Q120. Who wrote Svapnavasavadattam?
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A. Bhasa
B. Kalidasa
C. Shudraka
D. Bhavabhuti
Answer: A. Bhasa
Explanation: Svapnavasavadattam is one of the best-known plays attributed to Bhasa and revolves around King Udayana, Queen Vasavadatta and political strategy.
Q119. Mrichchhakatika was written by:
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A. Shudraka
B. Harsha
C. Kalidasa
D. Vishakhadatta
Answer: A. Shudraka
Explanation: The Sanskrit drama attributed to Shudraka depicts the relationship between impoverished Brahmana Charudatta and courtesan Vasantasena against a lively urban and political background.
Q118. Aryabhata composed Aryabhatiya primarily in which language?
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A. Sanskrit
B. Pali
C. Prakrit
D. Tamil
Answer: A. Sanskrit
Explanation: Aryabhatiya is a concise Sanskrit mathematical-astronomical treatise covering arithmetic, algebraic ideas, geometry, time calculation and astronomical models.
Q117. Who composed the Ashtadhyayi?
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A. Panini
B. Patanjali
C. Katyayana
D. Yaska
Answer: A. Panini
Explanation: Panini’s grammatical system profoundly influenced Indian linguistic scholarship and is admired for its formal structure, economy and sophisticated use of metarules.
Q116. Panini is best remembered as an ancient Indian:
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A. Physician
B. Grammarian
C. Dramatist
D. Astronomer
Answer: B. Grammarian
Explanation: Panini systematised Sanskrit through the Ashtadhyayi, making him one of history’s most influential grammarians and a foundational figure in India’s linguistic tradition.
Q115. Sushruta Samhita is principally associated with:
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A. Grammar
B. Medicine and surgery
C. Astronomy
D. Drama
Answer: B. Medicine and surgery
Explanation: The Sushruta Samhita is a foundational Ayurvedic text especially noted for surgical procedures, anatomy, instruments, wound treatment and descriptions of reconstructive surgery.
Q114. What was an early traditional name of the Mahabharata?
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A. Jaya
B. Bharati
C. Purana
D. Itivritta
Answer: A. Jaya
Explanation: Tradition describes the epic’s textual development from Jaya to Bharata and finally the much larger Mahabharata, conventionally attributed to Vyasa.
Q113. Who wrote Dashakumaracharita?
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A. Dandin
B. Banabhatta
C. Subandhu
D. Bharavi
Answer: A. Dandin
Explanation: Dandin’s Sanskrit prose romance Dashakumaracharita recounts adventures of ten princes and is celebrated for its sophisticated narrative technique and ornate prose.
Q112. What was the name of the son of Dushyanta and Shakuntala in the Shakuntala tradition?
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A. Bharata
B. Pururavas
C. Agnimitra
D. Udayana
Answer: A. Bharata
Explanation: Bharata, son of Dushyanta and Shakuntala, becomes a great king in the tradition represented in the Mahabharata and Kalidasa’s Abhijnanashakuntalam.
Q111. Who wrote the Sanskrit epic Buddhacharita?
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A. Ashvaghosha
B. Nagarjuna
C. Vasumitra
D. Nagasena
Answer: A. Ashvaghosha
Explanation: Ashvaghosha’s Buddhacharita presents a poetic biography of Gautama Buddha and is an important early example of Buddhist Sanskrit literary composition.
