Practice Quiz set 7 - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) What was the Normal rate of interest on loans during the Guptas period
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Q-2) What was the land revenue during Gupta period?
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The land revenue during Gupta period was 1/6 to 1/4. The government revenue essentially came from land as commercial activity was no longer as big a contributor as it once was. Land revenue came from a variety of sources, like direct tax on the land as well as a tax on the produce of the land.
Q-3) Which one of the following was a land measure?
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Nivartana was a land measure containing 400 square poles of ten cubits each, according to the Lilavati.
Q-4) Kumar sambhavam an epic was composed by
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Kumarsambhavam an epic was composed by Kalidasa.The Kumarsambhavam is widely regarded as one of Kalidasa’s finest works, a paradigmatic example of poetry. The style of description of spring set the standard for nature metaphors pervading many centuries of Indian literary tradition.The period of composition is uncertain, although Kalidasa is thought of as having lived in the 5th century AD.
Q-5) Kamasutra was written by
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Q-6) The Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to the art patronised by the
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The seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to the art patronised by the Pallavas. Interestingly, it is documented in “Carta Cartalana”, a 14th century Spanish world map as “Setemelti” referring to “Sette Templi”, the obvious reference to the Seven Shore temples, of which only one exists today.
Q-7) Majority of the Gupta emperors patronised
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Q-8) The language patronised by Guptas was
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Q-9) Who among the following considered themselves ‘Brahma-Kshatriya’?
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Senas considered themselves ‘BrahmaKshatriya’. Brahmakshatriya or Murdhabhishikta is (d) a term applied in Hindu Varna division to people who have a Brahmin father and a Kshatriya mother; or (a) a term that applies, in the Hindu Varna division, to a Brahmin who pursues royalty, and hence concurrently adopts the Kshatriya Varna. According to Manusmriti, such people are treated equally to Brahmins.
Parasurama is a classical example of a Brahmakshatriya.
Q-10) The Chola rulers were generally the worshippers of
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The Chola rulers were generally the worshippers of Shiva. A number of mythical heroes and demi-gods found their place in the ancestry claimed by the later Cholas in the long mythical genealogies incorporated into the copper-plate charters and stone inscription of the tenth and eleventh centuries.
The earliest version of this is found in the Anbil Plates which gives fifteen names before Vijayalaya Chola including the genuinely historical ones of Karikala, Perunarikalli and Kocengannan.