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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Hiuen Tsang had come to study in the Buddhist University of …………. and to collect Buddhist scriptures and literature. |
| A. | bengal |
| B. | nalanda |
| C. | bihar |
| D. | madras |
| Answer» C. bihar | |
| 2. |
………….. is credited with three dramas Ratnavali, Priyadarsika, andNagananda. |
| A. | harsha |
| B. | shashanka |
| C. | dharmapala |
| D. | samudra gupta |
| Answer» B. shashanka | |
| 3. |
Harsha’s court poet …………wrote his biography Harshacharitha. |
| A. | banabhatta |
| B. | kalhana |
| C. | athula |
| D. | cherussery |
| Answer» B. kalhana | |
| 4. |
Various officer of the local administration bearing the title bhogapati, and Ayuktaka, and pratipalaka purushas are referred to in ……….. |
| A. | rajatharangini |
| B. | ayuktaka |
| C. | pratipalaka purushas |
| D. | harshacharitha |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Hiuen Tsang the …………… pilgrim informs that the Revenue ofHarsha was divided into four parts. |
| A. | chinese |
| B. | japanese |
| C. | russian |
| D. | american |
| Answer» B. japanese | |
| 6. |
Bana’s book was …………………. |
| A. | harsha charita |
| B. | ayuktaka |
| C. | pratipalaka purushas |
| D. | rajatharangini |
| Answer» B. ayuktaka | |
| 7. |
…………… governed his empire on the same line as the Guptas didexcept that his administration had become more feudal and decentralized. |
| A. | chandra gupta maurya |
| B. | shashanka |
| C. | dharmapala |
| D. | harshavardhana |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
The death of Harsha in AD ………….. was followed by a politicalconfusion that continued up to the 8th century when the Gurjara Pratiharas, the Rajput rulers, emerged as a big force in northern India. |
| A. | 617 |
| B. | 627 |
| C. | 637 |
| D. | 647 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
After ………….. accession united his kingdom with that of his widowedsister Rajayashri and shifted his capital to Kanauj. |
| A. | harshavardhana’s |
| B. | shashanka’s |
| C. | dharmapala’s |
| D. | changez khan’s |
| Answer» B. shashanka’s | |
| 10. |
Harsha wanted to extend his power in the Deccan. But he wasdefeated by Pulakesin II, the Chalukya ruler, on the banks of river …………………. |
| A. | narmada |
| B. | krishna |
| C. | kaveri |
| D. | thungabadra |
| Answer» B. krishna | |
| 11. |
Si-Yu-Ki was the travel account of the Chinese Buddhist pilgrim ………….., who visited India during AD 629–644. |
| A. | hsuan tsang |
| B. | dhruvasena ii |
| C. | shashanka |
| D. | dharmapala |
| Answer» B. dhruvasena ii | |
| 12. |
Harshacarita written by his court poet ………………….. |
| A. | banabhatta |
| B. | shashanka |
| C. | dharmapala |
| D. | changez khan |
| Answer» B. shashanka | |
| 13. |
Harshavardhana ascended the throne in AD …………... |
| A. | 506 |
| B. | 598 |
| C. | 602 |
| D. | 606 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
After Prabhakarvardhana’s death, his elder son Rajyavardhana cameto the throne but he was treacherously killed by ……….., the king of Bengal and Bihar. |
| A. | harshavardhana |
| B. | dhruvasena ii |
| C. | changez khan |
| D. | shashanka |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
The ………….. dynasty became influential with the accession ofPrabhakarvardhana, who was able to defeat the Hunas and strengthen his position in the regions of Punjab and Haryana. |
| A. | dharmapala |
| B. | dhruvasena ii |
| C. | shashanka |
| D. | pushyabhuti |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
An important ruling family to gain prominence after the fall of theGupta was that of the Pushyabhutis who had their capital at………... |
| A. | bihar |
| B. | kanauj |
| C. | bengal |
| D. | thanesar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
The kingdom of Kanauj was then merged with that of thePushyabhutis and Harsha shifted his capital from ………. to Kanauj. |
| A. | thanesar |
| B. | kanauj |
| C. | pataliputra |
| D. | talikkotta |
| Answer» B. kanauj | |
| 18. |
Shashanka, the ruler of …………. and Devgupta, the Later Gupta rulerjointly attacked Grihavarman and killed him. |
| A. | kasi |
| B. | thanesar |
| C. | kanauj |
| D. | bengal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
……………. were the subordinate rulers of the Guptas and used thetitle of samanta. |
| A. | mauryas |
| B. | pushyabhutis |
| C. | maitrakas |
| D. | maukharies |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Harshavardhana’s sister …………. was married to Grihavarman. |
| A. | sangamitra |
| B. | ysodha |
| C. | nalini |
| D. | rajyashri |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
The Maukharies ruled over Kanauj, a city in western …………., whichgradually replaced Pataliputra as a political center of north India. |
| A. | uttar pradesh |
| B. | thanesar |
| C. | valabhi |
| D. | bihar |
| Answer» B. thanesar | |
| 22. |
Ruling over Saurashtra in ………….., the Maitrakas developed Valabhias their capital. |
| A. | u.p |
| B. | thanesar |
| C. | gujarat |
| D. | valabhi |
| Answer» D. valabhi | |
| 23. |
Hsuan Tsang tells us that Dhruvasena II attended Harsha’s assemblyat …………….. |
| A. | kanauj |
| B. | thanesar |
| C. | prayaga |
| D. | valabhi |
| Answer» D. valabhi | |
| 24. |
………….was the most important ruler of the Maitrakas and was acontemporary of Harshavardhana. |
| A. | dharmapala |
| B. | shashanka |
| C. | dhruvasena ii |
| D. | harsha |
| Answer» D. harsha | |
| 25. |
The land grant system was originally started by ………..; it became acommon activity during the Gupta period. |
| A. | satavahanas |
| B. | sultanates |
| C. | mughals |
| D. | mauryas |
| Answer» B. sultanates | |
| 26. |
The Maitrakas were tributary chiefs of the ………, who established anindependent kingdom in western India. |
| A. | mughals |
| B. | sultanates |
| C. | guptas |
| D. | pushyabhutis |
| Answer» D. pushyabhutis | |
| 27. |
The striking development of the ………….. period was the emergence ofpriestly landlords at the expense of local peasants. |
| A. | maurya |
| B. | harsha |
| C. | gupta |
| D. | mughal |
| Answer» D. mughal | |
| 28. |
………….., in his ‘Urban Decay in India’ argues that the decline in longdistance trade was the main reason for urban decay in early medieval India. |
| A. | r.s. sharma |
| B. | d.d. kosambi |
| C. | kesavan veluthat |
| D. | irfan habib |
| Answer» B. d.d. kosambi | |
| 29. |
……………in his ‘Society and Culture in North India in the 12thCentury’ made further analysis of Indian feudalism in the medieval period. |
| A. | |
| Answer» B. | |
| 30. |
……………., in his ‘Introduction to the study of Indian History’, putforward the concept of ‘feudalism from below’. |
| A. | d.d. kosambi |
| B. | kesavan veluthat |
| C. | kulke herman |
| D. | k.a.nilakanda sastri |
| Answer» B. kesavan veluthat | |
| 31. |
In the 1990s ……………came up with the ‘Kali age crisis’ to explain thecause of land grants and feudal formation in early medieval India. |
| A. | r.s. sharma |
| B. | d.d. kosambi |
| C. | kesavan veluthat |
| D. | karashima noboru |
| Answer» B. d.d. kosambi | |
| 32. |
……………. work is ‘Indian Feudalism’ |
| A. | r.s sharma’s |
| B. | d.d. kosambi |
| C. | kesavan veluthat |
| D. | irfan habib |
| Answer» B. d.d. kosambi | |
| 33. |
……………… made the maximum contribution in building the theory ofIndian feudalism. |
| A. | r.s. sharma |
| B. | d.d. kosambi |
| C. | kesavan veluthat |
| D. | d.n. jha |
| Answer» B. d.d. kosambi | |
| 34. |
The most important feature which contributed to the development offeudalism in …………… was the practice of land grants made to priests and temples. |
| A. | china |
| B. | india |
| C. | srilanka |
| D. | nepal |
| Answer» C. srilanka | |
| 35. |
The Musalajati-Darshikohi of Nuruddin Muhammad, dedicated to ……………., deals with Greek medicine and contains, at the end,almost the whole of Ayurvedic material medica. |
| A. | firoz shah tughalaq |
| B. | darashikoh |
| C. | aurangzeb |
| D. | ali-binrabban |
| Answer» C. aurangzeb | |
| 36. |
From the post Mourya period and especially from the Gupta tries thepractice of making land grants to the ………….. |
| A. | sudras |
| B. | brahmins |
| C. | vaisyas |
| D. | kshtrias |
| Answer» C. vaisyas | |
| 37. |
………….. wrote a book, Tibbe Firozshahi. |
| A. | aurangzeb |
| B. | firoz shah tughalaq |
| C. | ali-binrabban |
| D. | changez khan |
| Answer» C. ali-binrabban | |
| 38. |
…………… compiled a book, Majiny-e-Diyae, incorporating the Arabic,Persian and Ayurvedic medical knowledge. |
| A. | hakim diya muhammad |
| B. | firoz shah tughalaq |
| C. | aurangzeb |
| D. | ali-binrabban |
| Answer» B. firoz shah tughalaq | |
| 39. |
The Unani medicine system came to India along with the ………….. ineleventh century and soon found patronage for its growth. |
| A. | muslims |
| B. | jews |
| C. | christains |
| D. | dutch |
| Answer» B. jews | |
| 40. |
The Sarangdhara Samhita, written in the …………. century, includesuse of opium in its material medica and urine examination for diagnostic purpose. |
| A. | 8th |
| B. | 11th |
| C. | 12th |
| D. | 13th |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
…………… summarized the whole system of Greek medicine as well as the Indian medical knowledge in the book, Firdausu-Hikmat. |
| A. | ali-binrabban |
| B. | firoz shah tughalaq |
| C. | aurangzeb |
| D. | changez khan |
| Answer» B. firoz shah tughalaq | |
| 42. |
Some important treatises on Ayurveda like the Sarangdhara Samhitaand Chikitsasamgraha by …………., the Yagaratbajara and the Bhavaprakasa of Bhavamisra were compiled. |
| A. | shiqdar |
| B. | faujdar |
| C. | vangasena |
| D. | changez khan |
| Answer» D. changez khan | |
| 43. |
Maharaja …………….. of Jaipur set up the five astronomicalobservatories in Delhi, Ujjain, Varansasi, Mathura and Jaipur. |
| A. | sawai jai singh-ii |
| B. | vangasena |
| C. | firoz shah tughalaq |
| D. | akbar |
| Answer» B. vangasena | |
| 44. |
…………… studied the Islamic astronomical ideas and was anauthority on Islamic knowledge. |
| A. | kamalakar |
| B. | vangasena |
| C. | faujdar |
| D. | shiqdar |
| Answer» B. vangasena | |
| 45. |
……………… produced commentary of Aryabhatiyaa. |
| A. | nilakantha somasutvan |
| B. | vangasena |
| C. | mehendra suri |
| D. | tulasidas |
| Answer» B. vangasena | |
| 46. |
Paramesvara and Mahabhaskariya, both in ……………., were famousfamilies of astronomers and almanac-makers. |
| A. | kerala |
| B. | sambal |
| C. | agra |
| D. | andhra |
| Answer» B. sambal | |
| 47. |
…………….., a court astronomer of Emperor Firoz Shah, developed anastronomical instrument ‘Yantraja’. |
| A. | mehendra suri |
| B. | vangasena |
| C. | faujdar |
| D. | shiqdar |
| Answer» B. vangasena | |
| 48. |
Naisiru’d –din-at –tusi, was another scholar of ………….. |
| A. | biology |
| B. | history |
| C. | chemestry |
| D. | mathematics |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
……………translated Bhaskara’s Bijaganit. |
| A. | abul faizi |
| B. | narayana pandit |
| C. | vangasena |
| D. | mehendra suri |
| Answer» B. narayana pandit | |
| 50. |
…………….compiled Tajik, introducing a large number of Persiantechnical terms. |
| A. | nilakantha jyotirvida |
| B. | narayana pandit |
| C. | mehendra suri |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. narayana pandit | |