πŸ“° Today's Current AffairsRead Now →
📷 Follow on Instagram

Practice Questions on AP History

Practice Questions on Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi for APPSC exams

Practice Questions on Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi

Practice Questions on Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi

1. Who was the founder of the Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi?

 
 
 
 

2. The original capital of the Eastern Chalukyas was Vengi, which is located near which modern town?

 
 
 
 

3. What was the title assumed by Kubja Vishnuvardhana that means ‘conqueror of difficulties’?

 
 
 
 

4. The fall of Pulakesin II and the independence of the Eastern Chalukyas is associated with which Pallava king who burnt Badami?

 
 
 
 

5. The period of Eastern Chalukyan rule over Vengi is considered a golden period of Andhra history primarily because of which achievement?

 
 
 
 

6. Who was the Pallava king Mahendravarman I defeated by, which later led to the Pallava revenge on Badami?

 
 
 
 

7. Which is considered the FIRST Telugu literary work and was composed under which Eastern Chalukyan ruler?

 
 
 
 

8. Which Eastern Chalukyan ruler is credited with constructing the famous Draksharama and Chalukya Bhimavaram (Samalkot) temples?

 
 
 
 

9. What is the significance of the Chipurupalli grant of Kubja Vishnuvardhana issued in his 18th year?

 
 
 
 

10. The Maruturu grant of Pulakesin II issued in his 8th regnal year is significant for which reason?

 
 
 
 

11. What year did Dr. N. Venkataramanayya, B.V. Krishnarao and Dr. N. Ramesan fix as the starting point of Eastern Chalukyan chronology (appointment of Kubja Vishnuvardhana as Viceroy)?

 
 
 
 

12. During the reign of Vijayaditya I (9th king, 755-772 A.D.), a major political change occurred in the Western Deccan. What was it?

 
 
 
 

13. Gunaga Vijayaditya (Vijayaditya III, 849-892 A.D.) is notable for which of the following achievements?

 
 
 
 

14. Vijayaditya II (808-847 A.D.) is famous for fighting 108 battles and constructing how many Siva temples?

 
 
 
 

15. Who was Jata Choda Bhima and what was the significance of his rule?

 
 
 
 

16. Rajaraja Chola I (the great Chola ruler) intervened in Vengi affairs to help whose sons reclaim their throne?

 
 
 
 

17. Under which Eastern Chalukyan ruler did Vengi become a Chola protectorate, losing its independence?

 
 
 
 

18. Rajaraja Narendra (1018-61 A.D.) was reinstated on the Vengi throne by which Chola emperor in 1022 A.D.?

 
 
 
 

19. Who was Nannaya Bhatta and what specific purpose did he have in writing the Telugu Mahabharata?

 
 
 
 

20. Which dynasty replaced the Rashtrakutas in Western Deccan around 973 A.D., complicating Eastern Chalukyan politics?

 
 
 
 

21. The battle at Vingavalli during the reign of Gunaga Vijayaditya (III) had what outcome?

 
 
 
 

22. The Golingeswara temple at Biccavole (East Godavari) was constructed by which Eastern Chalukyan ruler?

 
 
 
 

23. The Pancharama shrines β€” five famous Shiva temples of coastal Andhra β€” are located at which five places?

 
 
 
 

24. What was the result of the first matrimonial alliance between the Eastern Chalukyas and the Rashtrakutas?

 
 
 
 

25. The Chinese traveller Yuan Chwang (Hieun Tsang) who visited the Vengi country noted which characteristic of its people?

 
 
 
 

26. Ammaraja II (Amma II, 945-970 A.D.) was forced to abandon his kingdom and flee to Kalinga due to whose invasion?

 
 
 
 

27. The famous Komati (Vaisya) guild that had its headquarters in Penugonda (West Godavari) had branches in how many other centres?

 
 
 
 

28. The Western Chalukyan general Baya Nambi invaded Vengi in 1006 A.D. during Saktivarma I’s reign. What two Eastern Chalukyan forts did he reduce to ashes?

 
 
 
 

29. Kulottunga Chola I, who ascended the Chola throne in 1070 A.D., was of which dual ancestry?

 
 
 
 

30. Which Eastern Chalukyan ruler had his son Irimartiganda victorious at the battles of Niravadyapura and Peruvanguru against the Rashtrakutas, though Irimartiganda lost his life?

 
 
 
 

31. The Rashtrakuta-Eastern Chalukya wars lasted for approximately how many years?

 
 
 
 

32. During which battle did a Chola Brahmin general Rajaraja Brahmamaharaja fight against the Western Chalukyas and Vijayaditya VII with an indecisive result?

 
 
 
 

33. What was the earliest epigraphic evidence of Telugu Desi poetry (as distinguished from Telugu as a language of inscriptions)?

 
 
 
 

34. The Kopparam plates of Vishnuvardhana issued in the 21st regnal year of Pulakesin II show Kubja Vishnuvardhana in what capacity and dated to approximately which year?

 
 
 
 

35. The Satara grant of Kubja Vishnuvardhana shows him as Yuvaraja ‘on the banks of the Bhimaradhi’ in Pulakesin II’s 8th regnal year. What does ‘Bhimaradhi’ refer to and what does this grant prove?

 
 
 
 

36. The Kalyani battle (Kalidindi battle) of 1042 A.D. was between Chola forces and the Western Chalukyan-Vijayaditya VII alliance. What was the political aftermath for Rajaraja Narendra?

 
 
 
 

37. The Chalukyas’ earliest inscription at Badami (578 A.D.) describes them belonging to which Gotra and worshipping which deity?

 
 
 
 

38. After Rajaraja Narendra’s death in 1061 A.D., what happened to the Eastern Chalukya prince Rajendra Chalukya before he eventually became Kulottunga Chola I?

 
 
 
 

39. Which specific administrative feature shows there was ‘no settled administration worthy of the name’ in the Eastern Chalukyan kingdom?

 
 
 
 

40. Which Eastern Chalukyan ruler shifted the capital from Vengi to Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry)?

 
 
 
 

41. Which three great Kannada poets closely associated with Kammanadu and Vangipuram (Guntur district) during the Eastern Chalukyan period were Jains by faith?

 
 
 
 

42. The Chalukyas claimed to have obtained which sacred emblem (Lanchana) by the divine favour of Vishnu?

 
 
 
 

43. Vimaladitya, one of the two sons of Danamava (Eastern Chalukya) whose cause was championed by Rajaraja Chola I, received whose daughter in marriage from the Chola king?

 
 
 
 


For Practice Questions on Satavahanas Click here

eastern chalukyas of vengi

Practice Questions on Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi for APPSC exams Read More Β»