The Gupta Dynasty MCQs

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1. _____________ was the ruler who established the Gupta Empire.
a) Chandragupta II
b) Samudragupta
c) Chandragupta I
d) Kumaragupta
Answer : c) Chandragupta I

2. The inscription on the Allahabad pillar was written by ____________.
a) Kumaragupta
b) Samudragupta
c) Chandragupta II
d) Chandragupta I
Answer : b) Samudragupta

3. In the Gupta Dynasty, which language was the official language?
a) Pali
b) Prakrit
c) Sanskrit
d) Magadhi
Answer : c) Sanskrit

4. ____________ is the location where Guptas’ famous wall paintings were found.
a) Ellora Caves
b) Ajanta Caves
c) Elephanta Caves
d) Kanheri Caves
Answer : b) Ajanta Caves

5. The author of the Panchatantra stories is _______________.
a) Kalidasa
b) Vishnu Sharma
c) Bhasa
d) Banabhatta
Answer : b) Vishnu Sharma

6. He was the one who proved that the earth is round ___________.
a) Aryabhata
b) Varahamihira
c) Bhaskara I
d) Brahmagupta
Answer : a) Aryabhata

7. Fa-Hien traveled to India in the period of _____________.
a) Chandragupta I
b) Kumaragupta
c) Chandragupta II
d) Samudragupta
Answer : c) Chandragupta II

8. A pillar inscription in Allahabad tells the history of __________.
a) Chandragupta I
b) Samudragupta
c) Kumaragupta
d) Chandragupta II
Answer : b) Samudragupta

9. Sanskrit was first made an official language by whom?
a) Chandragupta I
b) Chandragupta II
c) Kumaragupta
d) Samudragupta
Answer : b) Chandragupta II

10. The location of the Dilwara Jain Temples is ____________.
a) Khajuraho
b) Mount Abu
c) Ajanta
d) Ellora
Answer : b) Mount Abu

11. The Gupta Empire’s capital is ______________.
a) Ujjain
b) Pataliputra
c) Taxila
d) Ayodhya
Answer : b) Pataliputra

12. The founder of Nalanda University was ____________.
a) Chandragupta I
b) Samudragupta
c) Kumaragupta I
d) None of the above
Answer : c) Kumaragupta I

13. Written on the Mehrauli Iron Pillar are the successes of ____________.
a) Samudragupta
b) Kumaragupta
c) Chandragupta II
d) Chandragupta I
Answer : c) Chandragupta II

14. Who was known as The ‘Indian Napoleon’ ____________.
a) Samudragupta
b) Kumaragupta
c) Chandragupta I
d) Chandragupta II
Answer : a) Samudragupta

15. The writers of Daskumarachrita and Kavyadarsa were _______________.
a) Kalidasa
b) Bhasa
c) Dandin
d) Bharavi
Answer : c) Dandin

16. Author Sudraka wrote the poignant and humorous work _____________.
a) Mudrarakshasa
b) Malavikagnimitram
c) Mrichakatika
d) Devichandraguptam
Answer : c) Mrichakatika

17. ___________ who got married to Kumaradevi, a Licchavi princess.
a) Chandragupta I
b) Chandragupta II
c) Samudragupta
d) Kumaragupta
Answer : a) Chandragupta I

18. The Gupta Empire peaked during ____________ leadership.
a) Kumaragupta
b) Chandragupta I
c) Chandragupta II
d) Skandagupta
Answer : c) Chandragupta II

19. Nalanda means _______________.
a) Abode of Peace
b) Sacred City
c) Land of Knowledge
d) Eternal Bliss
Answer : c) Land of Knowledge

20. Who called Vikramaditya?
a) Samudragupta
b) Kumaragupta
c) Chandragupta I
d) Chandragupta II
Answer : d) Chandragupta II

21. The father of Chandragupta II was ___________.
a) Samudragupta
b) Kumaragupta
c) Chandragupta I
d) Skandagupta
Answer : a) Samudragupta

22. The person who calls the Gangetic valley the “Land of Brahmanism.”
a) Fa-Hien
b) Hiuen Tsang
c) Megasthenes
d) Al-Biruni
Answer : a) Fa-Hien

23. The _____________ caves near Gwalior are home to Gupta period paintings.
a) Elephanta
b) Ellora
c) Ajanta
d) Bagh
Answer : d) Bagh

24. Mudrarakshasa and Devichandraguptam are two Sanskrit dramas written by ______________.
a) Kalidasa
b) Bhasa
c) Sudraka
d) Vishakhadatta
Answer : d) Vishakhadatta

25. The author of the Panchatantra stories is ______________.
a) Kalidasa
b) Vishnu Sharma
c) Bhasa
d) Banabhatta
Answer : b) Vishnu Sharma

26. Who established Sakala as his capital city.
a) Chandragupta I
b) Chandragupta II
c) Samudragupta
d) Skandagupta
Answer : d) Skandagupta

27. In which year did Alexander invade India?
a) 326 BC
b) 336 BC
c) 356 BC
d) 346 BC
Answer : a) 326 BC

28. Who made Mihirakula a prisoner?
a) Chandragupta II
b) Baladitya
c) Kumaragupta
d) Samudragupta
Answer : b) Baladitya

29. Who was the Bharata first Emperor?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Samudragupta
c) Ashoka
d) Porus
Answer : a) Chandragupta Maurya

30. Mudra Rakshas is written by whom?
a) Kalidasa
b) Vishakhadatta
c) Bhasa
d) Dandin
Answer : b) Vishakhadatta

31. When was Kalinga invaded by Ashoka?
a) 261 BC
b) 301 BC
c) 281 BC
d) 241 BC
Answer : a) 261 BC

32. Who welcomed Alexander and his soldiers?
a) Porus
b) Chanakya
c) Ambhi
d) Darius III
Answer : c) Ambhi

33. Who was the king of the kingdom situated between the Jhelum and Chenab rivers?
a) Porus
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Alexander
d) Darius III
Answer : a) Porus

34. When did Alexander die?
a) 323 BC
b) 333 BC
c) 343 BC
d) 313 BC
Answer : a) 323 BC

35. Which Prayag Prashasti shloka contains the narrative of Samudragupta’s military conquests and commerce?
a) Shloka 1
b) Shloka 7
c) Shloka 10
d) Shloka 15
Answer : b) Shloka 7

36. Who constructed the Mehrauli Iron Pillar?
a) Samudragupta
b) Chandragupta II
c) Kumaragupta
d) Skandagupta
Answer : b) Chandragupta II

37. Who earned the title Liberator?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Alexander
c) Samudragupta
d) None of the above
Answer : a) Chandragupta Maurya

38. The Sunga dynasty was founded by whom?
a) Bindusara
b) Ashoka
c) Pushyamitra Sunga
d) Chandragupta Maurya
Answer : c) Pushyamitra Sunga

39. Who ruled over areas outside of India as the first Indian ruler?
a) Kanishka
b) Ashoka
c) Samudragupta
d) Chandragupta II
Answer : a) Kanishka

40. Which of the following dynasties were defeated by Vikramaditya of Ujjain, who founded Vikram Samvat as a symbol of victory?
a) Kushan
b) Shakas
c) Satavahana
d) Guptas
Answer : b) Shakas

41. Who was known as “Indian Machiavelli’.
a) Chanakya
b) Ashoka
c) Samudragupta
d) Kumaragupta
Answer : a) Chanakya

42. Which Indian dynasty ruled from 320 to 550 AD?
a) Gupta
b) Maurya
c) Kushan
d) Satavahana
Answer : a) Gupta

43. Who is renowned for his contributions to medicine during the Gupta era?
a) Aryabhata
b) Charaka
c) Sushruta
d) Varahamihira
Answer : c) Sushruta

44. Gujarat was added to the Gupta Kingdom in ___________ AD by Chandra Gupta II.
a) 360 AD
b) 375 AD
c) 390 AD
d) 405 AD
Answer : c) 390 AD

45. Allahabad Pillar Inscription gives the details of which king?
a) Kumaragupta
b) Chandragupta I
c) Samudragupta
d) Chandragupta II
Answer : c) Samudragupta

46. ______________ dynasty has been known as the golden age of Indian civilization.
a) Gupta
b) Maurya
c) Kushan
d) Satavahana
Answer : a) Gupta

47. _____________ assumed the title Maharajadhiraja as the first Gupta emperor.
a) Chandragupta I
b) Samudragupta father
c) Kumaragupta
d) Chandragupta II
Answer : b) Samudragupta father

48. _____________ belongs to the Gupta Era of literary figures.
a) Panini
b) Kautilya
c) Kalidasa
d) Vishnu Sharma
Answer : c) Kalidasa

49. Kuberanaga and __________ were the parents of Prabhavati Gupta, the Queen Regent of the Vakataka realm.
a) Samudragupta
b) Skandagupta
c) Kumaragupta
d) Chandragupta II
Answer : d) Chandragupta II

50. Who earned the title of Maharajadhiraja and was the first emperor of the Gupta Dynasty?
a) Chandragupta I
b) Samudragupta
c) Kumaragupta
d) Chandragupta II
Answer : a) Chandragupta I

51. The painters and sculptors of the Ajanta Cave belong to _____________.
a) Maurya period
b) Gupta period
c) Kushan period
d) Chola period
Answer : b) Gupta period

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