The Guptas / Post Gupta Period SECTION 7

                             1. Which of the following who contributed the Chalukya in Western India was the that of the

(a)    Parthians

(b)   Indo Greeks

(c)    Kushanas

(d)   Gupta

                           2. kalidasa lived during the reign of

(a)    Parthians

(b)   Indo Greeks

(c)    Kushanas

(d)   Guptas

                           3. Kalidasa lived during the reign of

(a)    Samudragupta

(b)   Chandragupta maurya

(c)    Ashoka

(d)   Chandragupta II

          4.  What is the hcorrect chronological order of the following foreign writers on India?

1.       Magasthenes

2.       Fa-Hien

3.       Ptolemy

4.       Pliny

Codes

(a)    1  4   2  3 

(b)   1   4   3   2

(c)    2   3   4   1 

(d)   3   4   1   2

5. Gupta administration was

(a)    Monarchial

(b)   Democratic

(c)    Republic

(d)   None of these

                             6. The earliest extent (still standing) temples date from

(a)    The Vedic period

(b)   The Maurya period

(c)    The Gupta period

(d)   The Sunga period

                            7. Arrange the following in chronological order.

1.       Skandagupta

2.       Rajendra Choladeva I

3.       Chandragupta I

4.       Harshavardhana

Codes

(a)    1   3   2   4 

(b)   2   3    1   4

(c)    3    1   4    2

(d)   4   1   3   2

                          8. Who among the following anticipated Newton by declaring that all things gravitate to the Earth?

(a)    Brahmagupta

(b)   Aryabhatta

(c)    Varahamihira

(d)   Buddhagupta

                         9.  Arrange the following rulers in chronological order.

1.       Chandragupta I

2.       Samudragupta

3.       Chandragupta II

4.       Kumaragupta I

5.       Skandagupta

Codes:

(a)     1   4   3   5   2

(b)   2   1   3   4   5

(c)    1   2   3   4   5

(d)   1   2   4   3   5

                      10. Statement I Sculptures of the Gandhara School stylistically are typically linked to the Greco- Roman and the Parthian art of Iran.

Statement II the earliest stone Buddha Images in the Swat valley pre-dated the Kushana period, which suggests that certain iconographic conventions were pre-kushana period.

Codes

(a)    Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

(b)   Both the statements are true , but Statement Ii is not the 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

                          11. Arrange the following era’s in chronological order.

1.       Saka era

2.       Vikrama era

3.       Kalachuri era

4.       Gupta era

Codes

(a)    2,  1,  3  and 4

(b)   1,  2,  3 and 4

(c)    2,  1,  4  and 3

(d)   3, 1, 2  and 4

                    12. In which period were the foreigners absorbed in large number in the Indian society?

(a)    The Kushana period

(b)   The Gupta period

(c)    The Mauryan period

(d)   The Rajput period

                      13. Which Gupta ruler had led a campaign to the South and was an expert ‘Veena’ player?

(a)    Chandragupta I

(b)   Samudragupta

(c)    Chandragupta Vikramaditya

(d)   Skandagupta 

                    14.  Who among the following Chinese travelers visited the kingdoms of Harshavardhana and kumar Bhaskar varma?

(a)    A I- Tsing

(b)   Fa- Hien

(c)    Hiuen Tsang

(d)   Sun Shuyun

                    15. The six distinct schools of Indian philosophy Vedanta, Mimamsa, Sankhya , Yoga, nyaya, Vaisesika became fully articulated during the

(a)    Vedic age

(b)   Gupta age

(c)    Kushana Age

(d)   Mauryan age

                     

Answer:

1.       A

2.       D

3.       D

4.       D

5.       B

6.       A

7.       C

8.       C

9.       A

10.   C

             11.       C

             12.       A

             13.       B

             14.       C

              15.       C