gupta & post gupta period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (b)

Medhatithi is famous for his commentary on Manusmriti. Medhatithi is one of the oldest and most famous commentators on the Manusmriti, more commonly known as the Laws of Manu.

The Manusmriti text is a part of the Hindu Dharmasas tradition, which attempts to record the laws of Dharma.

Answer: (b)

Rajasekhara’s marriage to Avantisundari is an example of ‘Anuloma-marriage’. During the Vedic Age, inter-class marriages used to take place in the form of Anuloma marriage.

Anuloma marriage is a social practice according to which a boy from upper Varna/caste/class can marry a girl from lower varna/ caste/class.

Answer: (d)

Nalanda was the centre of higher education during the Gupta period. Nalanda, situated near Rajgriha in Bihar, was probably the highest seat of Buddhist learning. It was established as a Buddhist monastery probably during the reign of Kumargupta I (414–445 A.D).

A Buddhist tradition says that Sakraditya established this centre of learning. It was spread over an area of 1.6 km × 0.8 km. It had about 1500 professors and 10,000 students. Such eminent people as Panini, Jivaka and Chanakya are said to have studied there.

Answer: (a)

The correct matched pairs are:

• Kshetra — Cultivated land
• Khila — Wasteland
• Aprahata— Forest land

These are the types of land available in the country at that time.

Despite these, there is one more class called Charagah land, which is used as a Pasteur land.

Answer: (a)

Bakhtiyar Khalji destroyed the Nalanda University in 1202 AD. The prince of perverts – Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji – is a blot on the human race. And yet the town of Bakhtiyarpur in Bihar, close to the site of his cruel depredations, bears his name.

Bakhtiyar Khalji holds a pride of place because, unlike the other Muslim marauders, he was not content with destroying the areas he traversed.