gupta & post gupta period quiz set 16 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Kalidas was in the ruling period of

a) Ashoka

b) Chandragupta-II

c) Samudragupta

d) Chandragupta-I

Question : 2

a) A – 2 ; B – 1 ; C – 4 ; D – 3

b) A – 4 ; B – 1 ; C – 3 ; D – 2

c) A – 3 ; B – 4 ; C – 1 ; D – 2

d) A – 4 ; B – 1 ; C – 2 ; D – 3

Question : 3

Consider the following statements and mark the option that is true.

1. Devdana is a single plot of land of village to an individual Brahmin or group of Brahmins.
2. Apad Dharma implies what a man may legitimately do when he cannot earn a living by the normal deeds performed by his class.
3. Niyoga was the practice of allowing a widow to cohabit with her husband’s younger brother till the birth of a male child.

a) (ii)

b) (i) and (iii)

c) All of the above

d) (ii) and (iii)

Question : 4

Who was the founder of Gupta dynasty?

a) ChandraGupta I

b) SamudraGupta

c) Vikramaditya

d) RamaGupta

Question : 5

The Chalukyan ruler Pulakeshin’s victory over Harsha was in the year

a) 618 A.D.

b) 634 A.D.

c) 612 A.D.

d) 622 A.D.

Question : 6

Which of the following statements is not correct?

a) Economy tended to become increasingly agrarian as trade and commerce declined in the post-Gupta period.

b) A fairly large section of peasantry emerged due to transformation of Sudras into peasants.

c) The mode of paying interest on mortgaged land in the form of labour services had become fairly common.

d) The flourishing agrarian economy raised the living standards of peasants.