Practice Ancient harshavardhan period - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)   Which one of the following was the primary assembly in the Chola village administration?

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Explanation:

Ur was the primary village assembly in the Chola village administration. Every village was a self-governing unit. A number of such villages constituted a Korram in different parts of the country. Tamiya was a large village big enough to be a Kurram by itself. A number of Kurrams constituted a Valanadu. Several Valanadus made up one Mandalam, a province.

At the height of the Chola empire, there were eight or nine of these provinces including Sri Lanka. These divisions and names underwent constant changes throughout the Chola period.


Q-2)   Gold coins attributed to Harsha depict on the reverse

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Explanation:

Gold coins attributed to Harsha depict on the reverse Shiva-Parvati. The Gupta period is considered the “Golden Age” of classical India. This was a time when great universities flourished in Nalanda and Takshashila, and great writers, such as the playwright Kalidasa, and great scientists, such as the mathematician and astronomer Aryabhatta, who is credited with the concept of zero among his many achievements, helped create an atmosphere of tremendous creative impulse.


Q-3)   Who may be the founder of Pratihara dynasty?

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Q-4)   What was the capital of Paramaras?

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Q-5)   Who built the famous temples at Khajuraho?

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Q-6)   Prathihara dynasty came to end in

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Q-7)   Who was the first prominent ruler of Prathihara dynasty?

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Q-8)   A Chalukya inscription is dated in the year 556 of the Saka era. Its equivalent is to

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Explanation:

A Chalukya inscription is dated in the year 556 of the Saka era. It’s equivalent to 478 AD. This undated inscription belongs to the reign of the Chalukyas king Vijayaditya Satyasraya. It registers the grant of 20 matters of red soil, a matter of wetland, and 2 matters of the garden land total rear by Vikramaditya, the uncle of Banarja when the latter was ruling Turamaravishaya as the king’s feudatory.

It also states that Vikramaditya had the birudas Taruna-Vasantan and Samanta-kesari and that he was ruling Ayiradi. The inscription was written by Singutti.


Q-9)   Who was the founder of Paramara dynasty?

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Q-10)   Consider the following statements
  1. Rajputas came into existence before the downfall of pratihara empire.
  2. The Rajput rulers divided the kingdoms among landed units calledJars.
  3. Rajput women enjoyed the same position as men.
Which of the above is/are not correct?

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Explanation:


Q-11)  
List-I Clans’ Name List-II Clans
A. Parihara 1. Kathiwara
B. Chauhans 2. Indore
C. Solankis 3. Southern Rajasthan
D. Pawaras 4. Eastern Rajasthan
Codes: A B C D

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Q-12)   The son of Dhanga who gave resistence to Muhammad Ghazni

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Q-13)  
List-I (Authors) List-II (Historical Kavyas)
A. Hemachandra 1. Dvyasraya Kavya
B. Jayanka 2. Navasahshank Charita
C. Padmagupta 3. Prithviraja Vijaya
D. Sandhyakar Nandi 4. Rama Charita
Codes: A B C D

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Explanation:

The correct match list of authors and Kavyas is:

  1. Hemachandra - Duyasraya
  2. Kavya Jayanka - Prithviraja Vijaya
  3. Padmagupta - Navasahshank Charita
  4. Sandhyakara - Nandi Ramacharita

Samrat Hemachandra Vikramaditya (also known as HemuVikramaditya, Raja Vikramaditya, or simply Hemu) (1501 – 5 November 1556) was a Hindu emperor of north India during the sixteenth century AD. The Prithviraj Vijay is a contemporary account of the 12th century the Kingdom of Ajmer ruled by the Chauhan clan.

In 1192, outlying portions of the kingdom fell to invading Turks, and the capital Amer later in 1195, but other parts under the Chauhan Rajaputras continued to resist the invaders for more than a century.

The text helps to dispel many myths from that period, that have developed in later writings, for example, the establishment of a Sufi shrine in Ajmer. He was the grandson of Pinaka Nandi and the son of Prajapati Nandi, the Sandhi-Vigrahika (minister of peace and war) of the Pala emperor Ramapala. He wrote the epic poem Ramacharitam.


Q-14)   What was the capital of Chandelas?

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Q-15)   The Pala ruler who was defeated by the Prathihara ruler Nagabhatta?

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Q-16)   Which one of the following is not a work on architecture?

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Explanation:

Mahavastu is not a work on architecture. Mahavastu is a more refined version of Vastu Shastra. Vastu Shastra is a very old subject that didn’t have a proper procedure to apply the beneficial wisdom in modern lifestyle.

Due to a lack of proper research and documentation of results, it has never been possible to give it a scientific working procedure.


Q-17)   Who was the last Hidu king ruled North India?

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Q-18)   The Rajput king who was defeated and killed in second Tarain war?

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Q-19)   Who of the following adopted Garuda’ as dynasty emblem after the imperial Guptas?

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Explanation:

Rashtrakutas adopted Garuda as a dynastic emblem after the imperial Gupta.

Silver coins of the Gupta kings Chandragupta II and his son Kumargupta I adopted the Western Satrap design (itself derived from the Indo-Greeks) with bust of the ruler and Pseudo-Greek inscription on the obverse, and a royal eagle (Garuda, the dynastic symbol of the Guptas) replacing the Chaitya hill with star and crescent on the reverse.


Q-20)   Who among the following levied Turushka-danda?

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Explanation:

Gahadavalas levied Turushka-danda. Gahadavala dynasty rule of the district is proved by the discovery atKudarkot of a copper plate grant dated in the reign of Chandradeva.

Chandradeva founded the Gahadavala dynasty at Kanyakubja after defeating a chief named Gopala of the Tuar clan. His jurisdiction extended over nearly all of what is modern Uttar Pradesh including this district.