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Prithviraj Chauhan defeated………………. In the first battle of tarain.
(A) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(B) Muhammad Ghori
(C) Qutub- ud- din Aibak
(D) Allauddin Khilji

Answer
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Hint: Prithvraj Chauhan was born Gujarat in the year $1166$ CE. Prithviraj Chauhan was the king of Chauhan dynasty. He ruled in Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan, few parts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Muhammad Ghori killed Prithviraj with his friend Chand Bardai while second battle of taarain.

Complete step by step solution
Father's name Prithviraj is Someshvara, mother’s name is Kamala Devi and brother’s name is Hariraj. Early in Prithviraj's career, he achieved military successes against some neighbouring Hindu kingdoms. He was known as Rai Pithora. His father died during battle in the year $1179$ . Prithviraj ruled Delhi and Ajmer.
First battle: Mohammad Ghori won and covered the fortress of Bhatinda in East Punjab. Prithvraj went to Bhatinda and fought with Ghori at Tarain, in this battle Prithviraj won against Mohammad Ghori.
Second battle: Ghori wanted to win, that's why he came with $120000$ men. That time Prithviraj had $300000$ men and $3000$ elephants. But Ghori attacked very well. Then, Prithviraj was captured and put to death by Ghori.
Prithvraj Chauhan had loved Samyuktha. She is the daughter of Prithviraj's enemy, Jaichand. Jaichand ruled the Kannauj Empire. He was from the Gaharwar dynasty.

Thus the option (B) is correct

Note Prithviraj had known six languages. He well- versed in history, medicine, mathematics, military, painting, philosophy. Prithvraj Chauhan could accurately his targets on the basis of only sounds. During Prithvraj’s dead, Ghori order that Prithvraj’s eyes had to be burnt with hot iron rods. That’s why he was blinded by Muhammad Ghori.