UGC NET History Practice Question

The Mehrauli Iron Pillar Inscription near Delhi celebrates the military achievements of a monarch identified as 'Chandra'. Who is he generally identified with?

Chandragupta Maurya

Chandragupta I (Gupta)

Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya) ✓

Chandradeva Gahadavala

Most historians identify the "Chandra" of the Mehrauli Iron Pillar inscription with Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya) of the Gupta dynasty, based on the described conquests, though the identification has been debated.

Coins featuring the image of the monarch playing the Veena (lute) were issued by which ancient Indian ruler?

Kanishka I

Samudragupta ✓

Harsha

Rudradaman I

Samudragupta issued a distinctive "Lyrist" or Veena-player type gold coin depicting himself playing the instrument, reflecting his self-projected image as a cultured king skilled in music, alongside his more famous "Ashvamedha" and "Tiger-slayer" coin types.

The archaeological culture associated with Painted Grey Ware (PGW) is chronologically linked with which period of Indian history?

Harappan Civilization

Rigvedic Period

Later Vedic Period and Iron Age ✓

Imperial Gupta Age

PGW sites, concentrated in the upper Ganga-Yamuna doab, are generally dated c. 1200-600 BCE and associated with the Later Vedic period and early Iron Age, linked to sites mentioned in the Mahabharata tradition like Hastinapur.

Which of the following Buddhist canonical texts contains the accounts of the First Buddhist Council at Rajagriha?

Digha Nikaya

Cullavagga of the Vinaya Pitaka ✓

Mahavamsa

Abhidhamma Pitaka

The Cullavagga, part of the Vinaya Pitaka (monastic discipline texts), contains the account of the First Buddhist Council held at Rajagriha shortly after the Buddha's death, where the teachings were first collectively recited and compiled.

The Arthashastra of Kautilya was rediscovered and published for the first time in 1909 by which scholar?

James Prinsep

R. Shamasastry ✓

Vincent Smith

William Jones

R. Shamasastry discovered a manuscript of the Arthashastra in 1904 and published it in 1909, transforming the study of Mauryan administration and statecraft by giving historians a detailed indigenous treatise to work with.

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