More Questions on Harshavardhana Empire

  • Q. Who was the court poet of Harsha-vardhana?
    A)Ravi Kirti
    B)Bhani
    C)Banabhatta
    D)Vishnu Sharma
    Answer: Banabhatta
  • Q. Which of the following statements about the Guptas is NOT true?
    A)Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
    B)They ruled mainly over parts of north and central India
    C)The judicial system was far more developed than in earlier times
    D)Land taxes increased and taxes on trade and commerce decreased
    Answer: Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
  • Q. The last Buddhist king who was a great Sanskrit scholar and a writer was
    A)Ashoka
    B)Kanishka
    C)Bimbisara
    D)Harshavardhana
    Answer: Harshavardhana
  • Q. After the death of Harsha, a tripartite struggle ensued between the three contemporary powers for the supremacy of Kannauj. Which of the following was not a party in the struggle?
    A)Rastrakutas
    B)Gurjar Partiharas
    C)Palas
    D)Paramaras
    Answer: Paramaras
  • Q. Varahamihira is
    A)A space shuttle
    B)An astronaut
    C)A power station
    D)An ancient astronomer
    Answer: An ancient astronomer
  • Q. The university which became famous in the post-Gupta Era was
    A)Taxila
    B)Kanchi
    C)Nalanda
    D)Vallabhi
    Answer: Nalanda
  • Q. Whose achievements are recorded in the Allahabad Pillar inscription?
    A)Samudragupta
    B)Chandra Gupta Maurya
    C)Vikrarnaditya
    D)Skand Gupta
    Answer: Samudragupta
  • Q. Chinese pilgrim who visited India during Harsha Vardhan’s period was
    A)I-tsang
    B)Fa-hien
    C)Nishka
    D)Hiuen Tsang
    Answer: Hiuen Tsang
  • Q. Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in
    A)Jainism
    B)Buddhism
    C)Vaishnavism
    D)Tantra
    Answer: Buddhism
  • Q. The Gupta king who assumed the title of ‘Vikramaditya’ was
    A)Samudragupta
    B)Skandagupta
    C)Chandragupta-II
    D)Kumaragupta
    Answer: Chandragupta-II
  • Q. Which was the oldest University?
    A)Kanauj
    B)Gandhara
    C)Nalanda
    D)Vaishali
    Answer: Nalanda
  • Q. The official court language of the Guptas was
    A)Prakrit
    B)Pali
    C)Hindi
    D)Sanskrit
    Answer: Sanskrit
  • Q. Which one of the following coins was issued in silver during the Gupta period?
    A)Nishka
    B)Kakini
    C)Rupyaka
    D)Dinar
    Answer: Rupyaka
  • Q. Which of the following Gupta kings stopped the Huns from invading India?
    A)Samudragupta
    B)Kumaragupta
    C)Skandgupta
    D)Chandragupta
    Answer: Skandgupta
  • Q. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
    A)Chandragupta - I
    B)Sri Gupta
    C)Ghatotkacha
    D)Kumaragupta - I
    Answer: Sri Gupta
  • Q. Harsha was the last great royal patron of
    A)Buddhism
    B)Jainism
    C)Shaivism
    D)Bhagavatism
    Answer: Buddhism
  • Q. Who among the following, propounded the theory of zero?
    A)Chanakya
    B)Charak
    C)Aryabhatta
    D)Varahamihira
    Answer: Aryabhatta
  • Q. Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor?
    A)Kumaragupta
    B)Vikramaditya
    C)Harshavardhana
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Harshavardhana
  • Q. Emperor Harsha’s southward march was stopped on the Narmada river by
    A)Pulakesin-Il
    B)Pulakesin-I
    C)Vikramaditya-I
    D)Vikramaditya-II
    Answer: Pulakesin-Il
  • Q. When did the first Huna invasion take place?
    A)458 AD
    B)358 AD
    C)558 AD
    D)658 AD
    Answer: 458 AD

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