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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
3561	Who gave the Lotus Mahal its present name?	History Royal centre	Easy
3562	The Hazara Rama temple in the royal centre was most probably used by:	History Royal centre	Medium
3563	Which activity took place on the last day of the Mahanavami festival according to the descriptions used by hi…	History Royal centre	Medium
3564	Why do historians say that very little survives of the palaces in the royal centre even though about thirty p…	History Royal centre	Hard
3565	Virupaksha, the guardian deity of the Vijayanagara kingdom, is a form of:	History Sacred centre	Easy
3566	Which temple at Vijayanagara has a shrine designed in the shape of a stone chariot?	History Sacred centre	Easy
3567	Why were royal orders at Vijayanagara signed "Shri Virupaksha"?	History Sacred centre	Medium
3568	The worship of Vitthala at Vijayanagara is significant to historians mainly because it shows that:	History Sacred centre	Medium
3569	Which of these is the best explanation for why Vijayanagara kings built tall gopurams at temple entrances?	History Sacred centre	Hard
3570	The Ain-i-Akbari forms part of which larger work?	History Sources: the Ain-i-Akbari	Easy
3571	Which book of the Ain-i-Akbari deals with the fiscal side of the empire and gives provincial statistics?	History Sources: the Ain-i-Akbari	Medium
3572	Which of the following is a recognised limitation of the Ain-i-Akbari as a source?	History Sources: the Ain-i-Akbari	Medium
3573	A student wants to understand how peasants themselves viewed the revenue demands of the Mughal state. Why is …	History Sources: the Ain-i-Akbari	Hard
3574	In Mughal sources, a peasant who cultivated land in a village other than his own was called:	History Peasants and agricultural production	Easy
3575	In Mughal agrarian terms, kharif and rabi refer to:	History Peasants and agricultural production	Easy
3576	Why did the Mughal state encourage the cultivation of jins-i kamil?	History Peasants and agricultural production	Medium
3577	Which crop reached India via Africa and Spain and was listed among the major crops of western India by the se…	History Peasants and agricultural production	Medium
3578	A Mughal source mentions peasants leaving their villages to cultivate land elsewhere during a famine. What do…	History Peasants and agricultural production	Hard
3579	Who headed the village panchayat in Mughal India?	History The village community	Easy
3580	The village accountant who assisted the headman in keeping accounts was the:	History The village community	Easy