gupta & post gupta period quiz set 17 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

The Chinese traveller Yuan Chwang (Hiuen Tsang), who visited India recorded the general conditions and culture of India at that time. In this context, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The roads and river-routes were completely immune from robbery.
2. As regards punishment for offences ordeals by fire, water and poison were the instruments for determining the innocence or guilt of a person.
3. The tradesmen had to pay duties at ferries and barrier stations.

a) 2 and 3

b) All of these

c) Only 1

d) 1 and 3

Question : 2

Which of the following statements is not correct about agrarian structure in Gupta and post-Gupta periods?

a) The feudal tendencies made their appearance towards the closing years of the Gupta rule.

b) References to land grants to officers, Brahmins and temples are available in the reign of Harsha.

c) We find numerous revenue terms in inscriptions, some of which were paid to the vassals or officers and others to the state or the overlord.

d) The tax collection rights of the kings and their subordinate chiefs were mutually exclusive and the peasants did not need to pay taxes to both.

Question : 3

Adi Shankar who later became Shankaracharya was born is

a) Kerala

b) West Bengal

c) Kashmir

d) Andhra Pradesh

Question : 4

In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta period women and Sudras speak

a) Prakrit

b) Sauraseni

c) Sanskrit

d) Pali

Question : 5

‘Live well, as long as you live. Live well even by borrowing, for once cremated, there is no return.’ This rejection of afterlife is an aphorism of the

a) Sunyavada of Nagarjuna

b) Charvakas

c) Kapalika Sects

d) Ajivikas

Question : 6

Who was son of Chandra Gupta II?

a) VishnuGupta

b) BudhaGupta

c) SkandaGupta

d) KumaraGupta