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Which one of the following kings controlled the famous silk route of Central Asia?
(a) Harsha
(b) Chandragupta-II
(c) Ashoka
(d) Kanishka
Option d – Kanishka
The only ruler of India who ruled over territories in Central Asia beyond the Pamirs was:
(a) Kanishka
(b) Ashoka
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Harsha
Option a – Kanishka
Who of the following deciphered the Brahmi script? ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) William Jones
(b) James Prinsep
(c) John Marshall
(d) E.J.H. Mackay
Option b – James Prinsep
Kanishka ruled over Afghanistan and part of north India from two capitals. One was Purushapura. Which was the other?
(a) Ujjain
(b) Pataliputra
(c) Mathura
(d) Taxila
Option c – Mathura
Kanishka was a great patron of art and literature. Which of the following personalities adorned his court?
(a) Asvaghosa, Parsva, Vasumitra, and Charaka
(b) Asvaghosa, Nagarjuna, Nagasena, and Vasumitra
(c) Asvaghosa, Parsva, Hemachandra, and Nagarjuna
(d) Asvaghosa, Vasumitra, Asanga, and Hemachandra
Option a – Asvaghosa, Parsva, Vasumitra, and Charaka
The earliest example of a land grant is provided by an inscription of:
(a) the Guptas
(b) the Mauryas
(c) the Satavahanas
(d) the Mahameghavahanas
Option c – the Satavahanas
The Prakrit text ‘Gatha Saptasai’ is attributed to the Satavahana king: ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Gautamiputra Satkarni
(b) Hala
(c) Yajna Satkarni
(d) Vasishtputra Pulumayi
Option b – Hala
The great grammarian Patanjali of ancient India was whose contemporary among the following?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Ashoka
(c) Pushyamitra Sunga
(d) Susarman Kanva
Option c – Pushyamitra Sunga
The first to establish trade contacts with the Roman Empire were:
(a) Indo-Greeks
(b) Kushanas
(c) Tamils
(d) Sakas
Option c – Tamils
Satavahanas belonged to:
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Andhra region
(c) Konkan region
(d) Kalinga
Option b – Andhra region
Sakas were finally overthrown by: ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Kanishka
(b) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(c) Devapala
(d) Gautamiputra Satakarni
Option d – Gautamiputra Satakarni
Daisy wheel printer is a type of
A) Laser Printer
B) DOT Matrix Printer
C) Manual Printer
D) Impact Printer
Option d – Impact Printer
WWW on the Internet stands for
A) Words, Words, Words
B) Wide World Words
C) World Wide Web
D) When Where Why
Option c – World Wide Web
Who among the following is considered the inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW)?
A) Edward Kasner
B) Bill Gates
C) Tim Berners Lee
D) Vinod Dham
Option c – Tim Berners Lee
World Wide Web (www) is a hypermedia system because ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
A) It is hyper-fast
B) It links to other computer resources
C) It can be used only to bring in video material
D) None of the above
Option b – It links to other computer resources
Which industry is the primary user of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)?
A) Banks
B) Footwear Designing
C) Book Publishing
D) None of the above
Option a – Banks
Which type of computers are the most widely used?
A) Supercomputers
B) Mini Computers
C) Main Frame Computers
D) Micro Computers
Option d – Micro Computers
Which type of computer could be found in a digital watch?
A) Mainframe
B) Supercomputer
C) Notebook computer
D) Embedded computer
Option d – Embedded computer
Which of the following laser ray is used in laser printers? ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
A) Dye laser
B) Semi-conductor laser
C) Excimer laser
D) Gas laser
Option b – Semi-conductor laser
Which printer is usually used for desktop printing?
A) Daisy wheel printer
B) Dot matrix printer
C) Laser printer
D) None of the above
Option c – Laser printer
In the courtyard of the Quwwatul Islam Mosque of Delhi stands the famous iron pillar in the memory of:
(a) Ashoka
(b) Chandra
(c) Harsha
(d) Anangapala
Option b – Chandra
The first Huna invasion took place during the reign of: ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Skandagupta
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Kanishka
(d) Kumaragupta
Option d – Kumaragupta
Zero was invented by:
(a) Aryabhatta
(b) Varahmihir
(c) Bhaskar I
(d) An unknown Indian
Option d – An unknown Indian
Who among the following literary figures of the Gupta Age is given the title of ‘Indian Shakespeare’?
(a) Harisena
(b) Kalidasa
(c) Vishakhadatta
(d) Bharavi
Option b – Kalidasa
Which of the following works of Kalidasa is not a play? ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Abhijnana Shakuntalam
(b) Meghadoot
(c) Vikramorvasiya
(d) Malavikagnimitra
Option a – Abhijnana Shakuntalam
Who among the following Gupta rulers was a poet and a musician adorned with the title of Kaviraja or King of poets?
(a) Chandragupta I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Skandagupta
(d) None of these
Option b – Samudragupta
(a) Samudra Gupta
(b) Chandra Gupta II
(c) Skanda Gupta
(d) Rama Gupta
Option b – Chandra Gupta II
Which of the following statements is not true regarding the Gupta society?
(a) The Brahmanas claimed many privileges
(b) There was a decline in the number of untouchables as compared to earlier periods
(c) The tribal chiefs were given a respectable position
(d) The position of the Shudras improved
Option b – There was a decline in the number of untouchables as compared to earlier periods
In the Chola Kingdom, the cluster of villages known as ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Nadu
(b) Valanadu
(c) Kurram
(d) Muvendvelan
Option c – Kurram
Which of the following was the greatest center of Sanskrit learning in Central India?
(a) Dhar
(b) Ujjaini
(c) Vikramshila
(d) Odantapuri
Option a – Dhar
The most likely reasons for the emergence of untouchability were ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Court laws, the practice of eating cow meat, rise of urban menial classes.
(b) Inter varna marriage, king’s directives, non-vegetarianism.
(c) Tribal assimilation, pollution taboos, contempt for occupations.
(d) Rise of urban menial classes, court laws, and pollution of varnas.
Option c – Tribal assimilation, pollution taboos, contempt for occupations
The Kailash temple at Ellora was erected by which of the following Rastrakuta kings?
(a) Krishna I
(b) Indra I
(c) Govinda II
(d) Dantidurga
Option a – Krishna I
Which of the following places was the best center of Pala art? ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Nalanda
(b) Taxila
(c) Sanchi
(d) Amravati
Option a – Nalanda
Which of the following were one of the prominent mercantile communities under the Cholas?
(a) Chidambaram
(b) Nagarathar
(c) Puhar
(d) Kocengnan
Option b – Nagarathar
Which of the following mythical sages is credited with bringing Sanskritic culture true to the South?
(a) Kashayapa
(b) Patanjali
(c) Agastya
(d) Narada
Option c – Agastya
Which one of the following Chola rulers is reported to have destroyed Anuradhapura, once the capital of Ceylon?
(a) Rajaraja I
(b) Rajendra I
(c) Rajadhiraja I
(d) Kulottunga I
Option a – Rajaraja I
Who founded kulinism, i.e. the system of nobility among the Brahmins and Kayasthas of Bengal?
(a) Dharmapala
(b) Gopala
(c) Ballala Sen
(d) Vijaya Sen
Option c – Ballala Sen
Who among the following had referred to the lost glory and splendour of Pataliputra? ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Cosmas
(b) Fa-hien
(c) Hiuen Tsang
(d) Megasthenes
Option c – Hiuen Tsang
Evidence regarding Chola paintings has been found at
(a) Uraiyur
(b) Puhar
(c) Thanjavur
(d) Kanchipuram
Option c – Thanjavur
The Paramara king Bhoja is said to have been the writer of a dozen works. Which of the following is not one of them?
(a) Ayurveda-sarvasva
(b) Rajamriganka
(c) Sarasvatikanthabharana
(d) Manasollasa
Option d – Manasollasa
(a) Kathasaritasagara
(b) Brhatkathamanjari
(c) Shivsutravimarshini
(d) Vikramdevcharita
Option a – Kathasaritasagara
In the context of Hinduism, which of the following statements is incorrect?
(a) Foreigners were not given any place in the caste structure.
(b) Brahmins incorporated other beliefs and traditions to strengthen their own position.
(c) It recognized popular heroes of other religions as incarnations of God.
(d) None of the above.
Option a – Foreigners were not given any place in the caste structure
The emphasis on love as the bond between god and the individual soul was based on the idea of
(a) Monotheism
(b) Polytheism
(c) Pantheism
(d) Agnosticism
Option c – Pantheism
After the Mauryas, the most important kingdom in the Deccan and Central India was that of the:
(a) Vakatakas
(b) Cholas
(c) Satavahanas
(d) Pallavas
Option c – Satavahanas
The language of the Satavahana inscriptions was: ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Pali
(b) Prakrit
(c) Tamil
(d) Telugu
Option b – Prakrit
Pushyamitra Shunga: ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) defended the Magadhan empire against the Bactrian Greeks
(b) is said to have performed the Asvamedha sacrifice
(c) was a persecutor of Buddhism according to the Divyavadana
(d) did all of the above
Option c – was a persecutor of Buddhism according to the Divyavadana
Chaitra 1 of the national calendar based on the Saka Era corresponds to which one of the following dates of the Gregorian calendar in a normal year of 365 days?
(a) 22 March (or 21st March)
(b) 15th May (or 16th May)
(c) 31st March (or 30th March)
(d) 21st April (or 20th April)
Option a – 22 March (or 21st March)
Some Buddhist rock-cut caves are called Chaityas, while others are called Viharas. What is the difference between the two?
(a) Vihara is a place of worship, while Chaitya is the dwelling place of the monks
(b) Chaitya is a place of worship, while Vihara is the dwelling place of the monks
(c) Chaitya is the stupa at the far end of the cave, while Vihara is the hall axial to it
(d) There is no material difference between the two
Option b – Chaitya is a place of worship, while Vihara is the dwelling place of the monks
The first Indian ruler to be shown in images as wearing a dress akin to trousers is: ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Kanishka
(b) Ashoka
(c) Chandragupta
(d) Samudragupta
Option a – Kanishka
Who is known as the father of the Indian supercomputer?
A) Raghunath Mashelkar
B) Vijay Bhatkar
C) Jayant Narlikar
D) Nandan Nilekani
Option b – Vijay Bhatkar
Which one of the following is a supercomputer project developed by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre? ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
A) PARAM Padma
B) Chipps
C) Flosolver Mark
D) Anupam
Option d – Anupam
Word length for supercomputers ranges up to? ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
A) 16-bit
B) 32 bits
C) 64-bit
D) 128 bits
Option c – 64-bit
Among the following, which is the largest, fastest, and costliest computer?
A) Personal
B) Supercomputer
C) Laptop
D) Notebook
Option b – Supercomputer
Vidya Vahini Project lays emphasis on which of the following?
A) Computer Education
B) Value Education
C) Environmental Education
D) Skill Development
Option a – Computer Education
Supercomputer ‘Magic Cube’ inaugurated has been prepared by which of the following countries?
A) U.S.A.
B) China
C) Germany
D) Japan
Option b – China
What does Y2K problem relate to? ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
A) Finding out a solution to control computer virus
B) To establish uniformity with the computers operating all over the world
C) To find out a suitable replacement when the last two digits of the year become zero
D) To make drastic changes in the working of computers after an experience of sixty years
Option c – To find out a suitable replacement when the last two digits of the year become zero
First, indigenously developed Indian supercomputer is named?
A) Gati
B) Dharam
C) Shakti
D) Param
Option d – Param
The name of the Indian Supercomputer is?
A) Shubham
B) Param
C) SX-2
D) BBC-Micro
Option b – Param
In the context of the reign of Guptas and their successors, what is Vishti’?
(a) King’s share in the produce of the land
(b) Forced labor
(c) Emergency taxation
(d) Levy collected by local chiefs
Option b – Forced labor
The Matsya Purana gives the list of 10 avataras (incarnations), of which three are divine avatara. Point the odd one out.
(a) Narayana
(b) Narasimha
(c) Kurma
(d) Vamana
Option a – Narayana
Who amongst the rulers of southern India were the contemporaries of kings of the Gupta empire? ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Satavahanas
(b) Rashtrakutas
(c) Vakatakas
(d) Cholas
Option c – Vakatakas
Who among the following is considered to be the father of Ayurveda? ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Dhanvantri
(b) Patanjali
(c) Susruta
(d) Charaka
Option a – Dhanvantri
In ancient India, Nalanda University was a great center for the study of:
(a) Hinduism
(b) Hinayana Buddhism
(c) Jainism
(d) Mahayana Buddhism
Option d – Mahayana Buddhism
The head of the University of Nalanda was the great Bengali scholar: ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Vasubandhu
(b) Nagarjuna
(c) Shreejnan Atisha
(d) Sheelabhadra
Option d – Sheelabhadra
With reference to the period of the Gupta dynasty in ancient India, the towns Ghantasala, Kadura, and Chaul were well-known as:
(a) ports handling foreign trade
(b) capitals of powerful kingdoms
(c) places of exquisite stone art and architecture
(d) important Buddhist pilgrimage centers
Option a – ports handling foreign trade
With reference to forced labor (Vishti) in India during the Gupta period, which one of the following statements is correct? ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) It was considered a source of income for the State, a sort of tax paid by the people.
(b) It was totally absent in the Madhya Pradesh and Kathiawar regions of the Gupta Empire.
(c) The forced laborer was entitled to weekly wages.
(d) The eldest son of the laborer was sent as the forced laborer.
Option a – It was considered a source of income for the State, a sort of tax paid by the people
Which one among the following was not an attribute of Samudragupta described in Prayag Prashasti? ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Sharp and polished intellect
(b) Accomplished sculptor
(c) Poetical talent of a genius
(d) Fine musical performances
Option b – Accomplished sculptor
Which one of the following statements about Gupta coins is not correct?
(a) Gupta kings issued a large number of gold coins known as Dinar.
(b) Chandragupta II, Kumaragupta I, Skandagupta, and Budhagupta issued silver coins.
(c) The obverses of coins are carved with the images of the kings and on the reverse are carved deities.
(d) The largest number of coins issued by the Guptas were of copper.
Option d – The largest number of coins issued by the Guptas were of copper
Who among the Gupta rulers was the first to bear the higher political title of Maharajadhiraja? ( Madras University Previous Year Question )
(a) Srigupta
(b) Chandragupta I
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Chandragupta II
Option b – Chandragupta I
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