gupta & post gupta period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 1

Consider the following statements and mark the option that is true.

1. Vishwarup wrote a commentary known as Balasera on Yavjnavalkyas Smriti.
2. Pratipada Panchika, a commentary on Kautilya’s Arthashastra, was written by Bhattaswami.
3. Vijananeshwar wrote a commentary on Manu Smriti.

a) (i) and (iii)

b) All of the above

c) (i) and (ii)

d) None of the above

Question : 2

Assertion (A):
The nomination of Rama Gupta as the successor of successor of Samudra Gupta is said to have been forced by the Sabha, a representative organization of the Gupta period?
Reason (R):
In the Gupta period, the issue of succession to the throne was unilaterally decided by the Sabha. In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct?

a) Both A and R arc true and R justifies or explains A.

b) Both A and R arc true, but R does not justify or explain A.

c) Only (A) is true.

d) Only (R) is true.

Question : 3 [UPPCS (Pre) 1992]

Emperor Harsha had shifted his capital from Thaneshwar to

a) Delhi

b) Rajgriha

c) Prayag

d) Kannauj

Question : 4

Which of the following statements is/are true about the land charters of the post-Gupta period?

1. In some land grants, taxes and powers of administration are explicitly delegated in a positive manner.
2. Some charters specifical y transfer peasants and artisans living in a village and also cultivators occupying a piece of land.
3. Some charters give the beneficia y the right to evict the existing peasants and induce new ones.
4. One important element in the land donation records is the list of offi - ers, either with both proper names and functional designations or only with designations.

a) (i) and (iii)

b) (i), (iii) and (iv)

c) (i), (ii) and (iv)

d) All the above

Question : 5 [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2016]

The founder of Nyaya Philosophy was

a) Kanad

b) Jaimini

c) Kapil

d) Gautam