HISTORY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR FDA SDA EXAM KARNATAKA

1. Who authored ‘Harshacharita’ and ‘Kadambari’?

a) Banabhatta
b) Bilhana
c) Ashoka

d) Aryabatta

 Answer: a) Banabhatta

2. Who among the following was a great musician in the court of Akbar?

a) Amir Khusro
b) Tansen 
c) Bhim Sen
d) Abul Fazl

 Answer: b) Tansen 

3. Who is the author of Mrichchhakatika?

a) Varahamihira
b) Visakhadatta 
c) Sudraka
d) Kautilya

 Answer: b) Visakhadatta 

4. Whose court did Banabhatta adorn?

a) Harshavardhana
b) Chandragupta II
c) Kanishka
d) Asokavardhana

 Answer: a) Harshavardhana

5. The Butler Committee Report inquired into which of the following?

a) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
b) The growth of education in India
c) Working of Diarchy as mentioned in the Montague Chelmsford reforms 
d) Relationship between Indian states

Answer: c) Working of Diarchy as mentioned in the Montague Chelmsford reforms 

6. Who among the following wrote the famous Sanskrit plays ‘Ratnavali’, ‘Priyadarsika’ and ‘Naganandam’?

a) Harshavardhana
b) Kalidasa
c) Rathnakara
d) Asoka

 Answer: a) Harshavardhana