gupta & post gupta period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 36

Which Gupta emperor is said to have founded Nalanda University?

a) Buddhagupta

b) Skandagupta

c) Kumaragupta I

d) Purugupta

Answer: (c)

Question : 37

Which of the following is false statement regarding Gupta’s administration?

  1. The king did not impose any restrictions on the movement of his subjects.
  2. The governors of the provinces were independent.
  3. The lowest unit of administration was the village.
  4. The Gupta kings had direct control over military.
Correct answer.

a) 2 only

b) 4 only

c) 2 and 4

d) 1 and 3

Answer: (b)

Question : 38 [IAS (Pre) 1999]

Which one of the following ports handled the North Indian trade during the Gupta period?

a) Bhadoch

b) Cambay

c) Tamralipti

d) Kalyan

Answer: (c)

Question : 39

The Gupta ruler who repaired Sudarsana Lake for the second time

a) Rama Gupta

b) Skanda Gupta

c) Vishnu Gupta

d) Samudra Gupta

Answer: (b)

Question : 40

With reference to the Indian history of art and culture, consider the following pairs: Famous work of Sculpture Site

  1. A grand image of Buddha’s: Ajanta Mahaparinirvana with numerous celestial musicians above and the sorrowful figures of his followers below
  2. A huge image of Varaha: Mount Abu Avatar (boar incarnation) of Vishnu, as he rescues Goddess Earth from the deep and chaotic waters, sculpted on rock   
  3. “Arjuna’s Penance”: Mamallapuram “Descent of Ganga” sculpted on the surface of huge boulders
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

a) 3 only

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) 1 and 3 only

Answer: (d)

1 is correctly matched because Parinirvana of the Buddha in Cave 17 of Ajanta, with numerous celestial musicians above and the sorrowful figures of his followers below, is one of the grandest and yet most delicately expressive scenes ever made in stone.

2 is wrong because the huge image of Varaha Avatar of Vishnu, as he rescues Goddess Earth from the deep and chaotic waters, sculpted on rock is found in Mamallapuram. 3 is right because Arjuna’s Penance “Descent of Ganga” sculpted on the surface of huge boulders is found in Mamallapuram.

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