Top Frequently Asked Questions
History – Guptas
Who was not a member of Aimperunkulu?
(A) Purohit
(B) Senapathi
(C) Mantri
(D) Treasurer
ANSWER D
Who was not the member of Ashtadiggasas?
(A) Dhurjathi
(B) Sayana
(C) Mallana
(D) Panaji Surana
ANSWER B
Fa-Hien, the foreign visitor came to India during the times of
(A) Sri Gupta
(B) Samudra Gupta
(C) Chandra Gupta 1
(D) Chandra Gupta II
ANSWER D
Who built the Nalanda university?
(A) Kumara Gupta
(B) Shri Gupta
(C) Chandra Gupta
(D) Samudra Gupta
ANSWER A
Which of these describes the conquest and victories of Samudra Gupta"
(A) Uthiramerur inscription"
(B) Allahabad Pillar inscription
(C) Ihola inscription
(D) Ashokas inscription
ANSWER B
Match the following from List I with List II and choose the correct option.
List I List II
(a) Kalidasa 1. Laghubaskarya
(b) Aryabhatta 2. Pancha Siddhantika
(c) Bhaskara 3. Aryabhatiyam
(d) Varahamihira 4. Ritusamhara
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 2 1 4
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 3 1 2
(D) 3 1 2 4
ANSWER C
Vak Pathar wrote
(A) Pancha Sidhanthiga
(B) Astangasamgraham
(C) Girudharshunian
(D) Amarakosam
ANSWER B
The Banskhera inscription contains the signature of
(A) Harsha
(B) Fahien
(C) Hiuen Tsang
(D) Bana
ANSWER A
The title 'Indian Napoleon' is given to
(A) Asoka the Great
(B) Akbar the Great
(C) Samudra Gupta
(D) Chandra Gupta II
ANSWER C
Name the garden created by Babur at Panipat to commemorate this victory over Ibrahim Lody in 1526.
(A) Agra Bagh
(B) Kabul Bagh
(C) Amber Bagh
(D) Jodhpur Bagl
ANSWER B
Who among them was / were the Greek ambassadors sent to the court of pataliputra?
I. Megasthenese
II. Herodotus
III. Deimachus
IV. Dionysios
(A) I only
(B) I, III and IV
(C) I, II, III
(D) II and IV only
ANSWER B
Asoka embraced Buddhism under the influence of
(A) Upagupta
(B) Kumara Gupta
(C) Sri Gupta
(D) Chandra Gupta
ANSWER A
