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1) According to the text, which dynasty built the city of Amaravati?
(A) Satavahanas
(B) Pallavas
(C) Kakatiyas
(D) Vijayanagara
Answer: A
2) Who ruled southern Andhra Pradesh and Tamilakam in the fourth century CE?
(A) Vengi Chalukyas
(B) Kakatiya dynasty
(C) Satavahanas
(D) Pallava dynasty
Answer: D
In the fourth century CE, the Pallava dynasty ruled southern Andhra Pradesh and Tamilakam, and had a capital at Kanchipuram.
3) Which empire dominated northern Tamilakam and the southern Telugu-speaking region until the end of the ninth century?
(A) Pallava dynasty
(B) Satavahana Empire
(C) Qutb Shahi dynasty
(D) Kakatiya dynasty
Answer: A
The Pallavas dominated the southern Telugu-speaking region and northern Tamilakam until the end of the ninth century. Later, various dynasties have ruled the area, including the Salankayanas, Vishnukundinas and Eastern Chalukyas.
4) In which century did Andhra Pradesh fall under the rule of the Vengi Chalukyas?
(A) 6th century BCE
(B) 4th century CE
(C) 7th century CE
(D) 14th century CE
Answer: C
The Western Chalukyas ruled as emperors in the Deccan (i.e., peninsular India) from 543 to 757 CE and again from about 975 to about 1189. The Eastern Chalukyas ruled in Vengi (in eastern Andhra Pradesh state) from about 624 to about 1070.
5) Who helped the Vengi Chalukyas secure the Vengi throne in 1002 CE?
(A) Mahendravarman I
(B) Rajaraja Chola I
(C) Rajaraja Chola II
(D) Ghiyath al-Din
Answer: B
Later during 1002 CE Vengi Chalukyas became subordinate of Imperial Cholas when Rajaraja Chola I helped Vengi Chalukyas to secure the Vengi throne from Telugu Chola king Jata Choda Bhima.
6) During which dynasty did Tikkana’s translation of the Mahabharata found Telugu literature?
(A) Vijayanagara Empire
(B) Kakatiya dynasty
(C) Pallava dynasty
(D) Satavahana Empire
Answer: B
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7) In 1258 CE, who defeated the Nellore Cholas and Kakatiyas to extend the Pandyan Empire till Nellore?
(A) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(B) Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I
(C) Vijaya Rama Gajapati Raju
(D) Sundara Pandyan II
Answer: B
In 1258 CE, Pandyan emperor Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I defeated Nellore Cholas and Kakatiyas, extending Pandyan empire till Nellore
8) Which ruler laid siege to Warangal in 1323 CE?
(A) Mohd bin Tughlaq
(B) Ulugh Khan
(C) Robert Clive
(D) Taimur
Answer: B
9) Who won over Delhi to rule the region after the fall of the Kakatiyas dynasty?
(A) Qutub Shahi dynasty
(B) Satavahanas
(C) Vijayanagara Empire
(D) Musunuri Nayaks
Answer: D
10) During the reign of which person did the Telugus become independent under the Vijayanagara Empire?
(A) N. T. Rama Rao
(B) Krishnadevaraya
(C) Maharaja Vijaya Rama Gajapati Raju
(D) Potti Sriramulu
Answer: B
11) In which year Andhra State was created?
(A) 1949
(B) 1958
(C) 1953
(D) 1965
Answer: C
12) Who campaigned for a state independent of the Madras Presidency?
(A) Chandrababu Naidu
(B) Tanguturi Prakasam
(C) N. T. Rama Rao
(D) Potti Sriramulu
Answer: D
13) When did the Indian Army annex Hyderabad to the Dominion of India?
(A) 1948
(B) 1206
(C) 1956
(D) 1792
Answer: A
14) Andhra Pradesh split off from which presidency in 1953?
(A) Madras Presidency
(B) Hyderabad State
(C) Vijayanagara Empire
(D) Bahmani Sultanate
Answer: A
15) On which date was Telangana formed from ten districts of Andhra Pradesh?
(A) 1336
(B) 2014
(C) 1948
(D) 1765
Answer: B
16) What is the timeframe for the Chalcolithic period?
(A) 1230 BCE
(B) 1750 BC
(C) 1800 BC
(D) 1250 BCE
Answer: B
17) When was the term Andhra first mentioned?
(A) second century BCE
(B) 800 B.C.
(C) 1750 BC or earlier
(D) 230 BCE
Answer: B
The term Andhra was first mentioned as the name of a tribe in the Aitareya Brahamana, datable to 800 B.C. Andhras left the north of Indian subcontinent near the Yamuna River, crossed the Vindhyas and came to present-day Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
18) According to the Aitareya Brahamana, which river did the Andhras cross to reach present-day Andhra Pradesh and Telangana?
(A) The Deccan Plateau
(B) The Vindhyas
(C) The Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers
(D) The Yamuna River
Answer: B
19) Which tribes were mentioned to be socially parallel to the Andhras in the Aitareya Brahamana?
(A) Pundras
(B) Sabaras
(C) Both A & B
(D) None
Answer: B
20) In the Mahabharata, which king ruled the Vidarbha Kingdom during the time of Rama’s exile?
(A) Rukmani
(B) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Andhras
Answer: A
21) Which region did Rama live in during his exile according to the Mahabharata?
(A) Pratipalapura
(B) Patapadu
(C) Nagarjunkonda
(D) Bhadrachalam
Answer: D
22) Which was the earliest known kingdom in South India?
(A) Brihatpalayana
(B) Satavahana dynasty
(C) Kingdom of Pratipalapura
(D) Ikshvaku
Answer: C
23) Which empire did Andhra belong to during the fourth century BCE?
(A) Brihatpalayana
(B) Satavahana dynasty
(C) Mauryan Empire
(D) Ikshvaku
Answer: C
24) According to Megasthenes, how many fortified towns did the Andhras have along the Godavari River?
(A) 40
(B) 50
(C) 100
(D) 30
Answer: D
25) During the Satavahana dynasty, what was the court language used by the kings?
(A) Vedic
(B) Kannada
(C) Telegu
(D) Prakrit
Answer: D
26) Which dynasty succeeded the Satavahanas in the Krishna River valley?
(A) Mauryan Empire
(B) Ikshvaku dynasty
(C) Satavahana dynasty
(D) Suryavanshi dynasty
Answer: B
27) In the Puranas, what were the Andhra Ikshvakus called?
(A) Ramireddipalli
(B) Sriparvatiyas
(C) Andhrabhrityas
(D) Both B & C
Answer: D
28) According to the Vayu Purana, who founded the Suryavamsha dynasty?
(A) Rama
(B) Yasodhara
(C) Vikushi
(D) Ikshvaku
Answer: D
29) Who approved the resolution recommending the formation of a Telangana state in July 2013?
(A) Congress Working Committee
(B) N. Chandrababu Naidu
(C) Prime Minister of India
(D) President of India
Answer: A
30) What was the name of the bill placed before Parliament to allow the formation of Telangana?
(A) Telangana Formation Bill, 2014
(B) The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014
(C) Medak Act, 2013
(D) AP Reconstitution Act, 2014
Answer: B
31) What provision did the bill include to retain Hyderabad as the capital for up to ten years?
(A) Infrastructure development
(B) Access to educational institutions
(C) Setting up a new capital city
(D) Retaining government offices
Answer: B
32) When did the new state of Telangana come into existence?
(A) 1 November 1956
(B) 2 June 2014
(C) 22 October 2015
(D) 1 March 2014
Answer: B
33) How many petitions questioning the validity of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act have been pending before the Supreme Court constitutional bench?
(A) None
(B) Five
(C) Two
(D) Several
Answer: D
34) Where is Amaravati located?
(A) Hyderabad State
(B) Krishna River
(C) Guntur District
(D) Vizagapatam District
Answer: C
It is located on the banks of the river Krishna in Guntur district.
35) Who made the region of Vengi their home and founded the city of Pratipalapura according to the Dharmamrita?
(A) Ikshvaku
(B) Andhras
(C) Yasodhara
(D) Ramireddipalli
Answer: C
In the Dharmamrita, during the lifetime of the 12th tirthankara, Yasodhara (an Ikshvaku prince from the kingdom of Anga) went to Vengi. The prince was so impressed with the region’s beauty and fertility that he made it his home and founded the city of Pratipalapura (present-day Bhattiprolu).
36) How many kings ruling Andhra for 100 years are cited in the Puranas?
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 5
(D) 4
Answer: B
37) What language replaced Prakrit as the inscriptional language during the local rulers’ small kingdoms period in Andhra?
(A) Nemari
(B) Sanskrit
(C) Nagri
(D) Telegu
Answer: B
38) At which site did the Andhra Ikshvakus leave inscriptions according to the provided text?
(A) Jaggayyapetapur
(B) Narmadapuram
(C) Nagarjunkonda
(D) Amaravati
Answer: C
39) What was the title of the Andhra Ikshvakus who were feudal lords of the Satavahanas?
(A) Andhrabhrityas
(B) Ananda Gotrika
(C) Sriparvatiyas
(D) Mahatalavara
Answer: D
40) According to the Mahabharata and Ramayana, who lived in the forest around present-day Bhadrachalam?
(A) Laxman
(B) Bali
(C) Hanumana
(D) Rama
Answer: D
41) Who was the first ruler since the Satavahana dynasty to unite the Telugu lands?
(A) Chodas
(B) Prataparudra I
(C) Ganapati Deva
(D) Mahadeva
Answer: C
Ganapati Deva was the first ruler since the Satavahana dynasty to unite the Telugu lands. In 1210, Ganapati Deva defeated the Velanati Chodas and extended his empire north to Anakapalle.
42) Which dynasty ruled the Telugu lands for fifty years after the fall of the Kakatiya dynasty to the Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Musunuri Nayaks
(B) Gajapati dynasty
(C) Chalukya dynasty
(D) Vijayanagara Empire
Answer: A
43) Who led the Nayak opposition against the Muslim invaders after the capture of Prataparudra?
(A) Harihara and Bukka
(B) Rani Rudrama Devi
(C) Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka
(D) Annaya Mantri and Kolani Rudradeva
Answer: D
44) Which empire was established by the treasury officers of the Kakatiya dynasty after their capture and conversion to Islam by the Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Vijayanagara Empire
(B) Qutub Shahi dynasty
(C) Bahmani Sultanate
(D) Reddy Kingdom
Answer: A
45) Who established the Reddy kingdom and ruled over coastal Andhra Pradesh for over a century?
(A) Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka
(B) Ganapati Deva
(C) Prolaya Vema Reddy
(D) Prataparudra I
Answer: C
The Reddy Kingdom (1325–1448 CE) was established in present day coastal Andhra Pradesh by Prolaya Vema Reddi in the early fourteenth century. The region that was ruled by this dynasty spanned present day coastal andhra from Vishakapatnam in the north to Kanchipuram in the south.
46) In which city was the capital of the Reddy kingdom initially located?
(A) Rajahmundry
(B) Addanki
(C) Vijayanagar
(D) Kondavidu
Answer: B
47) Who were the treasury officers in the administration of the Kakatiya dynasty before establishing the Vijayanagara Empire?
(A) Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka and Kaapaneedu
(B) Qutb Shah and Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah
(C) Prataparudra I and Ganapati Deva
(D) Harihara and Bukka
Answer: D
Sewell argues that, Harihara and Bukka were the officers in the court of Warangal, the Kakatiya Kingdom, and were of Golla caste.
48) Which river was marked as the boundary between the Qutb Shahi dynasty and the Gajapati Empire?
(A) Mahanadi River
(B) Narmada River
(C) Krishna River
(D) Godavari River
Answer: D
49) Who led the Jeypore Kings over coastal Andhra before their feudatories claimed independence?
(A) Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah
(B) Maharaja Balaram Dev
(C) Maharaja Ram Chandra Dev I
(D) Vishwanath Dev Gajapati
Answer: C
50) Which dynasty played a major role in the history of the Telugu country and was founded by Quli Qutb Mulk?
(A) Qutb Shahi dynasty
(B) Gajapati dynasty
(C) Reddy dynasty
(D) Bahmani Sultanate
Answer: A
51) Which dynasty held a small territory near Warangal before extending their territory and declaring independence?
(A) Musunuri Nayaks
(B) Kakatiya dynasty
(C) Qutb Shahi dynasty
(D) Reddy Dynasty
Answer: B
52) Who extended the Kakatiyas kingdom to the coast before being succeeded by Ganapati Deva?
(A) Prola II
(B) Rani Rudrama Devi
(C) Prataparudra I
(D) Mahadeva
Answer: D
53) Which dynasty succeeded the Kakatiya dynasty after their fall to the Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Reddy dynasty
(B) Gajapati dynasty
(C) Vijayanagara Empire
(D) Musunuri Nayaks
Answer: D
54) Who united the Nayaks against the Muslim invaders after the capture of Prataparudra?
(A) Kolani Rudradeva
(B) Annaya Mantri
(C) Both A & B
(D) None
Answer: C
55) Which empire was established by the treasury officers of the Kakatiya dynasty after their capture and conversion to Islam by the Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Reddy Kingdom
(B) Vijayanagara Empire
(C) Bahmani Sultanate
(D) Qutub Shahi dynasty
Answer: B
56) Who established the Reddy kingdom and ruled over coastal Andhra Pradesh for over a century?
(A) Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka
(B) Prolaya Vema Reddy
(C) Ganapati Deva
(D) Prataparudra I
Answer: B
57) In which city was the capital of the Reddy kingdom initially located?
(A) Rajahmundry
(B) Kondavidu
(C) Vijayanagar
(D) Addanki
Answer: D
58) Who were the treasury officers in the administration of the Kakatiya dynasty before establishing the Vijayanagara Empire?
(A) Qutb Shah and Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah
(B) Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka and Kaapaneedu
(C) Harihara and Bukka
(D) Prataparudra I and Ganapati Deva
Answer: C
59) Which river was marked as the boundary between the Qutb Shahi dynasty and the Gajapati Empire?
(A) Mahanadi River
(B) Godavari River
(C) Narmada River
(D) Krishna River
Answer: B
60) Who led the Jeypore Kings over coastal Andhra before their feudatories claimed independence?
(A) Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah
(B) Vishwanath Dev Gajapati
(C) Maharaja Balaram Dev
(D) Maharaja Ram Chandra Dev I
Answer: D
61) Which dynasty played a major role in the history of the Telugu country and was founded by Quli Qutb Mulk?
(A) Qutb Shahi dynasty
(B) Reddy dynasty
(C) Gajapati dynasty
(D) Bahmani Sultanate
Answer: A
62) Which dynasty held a small territory near Warangal before extending their territory and declaring independence?
(A) Qutb Shahi dynasty
(B) Kakatiya dynasty
(C) Vijayanagara Empire
(D) Musunuri Nayaks
Answer: B
63) Who extended the Kakatiyas kingdom to the coast before being succeeded by Ganapati Deva?
(A) Prola II
(B) Rani Rudrama Devi
(C) Mahadeva
(D) Prataparudra I
Answer: C
64) Which dynasty succeeded the Kakatiya dynasty after their fall to the Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Musunuri Nayaks
(B) Gajapati dynasty
(C) Vijayanagara Empire
(D) Reddy dynasty
Answer: A
65) Who united the Nayaks against the Muslim invaders after the capture of Prataparudra?
(A) Annaya Mantri and Kolani Rudradeva
(B) Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka
(C) Rani Rudrama Devi
(D) Harihara and Bukka
Answer: A
66) Which empire was established by the treasury officers of the Kakatiya dynasty after their capture and conversion to Islam by the Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Bahmani Sultanate
(B) Reddy Kingdom
(C) Qutb Shahi dynasty
(D) Vijayanagara Empire
Answer: D
67) In which city was the capital of the Reddy kingdom initially located?
(A) Vijayanagar
(B) Addanki
(C) Kondavidu
(D) Rajahmundry
Answer: B
68) Who ceded Chicacole, Ellore and Rajahmundry to the Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau?
(A) Ali Salabat Jang
(B) Yanam Deva
(C) Robert Clive
(D) Hyder Ali
Answer: A
69) What was the annual stipend paid to maintain French troops in the subah?
(A) 500,000 rupees
(B) 100,000 rupees
(C) 1,000,000 rupees
(D) 200,000 rupees
Answer: D
70) In which year did the French get defeated by the British at Chandurthi?
(A) 1765
(B) 1777
(C) 1758
(D) 1956
Answer: C
71) Who made a treaty with the British and gave them the Northern Circars in a fireman?
(A) Marquis de Bussy
(B) Vikram Dev I
(C) Salabat Jang
(D) Asif ad-Dawlah Mir Ali
Answer: C
72) When did the French lose their hold in South India?
(A) 1753
(B) 1760
(C) 1947
(D) 1758
Answer: B
73) Who obtained a grant for the Northern Circars from Mughal emperor Shah Alam in 1765?
(A) Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau
(B) Hyder Ali
(C) Salabat Jang
(D) Robert Clive
Answer: D
74) Which ruler ruled the Jeypore Estate in the western part of Vishakapatnam district?
(A) Said Loukshur
(B) N. Chandrababu Naidu
(C) Vikram Dev I
(D) Shah Alam
Answer: C
75) In which year did the British invade Jeypore with the help of Vizianagaram?
(A) 1758
(B) 1777
(C) 1753
(D) 1765
Answer: B
76) Which state was the first Indian state formed on a linguistic basis?
(A) Madras Presidency
(B) Telangana
(C) Hyderabad State
(D) Andhra State
Answer: D
77) When did Andhra State merge with the Telugu-speaking area of Hyderabad State?
(A) 1777
(B) 1956
(C) 1948
(D) 1753
Answer: B
78) Which Commission discussed the merger of Telangana and Andhra State?
(A) Congress Working Committee
(B) States Reorganisation Commission
(C) Nizam Commission
(D) The Gazette of India
Answer: B
79) According to the States Reorganisation Commission report, why did the people of Telangana oppose Vishalandhra?
(A) Apprehension about being swamped and exploited
(B) Demand for a separate Telangana state
(C) Educational advancements in coastal areas
(D) Strong attachment to the creation of Vishalandhra
Answer: A
Discussing the case of Telangana, paragraph 378 of the SRC report said “One of the principal causes of opposition of Vishalandhra also seems to be the apprehension felt by the educationally backward people of Telangana that they may be swamped and exploited by the more advanced people of the coastal areas
80) When did the central government merge Andhra State and Telangana to form Andhra Pradesh?
(A) 1 March 2014
(B) 2 June 2014
(C) 1 November 1956
(D) 22 October 2015
Answer: C
81) When was the Telangana state formed from north-western Andhra Pradesh?
(A) 2 June 2014
(B) 1 March 2014
(C) 1 November 1956
(D) 22 October 2015
Answer: A
82) Who founded Amaravati as the Greenfield administrative capital city of Andhra Pradesh in 2014?
(A) Narendra Modi
(B) Vikram Dev I
(C) Robert Clive
(D) Chandrababu Naidu
Answer: D
83) Where was the foundation stone of Amaravati laid on 22 October 2015?
(A) Chandurthi
(B) Uddandarayunipalem
(C) Guntur District
(D) Hyderabad State
Answer: B
84) What is the legislative capital and the de facto seat of government of Andhra Pradesh?
(A) Rayalseema
(B) Hyderabad State
(C) Bhadrachalam
(D) Amaravati
Answer: D