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Which was/were the greatest poetry and drama work of Kaildas? 

history the period of harshavardhana ( 600- 650 a.d. ) harsha's period rule of harshavardhana the vardhans

  1. Kumarasambhava

  2. Raghuvamsa

  3. Meghaduta

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Answer - (D) - All of the above

Kumarasambhava, Raghuvasma, and Meghaduta, all are the greatest poetry work of Kalidasa. Kumarasambhava and Raghuvamsa were based on Dynasty of Raghu and birth of Kumar(Kartikeya) respectively. Meghduta is a well known work of Kalidasa in which a Yaksha tries to send a message to his lover through a cloud.

Which of the following statements is correct?

history the period of harshavardhana ( 600- 650 a.d. ) harsha's period rule of harshavardhana the vardhans

  1. Harsha stopped the use of animal food throughout his empire

  2. Harsha erected thousands of stupas

  3. Harsha regularly held the quinquennial convocation

  4. Harsha sent missionaries to the west to propagate Buddhism

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Correct Option: D

Gupta Empire declined in the fifth century A. D. as a consequence of ______.

history the period of harshavardhana ( 600- 650 a.d. ) harsha's period rule of harshavardhana the vardhans

  1. Chalukya raids

  2. Greek invasion

  3. Hun invasion

  4. Pallava raids

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Correct Option: C

Banabhatta, a great scholar, lived during the reign of ______________.

history the period of harshavardhana ( 600- 650 a.d. ) harsha's period rule of harshavardhana the vardhans

  1. Ashoka

  2. Harsha

  3. Kanishka

  4. Chandragupta II

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Correct Option: B

Assertion (A): Nalanda was the centre of Buddhist learning in the post-Gupta period.
Reason (R): It was patronised by the Pala rulers.

history the period of harshavardhana ( 600- 650 a.d. ) harsha's period rule of harshavardhana the vardhans

  1. Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A

  2. Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A

  3. A is true but R is false

  4. A is false but R is true

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Correct Option: B

Which literary figure of the Gupta period is referred to as the Indian Shakespeare?

history the period of harshavardhana ( 600- 650 a.d. ) harsha's period rule of harshavardhana the vardhans

  1. Vishakhadatta

  2. Harisena

  3. Kalidasa

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following was not the work of Kalidasa?

history the period of harshavardhana ( 600- 650 a.d. ) harsha's period rule of harshavardhana the vardhans

  1. Raghuvamsa

  2. Sakunutiam

  3. Kumarasambhavam

  4. Kadambari

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Correct Option: D

Name the great Hindu King who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?

history the period of harshavardhana ( 600- 650 a.d. ) harsha's period rule of harshavardhana the vardhans

  1. Kanishka

  2. Chandragupta I

  3. Chandragupta II

  4. Harshavardhana

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Correct Option: D

Which important dynasty rose from the ruins of the Gupta empire?

history the period of harshavardhana ( 600- 650 a.d. ) harsha's period rule of harshavardhana the vardhans

  1. The Maukharis of Kannauj

  2. The Later Guptas of Magadha

  3. The Pushyabhutis of Kurukshetra

  4. The Maitrakas of Gujarat

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

After the downfall of the Gupta Empire in the middle of the 6th century, North India was split into several independent kingdoms. The northern and western regions of India passed into the hands of a dozen or more feudatory states. Prabhakara Vardhana, the ruler of Sthanvisvara, who belonged to the Vardhana family, extended his control over neighbouring states. Prabhakar Vardhana was the first king of the Vardhana dynasty with his capital at Thaneswar. After Prabhakar Vardhana's death in 605, his eldest son, Rajya Vardhana, ascended the throne. Harsha Vardhana was Rajya Vardhana's younger brother. This period of kings from the same line has been referred to as the Vardhana dynasty or Pushyabuthi dynasty in several sources.

Which one of the following is not a literary work of Harshavardhana?

history the period of harshavardhana ( 600- 650 a.d. ) harsha's period rule of harshavardhana the vardhans

  1. Priyadarshika

  2. Nagananda

  3. Harshacharitra

  4. Ratnavali

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Correct Option: C