Multiple choice

Which of the following was NOT a cultural achievement during the Gupta Empire?

  1. Heliocentric model of the universe

  2. Vaccine for smallpox

  3. Concept of absolute zero

  4. Discovery of gunpowder
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Gunpowder was invented in China during the Tang Dynasty (around the 9th century), not in India during the Gupta Empire. The Gupta period is celebrated for achievements in mathematics (like the concept of zero and heliocentric ideas) and medicine, but not gunpowder.

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