Ancient Literature and Litterateur MCQ Quiz 1

Question 1. The author of ‘Swapnavasavadatta’ is __________.

(A) Rajshekhara

(B) Bhavabhuti

(C) Bhasa

(D) Kalidasa

Question 2. Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?

(A) Saundarananda – Asvaghosha

(B) Mudrarakshasa – Vishakhadatta

(C) Malavikagnimitra – Kalidasa

(D) Karpurmanjari – Harsha

Question 3. How many Tarangas are in Rajtarangini of Kalhana?

(A) Eleven

(B) Ten

(C) Nine

(D) Eight

Question 4. ‘Milindapanha’ is a?

(A) Persian epic

(B) Pali text

(C) Jain chronicle

(D) Sanskrit drama

Question 5. What is the name of Kalhana’s book?

(A) Rajatarangini

(B) Purana

(C) Indica

(D) Arthashastra

Question 6. Which one of the following books of ancient India has the love story of the son of the founder of Sunga dynasty? 

(A) Ratnavali

(B) Meghadoota

(C) Malavikagnimitra

(D) Swapnavasavadatta

Question 7. Among the four works mentioned below which one is encyclopedic in nature? 

(A) Ashtangahidayam

(B) Brihat Samhita

(C) Siddhantasiromani

(D) Amarakosha

Question 8. The contemporary ruler of Kalhana, the author of Rajatarangini was _________.

(A) Jayachandra

(B) Govindchandra

(C) Harsha

(D) Jai Singh

Question 9. Which one of the following is not correcly matched? 

(A) Harsha – Ratnavali

(B) Subandhu – Kadambari

(C) Bhasa – Svapna Vasavadattam

(D) Kalidasa – Raghuvansa

Question 10. Which of the following drama was not written by Kalidas?

(A) Janaki haranam

(B) Kumarsambhavam

(C) Abhigyan Shakuntalam

(D) Malavikagnimitram

Question 11. The protagonist of the Play ‘Malvikagnimitra’ written by Kalidasa is ________.

(A) Chandragupta-II

(B) Agnimitra

(C) Gautamiputra Satakarni

(D) Pushyamitra Shunga

Question 12. ‘Nagananda’, ‘Ratnavali’ and ‘Priyadarshika’ was written by __________.

(A) Harshavardhana

(B) Vatsyayan

(C) Vishakha Datta

(D) Bana Bhatta

Question 13. Name the source that is silent about the trade routes of ancient India?

(A) All of the below

(B) Jataka Tales

(C) Milindpanha

(D) Sangam Sahitya

Question 14. The Panchasiddhantika of Varahamihira is based upon?

(A) Mesopotamian astronomy

(B) Iranian astronomy

(C) Greek astronomy

(D) Persian astronomy

Question 15. Who of the following was the writer of Mudrarakshasa?

(A) Bhas

(B) Kalidasa

(C) Vishakhadatta

(D) Ashwaghosha

Question 16. Which of the following is not a literary masterpiece of Kalidasa? 

(A) Vikramorvasiyam

(B) Ritu Sanghar

(C) Meghduta

(D) Mrichchhakatikam

Question 17. Saundarananda was the composition of ____________.

(A) Bhaas

(B) Bhavbhuti

(C) Banabhatta

(D) Asvaghosa

Question 18. Milindapanha is in the form of a dialogue between King Menander and Buddhist monk?

(A) Kumarilabhatta

(B) Nagasena

(C) Nagabhatta

(D) Nagarjuna

Question 19. Charaka Samhita is related to which of the following subject? 

(A) Religion

(B) Medicine

(C) Politics

(D) Arthashastra

Question 20. The title ‘Father of History’ rightly belongs to __________.

(A) Socrates

(B) Thucydides

(C) Euripides

(D) Herodotus

Question 21. Who wrote ‘Shakuntalam’? 

(A) Bhavabhuti

(B) Kalidasa

(C) Ved Vyas

(D) Bana Bhatt

Question 22. Who among the following continued the Rajtarangini of Kalhana? 

(A) Jonaraja and Srivara

(B) Jonaraja and Merutunga

(C) Bilhana and Mammata

(D) Bilhana and Merutunga

Question 23. Buddhist text ‘Milindapanha’ throws light on which Indo-Greek ruler?

(A) Strato-I

(B) Menander

(C) Demetrius

(D) Diodorus-II

Question 24. Ashtadhyayi’ was written by ___________.

(A) Valmiki

(B) Shukhadeva

(C) Panini

(D) Vedavyas

Question 25. ‘Kumarasambhava’ an epic poem was composed by ___________.

(A) Kalidasa

(B) Harishena

(C) Chand Bardai

(D) Banabhatta

Question 26. Rajatarangini’ written by Kalhan is associated with which of the following?

(A) Reign of Krishna Deva Raya

(B) History of Kashmir

(C) Anthology of lyrics

(D) Chandragupta’s reign

Question 27. Daskumar Charitam was composed by ____________.

(A) Kalidas

(B) Tulsidas

(C) Dandin

(D) Surdas