gupta & post gupta period quiz set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Who among the following was the mother of Prabhavati Gupta?

a) Kuberanaga

b) Kumardevi

c) None of these

d) Dhruvadevi

Question : 2

Which Gupta emperor’s inscription at Eran dated 510 AD gives the first inscriptional evidence of Sati?

a) Skandagupta

b) Kumaragupta

c) Bhanugupta

d) Narasimhagupta

Question : 3

Which one of the following is not related to the feudal formation in the Gupta and post-Gupta times.

a) Growth of a class of subject peasantry.

b) Emergence of landed intermediaries.

c) Emergence of strong centralised political authority.

d) Localised village economy developed with little scope for functioning of the market system.

Question : 4

During which Gupta king’s reign did the Chinese traveller Fa hien visit India?

a) Chandragupta II

b) Samudragupta

c) Skandgupta

d) Chandragupta I

Question : 5

Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

• Assertion (A): The Chola king Kulottunga exempted from taxes the village granted to Sailendra Chudamanivihara.
• Reason (R): Kulottunga claims to have destroyed Kadarma.

a) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

b) A is false, but R is true

c) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

d) A is true, but R is false

Question : 6

The Jain text which describes that Chandragupta embraced Jainism towards the end of his life, is:

a) Jayadhavala

b) Ratnamalika

c) Dravya-samgraha

d) Parishisthaparvan