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151.

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
152.

………….. is credited with three dramas Ratnavali, Priyadarsika, andNagananda.

A. harsha
B. shashanka
C. dharmapala
D. samudra gupta
Answer» B. shashanka
153.

Harsha’s court poet …………wrote his biography Harshacharitha.

A. banabhatta
B. kalhana
C. athula
D. cherussery
Answer» B. kalhana
154.

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.
155.

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
156.

Bana’s book was ………………….

A. harsha charita
B. ayuktaka
C. pratipalaka purushas
D. rajatharangini
Answer» B. ayuktaka
157.

…………… 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.
158.

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.
159.

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
160.

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
161.

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
162.

Harshacarita written by his court poet …………………..

A. banabhatta
B. shashanka
C. dharmapala
D. changez khan
Answer» B. shashanka
163.

Harshavardhana ascended the throne in AD …………...

A. 506
B. 598
C. 602
D. 606
Answer» E.
164.

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.
165.

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.
166.

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.
167.

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
168.

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.
169.

……………. were the subordinate rulers of the Guptas and used thetitle of samanta.

A. mauryas
B. pushyabhutis
C. maitrakas
D. maukharies
Answer» E.
170.

Harshavardhana’s sister …………. was married to Grihavarman.

A. sangamitra
B. ysodha
C. nalini
D. rajyashri
Answer» E.
171.

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
172.

Ruling over Saurashtra in ………….., the Maitrakas developed Valabhias their capital.

A. u.p
B. thanesar
C. gujarat
D. valabhi
Answer» D. valabhi
173.

Hsuan Tsang tells us that Dhruvasena II attended Harsha’s assemblyat ……………..

A. kanauj
B. thanesar
C. prayaga
D. valabhi
Answer» D. valabhi
174.

………….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
175.

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
176.

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
177.

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
178.

………….., 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
179.

……………in his ‘Society and Culture in North India in the 12thCentury’ made further analysis of Indian feudalism in the medieval period.

A.
Answer» B.
180.

……………., 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
181.

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
182.

……………. work is ‘Indian Feudalism’

A. r.s sharma’s
B. d.d. kosambi
C. kesavan veluthat
D. irfan habib
Answer» B. d.d. kosambi
183.

……………… 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
184.

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
185.

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
186.

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
187.

………….. wrote a book, Tibbe Firozshahi.

A. aurangzeb
B. firoz shah tughalaq
C. ali-binrabban
D. changez khan
Answer» C. ali-binrabban
188.

…………… 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
189.

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
190.

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.
191.

…………… 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
192.

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
193.

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
194.

…………… studied the Islamic astronomical ideas and was anauthority on Islamic knowledge.

A. kamalakar
B. vangasena
C. faujdar
D. shiqdar
Answer» B. vangasena
195.

……………… produced commentary of Aryabhatiyaa.

A. nilakantha somasutvan
B. vangasena
C. mehendra suri
D. tulasidas
Answer» B. vangasena
196.

Paramesvara and Mahabhaskariya, both in ……………., were famousfamilies of astronomers and almanac-makers.

A. kerala
B. sambal
C. agra
D. andhra
Answer» B. sambal
197.

…………….., a court astronomer of Emperor Firoz Shah, developed anastronomical instrument ‘Yantraja’.

A. mehendra suri
B. vangasena
C. faujdar
D. shiqdar
Answer» B. vangasena
198.

Naisiru’d –din-at –tusi, was another scholar of …………..

A. biology
B. history
C. chemestry
D. mathematics
Answer» E.
199.

……………translated Bhaskara’s Bijaganit.

A. abul faizi
B. narayana pandit
C. vangasena
D. mehendra suri
Answer» B. narayana pandit
200.

…………….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