This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient India – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient India Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who among the following rulers conquered the Anga Mahajanpada and merged it with Magadha? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Asoka. C) Bimbisara. D) Ajatshatru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bimbisara. 2. Which among the following correctly explains Bhikkhuni Patimokkha of Buddhism? A) Buddhist monks under whose supervision Buddhist nuns were to live. B) Special places which were used by Buddhist nuns for worship. C) Special code of conduct for female Buddhist monks or Buddhist nuns. D) Special book which narrates Jataka story of Buddha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Special code of conduct for female Buddhist monks or Buddhist nuns. 3. The port of Tamralipti in the Gupta Era was located in which of the following parts of India? A) North India. B) South India. C) Western India. D) Eastern India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eastern India. 4. At which of the following harappan sites, an Inkpot has been discovered A) Harappa. B) Lothal. C) Kalibangan. D) Chanhudaro. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chanhudaro. 5. Two great Buddhist universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila were patronised by the A) Palas. B) Paramaras. C) Chandelas. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Palas. 6. The Buddhist Doctrines were written in A) Sanskrit. B) Pali. C) Tibetan. D) Not written in any language but orally transmitted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pali. 7. One of them was not conquered by Kaniahka from China Identify. A) Khotan. B) Yarkand. C) Kashgar. D) Kapisa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kapisa. 8. The chief feature(s) of the Chola architecture was/were A) Replacement of bricks by stone structure. B) Massive vimanas or towers. C) Temples became vast complexes. D) Spacious courtyards. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Massive vimanas or towers. 9. Ashoka was much influenced by Buddhist monk called A) Upagupta. B) Vasubandhu. C) Ambhi. D) Asvagosha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Upagupta. 10. The capital of the king Kharavela of Kalinga was A) Taxila. B) Pataliputra. C) Kalinganagara. D) Pushpapura. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kalinganagara. 11. Which among the following was the earliest drama of Kalidasa? A) Vikramorvishiyam. B) Malvikagnimitram. C) Abhijnanshakuntalam. D) Kumarasambhava. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malvikagnimitram. 12. The ancient Chola kingdom existed in the delta of the river A) Tungabhadra. B) Cauvery. C) Krishna. D) Godavari. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cauvery. 13. The Sunga period saw the growth of one of the following religions. Identify. A) Brahmanism. B) Saivism. C) Buddhism. D) Nature worship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmanism. 14. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distinguished from the other contemporary civilisations by its A) Town planning. B) Underground drainage system. C) Uniformity of weights and measures. D) Large agricultural surplus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Underground drainage system. 15. The worship of images in India began during the..... period. A) Mauryan. B) Sunga. C) Kusana. D) Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kusana. 16. Mauryan Dynasty was founded by A) Ashoka. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) Pushyamitra. D) Ajatasatru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta Maurya. 17. Earlier mathematicians (i.e. those who came before medieval Indian mathematicians) had taught that ; who among the following proved that it was infinity? A) Aryabhatta. B) Bhaskara. C) Brahmagupta. D) Mahavira. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhaskara. 18. The script of the Indus Valley Civilization was A) Dravidian. B) Persian. C) Sanskrit. D) Undecipherable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dravidian. 19. Which among the following site has given an evidence that the people of Indus Valley Civilization were aware of tides? A) Suktagendor. B) Surkotda. C) Lothal. D) Kalibangan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lothal. 20. Who among the following are not mentioned in Asokan Inscriptions? A) Cholas. B) Satyaputras. C) Cheras. D) Pallavas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pallavas. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesAncient India Quiz 1Ancient India Quiz 2Ancient India Quiz 3Ancient India Quiz 4Ancient India Quiz 5Ancient India Quiz 6Ancient India Quiz 7Ancient India Quiz 8Ancient India Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books