This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Gupta Period – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gupta Period Quiz 1 (55 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The University of Nalanda was set-up by which Gupta ruler? A) Chandragupta II. B) Samudragupta. C) Kumaragupta I. D) Kumaragupta II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kumaragupta I. 2. The Gupta emperor who undertook South-em Campgian was: A) Samudra Gupta. B) Vishnu Gupta. C) Chandra Gupta. D) Skanda Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samudra Gupta. 3. Which new route was added for foreign trade during Gupta period? A) Overland route to North Russia. B) Overseas route to South Africa. C) Overseas route to Alexandria. D) Overland route to China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overland route to China. 4. The officer responsible for the safe custody of land records during the Gupta period was known as A) Karanika. B) Samaharta. C) Shaulkika. D) Dhruvadhikarana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karanika. 5. The medium of exchange in gold during the Gupta period was known as the A) Karshapana. B) Dramma. C) Suvarna. D) Dinara. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suvarna. 6. The Gupta gold and silver issues were initially based on the coins of the A) Romans and Kushanas. B) Romans and the Saka Kshatrapas. C) Kushanas and Yaudheyas. D) Kushanas and Saka Kshatrapas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kushanas and Saka Kshatrapas. 7. Which inscription of the Gupta period gives details regarding the sale of land? A) Bhitari pillar inscription. B) Damodarpur copper plate. C) Begram copper plane. D) Junagarh inscription. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Damodarpur copper plate. 8. The gold coins during Gupta Period were called A) Tanka. B) Niska. C) Rupaka. D) Pana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rupaka. 9. Who was the last great ruler of Gupta dynasty? A) Skandagupta. B) Kumaragupta I. C) Chandragupta II. D) None Of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skandagupta. 10. Which Gupta emperor has been called 'Lichchhavi-dauhitra'? A) Chandragupta I. B) Samudragupta. C) Shrigupta. D) Chandragupta II. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandragupta I. 11. Gupta ruler revived one of the following religions A) Vedic. B) Buddhism. C) Bhagvatism. D) Jainism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhagvatism. 12. Gupta Era was started in A) 350 A. D. B) 340 A. D. C) 320 A. D. D) 330 A. D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 320 A. D. 13. Who was son of Chandra Gupta II? A) VishnuGupta. B) SkandaGupta. C) Kumar Gupta. D) Budha Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kumar Gupta. 14. The silver coins of the Gupta period were known as? A) Rupyaka. B) Dinar. C) Satamana. D) Karshapana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rupyaka. 15. The Gupta king who has the title of 'Mahendraditya'? A) Kumar Gupta. B) Budha Gupta. C) RamaGupta. D) VishnuGupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kumar Gupta. 16. The Gupta king who destroyed Sakas? A) Chandra Gupta II. B) SamudraGupta. C) Kumar Gupta. D) Chandragupta I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandra Gupta II. 17. The Vengi king who was defeated by Samudra Gupta A) Vimaladitya. B) Gunaga Vijayaditya. C) Danarnava. D) Hastivarma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hastivarma. 18. Which of the following is not a known reason for the decline of Gupta empire? A) Invasion by Turkish invaders from the Middle east. B) Competition from the Vakatakas and the rise of Yashodharman in Malwa. C) Lose of imperial authority caused by the rise of feudal lords. D) Invasion by the Huna peoples from Central Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invasion by Turkish invaders from the Middle east. 19. In the Gupta administration, who was Purpala? A) Administrator of village. B) Administrator of conquered territories. C) Administrator of town. D) Administrator of capital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Administrator of conquered territories. 20. Which one of the following was the official language of Gupta period? A) Pali. B) Sanskrit. C) Prakrit. D) Magadhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prakrit. 21. Who started Gupta Era? A) Chandragupta II. B) SkandaGupta. C) Chandragupta I. D) SamudraGupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandragupta I. 22. Which Gupta emperor is said to have founded Nalanda University? A) Buddhagupta. B) Skandagupta. C) Kumaragupta I. D) Purugupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kumaragupta I. 23. The book Navanitakam of the Gupta period belongs to A) Astronamy. B) Administration. C) Agriculture. D) Medicine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medicine. 24. The Gupta king who was good player of Veena? A) Chandra Gupta. B) Vikramaditya. C) Samudra Gupta. D) Kumara Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Samudra Gupta. 25. Which of the following statements is false with regard to the social conditions in the Gupta period? A) Public and personal morality had reached a very low point. B) The caste system was liberalised. C) The living standard of the common people was simple but the town life was glamorous and sophisticated. D) The system of devadasis was in vogue during this period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public and personal morality had reached a very low point. 26. During whose reign did the Hunas start posing a threat to the Gupta empire? A) Skandagupta. B) Bhanugupta. C) Kumaragupta I. D) Vishnugupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kumaragupta I. 27. Who was the founder of the Gupta Dynas- ty? A) Maharaja Sri Gupta. B) Chandragupta. C) Samudragupta. D) Kumaragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta. 28. The brain trust of Chandra Gupta Maurya was A) Megasthanes. B) Kautilya. C) Fahien. D) Nandagopala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kautilya. 29. The Gupta ruler who repaired Sudarsana Lake for the second time A) Samudra Gupta. B) Vishnu Gupta. C) Rama Gupta. D) Skanda Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skanda Gupta. 30. The Gupta feudatories who became strong and independent in Gujarat were known as A) Vakatakas. B) Maitrakas. C) Vardhanas. D) Yaudheyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maitrakas. 31. Among the precious stones, the most extensive foreign trade during the Gupta age was that of A) Ruby. B) Pearl. C) Diamonds. D) Sapphire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sapphire. 32. Which one of the following is not related to the feudal formation in the Gupta and post-Gupta times. A) Growth of a class of subject peasantry. B) Localised village economy developed with little scope for functioning of the market system. C) Emergence of strong centralised political authority. D) Emergence of landed intermediaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emergence of strong centralised political authority. 33. During the Gupta Empire, the term "UPARIKARA" was used for A) An extra tax levied on all subjects. B) Periodic supplies of fruits, firewood, flowers etc. C) It was a voluntary offering by people to the king. D) King's customary share of the production normally amounting to 1/6th of the production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An extra tax levied on all subjects. 34. In the Gupta inscription who has been called "Lichchhavi Dauhitra" ? A) Chandragupta I. B) Skandgupta. C) Samudragupta. D) Chandragupta II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Samudragupta. 35. Which of the following literary works did not belong to the Gupta period? A) Charaka Samhita. B) Amarakosa. C) Abhigyanashakuntalam. D) Mrichhakatikam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mrichhakatikam. 36. Who amongst the rulers of southern India were the contemporaries of kings of the Gupta empire? A) Rashtrakutas. B) Cholas. C) Vakatakas. D) Satavahanas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satavahanas. 37. Majority of the Gupta emperors patronised A) Jainism. B) Buddhism. C) Vaishnavism. D) Shaivism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vaishnavism. 38. Which is the rich source of information about Gupta age? A) Manusmriti. B) Naradsmriti. C) Arthashatra. D) Develsmriti. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naradsmriti. 39. Kumara Gupta I was succeeded by A) Samundra Gupta. B) Budha Gupta. C) Chandra Gupta II. D) Skanda Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skanda Gupta. 40. Who among the following Gupta kings ascended the throne in the year 56 of Gupta era? A) Chandragupta II. B) Skandgupta. C) Samudragupta. D) Kumargupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandragupta II. 41. Gupta Empire declined in the fifth century AD as a consequence of A) Chalukya raids. B) Greek invasion. C) Hun invasion. D) Pallava raids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hun invasion. 42. Who among the Gupta emperors in his Bhitari and Junagarh inscriptions claimed victory over the Hunas? A) Skandagupta. B) Kumaragupta. C) Narasimhagupta. D) Bhanugupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skandagupta. 43. Chandra Gupta Maura was the follower of? A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Jainism. D) Aynika. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jainism. 44. The last ruler of Gupta dynasty was A) Kumaragupta. B) Srigupta. C) Vishnugupta. D) Budhagupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vishnugupta. 45. During the Gupta age, the caste system was A) Made further rigid. B) As usual. C) Further liberalised. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Further liberalised. 46. Which book is considered as the Gupta equivalent of Kautilya's Arthasastra? A) Amarakosa. B) Malavikagnimitra. C) Mudrarakshasa. D) Nitisara. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitisara. 47. The court poet of Samudra Gupta was A) Mahasena. B) Veerasena. C) Ravikeerthi. D) Harisena. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harisena. 48. What was the period of Chandra Gupta Maurya? A) 324-300 BC. B) 314-287 BC. C) 310-299 BC. D) 320-289 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 324-300 BC. 49. Which of the following Gupta emperors is represented on his coins as playing the flute or Veena? A) Chandragupta II. B) Samudragupta. C) Chandragupta I. D) Skandagupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Samudragupta. 50. Gupta kings ruled North India for a period of A) 130. B) 430. C) 230. D) 330. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 330. 51. Chandra Gupta Maura defeated Nandas with the help of? A) Chanakya. B) Harisena. C) Jayasimha. D) Aswaghosa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chanakya. 52. The officers of the village during the Gupta period were A) Kotwal. B) Gramika and Bhojak. C) Uparika. D) Vishaypati. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gramika and Bhojak. 53. There are only two known examples of cave paintings of the Gupta period in ancient India. One of these is paintings of Ajanta caves. Where is the other surviving example of Gupta paintings? A) Bagh caves. B) Nasik caves. C) Lomas Rishi cave. D) Ellora caves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bagh caves. 54. Which one among the following cities was the best producer of silk cloth under Gupta reign? A) Murshidabad. B) Pataliputra. C) Ghazipur. D) Varanasi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Murshidabad. 55. Which of the following was an important port of the eastern coast during the Gupta period? A) Tamralipti. B) Kalyan. C) Sopara. D) Broach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tamralipti. Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesAncient India QuizAncient Indian History QuizBuddhism QuizChandragupta QuizHarrapan Civilization QuizIndus QuizJainism QuizRig Vedic Period Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books