Deck 4: Ancient Trade, Commerce, and Culture in India

Question 1

What is meant by kaviti?

A)honorific title given to merchants
B)head of a craft guild
C)head of a caravan
D)craftsman

Answer 1

honorific title given to merchants

Question 2

Who is jethaka or pamukkha?

A)apprentice
B)blacksmith
C)head of a craft person's guild
D)head of a caravan

Answer 2

head of a craft person's guild

Question 3

Who is a sarthavaha?

A)heads of caravan merchants
B)grain merchant
C)ghee merchant
D)officer in charge of market

Answer 3

heads of caravan merchants

Question 4

Who is hiranyaswami?

A)issuer of coined money
B)issuer of land grants
C)officer in charge of market
D)officer in charge of jewelers

Question 5

Which inscription mentioned the migration of guilds?

A)mandasor inscription
B)nashik inscription
C)junnar inscription
D)allahabad pillar inscription

Question 6

Name the ancient port on the Eastern Coast of India?

A)tamralipti
B)bhrigukachcha
C)patala
D)pushkalavati

Question 7

Which among the following was not mentioned by the Periplus?

A)paithan
B)kalyan
C)sopara
D)calicut

Question 8

Where does Ratnadwipa situate?

A)srilanka
B)babylon
C)west asia
D)cambodia

Question 9

Which poem of Pattupattu describes Kaveripattinam?

A)igurunuru
B)pattinapalai
C)akananuru
D)narinai

Question 10

The port on the mouth of River Narmada?

A)tamralipti
B)barbaricon
C)baryagaza
D)muziri

Question 11

What is not right about Periplus Maris Erythraei?

A)it is a book about india
B)written in greek b. information on trade in indian ocean
C)original book is lost
D)all are right

Question 12

Which Roman author describes the drain of Roman gold to India?

A)pliny
B)marcus aurelius
C)augustus
D)periplus

Question 13

What is called aurei?

A)greek gold coins
B)roman gold coins
C)roman silver coins
D)egyptian silver coins

Question 14

Name the region which is not associated with the Roman coins?

A)taxila
B)manikyala
C)mathura
D)ujjain

Question 15

Which place in South India is associated with Roman contact ?

A)arikamedu
B)pulicat
C)sopara
D)tamralipti

Question 16

Name the place in south India which catered a well established Roman settlement?

A)baryghaza
B)tyndis
C)barris
D)arikamedu

Question 17

With which country the terms amphorae and terra sigillata are associated?

A)china
B)arabs
C)egyptians
D)romans

Question 18

Which historian argued the involvement of Buddhist monks in trade on trade routes?

A)romila thapar
B)dibala mitra
C)liu
D)d.n.jha

Question 19

Who is supposed to have composed the Sangam work agatiyam?

A)paranar
B)agastya
C)illangoadikal
D)kambar

Question 20

Which Hindu god is known as Haladhara?

A)sri krishna.
B)balarama
C)janaka
D)sri rama

Question 21

Which goddess is frequently depicted on coins?

A)parvati
B)lakshmi
C)ushas
D)ganga

Question 22

What is not right about the Gupta coins?

A)issued gold coins known as dinaras
B)bore the names of kings
C)motifs of garuda and peacock on coins
D)copper coins issued in abundance

Question 23

With which Gupta ruler that Aswamedha type coins are associated?

A)chandragupta ii
B)samudragupta.
C)chandragupta i
D)ramagupta

Question 24

Which Gupta ruler is mentioned by name Chandra in his coins?

A)chandragupta ii
B)samudragupta
C)skandagupta
D)purugupta

Question 25

Which Gupta ruler's digvijaya is mentioned in Udayagiri Cave Inscription?

A)skjandagupta
B)samudragupta
C)chandragupta ii
D)purugupta