Gupta & Post Gupta Period Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions

Question : 1

Who was son of Chandra Gupta II?

a) VishnuGupta

b) BudhaGupta

c) SkandaGupta

d) KumaraGupta

Question : 2 [IAS (Pre) 1994]

‘Live well, as long as you live. Live well even by borrowing, for once cremated, there is no return.’ This rejection of afterlife is an aphorism of the

a) Sunyavada of Nagarjuna

b) Charvakas

c) Kapalika Sects

d) Ajivikas

Question : 3 [IAS (Pre) 1995]

In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta period women and Sudras speak

a) Prakrit

b) Sauraseni

c) Sanskrit

d) Pali

Question : 4

Who among the following had the title ‘Amoghavarsha’ ?

a) Rajendra Chola

b) Munja Paramara

c) None of these

d) Govinda Chandra Gahadavala

Question : 5 [IAS (Pre) 2013]

The Chinese traveller Yuan Chwang (Hiuen Tsang), who visited India recorded the general conditions and culture of India at that time. In this context, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The roads and river-routes were completely immune from robbery.
2. As regards punishment for offences ordeals by fire, water and poison were the instruments for determining the innocence or guilt of a person.
3. The tradesmen had to pay duties at ferries and barrier stations.

a) 2 and 3

b) All of these

c) Only 1

d) 1 and 3