This page lists 1 previous year UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination (General Studies Paper-I) question on Medieval History in the UPSC 2017 Prelims. Choose an option to see the correct answer and the full explanation on the same page.
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UPSC 2017Medieval History · Regional Kingdoms
Q1. Which one of the following was a very important seaport in the Kakatiya kingdom?
Explanation
The Kakatiya dynasty ruled in South India. The dynasty governed much of the eastern Deccan region, which includes modern-day Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and parts of eastern Karnataka and southern Odisha, from the 12th to the 14th centuries. Their capital was Orugallu, now called Warangal.
Option (b) is correct: Motupalli was the chief port of the Kakatiyas and this port was visited by the Venetian traveller, Marco Polo. Options (a), (c) and (d) are incorrect:
Kakinada emerged as a significant port much later, after the decline of the Kakatiya dynasty. While Machilipatnam was the main port of Golconda Kingdom, In the thirteenth century, the port town of Nelluru was a part of the Kakatiya kingdom. After a while, it passed back and forth between Kakatiya and Pandyas until Pandyas was vanquished by Prataprudra II. But Motupalli was more important than this.
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2017
(b) Motupalli
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