Q➤ 1. Daskumar Charitam was composed by [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
(A) Surdas (B) Dandin
(C) Tulsidas (D) Kalidas
Correct Answer (b)
Q➤ 2. ‘Kumarasambhava’ an epic poem was composed by [45th BPSC (Pre) 2001]
(A) Banabhatta (B) Chand Bardai
(C) Harishena (D) Kalidasa
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 3. The title ‘Father of History’ rightly belongs to [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1994]
(A) Herodotus (B) Euripides
(C) Thucydides (D) Socrates
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 4. Who of the following was the writer of Mudrarakshasa? [47th BPSC (Pre) 2005]
(A) Ashwaghosha
(B) Vishakhadatta
(C) Kalidasa
(D) Bhas
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 5. Which of the following drama was not written by Kalidas? [MPPCS (Pre) 2005]
(A) Malavikagnimitram
(B) Abhigyan Shakuntalam
(C) Kumarsambhavam
(D) Janaki haranam
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 6. What is the name of Kalhana’s book? [53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011]
(A) Arthashastra
(B) Indica
(C) Purana
(D) Rajatarangini
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 7. ‘Rajatarangini’ written by Kalhan is associated with which of the following? [MPPCS (Pre) 2012]
(A) Chandragupta’s reign
(B) Anthology of lyrics
(C) History of Kashmir
(D) Reign of Krishna Deva Raya
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 8. ‘Ashtadhyayi’ was written by [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2011 UPPSC (GIC) 2010]
(A) Vedavyas (B) Panini
(C) Shukhadeva (D) Valmiki
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 9. Charaka Samhita is related to which of the following subject? [MPPCS (Pre) 1993]
(A) Arthashastra (B) Politics
(C) Medicine (D) Religion
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 10. The Panchasiddhantika of Varahamihira is based upon [UPPCS (RI) 2014]
(A) Persian astronomy
(B) Greek astronomy
(C) Iranian astronomy
(D) Mesopotamian astronomy
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 11. Which one of the following is not correcly matched? [UPPCS (Mains) 2006]
(A) Kalidasa - Raghuvansa
(B) Bhasa - Svapna Vasavadattam
(C) Subandhu - Kadambari
(D) Harsha - Ratnavali
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 12. ‘Milindapanha’ is a [UPPCS (Pre) 1996]
(A) Sanskrit drama
(B) Jain chronicle
(C) Pali text
(D) Persian epic
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 13. Buddhist text ‘Milindapanha’ throws light on which Indo-Greek ruler? [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2012]
(A) Diodorus-II (B) Demetrius
(C) Menander (D) Strato-I
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 14. Milindapanha is in the form of a dialogue between King Menander and Buddhist monk [IAS (Pre) 1997]
(A) Nagarjuna
(B) Nagabhatta
(C) Nagasena
(D) Kumarilabhatta
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 15. Name the source that is silent about the trade routes of ancient India [39th BPSC (Pre) 1994]
(A) Sangam Sahitya
(B) Milindpanha
(C) Jataka Tales
(D) All of the above
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 16. The contemporary ruler of Kalhana, the author of Rajatarangini was [UPPSC (GIC) 2010]
(A) Jai Singh
(B) Harsha
(C) Govindchandra
(D) Jayachandra
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 17. How many Tarangas are in Rajtarangini of Kalhana? [UPPCS (Mains) 2015]
(A) Eight (B) Nine
(C) Ten (D) Eleven
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 18. Who among the following continued the Rajtarangini of Kalhana? [UPPCS (Pre) 2000]
(A) Bilhana and Merutunga
(B) Bilhana and Mammata
(C) Jonaraja and Merutunga
(D) Jonaraja and Srivara
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 19. Saundarananda was the composi- tion of [MPPCS (Pre) 1991]
(A) Asvaghosa (B) Banabhatta
(C) Bhavbhuti (D) Bhaas
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 20. ‘Nagananda’, ‘Ratnavali’ and ‘Priyadarshika’ was written by [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]
(A) Bana Bhatta
(B) Vishakha Datta
(C) Vatsyayan
(D) Harshavardhana
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 21. Among the four works mentioned below which one is encyclopedic in nature? [IAS (Pre) 1993]
(A) Amarakosha
(B) Siddhantasiromani
(C) Brihat Samhita
(D) Ashtangahidayam
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 22. Which of the following pair is not correctly matched? [UPPCS (Pre) 2012]
(A) Karpurmanjari - Harsha
(B) Malavikagnimitra - Kalidasa
(C) Mudrarakshasa - Vishakhadatta
(D) Saundarananda - Asvaghosha
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 23. Who wrote ‘Shakuntalam’? [MPPCS (Pre) 2000]
(A) Bana Bhatt (B) Ved Vyas
(C) Kalidasa (D) Bhavabhuti
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 24. Which of the following is not a literary masterpiece of Kalidasa? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2005]
(A) Mrichchhakatikam
(B) Meghduta
(C) Ritu Sanghar
(D) Vikramorvasiyam
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 25. The protagonist of the Play ‘Malvikagnimitra’ written by Kalidasa is [UPPCS (Pre) 1998]
(A) Pushyamitra Shunga
(B) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(C) Agnimitra
(D) Chandragupta-II
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 26. Which one of the following books of ancient India has the love story of the son of the founder of Sunga dynasty? [IAS (Pre) 2016]
(A) Swapnavasavadatta
(B) Malavikagnimitra
(C) Meghadoota
(D) Ratnavali
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 27. The author of ‘Swapnavasavadatta’ is [43rd BPSC (Pre) 1999]
(A) Kalidasa (B) Bhasa
(C) Bhavabhuti (D) Rajshekhara
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 28. Who is the author of ‘Geet Govind’? [MPPCS (Pre) 1997 Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007]
(A) Jayadeva (B) Surdas
(C) Kesav (D) Mira
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 29. Whose court was embellished by ‘Jaydev’ composer of Geet Govind? [UPPCS (Pre) 1999]
(A) Dharmapala
(B) Devpala
(C) Vijayasen
(D) Lakshmana Sen
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 30. Thy right is to work only, but never with its fruits. This is stated in which of the following book? [UPPCS (Pre) 1992]
(A) Astadhyayi (B) Mahabhasya
(C) Geeta (D) Mahabharata
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 31. In which epic it was told ‘what is here is also found elsewhere, but if not here is found nowhere else’? [UPPCS (Pre) 1992]
(A) Ramayana (B) Mahabharata
(C) Geeta (D) Rajtarangini
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 32. Which ancient Indian book has been translated into 15 (fifteen) Indian and 40 (forty) foreign languages? [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010 RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992]
(A) Hitopadesha
(B) Panchatantra
(C) Katha Saritsagar
(D) Shakuntala
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 33. ‘Panchatantra’ was originally written by [MPPCS (Pre) 2013]
(A) Kalidasa
(B) Vishnu Sharma
(C) Tulsidas
(D) Raidas
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 34. Who of the following is especially known for his contribution in the field of Algebra? [UPPCS (Pre) 2002 UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]
(A) Aryabhatta (B) Brahmagupta
(C) Bhaskar (D) Lall
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 35. Lilavathi, a treatise on Mathe- matics, was written by [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010]
(A) Ramanuj
(B) Kautilya
(C) Amartya Sen
(D) Bhaskaracharya
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 36. Aryabhatta was [Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007]
(A) Indian Politician
(B) Indian Mathematician and
Astronomer
(C) Indian Sanskrit Scholar and
Poet
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 37. Which one of the following Indian Mathematician invented decimal place value? [UPPSC (RI) 2014]
(A) Bhaskar
(B) Varahmihira
(C) Brahmagupta
(D) Aryabhatta
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 38. Who was the author of ‘Matta Vilasa Prahasana’? [UP UDA/LDA (Spl) (Pre) 2010]
(A) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(B) Mahakshatrap Rudradaman
(C) Mahendra Varman
(D) Pulakesin II
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 39. ‘Manusmriti’ is mainly related to [UPPCS (Pre) 2007]
(A) Social System
(B) Law
(C) Economics
(D) Working method of State
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 40. The great lawgiver of ancient times was [UPPCS (Mains) 2004]
(A) Ashoka (B) Arya Bhatta
(C) Manu (D) Vatsyayan
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 41. ‘Zero’ was discovered by [IAS (Pre) 1995]
(A) Aryabhatta
(B) Varahmihira
(C) Bhaskar-I
(D) An anonymous Indian
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 42. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [UPPCS (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2015]
(A) Life of Hiuen Tsang - Hui-li
(B) The Natural History - Ptolemy
(C) Historial Philippical - Pompeius
Trogus
(D) The Histories - Herodotus
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 43. The most ancient musical instrument in given option is [UPPSC (GIC) 2010]
(A) Sitar (B) Veena
(C) Sarod (D) Tabla
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 44. Match the following. [UPPCS (Pre) 1992] List-I (a) Panini (b) Vatsyayan (c) Chanakya (d) Kalhana List-II 1. Kamasutra 2. Rajatarangini 3. Ashtadhyayi 4. Arthashastra Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 1 4 2
(B) 4 1 2 3
(C) 2 3 1 4
(D) 1 2 3 4
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 45. Which of the following classical works of literature were written during the Gupta Era? 1. Amarakosh 2. Kamasutra 3. Meghaduta 4. Mudrarakshasa Select the correct answer from the code given below. [UPPCS (Mains) 2009] Code
(A) Only 1 and 2
(B) Only 2 and 3
(C) Only 1, 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 46. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer. [IAS (Pre) 1996] List-I (a) Vishakhadatta (b) Varahamihira (c) Charaka (d) Brahmagupta List-II 1. Medicine 2. Drama 3. Astronomy 4. Mathematics Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 4 2
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 2 3 1 4
(D) 3 4 1 3
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 47. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the lists. [Karnataka PSC (Mains) 2016] List-I (Authors) (a) Bharavi (b) Harsha (c) Kalidasa (d) Rajasekhara List-II (Works) 1. Kapurmanjari 2. Kiratarjuniyam 3. Malavikagnimitram 4. Nagananda Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 2 4 3 1
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 48. Which of the following Sanskrit works has taken up their theme from the Mahabharata? 1. Naishdhiyacharita 2. Kiratarjuniyam 3. Sisupalavadha 4. Dasakumaracharita Select the correct answer from the code given below. [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2016] Code
(A) 2 and 3 (B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 49. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists. [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002] List-I (Court Poet) (a) Amir Khusrau (b) Kalidasa (c) Harisena (d) Banabhatta List-II (King) 1. Chandra Gupta II 2. Samudra Gupta 3. Harshavardhana 4. Allauddin Khalji Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 1 2 3
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 2 4 1 3
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 50. Which of the following works were authored by Harsha? 1. Priyadarshika 2. Nagananda 3. Harshacharita 4. Ratnavali Select your answer using the code given below. [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014] Code
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) 1, 2 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 2 and 3
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 51. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? 1. Mrichchakatikam - Sudraka 2. Buddhacharita - Vasubandhu 3. Mudrarakshasa - Vishakhadatta 4. Harshacharita - Banabhatta Select the correct answer using the code given below. [IAS (Pre) 1998] Code
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (B) 1, 3 and 4
(C) 1 and 4 (D) 2 and 3
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 52. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists. [IAS (Pre) 1997] List-I (Author) (a) Varahamihira (b) Vishakhadatta (c) Sudraka (d) Bilhana List-II (Text) 1. Prabandha Chintamani 2. Mrichchha-Katikam 3. Brihat-Samhita 4. Devi-Chandraguptam 5. Vikramankadevacharita Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 4 5 2
(B) 3 4 2 5
(C) 5 3 4 1
(D) 1 3 5 2
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 53. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002] List-I (Compositions) (a) Ashtanga - Samgraha (b) Das rupak (c) Lilavati (d) Mahabhasya List-II (Subject) 1. Play 2. Grammar 3. Maths 4. Medical Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 2 1 4
(B) 4 1 3 2
(C) 2 3 4 1
(D) 1 4 2 3
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 54. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. [UP Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2002 UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2003] List-I (a) Sarvavarma (b) Sudrak (c) Vigyaneshwara (d) Kalhana List-II 1. Mitakshara 2. Rajtarangini 3. Mrichchhakatikam 4. Katantra Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 4 2 1
(B) 4 3 1 2
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 4 2 1 3
Correct Answer (B)