This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient India – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient India Quiz 29 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The great Hindu law giver was A) Manu. B) Banabhatta. C) Kapil. D) Kautilya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manu. 2. Bhasa was the author of..... A) Mahavamsa. B) Svapnavasavadatta. C) Sakunthala. D) Buddha Charita. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Svapnavasavadatta. 3. Pravarasena-I is said to have performed all the seven sacrifices, viz. Agnistoma, Aptoryama, Vajapeya, Jyotishtoma, Brihaspatisava, Sadyaska and Ashvamedha. From which of the following dynasties, Pravarsena-I belonged to? A) Abhira. B) Kalachuri. C) Vaktaka. D) Maitraka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vaktaka. 4. To whom did the term 'Macedonia's madaman' refer? A) Alexander. B) Xersus. C) Darius. D) Phillip II. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexander. 5. During Kanishka's reign, the centre of political activity shifted from Magadha to A) Delhi. B) Ayodhya. C) Kannauj. D) Purushapura (Peshawar). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purushapura (Peshawar). 6. When did the best productions of Gandhara sculpture appear? A) Mauryan Period. B) Gupta Period. C) Kushana Period. D) Harsha Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kushana Period. 7. Megasthanes, the ambassador of Selucus at the Mauryan court in Pataliputra, wrote an account of the period in his book A) Travels of Megasthanes. B) Indika. C) Indicoplecusts. D) Both B and (c). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indika. 8. What was "Halivakara" in the Gupta Era? A) A kind of Tax. B) A kind of Play. C) A kind of Instrument. D) A kind of Tribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A kind of Tax. 9. Alexander sent back home a portion of his army under an admiral called..... A) Ptolemy. B) Nearchos. C) Menander. D) Porus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nearchos. 10. During the reign of Kanishka, Buddhism for the first time went to China and from China it went to A) Burma and Tibet. B) Thailand and Cambodia. C) Korea and Japan. D) Indonesia and Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Korea and Japan. 11. The year of accession of Kanishka to throne was A) 108 AD. B) 58 AD. C) 128 AD. D) 78 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 78 AD. 12. Which of the following era / communities represent Jorwe culture? A) Vedic Era. B) Chalcolithic Era. C) Palaeolithic Era. D) Later vedic Era. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chalcolithic Era. 13. The first metal to be extensively used by the people in India was A) Bronze. B) Copper. C) Iron. D) Tin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Copper. 14. Who had established the four Mathas or Monastic seats in the four corners of India? A) Madhavacharya. B) Shankaracharya. C) Bhaskaracharya. D) Ramanujacharya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shankaracharya. 15. The last great ruling dynasty of Magadha was A) Sunga. B) Kanva. C) Kusana. D) Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gupta. 16. The proud title of 'Vikramaditya' had been assumed by A) Harsha. B) Chandragupta II. C) Kanishka. D) Samudragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta II. 17. Kautilya hailed from..... A) Taxila. B) Srinagar. C) Pataliputra. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taxila. 18. "The greatest law giver '' of ancient India was who among the following? A) Banabhatta. B) Kautilya. C) Manu. D) Chanukya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manu. 19. Ashoka's conquest of Kalinga has been described in the minor rock edict numbered A) I. B) IV. C) VIII. D) XIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) XIII. 20. An important part of the eastern court during the Gupta period was A) Kalyan. B) Tamralipti. C) Broach. D) Sopara. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tamralipti. ← 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