of the Mughal empire by Babur (1526).
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 7: An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara (2025-26)
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