Practice Quiz set 5 - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)   Samudragupta ascended the throne in

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Q-2)   The poet who is called as Indian Shakespeare

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Q-3)   Consider the following statements -
  1. According to inscriptions, the Gupta kings assumed titles like Paramabhattaraka, Maharajadhiraja, Parameswara, Samrat and Chakravartin.
  2. Provinces in the Gupta Empire were known as Uparikas and provincial governors as Bhuktis.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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Explanation:

The king was assisted in his administration by a council consisting of a chief minister, a Senapati or commander in chief of the army and other important officials.

A high official called Sandivigraha was mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions, most probably minister for foreign affairs. Provinces in the Gupta Empire were known as Bhuktis and provincial governors as Uparikas.

They were mostly chosen from among the princes. Bhuktis were subdivided into Vaishyas or districts. They were governed by Vishyapatis. Nagara Sreshtis were the officers looking after the city administration. The villages in the district were under the control of Gram Vikas.

Q-4)   Which of the following port handled North Indian trade during the Gupta period?

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Q-5)   The king Pulakesin II belonged to which Dynasty ?

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Q-6)   Who wrote Khanda-Khadyaka?

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Q-7)   Sarnath inscription highlights the achievements of which Kushana ruler?

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Q-8)   Which one of the following periods marks the beginning of the Indian temple architecture?

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Explanation:

Gupta period marks the beginning of the Indian temple architecture. The Gupta temple was a “shikara” type of temple, built in a straight-edged pyramid shape, but this cannot be fully established by existing evidence.

However, the supporting features of copings and amalakas (a bulbous stone finial), support the theory that a shikara existed as part of the main shrine.

Q-9)   Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(Authors) (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:

(Authors) (Kavyas)
Hemachandra Duyasraya Kavya
Jayanka Prithviraja Vijaya
Padmagupta Navasahshank Charita
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 Ajmer 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-10)   In Gupta period, which of the languages used by the people of low society level and women?

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Explanation:

In the Gupta period, the language used by the people of low society level and women was Prakrit. The word, derived from its Indian root “Parikrit”, itself has a flexible definition, being defined sometimes as, “original, natural, artless, normal, ordinary, usual”, or “vernacular”, in contrast to the literary and religious orthodoxy of sanskrita.

Alternatively, Prakrit can be taken to mean “derived from an original,” means evolved in a natural way.