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1. Pandurangapuram was built on the banks of Pulicat Lake in the name of Panduranga. He was the general of:
[A] Chalukya Bhima
[B] Gunaga Vijayaditya
[C] Yuddamalla
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Gunaga Vijayaditya ]
Notes:
Vijayditya-III was also known as Gunaga Vijayaditya.
2. Who among the following was the author of Madura Vijayam?
[A] kumara Kampana
[B] Gangadevi
[C] Vedanta Desika
[D] Bukka
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Correct Answer: B [Gangadevi]
Notes:
Kumara Kampana’s victory over Madurai was graphically described by Gangadevi, the wife of kumara Kampana in her Sanskrit work Madura Vijayam.
3. Who is the author of the literary work “Kavyalankarasangrahamu”?
[A] Nandi Timmana
[B] Ayyalaraju Ramabhadra
[C] Pingali Surana
[D] Ramarajabhusanudu
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Correct Answer: D [Ramarajabhusanudu]
Notes:
“Kavyalankarasangrahamu” was composed by Ramarajabhusanudu, a renowned Telugu poet of the Vijayanagara Empire.
4. Who was the author of the classical treatise “Sangita Chintamani”?
[A] Krishna Devaraya
[B] Pedkomati Vema Reddy
[C] Kumaragiri Reddy
[D] Anapotha Reddy
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Correct Answer: B [Pedkomati Vema Reddy]
Notes:
Pedkomati Vema Reddy authored “Sangita Chintamani”, a notable work on music theory from Andhra Pradesh during the Reddy dynasty.
5. Who among the following wrote Vijayanti Vilasam?
[A] Saranga Tammaya
[B] Rudrakavi
[C] Nannechoda
[D] Vamanabhatta
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Correct Answer: A [Saranga Tammaya ]
Notes:
Saranga Tammaya wrote Vijayanti Vilasam. He is the first poet in the court of Mohamad Quli Qutub Shah.
6. “Kanya Sulkam” was written by:
[A] Raghupati Venkataratnam Naidu
[B] Gurajada Apparao
[C] Unnava Lakshminarayana
[D] Veeresalingam
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Correct Answer: B [Gurajada Apparao ]
Notes:
Kanya Sulkam” (1897) was the first social play in Telugu. It was written by Gurajada Apparao.
7. After Emergency, elections were held in 1977, Out of 42 MP seats, congress won 41 and only one MP seat was won by Neelam Sanjeev Reddy from Janta party. From which constituency he won the seat?
[A] Nandyal
[B] Kurnool
[C] Ananthapur
[D] Tirupathi
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Correct Answer: A [Nandyal ]
Notes:
After Emergency elections were held in 1977, Out of 42 MP seats, congress won 41 and only one MP seat from Nandyal was won by Neelam Sanjeev Reddy from Janta party.
8. Which one of the following recommended, for the first time, that the redistribution of provinces should take place on linguistic basis?
[A] Mountbatten Plan
[B] Nehru Report
[C] Cripps’ Proposals
[D] Cabinet Mission Proposals
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Correct Answer: B [Nehru Report]
Notes:
The Nehru Report of 1928, prepared by the All Parties Conference, was the first one to recommend provincials redistribution based on linguistic lines. Nevertheless, the Government of India Act 1935 maintained the existing provincial boundaries. The Muslim League, however, rejected Nehru’s proposals. A Linguistic Provinces Committee was established by the Jaipur Congress in December 1948, followed by another committee (JVP) comprising Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramayya.
9. Which city is located at the point where the Godavari River splits into the Gautami and Vasistha streams?
[A] Rajamahendravaram
[B] Hyderabad
[C] Vijayawada
[D] Nellore
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Correct Answer: A [Rajamahendravaram]
Notes:
Rajamahendravaram, situated on the left bank of the Godavari River, is a key city in Andhra Pradesh, where the river splits into Gautami and Vasistha streams, marking the boundary between East and West Godavari districts.
10. In which city is the Bhagwan Mahavir Government Museum located in Andhra Pradesh?
[A] Vijayawada
[B] Tirupati
[C] Visakhapatnam
[D] Kadapa
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Correct Answer: D [Kadapa]
Notes:
Established in 1982, the museum in Kadapa houses artifacts from 5th to 18th century and is named after deity Mahavira.
