This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient India – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient India Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas because A) Chanakya had been humiliated by the Nandas. B) The Nandas were low-born. C) The Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people. D) Chanakya wanted to restore the ideal of Kshatriya rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people. 2. Which among the following river is most described in Rig-Veda? A) Sindhu. B) Chenab. C) Saraswati. D) Ganga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sindhu. 3. The first astronomical observatory of Harappan Civilization has been found at which among the following ancient Indian sites? A) Chanhudaro. B) Ropar. C) Daimabad. D) Dholavira. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dholavira. 4. The greatest conqueror among the Gupta rulers was A) Samudragupta. B) Chandragupta II. C) Kumargupta. D) Skandagupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samudragupta. 5. The Kushan rule was brought to an end by A) The Nagas. B) The Britishers. C) Samudragupta. D) The Hindu Shahi Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Hindu Shahi Dynasty. 6. What did the Devadana type of a land tenure signify? A) Villages donated to Brahmins. B) Villages donated to the King. C) Villages donated to the gods. D) Villages not normally lived in. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Villages donated to the gods. 7. The single most important factor responsible for the transformation of Ancient Indian society into medieval society was the A) Practice of land grants. B) Decline of trade. C) Proliferation of castes. D) Rigidity of the caste system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Practice of land grants. 8. The most important craftsman in the Vedic period was the A) Blacksmith. B) Goldsmith. C) Carpenter. D) Barber. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carpenter. 9. Alexander the Great died at..... A) Susa. B) Babylon. C) Macedonia. D) Kabul. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Babylon. 10. The founder of Jainism was A) Rishbha. B) Neminath. C) Parsvanatha. D) Vardhaman Mahavira. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parsvanatha. 11. Who among the following is famous for saving the empire from the Huna tribe, which had overran Asia and Europe. A) Samudra Gupta. B) Chandra Gupta II. C) Skandagupta. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skandagupta. 12. In the Rigvedic period, after the king the next most Important functionary of the State was the A) Senani. B) Revenue collector. C) Magician-doctor. D) Purohita. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purohita. 13. The Harappan or Indus Valley Civilisation flourished during the ..... age. A) Megalithic. B) Paleolithic. C) Neolithic. D) Chalcolithic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chalcolithic. 14. .....was the mother of Vardhamana Mahavira. A) Yasodhara. B) Kundhavi. C) Trisala. D) Mayadevi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trisala. 15. The ancient Indian text Panchasiddhantika deals with the 5 principles of which among the following? A) Vedic Rituals. B) Philosophy. C) Astronomy. D) Medicine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astronomy. 16. Name the ruler whose patronage had been enjoyed by Jainism. A) Kanishka. B) Kharavela. C) Pushyamitra Sunga. D) Samudragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kharavela. 17. We find the coins of a very less known prince called Kacha. Kacha is considered to have been from which of the following dynasties? A) Vakataka. B) Satavahna. C) Gupta. D) Kushans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gupta. 18. Which of the following events happened in AD Era? A) First Buddhist Council. B) Second Buddhist Council. C) Coronation of Bidusara. D) Beginning of Saka Era. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beginning of Saka Era. 19. The Palaeomagnetic results obtained from India indicated that in the past Indian Landmass Moved to..........? A) Southwards. B) Northwards. C) Westwards. D) Southwards. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northwards. 20. The painting In the Ajanta Caves shows an Indian king receiving an embassy from the king or Persia. The king receiving the embassy has been identified with A) Pulakesin I. B) Pulakesin II. C) Rajendra Chola. D) Dhruva IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dhruva IV. ← 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