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GK Questions: Indian History – Set 5

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  1. During Gupta’s Period ……………. land is called as Aprahata Bhoomi
    1.Waste land
    2.Cultivable land
    3.Habitable land
    4.Forest land
    5.None of these
    Answer – 4.Forest land
    Explanation :
    Land was classified into five groups
    Khila – Waste land
    Kshetra Bhoomi – Cultivable land
    Aprahata Bhoomi – Forest land
    Charagah Bhoomi – Pasture land
    Vastu Bhoomi – Habitable land

  2. Who was the greatest Mauryan Ruler ?
    1.Kanishka
    2.Bindusara
    3.Ashoka
    4.Kumaragupta
    5.None of these
    Answer – 3.Ashoka
    Explanation :
    The greatest Mauryan Ruler was Ashoka. Ashoka Maurya commonly known as Ashoka and Ashoka the Great, was an Indianemperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.One of India’s greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over a realm that stretched from the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan to the modern state ofBangladesh in the east

  3. TheKalinga Warwas fought between …………..and Raja Ananta Padmanabha of the state of Kalinga.
    1.Ashoka
    2.Chandragupta
    3.Harshavaradhan
    4.Ghazni
    5.None of these
    Answer – 1.Maurya Empire with Ashoka 
    Explanation :
    The Kalinga War was fought between the Maurya Empire with Ashoka and Raja Ananta Padmanabha of the state of Kalinga, a feudal republic located on the coast of the present-day Indian state of Odisha and northern parts of Andhra Pradesh.

  4. The emblem of Indian Republic has been adopted from the lion capital of Ashokan pillar at ……………………..
    1.Khanpur
    2.Jaipur
    3.Varanasi
    4.Sarnath
    5.None of these
    Answer – 4.Sarnath
    Explanation :
    The emblem of India is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath, preserved in the Varansi Sarnath Museum in India. It was adopted on 26 January 1950, the day that India became a republic.

  5. ……………………….. were the first rulers in India to issue coins
    1.Guptas
    2.Indo-Greeks
    3.Mauryans
    4.Magadha empires
    5.None of these
    Answer – 2.Indo-Greeks
    Explanation :
    Indo-Greeks were the first rulers in India to issue coins.The most famous Indo-Greek ruler was Menander

  6. Who was called as Nepoleon of India by VA Smith
    1.Chandragupta I
    2.Samudragupta
    3.Sri Gupta
    4.Chandragupta II
    5.None of these
    Answer – 2.Samudragupta
    Explanation :
    Samudragupta (335-375 AD) of the Gupta dynasty is known as the Napoleon of India.Samudragupta, ruler of the Gupta Empire, and successor to Chandragupta I, is considered to be one of the greatest military geniuses in Indian history.

  7. In Gupta’s Period Waste land is called as ……………………
    1.Charagah Bhoomi
    2.Vastu Bhoomi
    3.Khila
    4.Aprahata Bhoomi
    5.None of these
    Answer – 3.Khila
    Explanation :
    Land was classified into five groups
    Khila – Waste land
    Kshetra Bhoomi – Cultivable land
    Aprahata Bhoomi – Forest land
    Charagah Bhoomi – Pasture land
    Vastu Bhoomi – Habitable land

  8. During Gupta’s Period ……………. land is called as Charagah Bhoomi
    1.Waste land
    2.Cultivable land
    3.Habitable land
    4.Pasture land
    5.None of these
    Answer – 4.Pasture land
    Explanation :
    Land was classified into five groups
    Khila – Waste land
    Kshetra Bhoomi – Cultivable land
    Aprahata Bhoomi – Forest land
    Charagah Bhoomi – Pasture land
    Vastu Bhoomi – Habitable land

  9. ……………. was the last great Hindu King of Northern India
    1.Kamaragupta
    2.Prabhakar Vardhana
    3.Rajyavaradhan
    4.Harsha Vardhana
    5.None of these
    Answer – 4.Harshavardhan
    Explanation :
    Harsha (c. 590–647), also known as Harshavardhana, was an Indian emperor who ruled North India from 606 to 647 from his capital Kanauj. He belonged to Pushyabhuti Dynasty

  10. In Gupta’s Period Cultivable land is called as ………………………..
    1.Charagah Bhoomi
    2.Vastu Bhoomi
    3.Khila
    4.Kshetra Bhoomi
    5.None of these
    Answer – 4.Kshetra Bhoomi
    Explanation :
    Land was classified into five groups
    Khila – Waste land
    Kshetra Bhoomi – Cultivable land
    Aprahata Bhoomi – Forest land
    Charagah Bhoomi – Pasture land
    Vastu Bhoomi – Habitable land





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