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Questions : Which of the Republican states in the Post-Mauryan period patronised Shaivism?

(a) Kunindas

(b) Audumburas

(c) All the above

(d) Yaudehyas

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

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Question : 1

Sudraka’s Mrichhakatikam is a

a) Drama

b) Poem

c) Short story

d) Novel

Answer: (a)

Sudraka’Mrichhakotikam is a ten-act Sanskrit drama attributed to Sudraka an ancient playwright generally thought to have lived sometime between the second century BC and the fifth century AD whom the prologue identifies as a Kshatriya king and a devotee of Shiva who lived for 100 years.

The play is set in the ancient city of Ujjayani during the reign of the King Palaka, near the end of the Pradyota dynasty that made up the first quarter of the fifth century BC.

Question : 2

Who was the first Gupta ruler?

a) SkandaGupta

b) SamudraGupta

c) SriGupta

d) ChandraGupta I

Answer: (c)

Question : 3

The eulogies or “prashasti” among the following inscriptions :

  1. Aihole Inscription of Pulakesin II.
  2. Allahabad Pillar Inscription of Samudra Gupta.
  3. Junagarh Inscription of Rudradaman.
  4. Hathigumpha Inscription of Kharavela.

a) II and III are only correct.

b) I, III and IV are correct.

c) I, II and III are correct.

d) I and II are only correct.

Answer: (d)

Question : 4

Which one of the following epithets does not belong to Samudragupta?

a) Sarvarajochhetta

b) Aswamedha Parakramah

c) Vikramaditya

d) Lichhavi Dauhitrah

Answer: (c)

Vikramaditya epithet does not belong to Samudragupta. Samudragupta was the greatest of the Gupta rulers, the founder of the Guptas empire, the “Indian Napoleon” by virtue of his military exploits, a diplomat and statesman of the first order, an able and efficient administrator, “the prince of poets”, (Kaviraj) the protector and defender of the poor and the weak.

Question : 5

Which dynasty constructed the Ellora Kailash Temple?

a) Satvahan

b) Maurya

c) Pulkasya

d) Rashtrakuta

Answer: (d)

Rashtrakuta constructed the Ellora Kailash Temple. Kailash Temple is situated near the village of Ellora, 30 km from Aurangabad. The temple is considered as one of the most astonishing buildings in the history of architecture.

This is one of the largest 34 excavations at Ellora, which took almost a century. Kailash Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. The idol measures 109 feet wide by 164 feet long.

Question : 6

Who worte ‘Amarakosha’?

a) Vishakha Dutta

b) Vatsyayana

c) Bhasa

d) Amar Singh

Answer: (d)

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