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This set of Indian Numismatics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Indian Numismatics Set 3

Q1 | What is meant by kaviti?
  • honorific title given to merchants
  • head of a craft guild
  • head of a caravan
  • craftsman
Q2 | Who is jethaka or pamukkha?
  • apprentice
  • blacksmith
  • head of a craft person’s guild
  • head of a caravan
Q3 | Who is a sarthavaha?
  • heads of caravan merchants
  • grain merchant
  • ghee merchant
  • officer in charge of market
Q4 | Who is hiranyaswami?
  • issuer of coined money
  • issuer of land grants
  • officer in charge of market
  • officer in charge of jewelers
Q5 | Which inscription mentioned the migration of guilds?
  • mandasor inscription
  • nashik inscription
  • junnar inscription
  • allahabad pillar inscription
Q6 | Name the ancient port on the Eastern Coast of India?
  • tamralipti
  • bhrigukachcha
  • patala
  • pushkalavati
Q7 | Which among the following was not mentioned by the Periplus?
  • paithan
  • kalyan
  • sopara
  • calicut
Q8 | Where does Ratnadwipa situate?
  • srilanka
  • babylon
  • west asia
  • cambodia
Q9 | Which poem of Pattupattu describes Kaveripattinam?
  • igurunuru
  • pattinapalai
  • akananuru
  • narinai
Q10 | The port on the mouth of River Narmada?
  • tamralipti
  • barbaricon
  • baryagaza
  • muziri
Q11 | What is not right about Periplus Maris Erythraei?
  • it is a book about india
  • written in greek b. information on trade in indian ocean
  • original book is lost
  • all are right
Q12 | Which Roman author describes the drain of Roman gold to India?
  • pliny
  • marcus aurelius
  • augustus
  • periplus
Q13 | What is called aurei?
  • greek gold coins
  • roman gold coins
  • roman silver coins
  • egyptian silver coins
Q14 | Name the region which is not associated with the Roman coins?
  • taxila
  • manikyala
  • mathura
  • ujjain
Q15 | Which historian identified Arikamedu with Poduke?a.R. S.Sharma b. Mortimer Wheeler c. P.Berghaus d. 73. Which place in South India is associated with Roman contact ?
  • arikamedu
  • pulicat
  • sopara
  • tamralipti
Q16 | Name the place in south India which catered a well established Roman settlement?
  • baryghaza
  • tyndis
  • barris
  • arikamedu
Q17 | With which country the terms amphorae and terra sigillata are associated?
  • china
  • arabs
  • egyptians
  • romans
Q18 | Which historian argued the involvement of Buddhist monks in trade on trade routes?
  • romila thapar
  • dibala mitra
  • liu
  • d.n.jha
Q19 | Who is supposed to have composed the Sangam work agatiyam?
  • paranar
  • agastya
  • illangoadikal
  • kambar
Q20 | Which Hindu god is known as Haladhara?
  • sri krishna.
  • balarama
  • janaka
  • sri rama
Q21 | Which goddess is frequently depicted on coins?
  • parvati
  • lakshmi
  • ushas
  • ganga
Q22 | What is not right about the Gupta coins?
  • issued gold coins known as dinaras
  • bore the names of kings
  • motifs of garuda and peacock on coins
  • copper coins issued in abundance
Q23 | With which Gupta ruler that Aswamedha type coins are associated?
  • chandragupta ii
  • samudragupta.
  • chandragupta i
  • ramagupta
Q24 | Which Gupta ruler is mentioned by name Chandra in his coins?
  • chandragupta ii
  • samudragupta
  • skandagupta
  • purugupta
Q25 | Which Gupta ruler’s digvijaya is mentioned in Udayagiri Cave Inscription?
  • skjandagupta
  • samudragupta
  • chandragupta ii
  • purugupta