Ancient India Quiz 26 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who is the author of Kadambari, from among the following?

Correct Answer: D) Bana.

2. Buddhism was divided into Mahayana and Hinayana during the reign of

Correct Answer: B) Kanishka.

3. The Harappan site that had a dock is

Correct Answer: C) Lothal.

4. The caves and rock cut temples at Ellora pertain to

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

5. The people from which of the following ancient places were called as Vrishnis?

Correct Answer: B) Dwarka.

6. Alexander was trained by

Correct Answer: B) Aristotle.

7. Which of the following Indian playwright was imitated by Ceylon King Kumaradasa, the author of Janakiharana?

Correct Answer: B) Kalidasa.

8. Gathas are most sacred of the texts of which of the following faiths?

Correct Answer: A) Zoroastrianism.

9. The family of the Rig Vedic Aryans was

Correct Answer: B) Patriarchal.

10. Harsha was the last great royal patron of

Correct Answer: B) Buddhism.

11. Which of the following are essentially books of rituals?

Correct Answer: D) The Brahmanas.

12. The ritualistic precepts pertaining to the hymns of the Vedas are known as the

Correct Answer: C) Brahmanas.

13. Which Jain Tirthankar is considered as female by Shwetambar sect of the Jainism?

Correct Answer: C) 19th.

14. The Vishnu Purana, gives an account of.....

Correct Answer: A) Mauryan Dynasty.

15. Which of the following is not a category into Which Ashoka's monuments may be grouped?

Correct Answer: C) Viharas.

16. The fourth Buddhist Council was held at.....

Correct Answer: C) Kundalavana.

17. Which of the following was not an Indus Valley site?

Correct Answer: A) Pataliputra.

18. The cult of Krishna is primarily exhibited through the

Correct Answer: B) Rajasthani school of art.

19. Dhravya guna shastra, which deals with several species of medicinal plants is a part of which among the following?

Correct Answer: C) Ayruveda.

20. Of the following scholars who was the first to discover the traces of the Harappan Civilisation?

Correct Answer: D) Daya Ram Sahani.