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Guptas and Their Successors - 1

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The Allahabad Pillar Inscription records the achievements of:

  1. Samudragupta

  2. Chandragupta I

  3. Chandragupta II

  4. Kumaragupta I


Correct Option: A

Gupta Era is said to have been started by Chandragupta I from :

  1. 310-311 A.D.

  2. 319-320 A.D.

  3. 320-321 A.D.

  4. 323-324 A.D.


Correct Option: B

Coins of which famous Gupta ruler show him playing the musical instrument Veena?

  1. Ghatotkacha Gupta

  2. Srigupta

  3. Chandragupta Vikramaditya

  4. Samudragupta


Correct Option: D

Samudragupta defeated Achyuta, Nagasena and Kota-Kulja. The historians have identified Achyuta as the ruler of ____________ ,Nagasena ruling over _____________ and Kota-Kulja or the ruler of the Kota family ruling over______________ .

  1. East Punjab & Delhi, Gwalior,Ahichhatra

  2. Gwalior,Ahichhatra,East Punjab &Delhi

  3. Ahichhatra, Gwalior ,East Punjab & Delhi

  4. Gwalior, East Punjab & Delhi , Ahichhatra


Correct Option: C

Chandragupta II gave the hand of his daughter Prabhavatigupta in marriage to a prince of which royal family?

  1. Naga

  2. Satavahana

  3. Mahameghavahana

  4. Vakataka


Correct Option: D

Chandragupta II killed his elder brother Ramagupta and married his widow Dhruvdevi is mentioned in the Drama called Devichandraguptam of :

  1. Kalidasa

  2. Vishakhadatta

  3. Harisena

  4. Bilhana


Correct Option: B

King Chandra whose exploits have been mentioned in the Mehrauli Iron pillar inscription has been identified by many scholars as :

  1. Chandragupta I

  2. Chandragupta Vikramaditya

  3. Samudragupta

  4. Skandagupta


Correct Option: B

Which Gupta king is the hero of Kalidasa's work Raghuvamsa?

  1. Chandragupta I

  2. Samudragupta

  3. Chandragupta II

  4. Skandagupta


Correct Option: C

The Huna ruler Toramana was a _________ by faith and his son Mihirkula was a __________ .

  1. Jaina, Shaivite

  2. Vaishnava, Buddhist

  3. Buddhist, Bhagavata

  4. Jaina ,Vaishnavite


Correct Option: A

Who was the founder of the Gupta Dynasty?

  1. Ghatotkacha

  2. Pravarasena

  3. Srigupta

  4. Simuka


Correct Option: C

According to Chinese sources , a ruler of Srilanka named ______________ asked permission from Samudragupta to build a Buddhist temple at Gaya.

  1. Meghavarman

  2. Yashovarman

  3. Bhaskarvarman

  4. Pulakeshin II


Correct Option: A

Maukharis were the feudatories of the Guptas who ruled over :

  1. Thanesar

  2. Kannauj

  3. Magadha

  4. Vallabhi


Correct Option: B

V.A.Smith has given the epithet of Napolean of India to which Gupta ruler?

  1. Samudragupta

  2. Chandragupta Vikramaditya

  3. Skandagupta

  4. Purugupta


Correct Option: A

Which Gupta ruler faced Huna invasion during his reign and was successful in repulsing them?

  1. Kumaragupta I

  2. Samudragupta

  3. Chandragupta Vikramaditya

  4. Skandagupta


Correct Option: D

Lichchhavi princess Kumaradevi was the queen of which Gupta ruler?

  1. Chandragupta I

  2. Ghatotkacha Gupta

  3. Chandragupta II

  4. Samudragupta


Correct Option: A

The first inscriptional evidence of Sati was discovered at :

  1. Gaya

  2. Thaneshwar

  3. Kannauj

  4. Eran


Correct Option: D

What was the official language of the Guptas?

  1. Sanskrit

  2. Prakrit

  3. Pali

  4. Ardh-Magadhi


Correct Option: A

Harshavardhana of Thanesar belonged to a family of :

  1. Vakatakas

  2. Pushyabhutis

  3. Maukharis

  4. Maitrakas


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is not a work of Kalidasa?

  1. Vikramorvashi

  2. Raghuvamsa

  3. Meghdootam

  4. Mrichhakatika


Correct Option: D

Romaka Siddhant compiled during Gupta period is a book on :

  1. Medicine

  2. Statecraft

  3. Astronomy

  4. Music


Correct Option: C

Mahamoksha Parishad was an assembly held at every 5 years at Prayag by:

  1. Samudragupta

  2. Chandragupta Vikramaditya

  3. Skandagupta

  4. Harshavardhana


Correct Option: D

Why did Chandragupta II kill his elder brother Ramagupta?

  1. Chandragupta II was seeking revenge for his humiliation by his brother.

  2. Ramagupta was a weak ruler who wanted surrendered his wife Dhruvadevi to a powerful Saka ruler.Chandragupta II saved the queen's honour by preventing his brother from doing this cowardly act.

  3. Because of the ongoing war of succession ,he was instigated by the minister Virasena to commit fratricide.

  4. He was captivated by the beauty and charm of Dhruvadevi(his elder brother's wife) and nurtured a desire to marry her.


Correct Option: B

The notable contemporaries of Chandragupta II were :

  1. Fa-Hien

  2. Dignagacharya

  3. Hiuen Tsang

  4. Both 1 and 2


Correct Option: D

Which Gupta ruler's court is said to have been adorned by nine gems including Kalidasa and Varahmihira?

  1. Samudragupta

  2. Chandragupta I

  3. Chandragupta II

  4. Kumaragupta I


Correct Option: C

Who was Kubernaga?

  1. A Hun invader

  2. One of the nine gems of Vikramaditya

  3. Minister of Skandagupta

  4. Queen of Chandragupta Vikramaditya.


Correct Option: D
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