GUPTA EMPIRE

Question 1

CONTEMPORARY LITERARY WORKS LIKE ______ AND ______ WRITTEN BY THE VISAKADATTA PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE RISE OF THE GUPTAS.

Answer 1

DEVICHANDRAGUPTAM AND MUDHRAKSHASAM.

Question 2

WHICH CHINESE PILGRIM VISITED DURING THE REIGN OF CHANDRAGUPTA 2?

Answer 2

FAHIEN.

Question 3

MEHRAULI PILLAR INSCRIPTION REFERS TO THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF?

Answer 3

CHANDRAGUPTA 1.

Question 4

THE MOST IMPORTANT SOURCE FOR THE REIGN OF SAMUDRAGUPTA IS THE ________ INSCRIPTION.

Answer 4

ALLAHABAD PILLAR.
IT DESCRIBES HIS PERSONALITY AND ACHIEVEMENTS.

Question 5

ALLAHABAD PILLAR INSCRIPTION IS ENGRAVED ON AN ________ PILLAR WRITTEN IN CLASSICAL SANSKRIT, USING THE _______ SCRIPT.
IT CONSISTS OF 33 LINES COMPOSED BY ________.

Answer 5

ASHOKAN PILLAR, NAGARI SCRIPT,
HARISHENA.

Question 6

FOUNDER OF GUPTA DYNASTY?

Answer 6

SRI GUPTA.

Question 7

SRI GUPTA WAS SUCCEEDED BY?

Answer 7

GHATOTKACHA.
THESE TWO WERE CALLED MAHARAJAS.

Question 8

FOUNDER OF THE GUPTA ERA?

Answer 8

CHANDRAGUPTA 1.

Question 9

WHICH INDIAN KING IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE INDIAN NAPOLEON?

Answer 9

SAMUDRAGUPTA. BECAUSE OF HIS MILITARY ACHIEVEMENTS.

Question 10

RELIGION IN SAMUDRAGUPTA EMPIRE?

Answer 10

HE WAS AN ARDENT FOLLOWER OF VAISHNAVISM BUT WAS TOLERANT TO OTHER CREEDS.
HE EVINCED KEEN INTEREST IN BUDDHISM AND WAS THE PATRON OF THE GREAT BUDDHIST SCHOLAR VASUBANDHU.

Question 11

WHICH KING ASSUMED THE TITLE SAKARI AND WHY?

Answer 11

CHANDRAGUPTA 2 DEFEATED, DETHRONED AND KILLED THE LAST RULER OF THE SAKA SATRAP- RUDRASIMHA 3.
AFTER THIS VICTORY HE PERFORMED THE HORSE SACRIFICE AND ASSUMED THE TITLE SAKARI, MEANING DESTROYER OF SAKAS. HE ALSO CALLED HIMSELF VIKRAMADITYA.

Question 12

NALANDA UNIVERSITY WAS FOUNDED BY?

Answer 12

KUMARAGUPTA, SON AND SUCCESSOR OF CHANDRAGUPTA 2 LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE NALANDA UNIVERSITY.

Question 13

GUPTA EMPIRE
1. AT THE END OF THE KUMARAGUPTA’S REIGN, POWERFUL WEALTHY TRIBE CALLED PUSHYAMITRAS DEFEATED THE GUPTA ARMY.
2. KUMARAGUPTA FACED THE HUN INVASION AND SAVED THE EMPIRE.
TRUE/FALSE.

Answer 13

1. TRUE
2. FALSE, A BRANCH OF THE HUNS FROM CENTRAL ASIA MADE ATTEMPTS TO CROSS THE HINDUKUSH MOUNTAINS AND INVADE INDIA.
   BUT IT WAS HIS SUCCESSOR SKANDAGUPTA WHO REALLY FACED THE HUN INVASION. HE FOUGHT SUCCESSFULLY AGAINST THE HUNS AND SAVED THE EMPIRE.

Question 14

TERM AYUKTAS IN GUPTA EMPIRE MEANS?

Answer 14

KUMARAMATYAS AND AYUKTAS WERE OFFICIALS IN GUPTA EMPIRE.

Question 15

PROVINCES IN THE GUPTA EMPIRE WAS KNOWN AS _______ AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS AS ________.

Answer 15

BHUKTIS, UPARIKAS. THEY WERE MOSTLY CHOSEN FROM AMONG THE PRINCES.

Question 16

BHUKTIS IN GUPTA EMPIRE WERE SUBDIVIDED INTO _______.

Answer 16

VISHYAS OR DISTRICTS.
THEY WERE GOVERNED BY VISHYAPATIS.

Question 17

GUPTA EMPIRE.
THE VILLAGES IN DISTRICT WERE UNDER THE CONTROL OF _________.

Answer 17

GRAMIKAS.

Question 18

GUPTA ADMINISTRATION
1. THERE WERE NO RESTRICTIONS ON PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS AND THEY ENJOYED A LARGE DEGREE OF PERSONAL FREEDOM.
2. THERE WAS NO STATE INTERFERENCE IN THE INDIVIDUAL’S LIFE.
3. PUNISHMENTS WERE NOT SEVERE. IMPOSING A FINE WAS A COMMON PUNISHMENT.
4. THERE WAS A SPY SYSTEM.
TRUE/FALSE.

Answer 18

1, 2 AND 3 ARE TRUE.
4 FALSE, THERE WAS NO SPY SYSTEM.

Question 19

CASTE SYSTEM STATUS DURING GUPTA PERIOD?

Answer 19

1. CASTE SYSTEM BECAME RIGID.
2. PRACTICE OF UNTOUCHABILITY HAD SLOWLY BEGUN DURING THIS PERIOD.
3. FAHIEN MENTIONS CHANDALAS WERE SEGREGATED FROM THE SOCIETY.

Question 20

POSITION OF WOMEN DURING GUPTA PERIOD?

Answer 20

1. POSITION OF WOMEN BECAME MISERABLE.
2. THEY WERE PROHIBITED FROM STUDYING RELIGIOUS TEXTS LIKE THE PURANAS.
3. PRACTICE OF SWYAMVARA WAS GIVEN UP AND THE MANUSMRITI SUGGESTED THE EARLY MARRIAGE FOR GIRLS.

Question 21

RELIGION DURING GUPTA PERIOD?

Answer 21

1. BRAHMANISM REIGNED SUPREME.
2. VAISHNAVISM AND SAIVISM WERE THE TWO BRANCHES OF BRAHMANISM.
3. PURANAS WAS COMPOSED DURING THIS PERIOD.
4. FAHIEN REFERS TO THE DECLINE OF BUDDHISM IN GANGETIC VALLEY. BUT A FEW BUDDHIST SCHOLARS LIKE VASUBANDHU WERE PATRONIZED BY GUPTA KINGS. THE GREAT COUNCIL WAS HELD AT VALABHI DURING THIS PERIOD AND THE JAIN CANON OF THE SVETAMBARS WAS WRITTEN.

Question 22

NAGARA AND DRAVIDIAN STYLES OF ART EVOLVED DURING_______ PERIOD.

Answer 22

GUPTA.

Question 23

GUPTA PERIOD
1. THE TEMPLE AT DEOGARH NEAR JHANSI AND THE SCULPTURES IN THE TEMPLE AT GARHWAS NEAR ALLAHABAD HAD INFLUENCE OF THE GANDHARA STYLE.
2. STANDING BUDDHA AT MATHURA REVEALS A LITTLE GREEK STYLE.
TRUE/FALSE.

Answer 23

1. FALSE, THERE WAS NO INFLUENCE OF GANDHARA STYLE.
2. TRUE.

Question 24

BHITARI MONOLITHIC PILLAR IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH KING?

Answer 24

SKANDAGUPTA.

Question 25

KALIDASA’S TWO WELL KNOWN EPICS?

Answer 25

1. RAGHUVAMSA (THE DYNASTY OF RAGHUS)
2. KUMARASAMBHAVA (THE BIRTH OF KUMAR).

Question 26

KALIDASA’S TWO WELL KNOWN LYRICS?

Answer 26

1. RITUSAMHARA (MEDLEY OF SEASONS)
2. MEGHADUTA (THE CLOUD MESSENGER).

Question 27

KALIDASA’S MOST FAMOUS PLAYS?

Answer 27

1. ABHIJNANA SHAKUNTALAM
2. MALAVIKAGNIMITRA
3. VIKRAMORVASIYA.

Question 28

BOOK MRICHCHAKATIKA IS WRITTEN BY?

Answer 28

SUDRAKA.

Question 29

BOOK KRITARJUNIYA IS WRITTEN BY?

Answer 29

BHARAVI.
STORY OF CONFLICT BETWEEN ARJUNA AND SIVA.

Question 30

BOOKS WRITTEN BY DANDIN?

Answer 30

1. KAVYADARSA
2. DASAKUMARACHARITA.

Question 31

VASAVADATTA IS WRITTEN BY?

Answer 31

SUBHANDHU.

Question 32

PANCHATANTRA STORIES WERE COMPOSED BY?

Answer 32

VISHNUSARMA DURING THE GUPTA PERIOD.

Question 33

AMARAKOSA IS WRITTEN BY?

Answer 33

BUDDHIST AUTHOR AMARASIMHA COMPILED A LEXICON CALLED AMARAKOSA.

Question 34

THERE ARE TOTAL OF _____ PURANAS.
THE MOST IMPORTANT AMONG THEM ARE?

Answer 34

18 PURANAS.
1. BHAGAVATHA
2. VISHNU
3. VAYU
4. MATSYA PURANAS

Question 35

MAHABHARATA AND RAMAYANA WERE GIVEN FINAL TOUCHES AND WRITTEN IN THE PRESENT FORM DURING _______ PERIOD.

Answer 35

GUPTA.

Question 36

VIEWS OF ARYABHATTA ABOUT SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES, EARTH WAS SPHERICAL AND ROTATES ON ITS OWN AXIS WERE SUPPORTED BY LATER ASTRONOMERS LIKE VARAHAMIHIRA AND BRAHMAGUPTA.
TRUE/FALSE.

Answer 36

FALSE, THEY REJECTED THESE VIEWS.

Question 37

PANCHA SIDDHANTIKA WAS COMPOSED BY?

Answer 37

VARAHAMIHIRA.

Question 38

BRIHADSAMHITA IS COMPOSED BY?

Answer 38

VARAHAMIHIRA.

Question 39

BRIHADJATAKA WORK ON ASTROLOGY IS COMPOSED BY?

Answer 39

VARAHAMIHIRA.

Question 40

GREAT MEDICAL TRIO OF ANCIENT INDIA?

Answer 40

1. CHARAKA
2. SUSRUTA
   THESE TWO LIVED BEFORE THE GUPTA AGE.
3. VAGBHATA- LIVED DURING GUPTA PERIOD.

Question 41

AUTHOR OF ASHTANGASAMGRAHA?

Answer 41

VAGBHATA.
ASHTANGASAMGRAHA (SUMMARY OF THE EIGHTH BRANCHES OF MEDICINE).