Class B.A 5th Semester Subject : History & Archaeology Title of the Paper : History and Culture of Karnataka(From Early Times to 1336) Paper II Optional Session: 1,2,3,4, 5, & 6. Topic : Sources: Literary and Archaeological __________________________________________________________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Session 1 1. What are the types of sources ? a) Archaeology & Literature b) written & Unwritten c) Rigid & Flexible d) 2. Which are the Archaeological Sources ? a) Epigraphy b) Numismatics c) Monuments d) All above 3. What is Epigraphy ? a) Study of Coins b) Study of Inscription c) Study of Stone d) Study of Art. 4. What is Numismatic ? a) Study of Coins b) Study of Inscription c) Study of Stone d) Study of Art. 5. Literary sources are classified in to____ Type. a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 2 1.a 2. d 3. b 4. a 5. d Session 2 1.What are the types Excavation? a) Long & wide b) Vertical & Horizontal c) North & South d) East & West 2.Where is the largest Buddhist stupa found in Karnataka? a) Sannati b) Sanchi c) Brahmagiri d) Chandravlli 3. Who conducted excavation at Chandravalli ? a) Wheeler b) Bruce Foote c) K. Paddaiah & M.H. Krishana d) Subbarao 4. Mention the types of stone found in excavation. a) Quartzite b) Chert (sedimentary rock) c) Dolerite d) All the above 5. The temples of Sand dunes at Talkad belongs to which dynasty ? a) Gangas b) Chalukyas c) Hoysalas d) Satavahanas 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. d 5. a Session 3 1.Mention the Types of Inscriptions. a)Donative b) Hero stone, c) Nishadi d) All the above 2. Which was the first Kannada inscription? a) Chndravalli b) Halmidi c) Ihole d) Mahakuta 3. Who was the composer of Aihole Inscription ? a) Harishena b) Durvinita c) Ravikirti d) Shrivijaya 4. What was the theme of Kappe Arebhatta Inscription ? a) Nature of Kanndiga’s b) Extension of Karnataka c) Language d) Region 5. Chandravalli inscription is of which Ruler. a) Mayurvarma b) Kakustavarma c) Kangvarma d) Bhagiratavarma. 1. d 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. a Session 4 1. Who issued earliest Padma Tanka? a) Satavahna’s b) Kadambas c) Ganga’s d) Chalukyas. 2. Where is Channakeshava Temple? a) Belur b) Halebidu c) Ellora d) Pattadkallu 3. Which place is called as the cradle of Indian Architecture ? a) Pattadakallu b) Sannati c) Ihole d) Badami 4. Who constructed the Kailasa Temple at Ellora? a) Krishna II b) Govinda c) Krishna III d) Krishna I 5. How many cave temples at Badami? a) 5 b) 4 c) 3 d) 2 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. d 5. b Session 5 1. Who was Adi Kavi? a) Ranna b) Ponna c) Pampa d) Bilhana 2. Which was the first Kannada work? a) Kavirajmarga b) Pampa bharat c) Mansollasa d) Prashnottara Ratnamailka 3. How wrote Vikramanka Devacharita? a) Bilhana b) Kalhana c) Shrivijaya d) Ranna 4. In which year Abhilashathirtha Chintamani or Mansollasa written? a) 1129 CE b) 1230 CE c) 1139 CE d) 1359 CE 5. Who was called as Abhianava Saraswati ? a) Gautami Balashri b) Vijayabhattarike c) Shakuntala d) Nayanika 1. c 2.a 3.a 4.a 5. B Session 6 1. Name the foreign traveller who visited Banavasi? a) Fahien b) Itsings c) Huien Tsang d) Marcopolo 2. Who visited the court of Amoghavarsha? a) Sulaiman b) Tabari c) Al-Masudi d) Ibn Batuta 3. How wrote Geography? a) Pliny b) Strabo c) Ptolemy d) Yuan Chwang 4. He wrote Siyuki? a) Huien Tsang b) Pliny c) Strabo d) Ptolemy 5. Who described about Ballala III? a) Ibn Batuta b) Al-Masudi c) Tabri d) Pliny 1.c 2.a 3.c 4. a 5. a .