UGC NET History Practice Question

Who was the historical founder of the Vakataka dynasty in Central India?

Vindhyashakti ✓

Pravarasena I

Rudrasena I

Prithvisena I

Vindhyashakti (c. 3rd century CE) is credited as the founder of the Vakataka dynasty, which rose to prominence in central India after Satavahana decline; his successor Pravarasena I later expanded the kingdom and took the title Samrat.

Which 22nd Jain Tirthankara is traditionally linked with Lord Krishna in Jain mytho-historical texts?

Rishabhanatha

Neminatha ✓

Parshvanatha

Mahavira

Jain tradition holds Neminatha (Aristanemi), the 22nd Tirthankara, to be a cousin of Krishna, linking Jain sacred history to the Yadava lineage of the Krishna legend — a point of interaction between Jain and Puranic/Vaishnava tradition.

Author of the ancient veterinary treatise Hastyayurveda, dealing with diseases of elephants, was:

Palakapya ✓

Vagbhata

Sushruta

Charaka

Palakapya is the traditional author of the Hastyayurveda, an ancient Sanskrit treatise on elephant medicine and care — distinct from Sushruta and Charaka, who authored the major human-medicine (Ayurveda) Samhitas.

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (i) Defeat of Darius III by Alexander (ii) Battle of Hydaspes between Alexander and Porus (iii) Coronation of Emperor Ashoka (iv) Assassination of Brihadratha by Pushyamitra Sunga

(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) ✓

(ii), (i), (iii), (iv)

(i), (iii), (ii), (iv)

(iii), (i), (ii), (iv)

Correct order: Alexander defeated Darius III at Gaugamela (331 BCE) before advancing into India to fight Porus at Hydaspes (326 BCE); Ashoka's coronation followed later (c. 268 BCE); the Mauryan empire finally ended when Pushyamitra Sunga killed Brihadratha (c. 185 BCE) — a standard sequencing question testing the broad Mauryan-era timeline.

In the Mauryan administrative system, the officer designated as Samaharta was primarily responsible for:

Military recruitment

Collection of revenue and state expenditure management ✓

Judicial administration in urban courts

Maintenance of royal mints

The Samaharta, per Kautilya's Arthashastra, was the chief officer overseeing revenue collection across the empire and managing state expenditure — effectively the head of the Mauryan finance department, working alongside the Sannidhata (treasurer).

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