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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 | |