This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient India – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient India Quiz 33 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The concluding portions of the Brahmanas are called the A) Vedas. B) Agamas. C) Tantras. D) Satpathas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satpathas. 2. The later Vedic Age means the age of the compilation of A) Samhitas. B) Brahmanas. C) Aranyakas. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 3. Who among the following was known to have worked in Medicine? A) Saumilla. B) Sudraka. C) Shaunaka. D) Susruta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Susruta. 4. Who among the following was commander in chief of Brihadratha? A) Agnimitra. B) Pushyamitra Sunga. C) Vasumitra. D) Muladeva. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pushyamitra Sunga. 5. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the ruling dynasties of northern India, from the decline of the Mauryas to the rise of the imperial Guptas? A) Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Kushans, Sakas and Guptas. B) Sungas, Kushans, Parthians, Sakas and Guptas. C) Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas. D) Kanvas, Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas. 6. The Pallava king who adopted the epithet of Vichitrachitta of curious minded was A) Mahendravarman I. B) Narasimhavarman I. C) Narasimhavarman II. D) Simhavishnu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahendravarman I. 7. The largest urban centre in ancient India had been A) Pataliputra. B) Kausambi. C) Taxila. D) Kannauj. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kannauj. 8. The harappans used intaglio seals, made mostly of carved and fired steatite : A) As an export commodity. B) As a medium of exchange in place of coins. C) As amulets and charms to ward off evil spirits. D) For marking their goods and property. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For marking their goods and property. 9. At which of the following places Aphsad inscription has been found which gives account of later Guptas? A) Bhagalpur. B) Gaya. C) Bhubneshwar. D) Alwar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gaya. 10. Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because A) He fell ill. B) He suffered defeat in India. C) His forces refused to go further. D) He did not like India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His forces refused to go further. 11. A 'Sabha' in the Vedic period was a/an A) Institution of professional men in villages. B) Royal Court. C) Mantri Parishad. D) National Assembly of all Citizens of the State. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) National Assembly of all Citizens of the State. 12. Which Gupta ruler had led a campaign to the south, besides being an accomplished veena player? A) Skandagupta. B) Samudragupta. C) Chandragupta I. D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Samudragupta. 13. 'Ayurveda' has its origin in A) Rig Veda. B) Sama Veda. C) Yajur Veda. D) Atharva Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atharva Veda. 14. The Arab conquest of Sind in 712 AD had taken place under the leadership of A) Mohammed of Ghazni. B) Mohammed-bin-Qasim. C) Mohammed of Ghori. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohammed-bin-Qasim. 15. The Monk whom Chandragupta Maurya accompanied to South India was..... A) Asvaghosa. B) Vasumitra. C) Upagupta. D) Bhadrabahu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bhadrabahu. 16. The duties of Dharmamahamatras are explained in the Minor Rock Edict No..... A) X. B) IV. C) XII. D) V. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) V. 17. The foundation of the Dravidian style of architecture in South India was laid by A) Pandyas. B) Pallavas. C) Cholas. D) Chalukyas of Kalyani. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pallavas. 18. In the context of ancient Indian society, Which one of the following terms does not belong to the category of the other three? A) Kula. B) Vamsa. C) Kosa. D) Gotra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kosa. 19. The term "Tirthankaras" is associated with A) Hinduism. B) Jainism. C) Buddhism. D) Zoroastrianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jainism. 20. Chashtana was the Satraps of A) Gujarat. B) Malwa. C) Kathiawar. D) Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malwa. ← 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