31). The name of the poet Kalidasa is mentioned in the :
| A). Allahabad pillar inscription |
| B). Aihole inscription |
| C). Alapadu grant |
| D). Hanumakonda inscription |
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32). Shrimad Bhagwat Gita contains :
| A). 14 Chapters and 600 Sanskrit couplets (shlokas) |
| B). 16 Chapters and 650 Sanskrit couplets (shlokas) |
| C). 18 Chapters and 700 Sanskrit couplets (shlokas) |
| D). None of these |
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33). Ajanta paintings depict scenes from the :
| A). Ramayana |
| B). Mahabharata |
| C). Jatakas |
| D). Upanishads |
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34). The subject matter of Ajanta paintings were :
| A). Buddha's life and Bodhisatva |
| B). Garuda, Yaksha, Gandharva and Apsaras |
| C). Animals, birds and flowers |
| D). all of the above |
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35). The two colossal images of the Buddha at Bamiyan were works of :
| A). the Maurya Art |
| B). the Gupta Art |
| C). the Gandhara Art |
| D). the early Mathura school of Art |
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36). The earliest exten (still standing) temples date from :
| A). the Vedic period |
| B). the Maurya period |
| C). the Gupta period |
| D). the Shunga period |
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37). Most of the Ajanta paintings were done during the period of :
| A). Harshavardhana |
| B). Guptas |
| C). Mauryas |
| D). Kushans |
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38). Who among the following has been called the 'Napoleon of India' ?
| A). Samudragupta |
| B). Chandragupta |
| C). Ashoka |
| D). Harshavardhana |
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39). Which of the following Gupta rulers was equally great in the art of peace, wars and personal accomplishment ?
| A). Chandragupta I |
| B). Chandragupta II |
| C). Kumaragupta I |
| D). Skandagupta |
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40). Dhanvantri, a renowned physician of ancient-India, adorned the court of :
| A). Samudragupta |
| B). Ashoka |
| C). Chandragupta Vikramaditya |
| D). Kanishka |
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