This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient India – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient India Quiz 31 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The date of the Harappan Civilisation (2300-1750 BC) has been fixed on the basis of A) Pottery design. B) Stratification. C) Aryan invasion. D) Radio Carbon-14 dating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radio Carbon-14 dating. 2. The Pallava kings were the makers of the rock-cut temples at A) Thanjavur. B) Mahabalipuram. C) Khajuraho. D) Rameswaram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahabalipuram. 3. The worship of images (of Buddha) in India began during the period A) Mauryan. B) Sunga. C) Kushana. D) Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kushana. 4. Who among the following erected Gangaikonda Cholapuram? A) Rajraja Chola. B) Rajendra Chola I. C) Mahendravarman I. D) Gonka I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajendra Chola I. 5. That the Rig Vedic Aryana were a pastoral people is borne out by the fact that A) There are many references to the cow in the Rig Veda. B) Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows. C) Gifts made to priests were usually cows and not land. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. The official language of the Mauryan Court was A) Magadhi. B) Prakrit. C) Mythili. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magadhi. 7. Who among the following was the founder of the Nanda dynasty? A) Mahapadma Nanda. B) Ashoka Nanda. C) Dhana Nanda. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahapadma Nanda. 8. Which one of the following vedas contains sacrificial formulae? A) Sama Veda. B) Yajur Veda. C) Rig Veda. D) Athrva Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yajur Veda. 9. Which of the following does not represent an important source material for the Mauryan period? A) Literary works. B) Foreign accounts. C) Numismatic evidence. D) Epigraphic sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Numismatic evidence. 10. In Which century did the first movement against vedic ritualistic practices start? A) 19th century BC. B) 14th century BC. C) 5th century AD. D) 600 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 600 BC. 11. Who of the following was the personal physician of Kanishka and also the author of a famous treatise on the Indian system of medicine? A) Charaka. B) Susruta. C) Nagarjuna. D) Jevaka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charaka. 12. Who among the following used to hold a religious assembly at Prayag every five year? A) Ashoka. B) Harshvardhana. C) Kanishka. D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harshvardhana. 13. During whose reign among the following the Mahayan emerged? A) Ashoka. B) Kanishka. C) Bimbisara. D) Harsha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kanishka. 14. Who was referred to as Amitraghata by the Greeks? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Bimbisara. C) Bindusara. D) Vasudeva. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bindusara. 15. Allahabad Pillar Inscription gives a detailed account of the reign of which of the following? A) Kanishka. B) Samudra gupta. C) Kumaragupta. D) Ashoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Samudra gupta. 16. Who among the following was not among the 9 gems (Navratna) of the Vikramaditya's court? A) Vetalbhatt. B) Amar Simha. C) Kaalidasa. D) Aryabhatta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aryabhatta. 17. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisation is found at A) Harappa. B) Mohenjo-Daro. C) Ropar. D) Kalibangan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohenjo-Daro. 18. How the hero of Malvikagnimitra of Kalidasa was related to Pushyamitra Sunga? A) His son. B) His grandson. C) His father. D) His brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His son. 19. The word 'Veda' has been derived from the root word 'Vid' Which means A) Divinity. B) Sacredness. C) Doctrine. D) Knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knowledge. 20. Mahabharata was also known as A) Brihat Katha. B) Jaya Samhita. C) Rajatarangini. D) Purana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajatarangini. ← 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