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Ancient India Quiz 2 (60 MCQs)

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1. The sage who is considered to have Aryanised southern India was
2. What is the name of the preaching mudra of gesture, in Which the Buddha is depicted delivering his first sermon, In the Gandhara Sculptures?
3. Under which of the following trees, Buddha got enlightment?
4. Name the ruler whose reign was a witness to both Vardhaman Mahavira and the Buddha preaching their respective doctrines?
5. The successors of the Satavahanas in the Deccan were the
6. River Chenab was known is ancient times as
7. A Gupta king has been called an Indian Napoleon and he was also an accomplished poet and musician (player of Veena) who was he?
8. Satavahana rule was extended to the Coromandal Coast by
9. The Hindu social sacraments such as marriage etc. are performed on the basis of the rituals described in the
10. The earlier Buddhist sculptures had shied away from depicting the image of the Buddha, except through such symbols as
11. Who erected the Garuda pillar at Besnagar?
12. Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in
13. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?
14. Which of the following was the first metal to be discovered and used as tools by humans?
15. The Eight-fold path was enunciated by
16. In Greek texts, who among the following has been mentioned as Amitrochates?
17. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
18. The Rigvedic Aryans were governed by a
19. The only Veda to have been rendered musically is
20. Who among the following assumed the titles of sakayavanpallavanidusana (destroyer of saka, yavana and pallavas) and Trisamudrapittoyvahana (one whose horses had drunk waters from 3 oceans)?
21. The principles of Ashoka's Dharma (Dhamma) were taken from
22. Which of the following animals was not known to the people of Indus Valley Civilisation?
23. Who is said to have both been born and shed his body on the Vaishakha Purnima day?
24. Megasthanes visited India during the period of
25. The most commonly used coin during the Mauryan period was
26. The Capital of Kanishka Empire was.....
27. Milindapanho is a
28. The Yueh-Chi were driven out from western China by the
29. The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the
30. Vardhamana Mahavira the 24th Tirthankar of Jainism was born at ..... and died at.....
31. The term 'Aryan' denotes
32. Which of the following is not the name of Kautilya?
33. Which of the following periods is referred to as the period of Hindu revival or renaissance?
34. The normal form of government during the Vedic period was
35. Which among the following sites has given the evidence of an earliest recorded "Earthquake" ?
36. Which social evil was conspicuously absent in ancient India?
37. Which among the following is not correctly matched? (Maurya Kings and contemporary Travelers/ Ambassadors )
38. Who among the following were also known as Tocharians?
39. Who was the court poet of Harsha-vardhana?
40. The moat important official post with vast responsibilities created by Asoka was
41. Which of the following Vedas was compiled first?
42. Which of the following statements about Arthasastra is not true?
43. On which of the following systems of Hindu Philosophy, Shankaracharya wrote commentary in 9th century AD?
44. In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta period, women and Sudras speak
45. Who among the following is not associated with medicine In ancient India?
46. India had a brisk foreign trade with the Roman world during the period
47. Which of the following objects was not worshipped by the Indus valley people
48. Karikala was the centre of many legends found in
49. Who among the following started the practice of military governships in India, by leaving the military governors called "Strategos" in India?
50. The Ramayana narrates events believed to have taken place in the..... Yuga or age.
51. The Modi script had been employed in the documents of the
52. In ancient India, the area around which among the following modern areas was known as "Golden Chersonese" ?
53. This Vedic God was "a breaker of the forts" and also a 'war god'
54. Who was the founder of the Sankhya School of philosophy?
55. In which of the following modern area "Amri Culture" developed?
56. Which among the following is also called encyclopedia of Buddhism?
57. The Gupta artists had attained the highest perfection in
58. The caves of Ajanta and EIlora belonged to
59. Which among the following Brahaman gave an account of agricultural operations for a season?
60. Who among the following are credited with having built the famous Ellora Caves?
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