RAPID FIRE HISTORY (151-200) (a) Vikram era (b) Saka-Shalivahan era

(c) Saka era (d) Gupta era

151. The Sangam Age in the history of South
India represents Ans: (c)

(a) The period of Aryanisation of South India

(b) A period when an assembly of a college of 155. The greatest conqueror among the Gupta
Tamil poets was held at Madurai rulers was

(c) A literary-cultural phase of the Tamilham (a) Samudragupta (b) Chandragupta II

during the first three centuries of the Christian
era (c) Kumargupta (d) Skandagupta

(d) Both (b) and (c) above

Ans: (a)

Ans: (d)
152. Which of the following was not one of the
ruling dynasties of South India in the Sangam
Age?
156. A Gupta king has been called an Indian
Napoleon and he was also an accomplished poet
and musician (player of Veena) who was he?
(a) Samudragupta (b) Kumargupta

(a) Chola (b) Chera (c) Chandragupta II (d) Skandagupta

(c) Pandya (d) Pallava

Ans: (a)

Ans: (d)
157. The famous Mehrauli Iron Pillar inscription
describes the conquest of
153. The last great ruling dynasty of Magadha
was (a) Samudragupta

(a) Sunga (b) Kanva (b) Chandragupta II

(c) Kusana (d) Gupta (c) Chandragupta Maurya

(d) Chandra of Indraprastha

Ans: (d)
Ans: (b)

154. Kanishka is associated with an era which is

known as 158. The Gupta king who is known in the Indian
legends as Vikramaditya was
(a) Chandragupta I (b) Samudragupta (a) Ajmer (b) Kannauj

(c) Chandragupta II (d) Skandagupta (c) Dhara (d) Delhi

Ans: (c) Ans: (b)

159. The Chinese traveller Fa-hien visited India 164. The Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang, called
and left a detailed account of the reign of the Prince of Pilgrims visited India during the
reign of
(a) Samudragupta (b) Chandragupta II
(a) Harsha (b) Chandragupta II
(c) Kumargupta I (d) Skandagupta
(c) Dharampala (d) Devapala

Ans: (b)
Ans: (a)

160. The foremost astronomer and

mathematician of the Gupta period was 165. Harshacharita the biography of Harsha, was
written by
(a) Aryabhatta (b) Varahamihira
(a) Banabhatta (b) Sudraka
(c) Brahmagupta (d) Vanabhata
(c) Sri Harsha (d) Gunadhva

Ans: (a)
Ans: (a)

161. The most important reason(s) for the

decline of the Gupta empire was/were 166. Harsha was defeated by

(a) invasions of the Hunas (a) Sasanka

(b) weak later Gupta rulers (b) King of Valabhi

(c) independence of the later Gupta rulers (c) Bhaskarvarman

(d) (a) (b) and (c) above (d) Pulkesin II

Ans: (d) Ans: (d)

163. After the decline of the Guptas, which of 167. Harsha was the last great royal patron of
the following cities of North India emerged as
(a) Jainism (b) Buddhism
the centre of political gravity of North India?
(c) Shaivism (d) Bhagavatism (a) Education (b) Birth

(c) Occupation (d) Talen

Ans: (b)

168. After the death of Harsha, a tripartite Ans: (c)

struggle ensued between the three
172. The Greeks were driven out of India by
contemporary powers for the supremacy of
Kannauj. Which of the following was not a party (a) Bindusara
in the struggle?
(b) Ashoka
(a) Gurjar Partiharas (b) Rastrakutas
(c) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(c) Palas (d) Paramaras
(d) Chandragupta Maurya

Ans: (d)
Ans: (d)

169. What was Chandragupta-II also known as?

173. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisation is
(a) Samudragupta (b) Vikramaditya found at
(c) Skandagupta (d) Raanagupta (a) Harappa (b) Mohenjo-Daro

(c) Ropar (d) Kalibangan

Ans: (b) Ans: (b)

170. The Aryans succeeded in their conflicts with 174. Who was the court poet of Harsha-
the pre-Aryans because vardhana?
(a) they used chariots driven by horses (a) Bhani (b) Ravi Kirti
(b) they were from an advanced urban culture (c) Bana (d) Vishnu Sharma
(c) they were taller and stronger

(d) they used elephants on a large scale Ans: (c)

Ans: (a) 175. 'Prince of Pilgrims' was the name attributed

to

(a) Fa-Hien (b) I-tsing

171. In the early Vedic-period, Varna system was
based on (c) Hiuen Tsang (d) Megasthenese
Ans: (c) 180. The famous poet Kalidasa lived in the court
of

(a) Chandragupta (b) Chandragupta-II

176. The coins of which of the following reveal
their love for music? (c) Samudragupta (d) Kumaragupta

(a) Maurya (b) Nandas

(c) Guptas (d) Cholas Ans: (b)

Ans: (c) 181. Which one of the following vedas contains

sacrificial formulae?

(a) Sama Veda (b) Yajur Veda

177. The year of accession of Kanishka to throne
was (c) Rig Veda (d) Athrva Veda

(a) 108 AD (b) 58 AD

(c) 128 AD (d) 78 AD Ans: (b)

Ans: (d) 182. When did the best productions of Gandhara

sculpture appear?

(a) Mauryan Period (b) Gupta Period

178. Kalinga was took place in the year
(c) Kushana Period (d) Harsha Period
(a) 263 BC (b) 240 BC

(c) 261 BC (d) 232 BC

Ans: (c)

Ans: (c)
183. The caves of Ajanta and EIlora belonged to

(a) Jains (b) Hindus

179. The first Grammarian of the Sanakrit
language was (c) Buddhists (d) Sikhs

(a) Kalhana (b) Panini

(c) Maitreyi (d) Kalidasa Ans: (c)

Ans: (b) 184. Name the temple in Indonesia where

scenes from Ramayana and Mahabharata are
depicted?
(a) Brihadeshwara (b) Angkor Wat 188. The ruler of ancient India who is said to
have been converted to Jainism, towards the
(c) Kailashnath (d) Borobudur
end of his life, is

(a) Bindusara (b) Samudragupta

Ans: (d)
(c) Chandragupta (d) Ashoka

185. The greatest Kushana ruler whose

Ans: (c)
contribution to Buddhism was even greater than
that of Ashoka was 189. The concept of Anuvrata was advocated by

(a) Kadphises (b) Kanishka I (a) Mahayana Buddhism

(c) Vaishka (d) Huvishka (b) Jainism

(c) Lokayata School

Ans: (b) (d) Hinayana Buddhism

186. The worship of images in India began Ans: (b)

during the _____ period.

(a) Mauryan (b) Sunga

190. Who, from among the following rulers, had
(c) Kusana (d) Gupta ruled over the largest part of India?

(a) Kanishka

Ans: (c) (b) Chandragupta I

(c) Chandragupta Maurya

187. The concept of Eight-Fold Path forms the (d) Ashoka

theme of

(a) Dipavamsa
Ans: (c)
(b) Divyavadana

(c) Mahaparinibban Sutta

191. The Upanishads are a series of books
(d) Dharmachakrapravartana Sutta devoted to

(a) Yoga (b) Social law

Ans: (d) (c) Religious rituals (d) Philosophy

Ans: (d) 195. With what subject does the Mitakshara
deal?

(a) Law
192. Which of the following temples has
acquired the name of the Black Pagoda (b) Grammar

(a) Sun Temple (c) Medicine

(b) Lingaraj Temple (d) Theology

(c) Bhuvaneshwari Temple

(d) Jagannathdeva Temple Ans: (a)

Ans: (a) 196. Emperor Harsha's southward march was

stopped on the Narmada river by

(a) Pulakesin-I
193. Whom was Ashvaghosha a contemporary
of? (b) Pulakesin-Il

(a) Menander (c) Vikramaditya-I

(b) Harsha (d) Vikramaditya-II

(c) Kanishka

(d) Ashoka Ans: (b)

Ans: (c) 197. The Buddha's Eight Fold Path did not
include

(a) Right Resolve

194. Name the later Gupta ruler who had
performed the Ashvaghosha Yajna (Horse (b) Right Views
Sacrifice) and assumed the Imperial title of
(c) Right Speech
Maharajadhiraj?
(d) Right Table Manners
(a) Kamarupa

(b) Mahasena Gupta

Ans: (d)
(c) Adityasen

(d) Kumaragupta III

198. The aim of Ashoka's Dhamma was

(a) Subtle conquest

Ans: (c)
(b) Religious domination
(c) A casteless society

(d) Non-violence and peace

Ans: (d)

199. By whom had the stupa at Sanchi in

Madhya Pradesh been built?

(a) Ashoka (b) Harshavardhana

(c) Kanishka (d) Chandragupta

Ans: (a)

200. The author of Ashtadhyayai is

(a) Charaka (b) Panini

(c) AIyabhatta (d) Chanakya

Ans: (b)