Practice Gupta Empire – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 2

Which of the following pairs about Samudragupta's policies towards different rulers is correctly matched?

Consider the following events of Gupta history.

1. Skandagupta defeats the Huns

2. Chandragupta I marries Kumaradevi

3. Chandragupta II overcomes the last of the Shakas

Select the correct chronological order.

Consider the following statements about the early Gupta rulers.

1. Srigupta and Ghatotkacha used the title maharajadhiraja.

2. Chandragupta I married Kumaradevi of the Lichchhavi family.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List-I with List-II.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Which of the following best describes the samantas of the Gupta period?

Find the odd one out.

Toramana and Mihirakula, who are linked with the decline of the Guptas, were:

The Sudarshana lake dam, which had earlier been repaired by Rudradaman, was rebuilt in the reign of which Gupta ruler, as recorded in which inscription?

Why were the Puranas of the Gupta period composed in simple Sanskrit verse?

Consider the following statements about the Prayag Prashasti of Samudragupta:

1. It was composed by Harishena, who was both a poet and a minister at Samudragupta's court.

2. It is inscribed on the Ashokan pillar at Allahabad.

3. It is written in Prakrit prose with short, simple sentences.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?