Tuesday, December 21, 2010

What type of control was established by Samudragupta over Southern States?

Q. What type of control was established by Samudragupta over Southern States?
  1 They were annexed to the empire by him
  2 They paid respect to him
  3 He had no control over them
  4 They paid him regular tax
    Ans:2 

Q. In which field of art extraordinary progress was made in the Gupta period?
  1 Architecture
  2 Sculpture
  3 Painting
  4 Coinage
    Ans:3 

Q. Which religion gained greatest prominence during the Gupta period?
  1 Buddhism
  2 Jainism
  3 Pauranic religion
  4 Religion of the Yavanas
    Ans:3 

Q. Against whom Skandagupta had to wage long wars on the North West border?
  1 Shakas
  2 Yavanas
  3 Huns
  4 Greeks
    Ans:3 

Q. What was the primary source of income of the State during the Gupta period?
  1 Land revenue
  2 Tax from the traders
  3 Import-Export duties
  4 Income from conquest of other States
    Ans:1 

Q. Kautilya's 'Arthashastra' mainly deals with which aspect of he Mauryan period?
  1 Village Community
  2 City Administration
  3 Economic system
  4 The state
    Ans:4 

Q. Which of the following factors was most important for the rapid development of trade in pre-Gupta period?
  1 Needs of the Roman Empire
  2 Success of the banking system
  3 Better system of coinage
  4 Encouragement from the Kings
    Ans:1 

Q. Which ruler, for the first time issued gold coins on a large scale in ancient India?
  1 Ashoka
  2 Kanishka
  3 Samudragupta
  4 Harsha
    Ans:2 

Q. From Which period the worship of the images of Gautam Buddha started?
  1 Mauryan period
  2 Kushan age
  3 Gupta period
  4 Sixth Century B. C.
    Ans:2 

Q. Which of the following is true of the social life during the Mauryan period?
  1 Flexible Varna System
  2 Flexible Cast System
  3 Well developed Varna and cast system
  4 Classless Social System
    Ans:1

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