Ancient India Quiz 14 (20 MCQs)

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1. The Shrimad Bhagvata Gita contains..... chapters and.....Sanskrit slokas or couplets.

Correct Answer: C) 18, 700.

2. Aihole Inscription is ascribed to which of the following rulers?

Correct Answer: A) Pulkeshin II.

3. The dynasty that excelled itself as a naval power was that of the

Correct Answer: C) Cholas.

4. Who was the Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya?

Correct Answer: A) Megasthanes.

5. Which among the following was referred to as Buvan Chakshu in Early vedic era?

Correct Answer: B) Fire.

6. The worship of idols started in India in the ..... period.

Correct Answer: B) Gupta.

7. The rulers of a dynasty of the Deccan who were supposed to be Brahmanas and staunch supporters of Brahmanism were

Correct Answer: A) Satavahanas.

8. Coins made of metal first appeared in

Correct Answer: C) Age of the Buddha.

9. The name Buddha means

Correct Answer: A) Enlightened.

10. Nalanda University was founded by which of the following?

Correct Answer: A) Kumaragupta.

11. What is Ettuthokai?

Correct Answer: B) A collection of poems.

12. Establishment of Svetambara as a separate sect within Jainism was resulted at.....?

Correct Answer: B) Vallabhi.

13. The Golden age of the "Gupta Literary Renaissance" is said to be the reign of whom among the following?

Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta II.

14. The proceedings of the Third Buddhist Council led to the issue of Edict?

Correct Answer: B) Sarnath.

15. The fourth Buddhist council had compiled an encyclopaedia of Buddhist philosophy, called

Correct Answer: D) Mahavibhasha Sutra.

16. Who were Manu, Yajnavalkya, Narada and Brihaspati?

Correct Answer: A) Law givers of ancient India.

17. Ashoka's claim to be one of the greatest rulers in world history life in the fact that

Correct Answer: C) After a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace.

18. Which among the following correctly described the plot of the Indian Play Mudra Rakshasha?

Correct Answer: D) Intrigues at the time of accession of Chandragupta Maurya.

19. Two popular Assemblies of the Vedic period were

Correct Answer: C) Sabha and Samiti.

20. The philosophical essence, "The world is but God manifest and God is my own soul" may be traced to the

Correct Answer: B) Upanishadas.