Practice Quiz set 3 - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) The royal seal of the Guptas bore the emblem of
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Q-2) During the period of which of the following was ‘Panchtantra’ written?
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Q-3) The ruler of provinces in Guptas period are called as
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Q-4) The Sultan Ganj Buddha Statue in Bronze belongs to
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Q-5) Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer by from the codes given below the lists:
List I
List II
A. Fa-Hien
1. Indian had no sense of history
B. Alberuni
2. There was no provision of death sentence
C. Heiun Tsang
3. Indian yield more than fairness
Required Codes: A B C
| List I | List II |
| A. Fa-Hien | 1. Indian had no sense of history |
| B. Alberuni | 2. There was no provision of death sentence |
| C. Heiun Tsang | 3. Indian yield more than fairness |
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Fa-Hien – there was no provision of a death sentence. Alberuni — Indian had no sense of history. Heiun-Tsang — Indian yield more than fairness required. Both Fa-hien and Hiuen Tsang had seen several stone structures built by Ashoka in Pataliputra.
These structures were intact when Fa-Hien stayed in the city for three years to learn Sanskrit during 399 and 415 AD. Aleruni (973 – 1048 and Firdausi), "commissioned" by Mahmud of Ghazni to produce his monumental commentary on Indian philosophy and culture Kitab fi tahqiq ma li'l-hind. "In his search for pure knowledge, he is undoubtedly one of the greatest minds in Islamic history.
" RomilaThapar calls him "perhaps the finest intellect of central Asia ... His observations on Indian conditions, systems of knowledge, social norms, religion ... are probably the most incisive made by any visitor to India."
Q-6) Which of the following places was known as Mahodaya?
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Kanauj was known as Mahodaya. Kannuaj remained a focal point for the three powerful dynasties, namely the Gurjara Pratiharas, Palas and Rashtrakutas, between the 8th and 10th centuries. The conflict between the three dynasties has been referred to as the Tripartite struggle by many historians.
Q-7) Alwars who were Vaishnavaite saints were popular in which part of India?
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Q-8) The royal emblem used by the Gupta period was
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The royal emblem used by the Gupta period was Garuda. Most people now realize that Rapson was mistaken in identifying the central bird like a peacock; rather, it is the mythic eagle Garuda, the dynastic symbol of the Guptas.
For example, A.S. Altekar says that the three-arched hill in the centre is replaced by Garuda, which was the imperial insignia of the Guptas. The view of earlier writers that the bird is a peacock is clearly untenable.
Q-9) The travel account of Fa hien is known as
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The travel account of Fa-Hien is known as Fokwo-ki. Fa-Hien was the first Chinese monk to travel to India in search of great Buddhist scriptures.
At the age of sixty-five, he travelled, mostly on foot, from Central China taking the southern route through Shenshen, Dunhuang, Khotan, and then over the Himalayas, to Gandhara and Peshawar.
Q-10) The court poet of SamudraGupta was
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