From the free UGC NET History Mock Test 2 — Unit 2: From State to Empire unit-wise mock test — real question, real answer, real explanation.
In Kushana period art, which school of sculpture is celebrated for its extensive use of red spotted sandstone?
Gandhara School
Mathura School ✓
Amaravati School
Sarnath School
The Mathura school of art, flourishing under Kushana patronage, is distinctively characterized by its use of local red (spotted) sandstone, in contrast to the grey schist typical of the Gandhara school in the northwest.
What was the gold coin issued during the Gupta period officially termed in contemporary inscriptions?
Rupaka
Karshapana
Dinara ✓
Kani
Gupta gold coins were termed Dinara in contemporary inscriptions, a name borrowed from the Roman denarius/aureus — reflecting continued Roman monetary influence on Indian coin terminology into the Gupta era.
The battle between King Harshavardhana and the Chalukya king Pulakeshin II took place on the banks of which river?
Narmada ✓
Tapti
Godavari
Krishna
Pulakeshin II decisively checked Harsha's southward expansion at the Narmada river, as recorded in the Aihole inscription of Ravikirti — marking the effective southern limit of Harsha's empire.
Which Satavahana monarch defeated the Western Kshatrapa king Nahapana and restruck his silver coinage?
Simuka
Satakarni I
Gautamiputra Satakarni ✓
Yajna Sri Satakarni
Gautamiputra Satakarni defeated Nahapana and restruck large numbers of his silver coins with Satavahana legends — this restriking is direct numismatic evidence of the conquest, corroborated by the Nasik Prashasti inscription of his mother Gautami Balashri.
Kautilya's Arthashastra consists of how many Adhikaranas (books or sections)?
10
12
15 ✓
20
The Arthashastra is organized into 15 Adhikaranas (books), covering topics from king's conduct and administration to law, foreign policy, and military strategy — a comprehensive treatise on statecraft.
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Itihaaskar — UGC NET/JRF & UPSC History Optional notes by Parveen Malik (B.Tech. (CSE), M.A. (History), History JRF). Also spelt Itihaskar.
