Gk Questions interview questions – page 14

Who of the following Gupta kings granted permission to Meghverma, the ruler of Sri Lanka to build a Buddhist temple at Gaya?

1. Skandagupta
2. Chandragupta I
3. Chandragupta II
4. Samudragupta

In the courtyard of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque of Delhi stands the famous iron pillar in the memory of

1. Anangpal
2. Ashoka
3. Chandra
4. Harsha

The Gupta gold and silver issues were initially based on the coins of the

1. Kushanas and Yaudheyas
2. Kushanas and Saka
3. Romans and Saka
4. Romans and Kushanas

The Prayage Prasasti/Allahabad Pillar Inscription is associated with which one of the following?

1. Ashoka
2. Samudragupta
3. Chandragupta Maurya
4. Mahapadmananda

Two great religious conference were held by king Harshavardhana at

1. Vallabhi and Prayag
2. Thaneshwar and Vallabhi
3. Prayag and Thaneshwar
4. Kannauj and Prayag

The rock-cut temples of Mahabalipuram were built under the patronage of the

1. Satavahan kings
2. Pallava kings
3. Pandya kings
4. Chola kings

Harshavardhana was defeated by?

1. Pulkesin II
2. Prabhakaravardhana
3. Narasimhavarmana
4. Sasanka

Who was written the ‘Harshacharita’?

1. Parimalgupta
2. Vishnugupta
3. Kalidasa
4. Banabhatta

Who wrote ‘Discovery of India’?

1. Moti Lal Nehru
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Jawahar Lal Nehru

Hiuen Tsang found Jainism flourishing in

1. Odisha
2. Kashmir
3. Bihar
4. Bengal

Who sent Hienu-Tsang as an envoy to Harsha’s court?

1. Ku Yen –Wu
2. Tung-Luan
3. Tai Tsung
4. None of these

Where was the capital of sasanka?

1. Lakhnawati
2. Karna suvarna
3. Tamralipta
4. Samatata

In which court was a Chinese embassy sent by Tang emperor?

1. Prantaka I
2. Harshavardhana
3. Rajaraja I
4. Rajendra I

Which of the following was Not composer by Harshavardhana?

1. Priyadarshika
2. Nagananda
3. Harshancharita
4. Ratnavali

 Buddhist, Hindu and Jain Rock cut caves coexist at

1. Karle
2. Ellora
3. Ajanta
4. Elephanta

The custom Santhara is related to which of the following sects?

1. Vaishnava
2. Jain
3. Buddha
4. Shaiva

The largest number of Rigvedic hymns are devoted to

1. Vishnu
2. Rudra
3. Indra
4. Agni

Name one famous poet of the Delhi Sultanate, who was adorned with the title Tuti-e-Hindustan (The parrot of India)

1. Amir Khusrau
2. Alberuni
3. Utbi
4. Ziauddin Barani

Timur, the Lame invaded India during the reign of

1. Mohammad Shah Tughlaq
2. Firoz Tughlaq
3. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
4. Alauddin Khalji

Kumarasambhavam, an epic, was composed by

1. Kalidasa
2. Harisen
3. Banabhatta
4. Chandbardai

Emperor Harsha’s southward march was stopped on the Narmada river by

1. Vikramaditya I
2. Vikramaditya II
3. Pulkesin I
4. Pulkesin II

The six disctict school of Indian Philosophy Sankhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaishasika, Mimansa, Vedanta became fully articulated during the

1. Vedic Age
2. Maurya Age
3. Kushana Age
4. Gupta Age

Who is the author of book ‘Glimpses of World History’?

1. S. Radhakrishnan
2. S. Gopalan
3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
4. Abdul Kalam Azad

The Civil Services was brought into existence in India by

1. Ripon
2. Dalhousie
3. Cornwallis
4. Warren Hastings

Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty?

1. Skandgupta
2. Samudragupta
3. Srigupta
4. Chandragupta I

Samudragupta has been given the title of ‘Indian Napolean’ by the historian

1. R. S. Sharma
2. R.C. Mazumdar
3. V.A. Smith
4. Romila Thapar

Which one of the following literary works did not belong to the Gupta period?

1. Abhijanashakuntalam
2. Mrichhakatika
3. Charaka samhita
4. Amarakosa

The silver coins of the Gupta period were known as

1. Karsharpana
2. Satamana
3. Rupyaka
4. Dinar

Aryabhatta and Varahmihira belong to which age

1. Mughals
2. Mauryas
3. Cholas
4. Guptas

Who was the court poet of Samudragupta?

1. Aryabhatta
2. Harisena
3. Asvaghosha
4. Nagarjuna