NCERT Class 12 History Chapter 3 An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara Test Mock Test
This free online test covers Chapter 3, An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara, from the NCERT Class 12 Themes in Indian History-II textbook. The 30 questions are written directly from the chapter — definitions, processes, worked examples and the points the book italicises — so a score here tells you how much of the chapter actually stuck, not how well you guess. Each answer carries an explanation that says why the right option is right and why the other three fail, which is where most of the learning happens. Attempt it after your first read of the chapter, then again before the exam. There is no negative marking, and you can review the full solution the moment you submit.
Duration
30 mins
Questions
30 MCQs
Total Marks
30 pts
Negative
0 per wrong
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Sample Questions
Q1.The name Hampi, by which the ruined city of Vijayanagara survived in the memory of people of the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab, is derived from:
- APampadevi, the local mother goddess
- BHarihara, one of the two founders of the empire
- CVirupaksha, the guardian deity of the kingdom
- DVitthala, a form of Vishnu worshipped in Maharashtra
Q2.Who brought the ruins at Hampi to light in 1800, and on whose memories was much of the initial information based?
- AAlexander Greenlaw, drawing on the accounts of Portuguese travellers
- BJohn Marshall, drawing on the survey notes of the Archaeological Survey of India
- CColonel Colin Mackenzie, drawing on the memories of the priests of the Virupaksha temple and the shrine of Pampadevi
- DJ.F. Fleet, drawing on the inscriptions he documented on the temple walls
Q3.What reason does Colin Mackenzie himself give for collecting local histories and surveying historic sites?
- AThat Indian architecture should be copied for buildings in Britain
- BThat the Company could gain useful information on institutions, laws and customs whose influence still prevailed among the people, and so govern the colony more easily
- CThat the ruins should be restored to the descendants of the rayas
- DThat the inscriptions would prove the antiquity of the Company's own claims to the Deccan
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