Guptas and Post Gupta Questions and answers

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81). Which of the following did not act as a check on the authority of Gupta monarch?
A). The Samantas
B). The Bratimanas
C). The Guilds
D). The Ministers
82). Match the following
List I  List II
A. Chandragupta I  1. Kumardevi
B. Samudragupta  2. Dattadevi
C. Chandragupta II  3. Dhurdevi
D. Kumargupta  4. Mahadevi

Below codes are given in A B C D order

A). 1 2 3 4
B). 4 3 2 1
C). 3 2 1 4
D). 2 3 4 1
83). Which of the following are true about Samudragupta?
1. He is also known as Kaviraja.
2. A poetical work Krishna Charitam is attribute to win.
3. He built most extensive empire after Ashoka.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

A). 1 and 2
B). Only 3
C). 1. 2 and 3
D). None of these
84). The earliest reference to shiva is found for which text?
A). Chandogya Upanishad
B). Ken Upanishad
C). Svetasvatara Upanishad
D). Isa Upanishad
85). Which foreigner stated that Sursenis of Mathura are Shaivites?
A). Deimachus
B). Megasthenes
C). Pliny
D). Justin


86). Consider the following statements about Gupta empire
1. Harisena was the court poet of Samudragupta and wrote an account of his conquests in the same pillar at Allahabad, which carries the inscription of the peace loving Ashoka.
2. Chandragupta II adopted the title of Vikramaditya as a mark of victory over the Shaka Kshatrapas of Western India.
3. The successive invasions of the Hunas was the main factor behind the fall of the Gupta empire.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A). Only 2
B). Only 3
C). 1 and 3
D). All of the above
87). From which inscription of the Gupta period do we come to know about the emergence of the Kayasthas as a class?
A). Damodarpur copper plate inscription
B). Allahabad pillar inscription
C). Airane inscription of Bhangupta
D). Mathura inscription
88). Which of the following is correctly matched?
1. Kshetra : Cultivated land
2. Khila : Wasteland
3. Aprahata : Forest land
4. Vasti : Pasture land
Select the correct answer from the codes given below

A). 1, 2 and 4
B). 1, 2 and3
C). 1, 2, 3and 4
D). 2, 3 and 4
89). Expansion of agricultural land took place on the largest scale in which period?
A). Pre-Mauryan Age
B). Mauryan Age
C). Post-Mauryan Age
D). Gupta Age
90). Who was the first Gupta king to take the title of Maharajadhiraja?
A). Srigupta
B). Chandragupta I
C). Samudragupta
D). Chandragupta II
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