Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari

Q-1. The foremost astronomer and mathematician of the Gupta period was
A) Aryabhatta✓
B) Varahamihira
C) Brahmagupta
D) Vanabhata

Q-2. The Gupta artists had attained the highest perfection in
A) architecture
B) sculpture✓
C) terracotas
D) painting

Q-3. The most important reason(s) for the decline of the Gupta empire was/were
A) invasions of the Hunas
B) weak later Gupta rulers
C) independence of the later Gupta rulers
D) (a) (b) and (c) above✓

Q-4. After the decline of the Guptas, which of the following cities of North India emerged
as the centre of political gravity of North India?
A) Ajmer
B) Kannauj✓
C) Dhara
D) Delhi

Q-5. Match the following rulers/ruling dynasties of North India with the centres of their
power:
List-I                                                    List-II
A. Maukharis                              (i) Thaneshvar
B. Pusyabhuti or Vardhans     (ii] Kannauj
C. Sasanka                                  (ill) Valabhi Gujarat
D. Maitrakas                               (iv) Bengal Gauda
Codes:
     A B C D
A) I ii iii iv
B) Ii I iv iii✓
C) I iii ii iv
D) Iv iii ii i