harshavardhana period MCQs set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

The Turkish brought with them musical instruments Rabab and Sarangi.

During this time, the music of North India began to acquire and adapt to the presence of Persian language, music, and musical instruments, such as the Setar, from which the Sitar got its name; the Kemancheh and Santur, which became popular in Kashmir; and the Rabab [alternately known as Rebab and Rubab], which preceded the Sarod. New instruments were introduced, including the Tabla and Sitar.

Answer: (b)

Vishakhadatta exposed the evils of contemporary society through his satirical writings. There is no unanimity among the authorities on the date of Mudrarakshasa.

However, the majority of them are in favor of assigning the composition of this Sanskrit work to the 4th–5th centuries AD. The Minister Signet’s Ring centers around the schemes of the wily Chankya to frustrate the plots of Raksasa, the minister of Dhanananda, the last ruler of the Nanda dynasty.

Answer: (b)

Rashtrakutas adopted Garuda as a dynastic emblem after the imperial Gupta.

Silver coins of the Gupta kings Chandragupta II and his son Kumargupta I adopted the Western Satrap design (itself derived from the Indo-Greeks) with bust of the ruler and Pseudo-Greek inscription on the obverse, and a royal eagle (Garuda, the dynastic symbol of the Guptas) replacing the Chaitya hill with star and crescent on the reverse.

Answer: (c)

Harsha had assumed the title Parama-Maheswara. An early copper plate grant of king Dantidurga (753) shows an image of God Shiva and the coins of his successor, king Krishna I (768), bear the legend Parama-Maheshwara (another name for Shiva). The kings’ titles such as Veeranarayana showed their Vaishnava leanings.

Their flag had the sign of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, perhaps copied from the Badami Chalukyas.