gupta & post gupta period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 11

The last Gupta ruler to mint silver coins in western India was

a) Kumara Gupta I

b) Chandra Gupta II

c) Skanda Gupta

d) Puru Gupta

Answer: (c)

Question : 12

The officer responsible for the safe custody of land records during the Gupta period was known as

a) Karanika

b) Dhruvadhikarana

c) Shaulkika

d) Samaharta

Answer: (a)

The officer responsible for the safe custody of land records during the Gupta period was known as Karanika. This is the Dhruvadhi-Karanika (otherwise called Dhruvasthanadhikaranika) the officer incharge of the Dhruvas,’ the last term being applied till recent times in Kathiawar and Cutch to denote persons who superintended the collection of landrevenue by the farmers on the king’s behalf.

Question : 13

Assertion (A):
The Chalukyas of Badami exercised paternalistic control over village administration.
Reason (R):
In the village affairs, the royal officers of the Chalukyas actively intervened instead of being mere observers.

a) Only Assertion (A) is true.

b) Only Reason (R) is true.

c) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true and ‘R’ is the correct explanation for ‘A’.

d) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true, but ‘R’ is not the correct explanation for ‘R’.

Answer: (c)

Question : 14 [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2015]

Which one of the following is not part of ‘Ashtangayoga’?

a) Pratyahara

b) Dharana

c) Anusmriti

d) Dhyana

Answer: (c)

Question : 15

Arrange the following astronomers in their correct chronological order:

  1. Aryabhatta
  2. Brahmagupta
  3. Lagadh
  4. Varahamihira
Choose your answer from the codes given below:

a) 2 1 4 3

b) 1 2 3 4

c) 4 3 2 1

d) 3 1 4 2

Answer: (d)

The correct chronological order is:

  1. Lagadh,
  2. Aryabhatta,
  3. Varahamihira,
  4. Brahamgupta

The author of the treatise “Dzhetisha-Vedanga” (“Jyotisavedanga”), written between 450 and 350 BC. This work is a guide to determine the time for execution of the Vedic sacrificial. “DzhetishaVedanga” preserved in the revised and corrected, which used Rigvediyya-Brahmins Aryabhata the Elder to distinguish him from a 10th-century Indian mathematician of the same name, he flourished in Kusumapura—near Patalipurta (Patna), then the capital of the Gupta dynasty.

Varahamihira also called Varahamira or simply Varaha, was one of the most celebrated scientists in South Asian history, having made substantial contributions to virtually all branches of the arts and sciences.

Brahmagupta was the foremost Indian mathematician of his time. He made advances in astronomy and most importantly in number systems including algorithms for square roots and the solution of quadratic equations.

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