Practice Ancient gupta and post gupta period - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) How many inscriptions are available for Guptas period?
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Q-2) How many inscriptions are available for Guptas period?
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Q-3) How many inscriptions are available for Guptas period?
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Q-4) What was the Normal rate of interest on loans during the Guptas period
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Q-5) Samudragupta ascended the throne in
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Q-6) Which of the following are true about Samudragupta?
- He is also known as ‘Kaviraja’
- He is known as “Lichchhavi Dauhitra’
- He built most extensive empire after Ashoka.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
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Samudragupta is also known as‘Kaviraja-Lichchhavi Dauhitra’. ‘Samudragupta was a man of many-sided genius, who put to shame the preceptor of the Lord Gods and Tumburu and Narada and others by his sharp and polished intellect and Chorla-skill and musical accomplishment.
The Allahabad inscription, composed by the court poet Harisena in praise of Samundragupta’s spectacular victories, lists the names of kings and countries defeated by the Gupta ruler. During Samudragupta’s reign, the Gupta empire became one of the largest in the East. Its fluence spread and close ties were established with many other stages.
This assessment made by the court poet of old has considerable influence on many modern scholars who tend to idealize Samudragupta and described him as did Vincent A. Smith as (as the Indian Napoleon) an outstanding individual possessed of remarkable qualities.
Q-7) The structure of Government of the Guptas was
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Q-8) How many students were studying in the Nalanda University as mentioned by Hiuen Tsang?
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Q-9) Which one of the following was a land measure in Gupta period?
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Nivartana was a land measure in the Gupta period. Different land measures were known in different regions, such as Nivartana, Kulyavapa and Dronavapa. The importance of irrigation to help agriculture was recognized in India from the earliest times.
According to Narada, there are two kinds of dykes the bardhya which protected the field from floods and the Khaya which served the purpose of irrigation.
Q-10) With reference to the Indian history of art and culture, consider the following pairs: Famous work of Sculpture Site
- A grand image of Buddha’s: Ajanta Mahaparinirvana with numerous celestial musicians above and the sorrowful figures of his followers below
- A huge image of Varaha: Mount Abu Avatar (boar incarnation) of Vishnu, as he rescues Goddess Earth from the deep and chaotic waters, sculpted on rock
- “Arjuna’s Penance”: Mamallapuram “Descent of Ganga” sculpted on the surface of huge boulders
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
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1 is correctly matched because Parinirvana of the Buddha in Cave 17 of Ajanta, with numerous celestial musicians above and the sorrowful figures of his followers below, is one of the grandest and yet most delicately expressive scenes ever made in stone.
2 is wrong because the huge image of Varaha Avatar of Vishnu, as he rescues Goddess Earth from the deep and chaotic waters, sculpted on rock is found in Mamallapuram. 3 is right because Arjuna’s Penance “Descent of Ganga” sculpted on the surface of huge boulders is found in Mamallapuram.
Q-11) Who was son of SamudraGupta?
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Q-12) Which of the following was not composed by Harshavardhana?
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Harshacharita was not composed by Harshavardhana. The Harshacharita ranks as the first historical biography in Sanskrit although it is written in a florid and fanciful style. Bana’s detailed and vivid descriptions of rural India’s natural environment, as well as the extraordinary industry of the Indian people, exudes the vitality of life at that time.
Since he received the patronage of the emperor Harsha, his descriptions of his patron are not an unbiased appraisal and present the emperor’s actions in an overly favourable light.
Q-13) Balaiyankutai in the pallava age was the name of
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Balaiyankutai in the Pallava age was the name of a pond or tank. Majority of the irrigation tanks were built from the 6th to the 10th centuries of our era during the dynasty of the Pallavas.
One will understand the importance of these systems of irrigation by noting that about one-third of the surface area of the state is actually irrigated by these omnipresent tanks (about 40,000 such tanks), the two-thirds of water needs come from the exploitation of groundwater.
Q-14) Chinese traveller Hiuen-Tsang studied at the University of
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Q-15) Who of the following was the first Gupta ruler to issue coins?
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Q-16) Who among the following is not associated with medicine in ancient India?
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Q-17) Who among the following credited with authoring Brihatsamhita?
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Varahamihira credited with authoring Brihat Samhita. Varahamihira, also called Varahamira or simply Varaha, was one of the most celebrated scientists in South Asian history, having made substantial contributions to virtually all branches of the arts and sciences.
He wrote three important books:
- Panchasiddhantika,
- Brihat Samhita, and
- Brihat Jataka.
Brihat Samhita is a compilation of an assortment of topics that provides interesting details of prevailing beliefs. Brihat Jataka is a book on astrology.
Q-18) Which of the following statements is/are true about the land charters of the post-Gupta period?
- In some land grants, taxes and powers of administration are explicitly delegated in a positive manner.
- Some charters specifical y transfer peasants and artisans living in a village and also cultivators occupying a piece of land.
- Some charters give the beneficia y the right to evict the existing peasants and induce new ones.
- One important element in the land donation records is the list of offi - ers, either with both proper names and functional designations or only with designations.
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Q-19) The Gupta Empire granted taxfree agrarian land to which of the following?
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Q-20) Which of the following contains the description of the king Dushyant of Hastinapur?
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Abhigyanashakuntalam contains the description of the king Dushyant of Hastinapur. Abhigynanasakuntalam is a beautiful tale of love and romance, the name literally meaning ‘Of Sakuntala who is recognized by a token’.
Written by one of the greatest poets of India, Sakuntalam is synonymous with its author, Kalidasa. Abhigynanasakuntalam is the first Indian play ever to be translated into western languages. It is for the very first time translated in the English language by Sir William Jones in the year 1789.
Later to this, there were at least 46 translations of this play by Kalidasa in 12 different European languages.