History: Cultural History- Literature & Science

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