Question Answer Set - 13 for WBCS/RAIL/WBPSC/SSC

 Question Answer Set - 13 for WBCS/RAIL/WBPSC/SSC

91. In which royal family, the men usually followed 

the Brahmanical religion and women were 

Buddhists?

(a) Ikshvakus (b) Lichchhavis

(c) Pallavas (d) Yaudheyas

92. In which inscription, is it mentioned that 

Pushyamitra had performed two horses 

sacrifices?

(a) Hathigumpha inscription of Kharvela

(b) Ayodhya inscription of Dhanadeva

(c) Nasika inscription of Gautamiputra 

Satakarni

(d) Reh inscription of Fatehpur

93. Rulers of which of the following dynasties bore 

the title Devaputra? 

(a) Maurya (b) Sunga

(c) Kushana (d) Saka

94. Who among the following was the first Satavahana 

king to introduce the ruler’s head on coins?

(a) Satakarni I

(b) Gautamiputra Satakarni

(c) Vasishthiputra Pulumavi

(d) Yojna Satakarni

95. Who among the following is credited to have 

performed four Asvamedha sacrifices?

(a) Pushyamitra Sunga

(b) Pravarasen I

(c) Nandivarman

(d) Samudragupta

96. Which one of the following items has been called 

Yavanapriya?

(a) Pearl (b) Ivory

(c) Silk (d) Indian pepper

97. Who among the following rulers has been 

mentioned as protector of Varna system?

(a) Pushyamitra (b) Kharvela

(c) Gautamiputra (d) Vasudeva

98. The ratio between gold and silver coins during 

Saka - Satavahan period was

(a) 1 : 10 (b) 1 : 14

(c) 1 : 20 (d) 1 : 35

99. During the Satavahanas rule, Kataka’ means 

(a) Military clothes and settlements

(b) Military armaments and camps

(c) Military committees and camps

(d) Military camps and settlements

100. From which of the following places archaeological 

remains of a Roman colony have been discovered?

(a) Sopara (b) Arikamedu

(c) Bhrigukachchha (d) Tamralipti

101. Who was the founder of Vakatak dynasty?

(a) Vindhya Shakti (b) Ishwarsena

(c) Pravarsena (d) Rudrasena

102. Who was the founder of Chedi dynasty?

(a) Vindhya Shakti 

(b) Kharvela

(c) Mahameghavahana

(d) Mahapadam

103. The writer of Mahabhasya ‘Patanjali’ was a 

contemporary of

(a) Chandragupta Maurya

(b) Ashoka

(c) Chandragupta II

(d) Pushyamitra Sunga

104. Which of the following inscriptions of the time of 

Kanishka indicates that his empire was extended 

up to Champa in the east?

(a) Sarnath inscription 

(b) Saheth-maheth inscription

(c) Rabatak inscription

(d) None of the above

105. The figure of Buddha is engraved on the coins of

(a) Ashoka (b) Menander

(c) Kanishka (d) Harsha

106. The Sunga ruler, Agnimitra was the hero of a book 

written by

(a) Patanjali (b) Asvagosha

(c) Banabhatta (d) Kalidasa

107. Who was the author of Setu-bandh?

(a) Patanjali (b) Pushyamitra

(c) Praversena (d) Rudrasena

108. Which of the following dynasties introduced the 

combined ruling system?

(a) Saka (b) Sunga

(c) Kushana (d) Maurya

109. Who was the founder of Satavahana dynasty?

(a) Hall (b) Simuka

(c) Satkarni (d) Shivasri

110. Who was the greatest ruler of Satavahana 

dynasty?

(a) Satkarni I

(b) Hall

(c) Gautamiputra Satkarni

(d) Yajanasri Satkarni

111. Who was the last ruler of Sunga dynasty?

(a) Agnimitra (b) Vasumitra

(c) Brajamitra (d) Devabhuti

112. Which of the following dynasties related to 

maximum pure gold coins?

(a) Sunga (b) Kushana

(c) Satavahana (d) Gupta

113. The practice of land grants to brahmins and 

Buddhist was initiated by

(a) Sungas (b) Satavahanas

(c) Vakatakas (d) Guptas

114. Which of the following dynasties circulated the 

lead coins?

(a) Nand (b) Maurya

(c) Satavahana (d) Kushana

115. Who was Rudradaman I?

(a) Saka ruler of Ujjain

(b) Saka ruler of Takshashila

(c) Saka ruler of Nasika

(d) Saka ruler of Mathura

116. Who was the writer of Nanaghata inscription?

(a) Naganika (b) Nagakumari

(c) Nagamati (d) Kubernaga

117. Nanaghata inscription belonged to

(a) Gautamiputra Satakarni

(b) Vashistiputra Pulumavi

(c) Yajansri Satakarni

(d) Satakarni I

118. Who was the founder of Kanva dynasty?

(a) Vasumitra (b) Bhumimitra

(c) Vasudeva (d) Devabhuti

119. After the Mauryas, the most important kingdom 

in deccan and central India was

(a) Vakataka (b) Satavahana

(c) Pallava (d) Cholas

120. Which of the following Saka rulers was responsible 

for important irrigation works in Saurashtra?

(a) Nahapana (b) Menander

(c) Rudradaman (d) None of these

121. The only ruler of India who ruled over territories 

in central Asia beyond the Pamirs was

(a) Kanishka

(b) Harsha

(c) Ashoka

(d) Chandragupta Maurya

122. Gondophernes belonged to

(a) The Saka dynasty

(b) The Satavahan dynasty

(c) The Kushana dynasty

(d) The Parthian dynasty

123. Gathasaptasati was written by

(a) Hall (b) Bharatmuni

(c) Bhas (d) Satakarni I

Answer Key : 

92. (b) According to the Ayodhya inscription of 

Dhanadeva, Pushyamitra performed two horse 

sacrifices. The first one was probably during the time 

when Pushyamitra ascended the throne of Pataliputra, 

ousting the Mauryas and the second sacrifice was 

due to his victory over the Bactrian Greeks and to 

proclaim his dominion.

93. (c) Kushan dynasty achieved remarkable milestones 

in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. His decendants 

called him as Devaputra which means son of gods.

94. (b) Satavahana dynasty ruled from Pune in 

Maharastra to Coastal Andhra Pradesh in the 2nd 

century BC onwards. Satakarni I was the first 

Satavahana King to introduce the ruler’s head on the 

coins. The coins issued by Satavahanas had bilingual 

legends. The name of the Kings was mentioned in 

Prakrit as well as some south Indian language.

95. (b) The Vakataka emperor Pravarasena I performed 

four Asvamedha Yajnas. Vakataka dynasty was the 

most important after the fall of Satavahanas and 

before the rise of Chalukyas they ruled in modern 

Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. They were 

contemporary of Guptas. The dynasty was founded by 

Vindhyashakti but Pravarasena I was the real founder 

of Vakataka empire.

96. (d) Spices exported from India to the Roman 

empire. Pepper was most important item of export 

to Greece and Rome. Its export was in such abundant 

quantity that it was called Yavanapriya in the Indian 

literature.

97. (a) Pushyamitra was a supporter of the orthodox 

brahmanical faith, and revived the ancient Vedic 

sacrifice including the horse-sacrifice.

99. (d) The military character of the Satavahana rule 

is evident from the common use of such terms as 

Kataka and Skandhavaras in their inscriptions. These 

were military camps and settlements which served 

as administrative centres so long as the king was 

there.

100. (b) Arikamedu was an ancient industrial port city 

located in the South Eastern coast of India near 

Pondicherry. A large hoard of Roman coins found 

at Arikamedu along with the archaeological remains 

of a Roman colony have been discovered.

102. (c) The Chedis were the original inhabitants 

of Maddhyadesa. Chedis are known from the 

Hatigumpha Pillar inscription. According to this 

inscription, Mahameghavahana, a member of the 

Chedi clan founded the Chedi dynasty. Kharvela was 

the famed king of Chedi dynasty.

103. (d) The writer of Mahabhasya, Patanjali was a 

contemporary of Pushyamitra Sunga. The Sunga 

Empire played an imperative role in patronizing 

Indian culture at a time when some of the most 

important developments in Hindu thought were 

taking place.

104. (c) The Rabatak inscription is an inscription written 

on a rock in the Bactrian language and the Greek 

script, which was found in 1993 at the site of Rabatak, 

near Surkh Kotal in Afghanistan. The inscription 

relates to the rule of the Kushan emperor Kanishka. 

He expanded the Kushan empire into the northwest 

of the Indian subcontinent. 

106. (d) When Agnimitra was the crown prince, he 

showed his administrative capability as the governor 

of the Vidisha region. By virtue of his courage and 

heroism, he won many battles for Sunga empire. 

His heroic deeds seem to have made him a legendary 

figure. So that Kalidasa, wrote his famous historical 

drama ‘Malavikagnimitram’, depicting Prince 

Agnimitra as the hero of the drama.

109. (b) The founder of the Satavahana dynasty was 

Simuka. He conquered Maharashtra, Malwa and part 

of Madhya Pradesh. He was succeeded by his brother 

Kanha who further extended his kingdom to the west 

and the south. 

110. (c) The great rulers of the Satavahana dynasty 

Gautamiputra Satakarni and Sri Yajna Satakarni were 

able to defeat the foreign invaders like the Western 

Kshatrapas and stop their expansion. 

111. (d) Devabhuti was the last Sunga ruler who was 

killed by his own minister Vasudeva Kanva in around 

73 BC and founded the Kanva dynasty.

113. (b) The beginning of the practice of land grants with 

fiscal and administrative immunities to Brahmins and 

Buddhist monks was made by the Satavahanas.

114. (c) The Satavahana kings mostly used lead as the 

material for their coins. Next to lead they used an 

alloy of silver and copper, called ‘potin’. Most of the 

Satavahana coins have on one side the figure of an 

elephant, horse, lion or Chaitya. The other side shows 

the so-called Ujjain symbol – a cross with four circles 

at the end of the two crossing lines.

115. (a) Rudradaman I was a Saka ruler from the Western 

Kshatrapas dynasty. He was the grandson of the 

celebrated Sah king Chastana. Rudradaman I was 

instrumental in the decline of the Satavahana empire.

117. (d) The Nanaghat inscriptions appear to suggest that 

King Satakarni was the son of Simuka Satavahana 

and the husband of queen Naganika.

122. (d) Gondophares was representative of the House 

of Suren in Balochistan as well as founder and first 

king of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom and dynasty. 

123. (a) Gathasaptasati was written by the Satavahana 

ruler Hall in Prakrit language. The book contains the 

description of love stories of the king Hall. This book 

is an example of ancient Muktak-kavya.