Q100. Rajendra I is stated to have installed a captured sun-pedestal in a Shiva temple after obtaining it from the:
[SSC CGL 2022 — 3 December, Shift 1]
A. Palas
B. Chalukyas
C. Vakatakas
D. Guptas
Answer: B. Chalukyas
Explanation: Chola campaigns frequently produced symbolic transfers of sacred or royal objects, which advertised military success and strengthened the ideological prestige of victorious rulers.
Q99. “Vetti” in Chola inscriptions represented payment in the form of:
[SSC CGL 2022 — 2 December, Shift 4]
A. Forced labour
B. Gold coins
C. Grain only
D. Horses
Answer: A. Forced labour
Explanation: Vetti was compulsory labour rather than a conventional monetary payment and formed one of the obligations imposed within the Chola agrarian system.
Q98. Which term denoted land gifted to temples under the Cholas?
[SSC CGL 2022 — 6 December, Shift 2]
A. Devadana
B. Shalabhoga
C. Brahmadeya
D. Vellanvagai
Answer: A. Devadana
Explanation: Devadana literally signified a gift to a deity and referred to land assigned to temples for ritual, maintenance and institutional expenses.
Q97. Who constructed the Nishumbhasudini temple at Thanjavur?
[SSC CGL 2022 — 7 December, Shift 3]
A. Vijayalaya
B. Rajendra I
C. Rajaraja II
D. Kulottunga III
Answer: A. Vijayalaya
Explanation: Vijayalaya is traditionally credited with constructing a temple to the goddess Nishumbhasudini after establishing his authority at Thanjavur.
Q96. Vijayalaya belonged to which dynasty?
[SSC MTS 2022 — 22 July, Shift 3]
A. Chola
B. Chalukya
C. Pala
D. Chera
Answer: A. Chola
Explanation: Vijayalaya revived Chola political power during the ninth century and established the imperial line later made famous by Rajaraja and Rajendra.
Q95. The Nishumbhasudini temple at Thanjavur is associated with which ruler?
[SSC MTS 2022 — 13 July, Shift 2]
A. Vijayalaya
B. Aditya II
C. Rajendra III
D. Rajaraja II
Answer: A. Vijayalaya
Explanation: The temple is associated with Vijayalaya’s establishment of Chola authority at Thanjavur and the dynasty’s early royal religious patronage.
Q94. In which year did Rajaraja I ascend the Chola throne?
[SSC MTS 2022 — 7 July, Shift 1]
A. 850 CE
B. 985 CE
C. 1014 CE
D. 1070 CE
Answer: B. 985 CE
Explanation: Rajaraja I began his reign in 985 CE and initiated extensive military campaigns, administrative consolidation and ambitious temple-building projects.
Q93. The Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur was built by rulers of which dynasty?
[SSC MTS 2022 — 19 July, Shift 2]
A. Chola
B. Pallava
C. Chalukya
D. Hoysala
Answer: A. Chola
Explanation: Brihadisvara was constructed by Rajaraja I and became a defining monument of Chola imperial architecture and Shaiva royal patronage.
Q92. Which ruler commissioned Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur?
[SSC MTS 2022 — 12 July, Shift 1]
A. Rajaraja I
B. Rajendra II
C. Vijayalaya
D. Narasimhavarman I
Answer: A. Rajaraja I
Explanation: Rajaraja I’s Brihadisvara Temple demonstrated the Chola state’s resources, technical capabilities and close relationship between kingship and institutional Shaivism.
Q91. Land granted for maintaining a school under the Cholas was known as:
[SSC MTS 2022 — 5 July, Shift 3]
A. Shalabhoga
B. Devadana
C. Brahmadeya
D. Vellanvagai
Answer: A. Shalabhoga
Explanation: Shalabhoga revenues maintained educational establishments, illustrating the variety of function-specific land categories recorded in Chola inscriptions.
