Matching ancient Indian kings with their dynasties

HistoryMedieval: Sultanate & MughalsHow-many counting● HardStatic

Question

Consider the following pairs: King Dynasty

1Nannuka Chandela

2Jayashakti Paramara

3Nagabhata II Gurjara-Pratihara

4Bhoja Rashtrakuta

How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

Options

Only one pair

Only two pairs

Answer

Only three pairs

All four pairs

Explanation

Only pairs 1 and 3 are correct. Nannuka was the founder of the Chandela dynasty. Nagabhata II was an imperial ruler of the Gurjara-Pratiharas. Pair 2 is incorrect; Jayashakti was a ruler of the Chandela dynasty (not Paramara). Pair 4 is incorrect; Bhoja (Mihira Bhoja) was the greatest ruler of the Gurjara-Pratiharas, or alternately Raja Bhoja of the Paramaras (neither were Rashtrakutas).

The tripartite struggle powers (Pratiharas, Palas, Rashtrakutas) and their Rajput successors (Chandelas, Paramaras) frequently have their prominent kings swapped in matching questions.

Answer: (b).

Question details

Year

2022

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q92

Subject

History

Sub-topic

Medieval: Sultanate & Mughals

Type

How-many counting

Difficulty

Hard

Nature

Static

Source hint

NCERT History Cl.7 Ch.2

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