The Gupta and the Post-Gupta Period Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question 1. Who founded Gupta Dynasty? [SSC CGL 2015]

(a) Chandragupta-II
(b) Chandragupta-I
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Srigupta

Answer : d

Question 2. Gupta were the vassals of

(a) Mauryans
(b) Kushans
(c) Satavahanas
(d) None of these

Answer : b

Question 3. Gupta dynasty ruled during [CGPSC 2003]

(a) 319-500 AD
(b) 319-324 AD
(c) 325-375 AD
(d) 566-597 AD

Answer : a

Question 4. Who constructed the rust free iron pillar at Mehrauli? [SSC 2012]

(a) Gupta
(b) Satavahana
(c) Maurya
(d) Kushan

Answer : a

Question 5. The iron column, located in the courtyard of Delhi’s Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque is a retention of [UPPSC (Pre) 2002]

(a) Ashoka
(b) Chandra
(c) Harsha
(d) Anangpal

Answer : b

Question 6. Gupta dynasty was famous for [SSC 2001]

(a) art and architecture
(b) imperialism
(c) revenue and land reform
(d) None of the above

Answer : a

Question 7. In the Gupta period, the largest number of coins were issued in [SSC 2008]

(a) gold
(b) silver
(c) copper
(d) iron

Answer : a

Question 8. The coins of which of the following reveal their love for music? [SSC 2011]

(a) Mauryas
(b) Nandas
(c) Guptas
(d) Cholas

Answer : c

Question 9. Which (among these) are Gupta’s gold coins? [UPPSC (Pre) 1992]

(a) Kaudi
(b) Dinara
(c) Nishka
(d) Pan

Answer : b

Question 10. Ajanta caves were built during period of [SSC 2014]

(a) Gupta
(b) Kushana
(c) Maurya
(d) Chalukya

Answer : a

Question 11. In Ancient India, which dynasty’s rule is considered as the golden age? [UPPSC (Pre) 2004]

(a) Mauryan
(b) Shunga
(c) Gupta
(d) Magadha

Answer : c

Question 12. Which one of the following statements about the Gupta period is not correct? [Astt. Comm. 2017]

(a) Forced labour (Vishti) became more common than before in this period.
(b) A passage in the Vishnu Purana refers to the Guptas enjoying all the territories along the Ganga up to Prayaga.
(c) The Mehrauli inscription suggests that Chandragupta fought against a confederacy of enemies in Bengal and also led a campaign into Punjab.
(d) Saurashtra was not a part of the Gupta empire.

Answer : d

Question 13. Consider the following statements.

(i) Gupta rulers were the vassals of Kushans.
(ii) The original kingdom of the Guptas comprised Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 14. The Gupta Samuat was founded by [SSC 2006]

(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Chandragupta-II
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Kumaragupta

Answer : a

Question 15. Who was the first Gupta ruler to attain the title of ‘Maharaja Dhiraja’? [SSC 2018]

(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Kumargupta
(d) Skandagupta

Answer : a

Question 16. Who of the following was the first Gupta ruler to issue coins? [UPPSC (Mains) 2010]

(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Ghatotkacha
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Srigupta

Answer : a

Question 17. Who established Gupta Samvat? [MPPSC (Pre) 1991]

(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Srigupta
(c) Chandragupta-II
(d) Ghatotkacha

Answer : a

Question 18. Consider the following statements.

(i) The wife of Chandragupta-I was a Licchavi Princess.
(ii) He was the second Gupta ruler to attain the title of ‘Maharajadhiraja’.

Choose the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : a

Question 19. Who is called the Napoleon of Ancient India? [BPSC 2015]

(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Pushyamitra
(c) Kanishka
(d) Samudragupta

Answer : d

Question 20. ‘Prithivyah Pratham Veer’ was the title of [UPPSC (Pre) 2016]

(a) Samudragupta
(b) Rajendra-I
(c) Amoghavarsha
(d) Gautamiputra Shatkarni

Answer : a

Question 21. Which of the following the pillar inscriptions has recorded the achievements of Samudragupta, who was known as the ‘Napoleon of India’ for his conquests? [SSC CGL 2019]

(a) Iron Pillar
(b) Sun Pillar
(c) Vijaya Stambha
(d) Allahabad Pillar

Answer : d

Question 22. An inscription by which of the following is found on the pillar containing Prayag Prashasti of Samudragupta? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016]

(a) Jahangir
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Dara Shikoh

Answer : a

Question 23. The Allahabad pillar inscription is associated with which one of the following? [IAS (Pre) 2006]

(a) Mahapadma Nanda
(b) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Ashoka
(d) Samudragupta

Answer : d

Question 24. Who of the following Gupta kings granted permission to Meghverma,the ruler of Sri Lanka to build a Buddhist temple at Gaya? [CDS 2003]

(a) Chandragupta I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta II
(d) Skandagupta

Answer : b

Question 25. Prayag Prashashti tells about the military campaign of [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2004]

(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta-II
(d) Kumaragupta

Answer : b

Question 26. Which one of the following statements about Allahabad Prashasti is correct? [Astt. Comm. 2017]

(a) It clearly present the Gupta empire as the epicentre of a complex web of varied political relationship.
(b) Line 15 of lit refers to the capturing a king of the Kota family.
(c) Line 23 refers to Samudragupta violently exterminating a number of kings of Aryavarta.
(d) Line 20 refers to rulers offering tribute, obeying the orders of the Gupta king.

Answer : c

Question 27. Which of the following ports handled the North Indian trade during the Gupta period? [IAS (Pre) 1999]

(a) Tamralipti
(b) Broach
(c) Kalyan
(d) Cambay

Answer : a

Question 28. Who among the following Gupta kings had another name Devagupta? [UPPSC (Mains) 2007]

(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta-II
(c) Kumaragupta
(d) None of these

Answer : b

Question 29. What was Chandragupta-II also known as? [SSC 2010]

(a) Samudragupta
(b) Skandagupta
(c) Vikramaditya
(d) Ranna Gupta

Answer : c

Question 30. The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of ‘Param Bhagavata’ was [UPPSC (Pre) 2009]

(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta-II
(d) Srigupta

Answer : c

Question 31. Who was the first Gupta ruler to issue silver coins? [UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010]

(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta-II
(d) Kumaragupta

Answer : c

Question 32. Who is known as ‘Saka conqueror’? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010]

(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta-II
(d) Kumaragupta

Answer : c

Question 33. Who of the following among the nine gems of Chandragupta was associated with astrology? [UP lower Sub (Pre) 2008]

(a) Vararuchi
(b) Sanku
(c) Kshapanaka
(d) Amar Singh

Answer : c

Question 34. Kalidas was in ruling period of [MPPSC (Pre) 1990]

(a) Samudragupta
(b) Ashoka
(c) Chandragupta-I
(d) Chandragupta-II

Answer : d

Question 35. The second capital of the Gupta ruler, Chandragupta-II was [RPSC 2008]

(a) Ujjain
(b) Malwa
(c) Saurastra
(d) Mehrauli

Answer : a

Question 36. Aryabhatta and Kalidasa were in the court of which Gupta ruler? [SSC CGL 2016]

(a) Kumaragupta-I
(b) Chandragupta-II
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Skandagupta

Answer : b

Question 37. During which Gupta king’s reign did the Chinese traveller Fa-hien visit India?

(a) Chandragupta-I [SSC CPO 2008]
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta-II
(d) Kumaragupta

Answer : c

Question 38. Fa-hien’s mission to India was to [CDS 2009]

(a) learn about the administrative system of the Gupta kings.
(b) understand the social position of women during the Gupta period.
(c) visit the Buddhist institutions and to collect copies of Buddhist manuscripts.
(d) get full knowledge about the condition of peasants during the period of Gupta kings.

Answer : c

Question 39. Read the following statements.

I. Chandragupta-II was the father of Samudragupta.
II. He had assumed the title of ‘Param Bhagwat’.
III. In Supiya stone pillar inscription he was called as ‘Vikramaditya’.
IV. Chandragupta-II’s coins refer to him as ‘Chandra’.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) I, II, and III
(b) II, III and IV
(c) I and II
(d) II and IV

Answer : b

Question 40. Centres located in Gujarat, Bengal, Deccan and Tamil country during the Gupta period were associated with which of the following? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010]

(a) Textile manufacture
(b) Gems and precious stones
(c) Handicrafts
(d) Opium cultivation

Answer : a

Question 41. Who had killed Ramagupta?

(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta-I
(c) Chandragupta-II
(d) None of these

Answer : c

Question 42. In which of the following play, it was mentioned that, Ramagupta was the ruler of Gupta dynasty?

(a) Shakuntalam
(b) Malvikagnimitram
(c) Mrichchakatikam
(d) Devichandraguptam

Answer : d

Question 43. Assertion (A) Ramagupta had issued the copper coins.
Reason (R) Copper coins have been found at Vidisha and Udaigiri.

Codes

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true

Answer : a

Question 44. Maximum number of inscriptions have been found in the reign of which Gupta ruler?

(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta
(c) Ramagupta
(d) Kumaragupta

Answer : d

Question 45. Who was founder of Nalanda University? [BPSC 2015]

(a) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(b) Kumaragupta
(c) Dharampal
(d) Pushyagupta

Answer : b

Question 46. Which Gupta ruler had issued the largest varieties of coins?

(a) Chandragupta I
(b) Kumaragupta
(c) Chandragupta II
(d) Samudragupta

Answer : b

Question 47. Consider the following statements.

I. According to Epigraphic Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Buddhism and Jainism, flourished during Kumaragupta’s reign. II. Kumaragupta’s silver coins describe him as a devotee of Vishnu.
III. Chandragupta-II was the son of Kumaragupta.
IV. Kumaragupta assumed himself the title of ‘Mahendraditya’.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) I, II and III
(b) II, III and IV
(c) I, II and IV
(d) All of these

Answer : c

Question 48. Which one of the following Gupta kings had to face the first Huna invasion? [APSC 2017]

(a) Skandagupta
(b) Buddhagupta
(c) Purugupta
(d) Kumaragupta I

Answer : a

Question 49. The Gupta Emperor who defeated the ‘Hunas’ was [BPSC (Pre) 2011]

(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta-II
(c) Skandagupta
(d) Ramagupta

Answer : c

Question 50. From which inscription it is known that Skandagupta defeated Hunas? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]

(a) Bhitari Pillar Inscription
(b) Allahabad Pillar Inscription
(c) Mandsaur Inscription
(d) Udayagiri Inscription

Answer : a

Question 51. Tormad was from the racial group of [IAS (Pre) 1995]

(a) Sithian
(b) Huna
(c) Yaochi
(d) Saka

Answer : b

Question 52. Who among the following had defeated Huna ruler Mihirakula? [UPPSC (Pre) 2016]

(a) Budhagupta
(b) Yashodharman
(c) Shashanka
(d) Prabhakar Vardhana

Answer : b

Question 53. Which of the following inscriptions state that Skandagupta became the ‘ruler of the Earth’ by his own powers?

(a) Bhitari Pillar Inscription
(b) Junagarh Pillar Inscription
(c) Udayagiri Pillar Inscription
(d) Allahabad Pillar Inscription

Answer : b

Question 54. The last recognised king of the Gupta line was ………. [SSC CGL 2019]

(a) Samudragupta
(b) Bimbisara
(c) Ashoka
(d) Vishnugupta

Answer : d

Question 55. Which of the following is correctly matched? Huna Ruler Chronology

(a) Mihirakula – 552 AD
(b) Khushnawaz – 150 AD
(c) Tormad – 250 AD
(d) Yashovarman – 300 AD

Answer : a

Question 56. Which of the following are latter Gupta rulers?

(i) Purvagupta
(ii) Buddhagupta
(iii) Narsimnagupta
(iv) Brahmagupta

Codes

(a) I, II and IV
(b) I, II and III
(c) Only IV
(d) All of these

Answer : b

Question 57. Consider the following statement.

I. Mihirakula was the Saka ruler.
II. He was the great patron of Shaivism.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : b

Question 58. Consider the following statements about Gupta Empire.

I. Harisena was the court poet of Samudragupta and wrote an account of his conquests in the same pillar at Allahabad, which carries the inscription of the peace loving Ashoka.
II. Chandragupta-II adopted the title of Vikramaditya as a mark of victory over the Shaka Kshatrapas of Western India.
III. The successive invasions of the Hunas was the main factor behind the fall of the Gupta empire.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only II
(b) Only III
(c) I and III
(d) All of these

Answer : d

Question 59. Consider the following foreign visitors to India.

I. Al-Biruni
II. Fa-Hien
III. Hiuen Tsang
IV. Megasthenese

The correct chronological order in which these persons visited India is

(a) IV, III, I, II
(b) II, IV, III, I
(c) IV, II, III, I
(d) I, II, IV, III

Answer : c

Question 60. What was the court language of Gupta rulers? [SSC 2000]

(a) Pali
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Hindi
(d) Prakrit

Answer : b

Question 61. What type of Governance system was during Gupta period? [CDS 2008]

(a) Kingship
(b) Republican
(c) Democratic
(d) None of these

Answer : a

Question 62. What was the the main source of income during the Gupta period?

(a) Land revenue
(b) Sales tax
(c) Import-export tax
(d) None of the above

Answer : a

Question 63. The empire in Gupta period was known by which of the following names?

(a) Rajya
(b) Rashtra
(c) Desh
(d) All of these

Answer : d

Question 64. Which of the following were the administrators of ‘Vishayas’?

(a) Sarthavaha
(b) Prathama-kulika
(c) Prathama Kayastha
(d) All of the above

Answer : d

Question 65. With reference to the history of India, the terms ‘Kulyavapa‘ and ‘Dronavapa‘ denote [IAS (Pre) 2020]

(a) measurement of land
(b) coins of different monetary value
(c) classification of urban land
(d) religious rituals

Answer : a

Question 66. Which among the following statements regarding the Gupta dynasty is/are correct? [CDS 2012]

I. The Kumaramatyas were the most important officers and they were appointed directly by the king in home provinces.
II. The village headman lost importance and the land transaction began to be effected without their consent.

Select the correct answer using the code below.

Code

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 67. Read the following statements carefully.

I. Gupta Emperors claimed divine right for themselves.
II. Their administration was highly centralised.
III. They elaborated the tradition of land grants. Answer on the basis of the following.

Codes

(a) I, II and III are true
(b) I and II are true
(c) I and III are true
(d) II and III are true

Answer : c

Question 68. With reference to Indian history,which of the following is/are the essential element/elements of the Feudal System?

I. A very strong centralised political authority and a very weak provincial or local political authority.
II. Emergence of administrative structure based on control and possession of Land.
III. Creation of Lord-vassal relationship between the feudal lord and his overload.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 2015]

(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) Only II
(d) I, II and III

Answer : b

Question 69. There are only two known examples of cave paintings of the Gupta period in ancient India. One of these is the paintings of Ajanta Caves. Where is the other surviving example of Gupta paintings? [APSC 2017]

(a) Ellora Caves
(b) Bagh Caves
(c) Lomas Rishi Caves
(d) Nasik Caves

Answer : b

Question 70. Which one of the periods marks the beginning of the Indian temple architecture?

(a) Nanda
(b) Maurya
(c) Sunga
(d) Gupta

Answer : d

Question 71. The most ancient monastery in India is [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992]

(a) Nalanda
(b) Udantpuri
(c) Vikramshila
(d) Bhaja

Answer : a

Question 72. Which one of the following statements about the famous text of Panchatantra is correct? [CDS 2020]

(a) It is a philosophical text reflecting the debates of the time and refuting rival positions.
(b) It is a text ushering in linguistic as a formal science.
(c) It is a text discussing developments in various spheres of natural sciences.
(d) It is a text showing through illustration, what should and should not be done.

Answer : d

Question 73. During the reign of which of the following dynasties did Kalidasa flourish?

(a) Mauryas
(b) Sungas
(c) Guptas
(d) Vardhanas

Answer : c

Question 74. The ancient Indian Play Mudrarakshasa of Vishakhadatta has its subject on [IAS (Pre) 2002]

(a) a conflict between Gods and Demons of ancient Hindu lore.
(b) a romantic story of an aryan prince and a tribal woman.
(c) the story of the power struggle between two Aryan tribes.
(d) the court intrigues at the time of Chandragupta Maurya.

Answer : d

Question 75. Who of the following was the writer of Mudrarakshasa? [BPSC (Pre) 2005]

(a) Ashwaghosha
(b) Vishakhadatta
(c) Kalidasa
(d) Bhas

Answer : b

Question 76. ‘Kumarasambhava’, an epic poem was composed by [BPSC (Pre) 2001]

(a) Banabhatta
(b) Chand Bardai
(c) Harishena
(d) Kalidasa

Answer : d

Question 77. Which of the following drama was not written by Kalidas? [MPPSC (Pre) 2005]

(a) Malvikagnimitram
(b) Abhigyan Shakuntalam
(c) Kumarasambhavam
(d) Janaki Haranam

Answer : d

Question 78. The protagonist of the play ‘Malvikagnimitra’ written by Kalidasa is [UPPSC (Pre) 1998]

(a) Pushyamitra Shunga
(b) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(c) Agnimitra
(d) Chandragupta-II

Answer : c

Question 79. Which one of the following books of ancient India has the love story of the son of the founder of Sunga dynasty?[IAS (Pre) 2016]

(a) Swapnavasavadatta
(b) Malvikagnimitra
(c) Meghaduta
(d) Ratnavali

Answer : b

Question 80. Which of the following is not correctly matched? [UPPSC (Mains) 2006]

(a) Kalidasa – Raghuvamsa
(b) Bhasa – Swapnavasavadatta
(c) Subandhu – Kadambari
(d) Harsha – Ratnavali

Answer : c

Question 81. Which one of the following literary works did not belong to the Gupta period?

(a) Abhijnana shakuntalam
(b) Amarakosha
(c) Charaka Samhita
(d) Mrichakatika

Answer : c

Question 82. With reference to the scholars/ litterateurs of ancient India, consider the following statements:

I. Panini is associated with Pushyamitra Shunga.
II. Amarasimha is associated with Harshavardhana.
III. Kalidasa is associated with Chandra Gupta-II

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2019]

(a) I and II only
(b) II and III only
(c) Only III
(d) I, II and III

Answer : c

Question 83. Which of the following architecture are of Gupta period?

I. Dashavatara Temple
II. Trimurti at Elephanta Caves III. Nalanda University
IV. Sanchi Stupa V. Bitargaon Temple

Codes

(a) I, II, III, IV
(b) II, III, IV, V
(c) III, IV, V
(d) I, II, III, V

Answer : d

Question 84. Which of the following classical works of literature were written during the Gupta era?

I. Amarkosh
II. Kamasutra
III. Meghadutta
IV. Madrarakshasa

Select the correct answer from the codes given below. [UPPSC (Mains) 2009]

(a) I and II only
(b) II and III only
(c) I, II and III only
(d) I, II, III and IV

Answer : d

Question 85. With reference to the cultural history of India, consider the following pairs.

I. Parivrajaka – Renuncient and Wanderer
II. Shramana – Priest with a high status
III. Upasaka – Lay follower of Buddhism

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? [IAS (Pre) 2020]

(a) I and II only
(b) I and III only
(c) II and III only
(d) I, II and III

Answer : b

Question 86. Statement I : The Greek influence on the Indian art manifested itself in the form of Gandhara School of Art and moved from Taxila to Mathura and Sarnath.
Statement II : During Gupta period, art became entirely and truly in India.

Codes

(a) Both the statements are true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I
(b) Both the statement are true but statement II is not correct explanation of statement I
(c) Statement I is true but statement II is false
(d) Statement I is false but statement II is true

Answer : c

Question 87. Who among the following is known for his work on medicine during the Gupta period? [IAS (Pre) 1996]

(a) Saumilla
(b) Sudraka
(c) Shaunaka
(d) Sushruta

Answer : d

Question 88. Who among the following is not associated with medicine in ancient India? [IAS (Pre) 1993]

(a) Dhanvantri
(b) Bhaskaracharya
(c) Charaka
(d) Susruta

Answer : b

Question 89. Aryabhatta was [UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007]

(a) Indian Politician
(b) Indian Mathematician and Astronomer
(c) Indian Sanskrit Scholar and Poet
(d) None of the above

Answer : b

Question 90. Which one of the following Indian Mathematician invented decimal place value? [UPPSC (Pre) 2014]

(a) Bhaskar
(b) Varahamihira
(c) Brahmagupta
(d) Aryabhatta

Answer : d

Question 91. Who among the following was the first to explain that the rotation of the earth on its own axis account for daily rising and setting of the sun? [BPSC (Pre) 2018]

(a) Aryabhatta
(b) Bhaskara
(c) Brahmagupta
(d) Varahamihira

Answer : a

Question 92. The ‘Panchasiddhantika’ of Varahamihira is based on [UPPSC (Pre) 2014]

(a) Persian Astronomy
(b) Greek Astronomy
(c) Iranian Astronomy
(d) Mesopotamian Astronomy

Answer : b

Question 93. Among the four works mentioned below which one is encyclopedic in nature?

(a) Amarakosha [IAS (Pre) 1993]
(b) Siddhanta Shiromani
(c) Brihat Samhita
(d) Ashtanga Hridayam

Answer : d

Question 94. In travel through India Fa-hien has mentioned a hospital, it was located at [CGPCS 2020]

(a) Ujjain
(b) Kaushambi
(c) Tamralipta
(d) Pataliputra

Answer : d

Question 95. The silver coins issued by the Guptas were called [IAS (Pre) 1996]

(a) Karshapana
(b) Dinara
(c) Rupaka
(d) Nisc

Answer : c

Question 96. Which type of land was called ‘Aprahat’? [BPSC 2017]

(a) Without cultivated forest land
(b) Irrigated land
(c) Dense forest land
(d) Cultivated land

Answer : a

Question 97. With reference to forced labour (Vishti) in India during the Gupta period, which one of the following statements is correct? [IAS (Pre) 2019]

(a) It was considered a source of income for the state, a sort of tax paid by the people.
(b) It was totally absent in the Madhya Pradesh and Kathiawar regions of the Gupta Empire.
(c) The forced labourer was entitled to weekly wages.
(d) The eldest son of the labourer was sent as the forced labourer.

Answer : a

Question 98. In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta period women and Surdas speak [IAS (Pre) 1995]

(a) Sanskrit
(b) Prakrit
(c) Pali
(d) Suraseni

Answer : b

Question 99. During which age did women enjoy equality with men? [UPPSC (Pre) 1994]

(a) Gupta age
(b) Mauryan age
(c) Cholas
(d) None of these

Answer : d

Question 100. The first inscriptional evidence of the ‘Satipratha’ has been found from [UPPSC (Mains) 2010]

(a) Eran
(b) Junagarh
(c) Mandsaur
(d) Sanchi
Answer : a

Question 101. Which of the following clearly define ‘Mitaksara”? [WBCS 2019]

(a) A work on astronomy.
(b) A treatise on ancient Hindu law of inheritance.
(c) A text on agriculture.
(d) A compendium of medicine.

Answer : b

Question 102. The Gupta empire granted tax free agrarian land to which of the following? [MPPSC (Pre) 2014]

(a) Military officials
(b) Civil officials
(c) Brahmins
(d) Courts scholars

Answer : c

Question 103. Which one of the following statements about the Gupta period in Indian history is not correct? [CDS 2017]

(a) Sanskrit language and literature, after centuries of evolution, reached what has been described as a level of classical excellence through royal patronage.
(b) The status of women was redefined. They were entitled to formal education and hence there were women teachers, philosophers and doctors. Early marriage was prohibited by law and they were given the right to property. (c) Decentralisation of administrative authority was impacted by increased grants of land and villages with fiscal and administrative immunities to priests and temples.
(d) Land grants paved the way for feudal developments and emergence of selfdom in India, resulting in the depression of the peasantry.

Answer : b

Question 104. What was the land revenue rate in Gupta age? [BPSC (Pre) 1997]

(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

Question 105. The Gupta rulers imposed a fine called …… which was a plough tax paid by every cultivator owning a plough. [SSC CGL 2019]

(a) Hiranya
(b) Sulka
(c) Halivakara
(d) Kara

Answer : c

Question 106. In ancient India, the irrigation tax was called [UPPSC (Mains) 2009]

(a) Bidakabhagam
(b) Hiranya
(c) Udranga
(d) Uparnika

Answer : a

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