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1. Who of the following among the Nine Gems of Chandragupta was associated with Astrology?
A. Vararuchi
B. Sanku
C. Kshapanak
D. Amar Singh
ANSWER:C. Kshapanak
SOLUTION :Amarsimha (Sanskrit lexicographer and a poet), Dhanvantri (renowned Physician), Harisena (Poet/Writer), Kalidasa (Renowned poet, Playwright), Kahapanaka (Astrologer), Sanku (Architect), Varahmihira (Astronomer), Vararuchi (Grammarian, Sanskrit scholar), Vetalbhatta (Magician).
2. Kalidas was in the ruling period of___________.
A. Samudragupta
B. Ashoka
C. Chandragupta-I
D. Chandragupta-II
ANSWER: D. Chandragupta-II
SOLUTION: The most popular theory is that Kālidāsa flourished during the reign of Chandragupta II, and therefore lived around the 4th-5th century CE.
3. Which (among these) are Gupta’s gold coins?
A. Kaudi
B. Dinara
C. Nishka
D. Pan
ANSWER : B. Dinara
SOLUTION:The correct answer is Dinaras. During the Gupta Period, gold coins were called Dinaras. After the Kushanas, the Guptas were the most important dynasty.
4. The silver coins issued by the Guptas were called _______.
A. Karshapana
B. Dinara
C. Rupaka
D. Nisc
ANSWER: C. Rupaka
SOLUTION:The correct answer is Rupaka. The silver coins issued by the Guptas were called Rupaka.
5. Who of the following was the first Gupta ruler to issue coins?
A. Chandragupta-I
B. Ghatotkacha
C. Samudragupta
D. Srigupta
ANSWER: A. Chandragupta-I
SOLUTION:It is usually held that Chandragupta I was the first imperial ruler who introduced currency system and that the Chandragupta-Kumaradevi type of gold coins were the earliest gold coins of the dynasty.
6. In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta period, women and Sudras speak __.
A. Sanskrit
B. Prakrit
C. Pali
D. Sauraseni
ANSWER: B. Prakrit
SOLUTION: In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta period women and Sudras speak Prakrit.
7. The first inscriptional evidence of the Satipratha has been found from _______.
A. Eran
B. Junagarh
C. Mandsaur
D. Sanchi
ANSWER: A. Eran
SOLUTION: The first epigraphic evidence of Sati has been found from Eran Pillar Inscription of Bhanugupta, Madhya Pradesh. Some records suggest that the first example of Sati appears in the Gupta Period in 510 AD. After about this time, instances of Sati began to be marked by inscribed memorial stones.
8. Who established Gupta Samvat?
A. Chandragupta-I
B. Srigupta
C. Chandragupta-II
D. Ghatotkacha
ANSWER: A. Chandragupta-I
SOLUTION: Chandragupta Ⅰ is considered to be the founder of the Gupta Era which started with his accession in 319 – 320 CE. He strengthened his position by a matrimonial alliance with the Lichchhavis (Nepal).
9. The gradual decline of towns was an important feature of which period?
A. Gupta period
B. Pratihara era
C. Rashtrakut
D. Satavahana era
ANSWER: A. Gupta period
SOLUTION: The Gupta and post-Gupta times were characterized by the emergence of a class of landlords and a class of subjugated peasantry in an agrarian economy which was predominantly rural and agrarian, conspicuous decline of trade, decline of towns and the paucity of metallic money.
10. Which ruling dynasty donated maximum villages to temples and Brahmins?
A. Gupta Dynasty
B. Pala Dynasty
C. Rashtrakut
D. Pratihara
ANSWER: A. Gupta Dynasty
SOLUTION: Guptas have given the largest grant of villages to the temples and Brahamans.