UPSC Prelims 2019 Question:

Consider the following pairs

Sl. No.	Famous Place		River
1.	Pandharpur	:	Chandrabhaga
2.	Tiruchirappalli	:	Cauvery
3.	Hampi	:	Malaprabha

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Explanation:

• Pandharpur is a holy place where the temples of Shri Vitthal and Shri Rukmini were constructed in 1195 A.D. It is located on the bank of the Chandrabhaga River in Solapur district, Maharashtra. It was the center of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra in the 13th century. So, pair 1 is correctly matched.
  
  
• Tiruchirappalli is located on the bank of the Cauvery River in Tamil Nadu. It is an ancient city and its earliest settlements date back to the Sangam period. It was part of various empires in ancient and medieval India like Cholas Empire, Pallava Empire, Vijayanagara Empire, etc. Various temples which are examples of ancient Indian temple architecture are in this city. So, pair 2 is correctly matched.
  
  
• Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Hampi town, Vijayanagara district, Karnataka. Hampi was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 14th century. It was located on the bank of the Tungabhadra River. So, pair 3 is not correctly matched.
  
  

Therefore, option (1) is the correct answer.

Subject: History | Miscellaneous (hist)