gupta & post gupta period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 31

Which among the following coin names occur in the Pratihara inscriptions?

a) Nishka

b) Dramma

c) Dinara

d) Satamana

Answer: (b)

Dramma coin name occurs in the Pratihara inscriptions. Mihira Bhoja I’s epithet was SrimadAdivaraha (the fortunate primeval boar incarnation of Vishnu) and therefore there is a broad agreement amongst the scholars on the attribution of Adivaraha dramma billon coins to him. These coins have a depiction of Adivaraha on the obverse.

Question : 32

The Gupta king who was good player of Veena?

a) Vikramaditya

b) Chandra Gupta

c) Kumara Gupta

d) Samudra Gupta

Answer: (d)

Question : 33

Which of the following was the inscription of Guptas about sati

a) Allahabad Inscription

b) Junagarh Inscription

c) Eran Inscription

d) Bhitari Inscription

Answer: (c)

Question : 34

The Prayaga Prasasti inscription is associated with which one of the following?

a) Kanishka

b) Chandragupta II

c) Samudragupta

d) Mahapadmanand

Answer: (c)

The Prayaga Prasasti inscription is associated with Samudragupta. The western scholars equate him with Napoleon and call him Indian Napoleon due to the extensive military conquests. His court poet and minister Harisena composed the Allahabad pillar inscription or Prayaga Prasasti. The Pillar was an Asokan pillar erected by Asoka six century before him.

Question : 35

Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the sources of the Gupta Period?

  1. The Puranas throw light on the royal genealogy of the Gupta kings
  2. Mudhrakshasam written by Visakadatta provide information regarding the rise of the Guptas
  3. The Chinese traveller Hsuen Tsang, who visited India during the reign of Chandragupta II, had left a valuable account of Gupta empire
  4. Mehrauli Iron Pillar inscription and Allahabad Pillar inscription belong to Gupta period.
Select the answer from the codes given below:

a) 1, 2, 3, and 4

b) 1, 2, and 3

c) 1, 2, and 4

d) 2, 3, and 4

Answer: (c)

The Chinese traveler Fahien, who visited India during the reign of Chandragupta II, has left a valuable account of the social, economic and religious conditions of the Gupta empire.

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