Q. The "Battle of Talikota" (1565), which led to the decisive defeat of the Vijayanagara Empire, was fought by a coalition of Deccan Sultanates. Which of the following Sultanates was conspicuously absent from this alliance due to internal rivalries?
Answer: Berar
Notes: In the Battle of Talikota (also known as Rakshasi-Tangadi), the coalition consisted of Bijapur, Ahmednagar, Golconda, and Bidar. Berar did not join the alliance because it had a long-standing enmity with Ahmednagar and was eventually annexed by the Nizam Shahi dynasty of Ahmednagar in 1574.