This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient India – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient India Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Mauryan sculptors had attained the highest perfection in the carving of A) Floral designs. B) Pillars. C) Animal figures. D) Yaksha figures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Animal figures. 2. In Jainism, 'perfect knowledge' is referred to as A) Jina. B) Ratna. C) Kaivalya. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kaivalya. 3. In whose coins was the wheel round? A) Menander. B) Demetrius. C) Kanishka. D) Nahapana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Menander. 4. The author of Ashtadhyayai is A) Charaka. B) Panini. C) AIyabhatta. D) Chanakya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Panini. 5. The fourth and the last Buddhist Council was convened by A) Ashoka. B) Menander. C) Kanishka. D) Huvishka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kanishka. 6. Who among the following is referred to as the 'Sadhu from the west'? A) Thomas of Cannan. B) St Thomas. C) St Bartholomew. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) St Thomas. 7. To perform which among the following functions, Rajukas were appointed by Asoka? A) Revenue Functions. B) Judicial Functions. C) Religious Functions. D) Military Functions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Judicial Functions. 8. The famous Mehrauli Iron Pillar inscription describes the conquest of A) Samudragupta. B) Chandragupta II. C) Chandragupta Maurya. D) Chandra of Indraprastha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta II. 9. Which sage or scholar had recast the original single Veda into four distinct Vedas? A) Patanjali. B) Kapila. C) Vyasa. D) Shankaracharya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vyasa. 10. Which of the following rulers had reigned in the third century BC? A) Jehangir. B) Ashoka. C) Samudragupta. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ashoka. 11. A lion to the Huna Deer, A burning fever to the king of Sindhu, A troubler of the sleep of the Gurjara King, A bilious fever to that scent elephant, the lord of Gandhara, Destroyer of Skills of Latas, An axe to the Creeper, which is goddess to fortune of Malwa" Banabhatta has given these 6 attributes to..........? A) Rajyavardhana. B) Harshavardhana. C) Prabhakarvardhana. D) Krishna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prabhakarvardhana. 12. Nakulin or Lakulin is considered to be a founder of which of the following sects? A) Pashupat. B) Saiva. C) Kapalika. D) Kalamukhas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pashupat. 13. In which among the following, the first description about the Bhils, a tribe of Rajasthan was found? A) Vedas. B) Brahmanas. C) Mahabharata. D) Puranas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahmanas. 14. Which pillar edict of Asoka is longest of all pillars? A) 2nd. B) 5th. C) 6th. D) 7th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7th. 15. The Gandhara-Mathura School of Art, Which flourished during the Kushana period and the foreign influence of A) Greece. B) Rome. C) Both A and B above. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B above. 16. Which one of the following was not a characteristic of society in Mauryan times? A) Slavery. B) Rigidity of Caste. C) Prostitution. D) Widow remarriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Widow remarriage. 17. The Mauryan administration was highly A) Decentralized. B) Bureaucratic. C) Centralized. D) Despotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Centralized. 18. Megasthanes was the Ambassador of A) Selukos Nikator. B) Alexander. C) Darius. D) The Persians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Selukos Nikator. 19. The most striking feature of the Ashokan pillars is their A) Monolithic structure. B) Carving. C) Polish. D) Uniformity of workmanship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polish. 20. To whom is the introduction of Buddhism into China traditionally attributed? A) Nagarjuna. B) Samprati. C) Vasubandhu. D) Kashyapa Matanga. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kashyapa Matanga. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesAncient India Quiz 1Ancient India Quiz 3Ancient India Quiz 4Ancient India Quiz 5Ancient India Quiz 6Ancient India Quiz 7Ancient India Quiz 8Ancient India Quiz 9Ancient India Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books