UGC NET History Practice Question

Which Chinese monk wrote the record titled Fo-Guo-Ji (A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms) detailing his travels during the Gupta period?

Xuanzang

Faxian ✓

Yijing

Hyecho

Faxian travelled through India c. 399-414 CE, during Chandragupta II's reign, and recorded his journey in the Fo-Guo-Ji — an invaluable eyewitness account of Gupta-era administration, Buddhism, and society, predating Xuanzang's visit by over two centuries.

The Hathigumpha Inscription of King Kharavela is inscribed on the Udayagiri hills near Bhubaneswar in which script?

Kharosthi

Brahmi ✓

Tamil-Brahmi

Devanagari

The Hathigumpha Inscription, King Kharavela of Kalinga's own detailed autobiographical record, is written in Brahmi script and Prakrit language — a major source for the political history of Kalinga and one of the longest early royal prashastis.

Which early Vedic text contains the Purusha Sukta, which introduces the concept of four Varnas?

Tenth Mandala of the Rigveda ✓

Sama Veda Samhita

Atharva Veda Samhita

Gopatha Brahmana

The Purusha Sukta appears in the tenth (and latest-composed) Mandala of the Rigveda, describing the cosmic sacrifice of Purusha from whom the four varnas emerged — its late position in the Rigveda is itself used by historians to argue the varna system developed later in the Vedic period, not from the start.

The site of Arikamedu was excavated comprehensively by which British archaeologist in 1945?

John Marshall

Mortimer Wheeler ✓

Alexander Cunningham

Aurel Stein

Mortimer Wheeler conducted the landmark 1945 excavation at Arikamedu, applying stratigraphic methods that firmly established the site's identity as a Roman trading settlement and set new standards for archaeological technique in India.

Which of the following Sangam texts is classified as a major epic and written by Prince Ilango Adigal?

Manimekalai

Silappadikaram ✓

Pattinappalai

Maduraikkanchi

Silappadikaram is traditionally attributed to Ilango Adigal, said to be a Chera prince-turned-monk — it is considered one of the "five great epics" of Tamil literature, alongside its sequel Manimekalai (attributed to a different author, Sattanar).

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