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Question 1.
Harshvardhana tried to cross the Narmada to march into the Deccan but stopped by:
(a) Pulakeshin-II
(b) Ravikirti
(c) Samudragupta
(d) None

Answer

Answer: (a) Pulakeshin-II

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Question 2.
Meaning of Maha-danda-nayaka is:
(a) Minister of war and peace
(b) Chief judicial officer
(c) Chief Banker
(d) Scribes.

Answer

Answer: (b) Chief judicial officer

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Question 3.
Meaning of prathama-kulika is:
(a) Minister of war and peace
(b) Chief judicial officer
(c) Chief Banker
(d) Chief craftsman

Answer

Answer: (d) Chief craftsman

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Question 4.
A famous poetry book Abhijnana Shakuntalam was written by:
(a) Banabhatta
(b) Kalidasa
(c) Harishena
(d) Ravikirti

Answer

Answer: (b) Kalidasa

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Question 5.
The language used by Brahmins was:
(a) Prakrit
(b) Hindi
(c) English
(d) Sanskrit

Answer

Answer: (b) Hindi

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Question 6.
Samudragupta was the king of:
(a) Maurya Empire
(b) Gupta Regime
(c) Chalukya
(d) Cholas

Answer

Answer: (b) Gupta Regime

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Question 7.
Banabhatta was in the court of:
(a) Harshavardhana
(b) Chandragupta
(c) Ashoka
(d) Samudragupta

Answer

Answer: (a) Harshavardhana

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Question 8.
Who wrote the famous biography Harshacharita?
(a) Kalidasa
(b) Aryabhata
(c) Banabhatta
(d) Harisena

Answer

Answer: (c) Banabhatta

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Question 9.
Aryabhata was a famous:
(a) Poet
(b) Warrior
(c) Merchant
(d) Astronomer

Answer

Answer: (d) Astronomer

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Question 10.
Harshavardhana first became king of:
(a) Mathura
(b) Nalanda
(c) Thanesar
(d) Kannauj

Answer

Answer: (c) Thanesar

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Question 11.
Who was the poet in the Samudragupta court
(a) Harshsena
(b) Banbhatt
(c) Harishena
(d) Harshagupta

Answer

Answer: (c) Harishena

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Question 12.
Which new Indian dynasty arose in Magadha in the fourth century A.D
(a) Chalukya Dynasty
(b) Pandyas Dynasty
(c) Chola Dynasty
(d) Gupta Dynasty

Answer

Answer: (d) Gupta Dynasty

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Question 13.
Pulakeshin II stopped Harsha to cross the ______________ to march into the Deccan
(a) Narmada
(b) Tapi
(c) Godavari
(d) Krishna

Answer

Answer: (a) Narmada

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Question 14.
Harshavardhana, was the king of
(a) Manesar
(b) Ujjain
(c) Taxila
(d) Thanesar

Answer

Answer: (d) Thanesar

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Question 15.
Harsha belonged to the ___________ dynasty.
(a) Chola
(b) Vardhan
(c) Pallavas
(d) Gupta

Answer

Answer: (b) Vardhan

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Question 16.
Prashasti is a
(a) English word
(b) Urdu word
(c) Sanskrit word
(d) Pali word

Answer

Answer: (c) Sanskrit word

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Question 17.
________ was an assembly of Brahmin land owners.
(a) Sera
(b) Samiti
(c) Sudha
(d) Sabha

Answer

Answer: (d) Sabha

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Question 18.
Who was the father of Samudragupta
(a) Hareshena
(b) Banabhatta
(c) Ramagupta
(d) Chandragupta

Answer

Answer: (d) Chandragupta

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Question 19.
Xuanzang visited India in the reign of
(a) Ramagupta
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Harshavardhana
(d) Chandragupta II

Answer

Answer: (b) Samudragupta

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Question 20.
___________ the sacred book of Islam:
(a) Bible
(b) Geeta
(c) Ramayana
(d) Quran

Answer

Answer: (d) Quran

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Write true (T) or false (F)

1. Find out True or False statements stated about King’s visit:
(а) King travelled with weapons, pots, pans, furniture, golden footstools,

Answer

Answer: True

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(b) Animals such as goat, deer, rabbits, vegetables, spices,

Answer

Answer: True

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(c) The things were loaded on camels and elephants,

Answer

Answer: True

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(d) The cart was not used.

Answer

Answer: False

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(e) Villagers had to provide hospitality along the way,

Answer

Answer: True

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(f) Villagers provided gifts such as curds, gur and flowers, fodder,

Answer

Answer: True

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(g) Ordinary people did not try to meet the king,

Answer

Answer: False

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(h) Ordinary people places their complaints and petitions before the King.

Answer

Answer: True

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Match the following

1.

Column-A	Column-B
1. Maha-danda-nayaka	(a) Important minister
2. Kumar-amatya	(b) Chief Judicial officer
3. Sandhi-vigrahika	(c) Scribes
4. Nagara-shreshthi	(d) Chief Craftsman
5. Prathama-kulika	(e) Chief banker
6. kayasthas	(f) Minister of war and peace

Answer

Answer:

Column-A	Column-B
1. Maha-danda-nayaka	(b) Chief Judicial officer
2. Kumar-amatya	(a) Important minister
3. Sandhi-vigrahika	(f) Minister of war and peace
4. Nagara-shreshthi	(e) Chief banker(d) Chief Craftsman
5. Prathama-kulika	(d) Chief Craftsman
6. kayasthas	(c) Scribes

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2.

Column-A	Column-B
1. Banabhatta	(a) An famous astronomer in the Court of Chandragupta-II
2. Kalidasa	(b) A Court poet of Pulakeshin-II
3. Harishena	(c) The Court poet of Samudragupta
4. Ravikirti	(d) A famous poet, in the Court of Chandragupta-II
5. Aryabhata	(e) A famous poet in the Court of Harshavardhana

Answer

Answer:

Column-A	Column-B
1. Banabhatta	(e) A famous poet in the Court of Harshavardhana
2. Kalidasa	(d) A famous poet, in the Court of Chandragupta-II
3. Harishena	(c) The Court poet of Samudragupta
4. Ravikirti	(b) A Court poet of Pulakeshin-II
5. Aryabhata	(a) An famous astronomer in the Court of Chandragupta-II

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Fill in the blanks

1. Ashokan Pillar found at ……………………… has inscriptions about Samudragupta.

Answer

Answer: Allahabad

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2. The Pallavas ruling was upto the ……………………… delta.

Answer

Answer: Kaveri

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3. Pulakeshin-II got the kingdom from his ……………………… .

Answer

Answer: uncle

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4. Pulakeshin’s court poet was ……………………… .

Answer

Answer: Ravikirti

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5. Samudragupta’s mother’s name was ……………………… .

Answer

Answer: Kumara Devi

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6. ……………………… were provided troops to the king as and when required.

Answer

Answer: Samantas

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7. The Pallavas assemblies functioned through ……………………… .

Answer

Answer: sub-committees

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8. The leaders who provided the troop to the kings were called ……………………… .

Answer

Answer: samantas

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9. Other than the King and Brahmins, people used ……………………… language.

Answer

Answer: Prakrit

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10. Ruler of Kannauj was killed by the ruler of ……………………… .

Answer

Answer: Bengal

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Map Skills

1. Indicate following locations in the map:
(a) Thanesar (b) Kanchipuram (c) Puhar
(d) Vallabhi (e) Prayaga (f) Ujjain (g) Aihole

Answer

Answer:

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