1. Daskumar Charitam was composed by [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
(A) Surdas
(B) Dandin
(C) Tulsidas
(D) Kalidas
2. ‘Kumarasambhava’ an epic poem was composed by [45th BPSC (Pre) 2001]
(A) Banabhatta
(B) Chand Bardai
(C) Harishena
(D) Kalidasa
3. The title ‘Father of History’ rightly belongs to [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1994]
(A) Herodotus
(B) Euripides
(C) Thucydides
(D) Socrates
4. Who of the following was the writer of Mudrarakshasa? [47th BPSC (Pre) 2005]
(A) Ashwaghosha
(B) Vishakhadatta
(C) Kalidasa
(D) Bhas
5. Which of the following drama was not written by Kalidas? [MPPCS (Pre) 2005]
(A) Malavikagnimitram
(B) Abhigyan Shakuntalam
(C) Kumarsambhavam
(D) Janaki haranam
6. What is the name of Kalhana’s book? [53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011]
(A) Arthashastra
(B) Indica
(C) Purana
(D) Rajatarangini
7. ‘Rajatarangini’ written by Kalhan is associated with which of the
following? [MPPCS (Pre) 2012]
(A) Chandragupta’s reign
(B) Anthology of lyrics
(C) History of Kashmir
(D) Reign of Krishna Deva Raya
8. ‘Ashtadhyayi’ was written by [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2011 UPPSC (GIC) 2010]
(A) Vedavyas
(B) Panini
(C) Shukhadeva
(D) Valmiki
9. Charaka Samhita is related to which of the following subject? [MPPCS (Pre) 1993]
(A) Arthashastra
(B) Politics
(C) Medicine
(D) Religion
10. The Panchasiddhantika of Varahamihira is based upon [UPPCS (RI) 2014]
(A) Persian astronomy
(B) Greek astronomy
(C) Iranian astronomy
(D) Mesopotamian astronomy
11. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? [UPPCS (Mains) 2006]
(A) Kalidasa – Raghuvansa
(B) Bhasa – Svapna Vasavadattam
(C) Subandhu – Kadambari
(D) Harsha – Ratnavali
12. ‘Milindapanha’ is a [UPPCS (Pre) 1996]
(A) Sanskrit drama
(B) Jain chronicle
(C) Pali text
(D) Persian epic
13. Buddhist text ‘Milindapanha’ throws light on which Indo-Greek ruler? [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2012]
(A) Diodorus-II
(B) Demetrius
(C) Menander
(D) Strato-I
14. Milindapanha is in the form of a dialogue between King Menander and Buddhist monk [IAS (Pre) 1997]
(A) Nagarjuna
(B) Nagabhatta
(C) Nagasena
(D) Kumarilabhatta
15. Name the source that is silent about the trade routes of ancient India [39th BPSC (Pre) 1994]
(A) Sangam Sahitya
(B) Milindpanha
(C) Jataka Tales
(D) All of the above
16. The contemporary ruler of Kalhana, the author of Rajatarangini was [UPPSC (GIC) 2010]
(A) Jai Singh
(B) Harsha
(C) Govindchandra
(D) Jayachandra
17. How many Tarangas are in Rajtarangini of Kalhana? [UPPCS (Mains) 2015]
(A) Eight
(B) Nine
(C) Ten
(D) Eleven
Answer Sheet:-
1. (B)
2. (D)
3. (A)
4. (B)
5. (D)
6. (D)
7. (C)
8. (B)
9. (C)
10. (B)
11. (C)
12. (C)
13. (C)
14. (C)
15. (B)
16. (A)
17. (A)