gupta & post gupta period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 11

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List-I List-II
(Dynasty) (State)
A. Kadamba 1. Odisha
B. Kharvela 2. Karnataka
C. Chalukya 3. Bengal
D. Pala 4. Gujarat
Codes: A B C D

a) 1 2 3 4

b) 2 1 4 3

c) 1 2 4 3

d) 2 1 3 4

Answer: (b)

The correct match list of dynasty and states is: Dynasty State Kadamba Karnataka Kharvela Odisha Chalukya Gujarat Pala Bengal The Kadamba Dynasty (345 – 525 CE) was a primaeval majestic dynasty of Karnataka that ruled from Vaijayanti or Banavasi in present day Uttara Kannada district.

The decline of the Satavahana power in the Deccan was followed by the rule of many lesser dynasties like the Chutes, the Abhiras and the Ikshvakus. During the third century AD the Karnataka area, however, emerged out of this political confusion in the following century. Kharavela (193 BCE – after 170 BCE) was the third and greatest emperor of the Mahameghavahana dynasty of Kalinga (present-day Odisha).

The main source of information about Kharavela is his famous seventeen lines rock-cut Hathigumpha inscription in a cave in the Udayagiri hills near Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The Chalukya dynasty was a powerful Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th century CE.

Pala dynasty, ruling dynasty in Bihar and Bengal, India, from the 8th to the 12th centuries. Its founder, Gopala, was a local chieftain who rose to power in the mid-8th century during a period of anarchy.

Question : 12

Which Chalukyan ruler is said to have received an embassy from the Persian king Khusrau II?

a) Vikramaditya I

b) Pulkesin II

c) Vijayaditya

d) Vinayaditya

Answer: (b)

Question : 13

Who was the first ruler of Gupta dynasty to assume the title of ‘Maharajadhiraja?

a) Chandragupta I

b) Samudragupta

c) Chandragupta II

d) Srigupta

Answer: (a)

Chandragupta, I was the first ruler of Gupta dynasty to assume the title of ‘Maharajadhiraja’ Chandragupta I assumed the high-sounding title of Maharajadhiraja (Great King of Kings).

Conceding the importance of his wife, Chandragupta issued gold coins in the joint names of himself, his queens Kumaradevi and the Lichchhavi nation. Emboldened by his success, he established a new era.

Question : 14

The six district school of Indian philosophy Sankhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaishasika, Mimansa, Vedanta became fully articulated during the

a) Maurya period

b) Vedic period

c) Gupta period

d) Buddha period

Answer: (c)

Question : 15

There are only two known examples of cave paintings of the Gupta period in ancient India. One of these is paintings of Ajanta caves. Where is the other surviving example of Gupta paintings?

a) Ellora caves

b) Bagh caves

c) Nasik caves

d) Lomas Rishi cave

Answer: (b)

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