History: Cultural History- Literature & Science
The famous book Geet Govind was written by
(a) Banabhatta
(b) Jayadev
(c) Mirabai
(d) Kalidas
Answer: Jayadev
Kalidasa lived during the reign of
(a) Chandragupta II
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Ashoka, the Great
Answer: Chandragupta II
Which of the following works of kalidasa is not a play ?
(a) Vikramorvasiya
(b) Malavikagnimitra
(c) Meghadoot
(d) Abhijinana Shakuntalam
Answer: Meghadoot
The Panchatantra was written during the
(a) Sultanate period
(b) Gupta period
(c) Maurya period
(d) Later Vedic period
Answer: Maurya period
The famous epic Mahabharata was written by
(a) Valmiki
(b) Bhavabhuti
(c) Patanjali
d) Ved Vyas
Answer: Ved Vyas
Aryabhatta was a famous
(a) Scientist
(b) Painter
(c) Astronomer
(d) Physician
Answer: Astronomer
Who among the following was a lexicographer?
(a) Banabhatta
(b) Panini
(c) Dandin
(d) Amarasimha
Answer: Amarasimha
Who is author of Ashtadhyayi?
(a) Charak
(b) Aryabhatta
(c) Vishnu Sharma
(d) Panini
Answer: Panini
Names of sixteen Mahajanapadas were found in
(a) Anguttara Nikaya
(b) Harshacharita
(c) Indica
(d) Kalpa Sutra
Answer: Anguttara Nikaya
Harsha wrote
(a) Kadambari
(b) Meghasandesam
(c) Ratnavali
(d) Raghuvamsa
Answer: Ratnavali
Mitakshara, an authoritative treatise on Hindu law, was written by
(a) Vigneswara
(b) Manu
(c) Jimutavahana
(d) Hemadri
Answer: Vigneswara
Kalhan's Rajatarangini is a history of
(a) Kashmir
(b) Chandragupta's reign
(c) Harsha's reign
(d) Rajasthan
Answer: Kashmir
Who among the following is the author of the book Yogasutra?
(a) Manu
(b) Visvamitra
(c) Vasishtha
(d) Patanjali
Answer: Patanjali
The Shahnama was written by
(a) Abul Fazal
(b) Firdausi
(c) Alberuni
(d) Amir Khusrao
Answer: Firdausi
The great scholar, Banabhatta, lived during the reign of
(a) Chandragupta II
(b) Ashoka
(c) Kanishka
(d) Harsha
Answer: Harsha
Which of the following is an ancient Indian work relating to prayer and sacrificial ceremony ?
(a) Brahamanas
(b) Aranyakas
(c) Amarakosa
(d) Vajasaneyi Samhita
Answer: Brahamanas
Padmavat of Malik Muhammad Jaisi, a notable work in Hindi, was completed during the reign of
(a) Akbar
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Sher Shah
(d) Babar
Answer: Sher Shah
The poet Harisena was the courtier of
(a) Lakshmana Sena
(b) Chandragupta
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Skandagupta
Answer: Samudragupta
All the following literary works are traditionally ascribed to personages who lived in the Maurya period, except
(a) Mrichchhakatika
(b) Kalpasutra of Bhadrabahu
(c) Kautilya's Arthashastra
(d) Katha Vathu
Answer: Mrichchhakatika
Which is not a Vedic text ?
(a) The Smritis
(b) The Upanishads
(c) The Brahmanas
(d) The Angas
Answer: The Angas
Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitamanas during the reign of
(a) Rama Raya
(b) Krishnadeva Raya
(c) Akbar
(d) Jehangir
Answer: Akbar
In which of the following modern states Asokan insirations are not found ?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Orissa
(c) Karnataka
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Tamil Nadu
Who among the following saints wrote Bijak?
(a) Tulsidas
(b) Guru Arjun
(c) Kabir
(d) Ramdas
Answer: Kabir
Matta Vilasa Prahansa was written during the period of
(a) None of these
(b) Pallavas
(c) Sangam
(d) Later Pandayas
Answer: Pallavas
The account of Babur's life was written in
(a) Turki
(b) Arabic
(c) Urdu
(d) Persian
Answer: Turki
Mahabharata is also known as
(a) Chhandogya
(b) Vijay-pitaka
(c) Katha Vatthu
(d) Jayanama-Itihasa
Answer: Jayanama-Itihasa
The Head of the University of Nalanda was the great Bengali scholar
(a) Sheelabhadra
(b) Shreejnan Atisha
(c) Basubandhu
(d) Nagarjuna
Answer: Sheelabhadra
Tahqiq - I - Hind, a famous literary work, was written by
(a) Minhaj-us-Siraj
(b) Alberuni
(c) Badauni
(d) Nizam-ud-din-Ahmad
Answer: Alberuni
Of the following, the oldest Sanskrit poet, whose composition still remains in original classical style, is
(a) Bhavabhuti
(b) Dandin
(c) Ashvaghosa
(d) Kalidasa
Answer: Ashvaghosa
The most outstanding feature of Babar's memoirs (Tuzuk-i-Baburi) is its
(a) Literary value
(b) Authentic record
(c) Candidness in description
(d) Large volume
Answer: Candidness in description
Who among the following ladies wrote a historical account during the Mughal Period ?
(a) Gulbadan Begam
(b) Zebun-nissa Begam
(c) Nurjahan Begam
(d) Jahanara Begam
Answer: Gulbadan Begam
The first major work in the development of Marathi literature, was done by
(a) Sant Dhyaneshwar
(b) Sant Namdev
(c) Yogi Mukundraj
(d) Sant Ramdas
Answer: Sant Namdev
Who among the following literary figures of the Gupta Age is given the title of Indian Shakespeare?
(a) Bharavi
(b) Kalidasa
(c) Harisena
(d) Vishakhadatta
Answer: Kalidasa
In which of the following inscriptions is Ashoka mentioned by name ?
(a) Bairat inscription
(b) None of these
(c) Major Rock Edict at Girnar
(d) Lamghan inscription
Answer: Bairat inscription
Kadambari was written by
(a) Harsha
(b) Bana
(c) Kalidasa
(d) Kautilya
Answer: Bana
The famous poet in the court of Alauddin Khilji was
(a) Barauni
(b) Sadi
(c) Badre Chach
(d) Amir Khusrau
Answer: Amir Khusrau
Sangam literature is
(a) Early Tamil literature attributed to the first three centuries of the Christian era.
(b) Sanskrit works of Puranic nature dealing with the sanctity of the place where there is confluence of rivers in Prayaga.
(c) Classical Sanskrit literature patronised by the Guptas.
(d) Pali literature dealing with the history of the Buddhist samghas.
Answer: Early Tamil literature attributed to the first three centuries of the Christian era.
Who recast the original single Veda into four Vedas ?
(a) None of these
(b) Vyas
(c) Patanjali
(d) Shankaracharya
Answer: Vyas
The Buddhist religious literature produced during the Mauryan period was in
(a) Ardhamagadhi
(b) Pali
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Prakrit
Answer: Prakrit
Dhanvantri, a renowed physician of ancient India, adorned the court of
(a) Kanishka
(b) Ashoka
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Answer: Chandragupta Vikramaditya
The literature of the Sangam Age was written mostly in the form of
(a) Drama
(b) All the above
(c) Poetry
(d) Prose
Answer: Poetry
In the beginning, Jain texts were originally written in
(a) Pali
(b) None of these
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Prakrit
Answer: Prakrit
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