Gupta and Post-Gupta Period MCQs with Answers Quiz 3

Gupta and Post-Gupta Period MCQs with Answers
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Question 1. According to Puranas, the prime place of Chandravansh’s ruler was? 

(A) Shravasti

(B) Pratishthanpur

(C) Ayodhya

(D) Kashi

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(B) Pratishthanpur

Question 2. A Chalukya inscription is dated in the year 556 of the Saka era. It is equivalent to?

(A) 634 A.D.

(B) 613 A.D

(C) 499 A.D

(D) 478 A.D.

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(A) 634 A.D.

Question 3. The theory of Karma is related with?

(A) Vaisheshika

(B) Vedanta

(C) Mimansa

(D) Nyaya

View Answer
(C) Mimansa

Question 4. The founder of school of NavyaNyaya was? 

(A) Udayana

(B) Sridhara

(C) Gangesh

(D) Raghunath Shiromani

View Answer
(C) Gangesh

Question 5. With reference to the history of philosophical thought in India, consider the following statements regarding Samkhya School.

  1. Samkhya does not accept the theory of rebirth or transmigration of the soul.
  2. Samkhya holds that it is self-knowledge that leads to liberation and not any exterior influence or agent.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) Neither 1 nor 2

(B) Both 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1

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(C) Only 2

Question 6. The Badami rock inscription of Pulakesin I is dated in the Saka year 465. If the same were to be dated in Vikrama Samvat, the year would be?

(A) 407

(B) 330

(C) 300

(D) 601

View Answer
(A) 407

Question 7. Who among the following is called the founder of Indian Atomism?

(A) Maharshi Patanjali

(B) Maharshi Kanad

(C) Maharshi Gautam

(D) Maharshi Kapil

View Answer
(B) Maharshi Kanad

Question 8. Mimansa was initiated by _________.

(A) Jaimini

(B) Vishwamitra

(C) Vasistha

(D) Kanad

View Answer
(A) Jaimini

Question 9. The writer of Mahabhashya ‘Patanjali’ was contemporary of ________.

(A) Chandragupta I

(B) Pushyamitra Shunga

(C) Ashoka

(D) Chandragupta Maurya

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(B) Pushyamitra Shunga

Question 10. ‘Sankhya’ Philosophy is propounded by ___________.

(A) Patanjali

(B) Kapila

(C) Jaimini

(D) Gautam

View Answer
(B) Kapila

Question 11. Who among the following is not related to the Philosophy of Vedanta? 

(A) Madhava

(B) Ramanuja

(C) Abhinav Gupta

(D) Shankaracharya

View Answer
(C) Abhinav Gupta

Question 12. By which of the following according to Advaita Vedanta, Mukti can be obtained? 

(A) Yoga

(B) Bhakti

(C) Karma

(D) Gyana

View Answer
(D) Gyana

Question 13. Author of ‘Nyaya Darshan’ was?

(A) Jaimini

(B) Kanad

(C) Kapila

(D) Gautama

View Answer
(D) Gautama

Question 14. Which one of the following is not part of ‘Ashtanga Yoga’?

(A) Dharana

(B) Dhyana

(C) Pratyahara

(D) Anusmriti

View Answer
(D) Anusmriti

Question 15. The system of philosophy propounded by Kapila Muni is?

(A) Uttar Mimansa

(B) Nyaya Philosophy

(C) Sankhya Philosophy

(D) Purva Mimansa

View Answer
(C) Sankhya Philosophy 

Question 16. The founder of Nyaya Philosophy was? 

(A) Jaimini

(B) Gautam

(C) Kanad

(D) Kapil

View Answer
(B) Gautam

Question 17. The Founder of Advait Philosophy is?

(A) Mahatma Buddha

(B) Madhvacharya

(C) Ramanujacharya

(D) Sankaracharya

View Answer
(D) Sankaracharya

Question 18. The Nyaya Philosophical system was propagated by __________.

(A) Jaimini

(B) Kapila

(C) Gautama

(D) Charvaka

View Answer
(C) Gautama

Question 19. The inventor of Yoga was?

(A) Ramdeva

(B) Patanjali

(C) Charaka

(D) Aryabhatta

View Answer
(B) Patanjali

Question 20. Whose contribution is there in ancient Sankhya Darshan? 

(A) Charvak

(B) Nagarjuna

(C) Gautam

(D) Kapila

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(D) Kapila

Question 21. Which one of the following pairs does not form part of the six systems of Indian Philosophy? 

(A) Sankhya and Yoga

(B) Lokayata and Kapalika

(C) Nyaya and Vaisheshika

(D) Mimansa and Vedanta

View Answer
(B) Lokayata and Kapalika 

Question 22. Which of the following schools of philosophy is of the opinion that Vedas contain the eternal truth?

(A) Nyaya

(B) Mimansa

(C) Vaisheshika

(D) Sakhya

View Answer
(B) Mimansa

Question 23. ‘Live well, as long as you live. Live well even by borrowing, for once cremated, there is no return.’ This rejection of afterlife is an aphorism of the?

(A) Charvakas

(B) Ajivikas

(C) Sunyavada of Nagarjuna

(D) Kapalika Sects

View Answer
(A) Charvakas

Question 24. Who propagated ‘Yoga Darshan’? 

(A) Shankaracharya

(B) Jaimini

(C) Gautam

(D) Patanjali

View Answer
(D) Patanjali

Question 25. ‘Mrichchhakatika’ an ancient Indian book written by Shudraka deals with?

(A) The love affairs between a Gupta King and a Princess of Kamarupa

(B) The military expeditions and exploits of Samudragupta

(C) The victory of Chandragupta II over the Shaka Kshatrapas of Western India

(D) The love affair of a rich merchant with the daughter of a courtesan

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(D) The love affair of a rich merchant with the daughter of a courtesan

Question 26.

  • Assertion (A): The main feature of the agrarian structure in the Pre-Gupta period was the development of feudalism.
  • Reason (R): Landowner middle class and a dependent peasant class came into existence in this period.

Select the correct answer using the code given below. 

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

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(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 27. Consider the following statements.

  1. The Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hien attended the fourth Great Buddhist Council held by Kanishka.
  2. The Chinese pilgrim HiuenTsang met Harsha and found him to be antagonistic to Buddhism.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) Neither 1 nor 2

(B) Both 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1

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(A) Neither 1 nor 2

Question 28. Where are the four monasteries established by Adi ‘Shankaracharya’ situated? 

(A) Puri, Sringeri, Dwarka, Varanasi

(B) Joshimath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri

(C) Dwarka, Joshimath, Prayag, Kanchi

(D) Sringeri, Dwarka, Joshimath, Prayag

View Answer
(B) Joshimath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri

Question 29. During Post Gupta Period, main business centre was?

(A) Devgiri

(B) Dhar

(C) Ujjain

(D) Kannauj

View Answer
(D) Kannauj

Question 30. Adi Shankar who later became Shankaracharya was born is _________.

(A) West Bengal

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Kerala

(D) Kashmir

View Answer
(C) Kerala
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