Ancient India Quiz 13 (20 MCQs)

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1. The Gupta king who is known in the Indian legends as Vikramaditya was

Correct Answer: C) Chandragupta II.

2. Of the following who has been considered as a grammarian?

Correct Answer: C) Patanjali.

3. The Upanishads are separated from the Brahmanas by treatises called.....

Correct Answer: B) Aranyakas.

4. An elaborate system of municipal administration had been established by

Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta Maurya.

5. Which important industry show signs of having thrived in Lothal?

Correct Answer: B) Shipbuilding.

6. Which of the following Sanskrit language?

Correct Answer: C) Guptas.

7. The main occupation of the Aryans was

Correct Answer: B) Agriculture.

8. Who among the following is known for his work on medicine during the Gupta Period?

Correct Answer: D) Susruta.

9. The Jatakas are a collection of stories

Correct Answer: D) Pertaining to several different earlier births of the Buddha.

10. Which of the following was the centre of inland trade of the Satavahanas?

Correct Answer: C) Tagara.

11. Who among the following had popularized the theory of the Arctic region as the original home of the Aryans?

Correct Answer: A) BG Tilak.

12. Of the following who was the hero of a famous drama Malvlkagnimitra written by Kalidasa?

Correct Answer: D) Agnimitra.

13. Who was the founder of the Pala Dynasty of Bengal?

Correct Answer: B) Gopala.

14. Mudra Rakshas is a work of Vishakhadutta. This work was depicted which of the following?

Correct Answer: B) Mauryas & Nandas.

15. Which of the following Vedas is rendered musically?

Correct Answer: C) Sama Veda.

16. Who had got the Konark Sun Temple constructed?

Correct Answer: C) Narasimha Deva II.

17. Partha was the name of which of the following character in Mahabharta?

Correct Answer: A) Arjuna.

18. Whose general was Appolodotus?

Correct Answer: B) Demetrius.

19. Which of the following was not one of the actual cause for the decline of the Mauryan empire?

Correct Answer: A) Ashoka's pacifist policies.

20. Which of the following forms of land tenure denoted an entire village being donated to Brahmins?

Correct Answer: C) Brahmadeya.