1. The Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang, called the Prince of Pilgrims visited India during
the reign of
(a) Harsha
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Dharampala
(d) Devapala
2. Harshacharita the biography of Harsha, was written by
(a) Banabhatta
(b) Sudraka
(c) Sri Harsha
(d) Gunadhva
3. Harsha was defeated by
(a) Sasanka
(b) King of Valabhi
(c) Bhaskarvarman
(d) Pulkesin II
4. Harsha was the last great royal patron of
(a) Jainism
(b) Buddhism
(c) Shaivism
(d) Bhagavatism
5. After the death of Harsha, a tripartite struggle ensued between the three
contemporary powers for the supremacy of Kannauj. Which of the following was not a
party in the struggle?
(a) Gurjar Partiharas
(b) Rastrakutas
(c) Palas
(d) Paramaras
6. What was Chandragupta-II also known as
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Vikramaditya
(c) Skandagupta
(d) Raanagupta
7. That the Rig Vedic Aryana were a pastoral people is borne out by the fact that
(a) there are many references to the cow in the Rig Veda
(b) Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows
(c) Gifts made to priests were usually cows and not land
(d) All of the above
8. The Aryans succeeded in their conflicts with the pre-Aryans because
(a) they used chariots driven by horses
(b) they were from an advanced urban culture
(c) they were taller and stronger
(d) they used elephants on a large scale
9. Coins made of metal first appeared in
(a) Harappan Civilisation
(b) Later Vedic Age
(c) Age of the Buddha
(d) Age of the Mauryas
10. In the early Vedic-period, Varna system was based on
(a) Education
(b) Birth
(c) Occupation
(d) Talen