51. Who composed Allahabad Prasasti?
A. Harisena
B. Vasumitra
C. Asvaghosha
D. Nagarjuna
Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Harisena
Explanation: Harissa, also called Harishena or Hirisena, was a 4th-century Sanskrit poet, panegyrist, and government minister. He was an important figure in the court of the Gupta emperor, Samudragupta. His most famous poem, written c. 345 C.E., describes the bravery of Samudragupta and is inscribed on the Allahabad Pillar.
52. To which period of Indian history did Aryabhatta and Varahamihira (Scientist and Mathematicianrespectively) belong?
A. Pala period
B. Delhi Sultanate
C. Maurya period
D. Gupta period
Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Gupta period
Explanation: Aryabhatiya and Surya Siddhanta were written Aryabhatta. He belongs to the Gupta period. He is credited with the invention of the decimal system and zero. He told for the first time that the Earth is not static, it rotates around the sun.
53. Who among the following said 'All men are my Children' and just as I desire happiness in those worlds and the next, so also I desire to all men?
A. Chandragupta
B. Ashoka
C. Ajatsatru
D. Bindusara
Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Ashoka
54. Lion capital in currency notes was discovered from
A. Delhi
B. Sarnath
C. Bodh Gaya
D. Sanchi
Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Sarnath
55. The Lion capital of currency notes was discovered from
A. Bodh Gaya
B. Sarnath
C. Bharut
D. Sanchi
Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Sarnath
56. Who among the Gupta rulers was known as 'Lichchavidauhitra'?
A. Kumaragupta
B. Skandagupta
C. Samudragupta
D. Chandragupta II
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Samudragupta
Explanation: Samudragupta was the greatest king of the Gupta dynasty and called the Hero of Hundred Battles and Napoleon of India. He never faced defeat in any battle in his life. He was the son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta and the Lichchhavi princess Kumaradevi. I
57. Chandragupta Maurya defeated of
A. Seleucus
B. Kalashoka
C. Poros
D. Alexander
Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Seleucus
Explanation: Chandragupta overthrew the Nanda dynasty and then ascended to the throne of the Magadha kingdom, in present-day Bihar state, India, about 325 BCE. Alexander the Great died in 323, leaving Chandragupta to win the Punjab region Eventually, then about 322. Chandragupta defeated the invasion led by Seleucus I, a Macedonian Alexander's army, general and from gained additional territory west of the Indus River.
58. Who introduces Kulinism?
A. Ballal Sen
B. Lakshman Sen
C. Samanta Sen
D. Hemanta Sen
Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Ballal Sen
Explanation: Kulinism is Hindu caste and marriage rules reputedly introduced by Raja Ballala Sena of Bengal. The name derives from the Sanskrit word कुलीन (kulina). Kulin (higher social status) refers to the marriage of a kulina girl to a man in the same class as well as marriage to one in a higher class. It essentially asserts that a kulina woman must not have her status lowered by marrying into a group of lower rank. One's Kulin status remains valid for 36-years according to the rules stated by Ballala Sena.
59. Fo-Kuo-King was authored by whom?
A. Hiuen Tsang
B. Megasthenes
C. It-Tsing
D. Fa-Hien
Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Fa-Hien
Explanation: Fa-Hien/Faxian was a Buddhist traveler from China, who came to India during Chandragupta II and written Fo-Kuo-King.
60. Who was Megasthenes?
A. A Greek pilgrim
B. A Chinese traveler
C. Ambassador of Seleucus
D. Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Ambassador of Seleucus
