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Question 1. Who started Gupta Era?
  1.    ChandraGupta I
  2.    ChandraGupta II
  3.    SamudraGupta
  4.    SkandaGupta
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> ChandraGupta I
Answer: (a)
Question 2. Which of the following writers has mentioned the river Narmada as the dividing line between Aryavartta and Daksinapatha?
  1.    Sudraka
  2.    Rajasekhara
  3.    Dandin
  4.    Kautilya
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Rajasekhara
Answer: (b)
Rajashekhara has mentioned the river Narmada as the dividing line between Aryavarta and Dakshinapatha. Sanskrit literature names as the dividing-line between Aryavarta or the Uttarapatha and the Dakshinapatha,
i.e. between northern and southern India, sometimes the Vindhya mountains, sometimes the river Nerbudda (Narmada, Narbada) which, flowing close along the south of the Vindhya range, empties itself into the Gulf of Cambay near Broach, in Gujarat.
Question 3. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I
List-II
(Author)
(Work)
A. Sudraka
1. Mrichhakatika
B. Visakhadatta
2. Mudrarakshasa
C. Kalidasa
3. Vikramovasiya
D. Bhavabhuti
4. Uttara Ramacharita
Codes: A B C D
  1.    2 3 1 4
  2.    3 1 4 2
  3.    1 2 3 4
  4.    4 2 3 1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1 2 3 4
Answer: (c)
The correct match list of author and their works are:
(Author)
(Work)
Sudraka
Mrichhakatika
Visakhadatta
Mudrarakshasa
Kalidasa
Vikramovasiya
Bhavabhuti
Uttara Ramacharita
Sudraka’s
Michhakatikam
Question 4. Who among the following was the mother of Prabhavati Gupta?
  1.    Kuberanaga
  2.    Dhruvadevi
  3.    None of these
  4.    Kumardevi
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Kuberanaga
Answer: (a)
Kuberanaga was the mother of prabhavati Gupta. Chandragupta II married the Naga Princess Kuberanaga and gave his own daughter, Prabhabati, in marriage to Vakataka king,
Rudra Sena II. The Vakataka alliance was a masterstroke of diplomacy as it secured the subordinate alliance of the Vakataka king who occupied a strategic geographical position.
It is noteworthy that Rudra Sena died young and his widow reigned until her sons came of age.
Question 5. Consider the following statements:

  1. The founder of the Gupta dynasty was Sri Gupta.

  2. Sri Gupta was succeeded by Ghatotkacha.

  3. Chandragupta, I was the first to be called Maharajadhiraja (the great king of kings).

  4. The Mehrauli Iron Pillar inscription mentions Chandragupta I’s extensive conquests.


Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
  1.    1, 2, 3, and 4
  2.    1, 2, and 3
  3.    1, 2, and 4
  4.    2, 3, and 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1, 2, 3, and 4
Answer: (a)
Explanation: Sri Gupta and Ghatotkacha were called Maharajas. Much information was not available about their rule. The next ruler was Chandragupta I who strengthened his position by a matrimonial alliance with the Licchavis.
He married Kumaradevi, a princess of that family. This added to the power and prestige of the Gupta family.
Question 6. With reference to the history of philosophical thought in India, consider the following statements regarding Samkhya School. 

  1. Samkhya does not accept the theory of rebirth or transmigration of the soul.

  2. Samkhya holds that it is the self-knowledge that leads to liberation and not any exterior influence or agent.


Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    Only 2
  2.    Neither 1 nor 2
  3.    Only 1
  4.    Both 1 and 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Only 2
Answer: (a)
Question 7. Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Gupta age?
  1.    There is evidence of rise of local units of production.
  2.    The law books of Gupta times lay down detailed rules regarding partnership in business and functioning of guilds.
  3.    Corporate bodies did not perform any judicial and executive functions.
  4.    Guilds maintained their own militia, called shrenibala.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Corporate bodies did not perform any judicial and executive functions.
Answer: (c)
Question 8. Who worte ‘Amarakosha’?
  1.    Vishakha Dutta
  2.    Vatsyayana
  3.    Bhasa
  4.    Amar Singh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Amar Singh
Answer: (d)
Question 9. Centres located in Gujarat, Bengal, Deccan and Tamil Country during the Gupta period were associatedwith which of the following?
  1.    Gems and precious stones
  2.    Opium cultivation
  3.    Textile manufacture
  4.    Handicrafts
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Textile manufacture
Answer: (c)
Question 10. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below.
List-I (Eras)
List-II (Reckoned from)
(a) Vikrama era
1. 3102 B.C.
(b) Saka era
2. 320 A.D.
(c) Gupta era
3. 78 A.D.
(d) Kali era
4. 58 B.C.
 
5. 248 A.D.
Codes: a b c d
  1.    1 3 2 4
  2.    4 3 2 1
  3.    2 4 5 1
  4.    4 5 2 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 4 3 2 1
Answer: (b)

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