M.C.Q

MCQ 11 Mark

What was the meaning of Kumar$-$amatya?

✓
Minister.
B
Chief banker.
C
Scribe.
D
Judicial officer.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Minister.

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MCQ 21 Mark

$......$ was an assembly of Brahmin land owners.

A
Sera.
B
Samiti.
C
Sudha.
✓
Sabha.

Answer

Correct option: D.

Sabha.

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MCQ 31 Mark

Harshvardhana tried to cross the Narmada to march into the Deccan but stopped by:

✓
Pulakeshin$-II.$
B
Ravikirti.
C
Samudragupta.
D
None.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Pulakeshin$-II.$

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MCQ 41 Mark

To which language does the term ‘Prashasti’ belong?

A
English.
B
Hindi.
✓
Sanskrit.
D
Tamil.

Answer

Correct option: C.

Sanskrit.

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MCQ 51 Mark

From whom did Pulakeshin get the kingdom?

✓
Uncle.
B
Father.
C
Grandfather.
D
Brother.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Uncle.

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MCQ 61 Mark

Pulakeshin II stopped Harsha to cross the $ ...... $ to march into the Deccan.

✓
Narmada.
B
Tapi.
C
Godavari.
D
Krishna.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Narmada.

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MCQ 71 Mark

Which new Indian dynasty arose in Magadha in the fourth century $A.D\ ?$

A
Chalukya Dynasty.
B
Pandyas Dynasty.
C
Chola Dynasty.
✓
Gupta Dynasty.

Answer

Correct option: D.

Gupta Dynasty.

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MCQ 81 Mark

Which Chinese pilgrim visited India during Harsha's reign?

✓
Xuan Zang.
B
Fa Xian.
C
Both $A$ and $B$.
D
None of the above.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Xuan Zang.

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MCQ 91 Mark

Who wrote Samudragupta’s prashasti?

✓
Harisena.
B
Kalidasa.
C
Tansen.
D
Vikramaditya.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Harisena.

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MCQ 101 Mark

Who was the poet in the Samudragupta court

A
Harshsena.
B
Banbhatt.
✓
Harishena.
D
Harshagupta.

Answer

Correct option: C.

Harishena.

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MCQ 111 Mark

Which of the following is not the feature of the play written in the earliest times?

A
These plays provided occasional glimpse of the lives of ordinary people.
✓
These plays provided occasional glimpse of the lives of animals.
C
The king and most Brahmins are shown as speaking Sanskrit.
D
Women and men other than the king and Brahmins use Prakrit.

Answer

Correct option: B.

These plays provided occasional glimpse of the lives of animals.

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MCQ 121 Mark

What was the Indian name given to Greeks and Romans?

A
Yadavs.
✓
Yavanas.
C
Javas.
D
All of these.

Answer

Correct option: B.

Yavanas.

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MCQ 131 Mark

A famous poetry book Abhijnana Shakuntalam was written by:

A
Banabhatta.
✓
Kalidasa.
C
Harishena.
D
Ravikirti.

Answer

Correct option: B.

Kalidasa.

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MCQ 141 Mark

Who wrote the biography of Harshavardhana?

A
Surender Sharma.
B
Amir Khusro.
✓
Banbhatta.
D
None of these.

Answer

Correct option: C.

Banbhatta.

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MCQ 151 Mark

Xuanzang visited India in the reign of:

A
Ramagupta.
✓
Samudragupta.
C
Harshavardhana.
D
Chandragupta $II.$

Answer

Correct option: B.

Samudragupta.

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MCQ 161 Mark

Narasimhavarman defeated:

A
Pulakeshin $I$.
✓
Pulakeshin $II.$
C
Samudragupta.
D
Harshavardhana.

Answer

Correct option: B.

Pulakeshin $II.$

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MCQ 171 Mark

Harshavardhana first became king of:

A
Mathura.
B
Nalanda.
✓
Thanesar.
D
Kannauj.

Answer

Correct option: C.

Thanesar.

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MCQ 181 Mark

What relation did Chandragupta $II$ have with Samudragupta?

A
Grandfather.
B
Father.
✓
Son.
D
Brother.

Answer

Correct option: C.

Son.

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MCQ 191 Mark

Who found the precious ring which the king had given to Sakuntala?

✓
Fisherman.
B
Businessmen.
C
Brahmins.
D
All of these.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Fisherman.

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MCQ 201 Mark

Who was the first ruler of the Gupta dynasty?

A
Samudragupta.
B
Varahamihira.
C
Vikramaditya.
✓
Chandragupta $I.$

Answer

Correct option: D.

Chandragupta $I.$

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MCQ 211 Mark

Who tried to become independent when rulers became weak?

✓
Samantas.
B
Harshavardhana.
C
Ashoka.
D
Chandragupta.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Samantas.

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MCQ 221 Mark

Samudragupta was the king of:

A
Maurya Empire.
✓
Gupta Regime.
C
Chalukya.
D
Cholas.

Answer

Correct option: B.

Gupta Regime.

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MCQ 231 Mark

Who was the famous ruler of a dynasty known as Guptas?

A
Chandragupta.
✓
Samudragupta.
C
Ashoka.
D
Sidhartha.

Answer

Correct option: B.

Samudragupta.

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MCQ 241 Mark

Who was the best ruler of Chalukyas?

A
Pulakeshin $I.$
✓
Pulakeshin $II.$
C
Pulakeshin $III.$
D
None of these.

Answer

Correct option: B.

Pulakeshin $II.$

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MCQ 251 Mark

The capital of the Pallavas was:

✓
Kanchipuram.
B
Tanjore.
C
Magadha.
D
Aihole.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Kanchipuram.

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MCQ 261 Mark

Samudragupta played:

✓
Veena.
B
Chess.
C
Guitar.
D
Football.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Veena.

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MCQ 271 Mark

Who was Pulakeshin $II:$

A
Ruler of Chola dynasty.
✓
Ruler of Chalukya dynasty.
C
Ruler of Gupta dynasty.
D
Ruler of Pandyas dynasty.

Answer

Correct option: B.

Ruler of Chalukya dynasty.

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MCQ 281 Mark

The language used by Brahmins was:

A
Prakrit.
✓
Hindi.
C
English.
D
Sanskrit.

Answer

Correct option: B.

Hindi.

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MCQ 291 Mark

Which was the capital of Pallavas and Chalukyas?

✓
Kanchipurm.
B
Delhi.
C
Agra.
D
Lucknow.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Kanchipurm.

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MCQ 301 Mark

Aryabhata was a famous:

A
Poet.
B
Warrior.
C
Merchant.
✓
Astronomer.

Answer

Correct option: D.

Astronomer.

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MCQ 311 Mark

Name ruler of Chalukya dynasty who stopped Harsh:

A
Ravikirti.
B
Raja Raja Chola.
✓
Pulakeshin $II.$
D
Satakarni.

Answer

Correct option: C.

Pulakeshin $II.$

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MCQ 321 Mark

Who composed Prayag Prashasti?

A
Ravikirti.
✓
Harisena.
C
Kalidasa.
D
None of these.

Answer

Correct option: B.

Harisena.

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MCQ 331 Mark

Prashasti was composed for:

✓
Rulers.
B
Farmers.
C
Animals.
D
Plants.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Rulers.

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MCQ 341 Mark

Harsha belonged to the $......$ dynasty.

A
Chola.
✓
Vardhan.
C
Pallavas.
D
Gupta.

Answer

Correct option: B.

Vardhan.

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MCQ 351 Mark

Who tried to cross Narmada to march into Deccan?

✓
Harshavardhana.
B
Banbhatta.
C
Sidhartha.
D
Ashoka.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Harshavardhana.

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MCQ 361 Mark

Which was the lowest administrative unit?

A
Province.
B
District.
✓
Village.
D
None of the above.

Answer

Correct option: C.

Village.

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MCQ 371 Mark

Chief craftsman were called:

A
Maha$-$danda Nayak.
B
Sandhi$-$vigrahika.
✓
Prathama$-$kulika.
D
Sarthavaha.

Answer

Correct option: C.

Prathama$-$kulika.

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MCQ 381 Mark

Chandragupta $II$ led his expedition to which part of India?

✓
Western.
B
Southern.
C
Northern.
D
Eastern.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Western.

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MCQ 391 Mark

“Abhijana $-$ Shakuntalam” is the story of love between which king and young girl named Shakuntala?

✓
Dushyanta.
B
Harshavardhana.
C
Ashoka.
D
Pataliputra.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Dushyanta.

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MCQ 401 Mark

He married a Lichchhavi princess:

A
Chandragupta $II.$
✓
Chandragupta $I.$
C
Samudragupta.
D
Skandgupta.

Answer

Correct option: B.

Chandragupta $I.$

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MCQ 411 Mark

Meaning of Maha$-$danda$-$nayaka is:

A
Minister of war and peace.
✓
Chief judicial officer.
C
Chief Banker.
D
Scribes.

Answer

Correct option: B.

Chief judicial officer.

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MCQ 421 Mark

Who wrote the famous biography Harshacharita?

A
Kalidasa.
B
Aryabhata.
✓
Banabhatta.
D
Harisena.

Answer

Correct option: C.

Banabhatta.

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MCQ 431 Mark

He was referred to as Maharajadhiraja:

✓
Chandragupta $I$.
B
Samudragupta.
C
Both of them.
D
None of them.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Chandragupta $I$.

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MCQ 441 Mark

Xuanzang visited India in the reign of:

A
Ramagupta.
✓
Samudragupta.
C
Harshavardhana.
D
Chandragupta $II.$

Answer

Correct option: B.

Samudragupta.

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MCQ 451 Mark

Banabhatta was in the court of:

✓
Harshavardhana.
B
Chandragupta.
C
Ashoka.
D
Samudragupta.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Harshavardhana.

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MCQ 461 Mark

Prashasti is a:

A
English word.
B
Urdu word.
✓
Sanskrit word.
D
Pali word.

Answer

Correct option: C.

Sanskrit word.

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MCQ 471 Mark

A sequence of powerful kings or leaders in the same family:

A
Rulers.
B
Kingdom.
C
Empire.
✓
Dynasty.

Answer

Correct option: D.

Dynasty.

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MCQ 481 Mark

Harshavardhana, was the king of:

A
Manesar.
B
Ujjain.
C
Taxila.
✓
Thanesar.

Answer

Correct option: D.

Thanesar.

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MCQ 491 Mark

Who was famous for his plays depicting life in the king’s court?

A
Banbhatta.
B
Ravikirti.
✓
Kalidasa.
D
None of these.

Answer

Correct option: C.

Kalidasa.

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MCQ 501 Mark

Meaning of prathama$-$kulika is:

A
Minister of war and peace.
B
Chief judicial officer.
C
Chief Banker.
✓
Chief craftsman.

Answer

Correct option: D.

Chief craftsman.

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MCQ 511 Mark

$......$ the sacred book of Islam:

A
Bible.
B
Geeta.
C
Ramayana.
✓
Quran.

Answer

Correct option: D.

Quran.

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MCQ 521 Mark

The famous ruler of Gupta dynasty:

✓
Samudragupta.
B
Chandragupta.
C
Harshagupta.
D
Ramagupta.

Answer

Correct option: A.

Samudragupta.

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MCQ 531 Mark

Aryabhata was a famous astronomer in the court of:

✓
Chandragupta$-II.$
B
Chandragupta$-IV.$
C
Chandragupta$-I.$
D
Chandragupta$-III.$

Answer

Correct option: A.

Chandragupta$-II.$

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MCQ 541 Mark

Who was the father of Samudragupta.

A
Hareshena.
B
Banabhatta.
C
Ramagupta.
✓
Chandragupta.

Answer

Correct option: D.

Chandragupta.

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