This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient India – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient India Quiz 28 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following contains the famous Gayatrimantra? A) Rigveda. B) Samaveda. C) Kathopanishad. D) Aitareya Brahmana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rigveda. 2. Two highest, gods in the Vedic religion were A) Agni and Savitri. B) Vishnu and Mitra. C) Indra and Varuna. D) Surya and Pushan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indra and Varuna. 3. Kautilya (also known as Vishnugupta and Chanakya) is the author of Arthasastra Which has been compared with A) Plato's State. B) Machiavelli's Prince. C) Karl Marx's Das Kapital. D) Hitler's Mein Kampf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Machiavelli's Prince. 4. The Harappas had commercial relations with..... A) China. B) Jawa. C) Mesopotamia. D) Burma (Now, Myanmar). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mesopotamia. 5. The famous poet Kalidasa lived in the court of A) Chandragupta. B) Chandragupta-II. C) Samudragupta. D) Kumaragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta-II. 6. Select the statement which is NOT correct regarding Kalidasa: A) Kalidasa was a renowned Sanskrit poet and dramatist of Gupta period. B) He was one of the nine gems in the court of Chandragupta I. C) Kumarasambhavam and Ritusamhara are his two epic works. D) His plays and poetry are primarily based on Hindu Puranas and philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was one of the nine gems in the court of Chandragupta I. 7. Who among the following was behind the "epoch making" discovery of Arthashastra that altered the false perception of the European scholars that Ancient Indians learnt the art of administration from the Greeks? A) R. Shamasastry. B) C. Sivarama Murti. C) K. S. Neelakantan Unni. D) Veturi Prabhakara Sastri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) R. Shamasastry. 8. Gautam Buddha as a prince was known as A) Gautam. B) Siddhartha. C) Rahul. D) Suddhodhana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Siddhartha. 9. Where in India have traces of megalithic culture predominantly been found? A) Southern India. B) Northeastern India. C) Central India. D) Northern India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Southern India. 10. Kavi Vatsal was a title assumed by a king belonging to which of the following dynasties? A) Pushyabhuti. B) Pallava. C) Maurya. D) Satavahana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satavahana. 11. Which among the following dynasty was founded by Vindyashakti? A) Vakataka. B) Satvahana. C) Hoysala. D) Kadamaba. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vakataka. 12. Of the following who is called India's Machiavelli? A) Asvaghosha. B) Patanjali. C) Kautilya. D) Bana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kautilya. 13. Which of the following state is the home to Bharat Dynasty? A) Punjab. B) Haryana. C) Gujarath. D) Uttar Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haryana. 14. Which of the following pala ruler founded the University of Vikramsila? A) Devapala,. B) Mahipala I. C) Dharamapala. D) Gopala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dharamapala. 15. Which one of the Chola Kings conquered Ceylon? A) Aditya I. B) Rajendra. C) Rajaraja I. D) Vijayalaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vijayalaya. 16. Of the following dynasties, only the dynasty was not a patron of temple architecture? A) Paramar. B) Yadava. C) Chalukya. D) Chandella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yadava. 17. Which of the following sets of books and authors has been incorrectly matched? A) Kadambari - Banabhatta. B) Arthasastra - Kalhana. C) Uttarramcharita - Bhavabhuti. D) Mudrarakshasa - Vishakhadatta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arthasastra - Kalhana. 18. Who among the following belonged to Sakya clan of Kshatriyas? A) Gautam Buddha. B) Mahavir jain. C) Chandragupta Maurya. D) Rishabhnath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gautam Buddha. 19. According to tradition, a mighty king In India in the fourth century BC had been raised to power by a Taxila brahmin, named A) Chanakya. B) Patanjali. C) Pushyamitra. D) Manu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chanakya. 20. Who possibly ruled the Indus people? A) An assembly of elders. B) Merchants. C) Kings. D) Priests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Merchants. ← 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