1. Who is known as the Napoleon of India?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Chandragupta-II Vikramaditya
(c) Great Ashoka
(d) Samudragupta
Answer: (d) Samudragupta
2. Who among the following Gupta Kings had another name Devagupta?
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta-II
(c) Kumargupta
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b) Chandragupta-II
3. Gupta dynasty ruled during
(a) 319-500 AD
(b) 319-324 AD
(c) 325-375 AD
(d) 566-597 AD
Answer: (a) 319-500 AD
4. Who of the following rulers had performed four Ashwamedhas?
(a) Pushyamitra Shunga
(b) Pravarasena-I
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Chandragupta-II
Answer: (b) Pravarasena-I
5. The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of ‘Param Bhagavata’ was
(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta -II
(d) Srigupta
Answer: (c) Chandragupta -II
6. The Allahabad pillar inscription is associated with which one of the following?
(a) Mahapadma Nanda
(b) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Ashoka
(d) Samudragupta
Answer: (d) Samudragupta
7. Ashoka Pillar at Allahabad provides information about the reign of
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Chandragupta I
(c) Chandragupta II
(d) Samudragupta
Answer: (d) Samudragupta
8. Prayag Prashasti tells about military campaign of
(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta-II
(d) Kumargupta
Answer: (b) Samudragupta
9. An inscription by which of the following is found on the pillar containing Prayag Prashasti of Samudragupta?
(a) Jahangir
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Dara Shikoh
Answer: (a) Jahangir
10. ‘Prithivyah Pratham Veer’ was the title of
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Rajendra-I
(c) Amoghavarsha
(d) Gautamiputra Shatakarni
Answer: (a) Samudragupta
11. The iron column, located in the courtyard of Delhi’s Quwwat-ul Islam Mosque is a retention of
(a) Ashoka
(b) Chandra
(c) Harsh
(d) Anangpal
Answer: (b) Chandra
12. Which dynasty was distracted the most by Hunas invasion?
(a) Maurya
(b) Kushan
(c) Gupta
(d) Shunga
Answer: (c) Gupta
13. The Hunas invaded India during the reign of
(a) Chandragupta-II
(b) Kumaragupta Skandag
(c) Skandagupta
(d) Budhagupta
Answer: (c) Skandagupta
14. Who among the following Gupta rulers conquered Hunas?
(a) Chandragupta-II
(b) Kumaragupta
(c) Skandagupta
(d) Bhanugupta
Answer: (c) Skandagupta
15. From which inscription it is known that Skandagupta defeated Hunas?
(a) Bhitari pillar inscription
(b) Allahabad pillar inscription
(c) Mandsaur inscription
(d) Udayagiri inscription
Answer: (a) Bhitari pillar inscription
16. There were different causes for the downfall of the Gupta Empire. Which one among the statements given below was not the cause?
(a) Huna invasion
(b) Feudal set of set up of administration
(c) Acceptance of Buddhism by the later Guptas
(d) Arab invasion
Answer: (d) Arab invasion
17. Who is known as Saka-conqueror?
(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta-II
(d) Kumargupta
Answer: (c) Chandragupta-II
18. Who was the first Gupta ruler to issue silver coins?
(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta-II
(d) Kumaragupta
Answer: (c) Chandragupta-II
19. From the third century AD when the Huna invasion ended the Roman empire, the Indian merchants relied more and more on the
(a) African trade
(b) Western European trade
(c) South East Asian trade
(d) Middle Eastern trade
Answer: (c) South East Asian trade
20. Which one of the following ports handled the North Indian trade during the Gupta period?
(a) Tamralipti
(b) Bhadoch
(c) Kalyan
(d) Cambay
Answer: (a) Tamralipti
21. Whose contribution is there in ancient Sankhya Darshan?
(a) Kapila
(b) Gautam
(c) Nagarjuna
(d) Charvak
Answer: (a) Kapila
22. Centres located in Gujarat, Bengal, Deccan Tamil Country during the Gupta period was associated with which of the following?
(a) Textile manufacture
(b) Gems and precious stones
(c) Handicrafts
(d) Opium cultivation
Answer: (a) Textile manufacture
23. The inventor of Yoga was?
(a) Aryabhatta
(b) Charaka
(c) Patanjali
(d) Ramdev
Answer: (c) Patanjali
24. Who among the following is known for his Ayurvedic thematic composition during Gupta period?
(a) Saumilla
(b) Shudraka
(c) Shunaka
(d) Sushruta
Answer: (d) Sushruta
25. Who among the following is not associated with medicine in ancient India?
(a) Dhanvantri
(b) Bhaskaracharya
(c) Charaka
(d) Sushruta
Answer: (b) Bhaskaracharya
26. Who of the following among the Nine Gems of Chandragupta was associated with Astrology?
(a) Vararuchi
(b) Sanku
(c) Kshapanak
(d) Amar Singh
Answer: (c) Kshapanak
27. Kalidas was in the ruling period of
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Ashoka
(c) Chandragupta-I
(d) Chandragupta II
Answer: (d) Chandragupta II
28. Which among these are Gupta’s gold coins?
(a) Kaudi
(b) Dinara
(c) Nishka
(d) Pan
Answer: (b) Dinara
29. The silver coins issued by the Guptas were called
(a) Karshapana
(b) Dinara
(c) Rupaka
(d) Nisc
Answer: (c) Rupaka
30. Who of the following was the first Gupta ruler to issue coins?
(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Ghatothkach
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Srigupta
Answer: (a) Chandragupta-I
31. In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta period women and Sudras speak
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Prakrit
(c) Pali
(d) Sauraseni
Answer: (b) Prakrit
32. The first inscriptional evidence of the Satipratha has been found from
(a) Eran
(b) Junagadh
(c) Mandsaur
(d) Sanchi
Answer: (a) Eran
33. Who established Gupta Samvat?
(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Srigupta
(c) Chandragupta-II
(d) Ghatothkacha
Answer: (a) Chandragupta-I
34. The gradual decline of towns was an important feature of which period?
(a) Gupta period
(b) Pratihara era
(c) Rashtrakut
(d) Satavahana
Answer: (a) Gupta period
35. Which ruling dynasty donated maximum villages to temples and Brahmins?
(a) Gupta dynasty
(b) Pala dynasty
(c) Rashtrakut
(d) Pratihara
Answer: (a) Gupta dynasty
36. In ancient India, which dynasty’s rule is considered as the Golden Age?
(a) Mauryan
(b) Shunga
(c) Gupta
(d) Magadha
Answer: (c) Gupta
37. During which age did women enjoy quality with men?
(a) Gupta age
(b) Mauryan age
(c) Cholas
(d) Vedic age
Answer: (d) Vedic age
38. What was the land revenue rate in Gupta age?
(a) fourth part of the production
(b) sixth part of the production
(c) eighth part of the production
(d) half part of the production
Answer: (b) sixth part of the production
39. What is the land revenue rate in religious books?
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/4
(c) 1/6
(d) 1/8
Answer: (c) 1/6
40. What is the valid tax according to Hindu law?
(a) half of the yields
(b) one sixth of the yields
(c) one third of the yields
(d) one fourth of the yields
Answer: (b) one sixth of the yields
41. The Gupta Empire granted tax-free agrarian land to which of the following?
(a) Military officials
(b) Civil officials
(c) Brahmins
(d) Courts scholars
Answer: (c) Brahmins
42. Which type of land was called ‘Aprahat’?
(a) without cultivated forest land
(b) irrigated land
(c) dense forest land
(d) cultivated land
Answer: (a) without cultivated forest land
43. In ancient India the irrigation tax was called
(a) Bidakabhagam
(b) Hiranya
(c) Udranga
(d) Uparnika
Answer: (a) Bidakabhagam
44. In third AD, Warangal was famous for
(a) copper pots
(b) Gold jewelleries
(c) Iron implements
(d) Elephant teeth work
Answer: (c) Iron implements
45. Tormad was from the racial group of
(a) Sithian
(b) Huna
(c) Yaochi
(d) Saka
Answer: (b) Huna
46. Who among the following has defeated Huna ruler Mihirakula?
(a) Budhagupta
(b) Yashodharman
(c) Shashanka
(d) Prabhakarvardhana
Answer: (b) Yashodharman
47. Chinese traveller ‘Sungyun’ came in India in
(a) 515 AD.to 520 AD
(b) 525 AD.to 529 AD
(c) 545 AD.to 552 AD
(d) 592 AD.to 597 AD
Answer: (a) 515 AD.to 520 AD
48. The system of philosophy propounded by Kapil Muni is
(a) Purva Mimamsa
(b) Sankhya Philosophy
(c) Nyaya Philosophy
(d) Uttar Mimamsa
Answer: (b) Sankhya Philosophy
49. Sankhya Philosophy is propounded by
(a) Gautam
(b) Jaimini
(c) Kapila
(d) Patanjali
Answer: (c) Kapila
50. The game of chess is said to have originated in
(a) China
(b) Iran
(c) Indonesia
(d) India
Answer: (d) India
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