UGC NET History Practice Question

King Kharavela of Kalinga belonged to which dynasty?

Chedi (or Mahameghavahana) Dynasty ✓

Satavahana Dynasty

Sunga Dynasty

Bhauma-Kara Dynasty

Kharavela belonged to the Chedi, also called Mahameghavahana, dynasty of Kalinga — his own Hathigumpha inscription is the principal source for his reign and military campaigns.

The system of Agrahara grants, which became widespread from the Gupta period onward, refers to:

Land granted tax-free to Brahmanas or religious institutions for learning and maintenance ✓

Land granted to military commanders in lieu of cash salary

Royal lands cultivated by state slaves

Revenue concessions granted to overseas traders

Agrahara grants were tax-free land donations made to Brahmanas or religious/educational institutions, becoming common from the Gupta period — an important source for understanding both land-revenue history and the spread of Brahmanical learning centers.

Which Mauryan ruler sent his son Mahendra and daughter Sanghamitra to Sri Lanka to propagate Buddhism?

Chandragupta Maurya

Bindusara

Ashoka ✓

Dasharatha

Ashoka sent his son Mahinda (Mahendra) and daughter Sanghamitta (Sanghamitra) to Sri Lanka to spread Buddhism — an event central to Sri Lankan chronicles (Mahavamsa, Dipavamsa) and to Ashoka's broader Dhamma-propagation policy after the Kalinga War.

The term Pratishthana (modern Paithan in Maharashtra) served as the capital city of which dynasty?

Satavahana Dynasty ✓

Vakataka Dynasty

Ikshvaku Dynasty

Rashtrakuta Dynasty

Pratishthana (modern Paithan) served as a — and by some accounts the principal — capital of the Satavahana dynasty, a major center of Deccan political and commercial life during their rule.

Who was the Gupta ruler defeated by the Huna invader Toramana, leading to significant disruption in Northern India?

Kumaragupta I

Skandagupta

Narasimhagupta Baladitya ✓

Budhagupta

Toramana's Huna invasion inflicted major defeats on the later Gupta rulers, with Narasimhagupta Baladitya generally identified as the king defeated, contributing to the empire's political fragmentation — though Skandagupta had earlier successfully repelled an initial Huna attack.

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