gupta & post gupta period quiz set 10 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Who worte ‘Amarakosha’?

a) Vishakha Dutta

b) Vatsyayana

c) Bhasa

d) Amar Singh

Question : 2

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below.

a) 1 3 2 4

b) 4 3 2 1

c) 2 4 5 1

d) 4 5 2 3

Question : 3

Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Gupta age?

a) There is evidence of rise of local units of production.

b) The law books of Gupta times lay down detailed rules regarding partnership in business and functioning of guilds.

c) Corporate bodies did not perform any judicial and executive functions.

d) Guilds maintained their own militia, called shrenibala.

Question : 4

With reference to the history of philosophical thought in India, consider the following statements regarding Samkhya School. 

1. Samkhya does not accept the theory of rebirth or transmigration of the soul.
2. Samkhya holds that it is the self-knowledge that leads to liberation and not any exterior influence or agent.

a) Only 2

b) Neither 1 nor 2

c) Only 1

d) Both 1 and 2

Question : 5

Meghavarman, a Ceylonese king, approached Samudra Gupta for permission to build a monastery at Gaya. This is informed by

a) Chinese historian, Wang Hiuen Tse

b) Ceylonese historian, Mogah Tissa

c) Kashmir historian, Kalhana

d) Marsha’s court poet, Bana

Question : 6

Who of the following rulers had performed four Ashwamedhas?

a) Pravarasena-I

b) Chandragupta-II

c) Pushyamitra Shunga

d) Samudragupta