This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient India – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient India Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who among the following assumed the titles of sakayavanpallavanidusana (destroyer of saka, yavana and pallavas) and Trisamudrapittoyvahana (one whose horses had drunk waters from 3 oceans)? A) Gautami Putra satkarni. B) Simuka. C) Rudra daman I. D) Vijaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gautami Putra satkarni. 2. The principles of Ashoka's Dharma (Dhamma) were taken from A) Buddhism. B) Jainism. C) Brahmanism. D) The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period. 3. Which of the following animals was not known to the people of Indus Valley Civilisation? A) Horse. B) Cow. C) Goat. D) Elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horse. 4. Who is said to have both been born and shed his body on the Vaishakha Purnima day? A) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. B) Mahavira. C) Shankaracharya. D) The Buddha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Buddha. 5. Megasthanes visited India during the period of A) Chandragupta II. B) Ashoka. C) Chandragupta Maurya. D) Harsha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandragupta Maurya. 6. The most commonly used coin during the Mauryan period was A) Karashopana. B) Nishka. C) Suvarna. D) Kakini. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karashopana. 7. The Capital of Kanishka Empire was..... A) Pataliputra. B) Peshawar. C) Kabul. D) Taxila. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peshawar. 8. Milindapanho is a A) History of a dynasty. B) Prakrit drama. C) Sanskrit play. D) Religious conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Religious conversation. 9. The Yueh-Chi were driven out from western China by the A) Hunas. B) Rashtrika. C) Mangols. D) Bhojakas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hunas. 10. The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the A) Harappan culture. B) Chalcolitchic cultures of western India. C) Vedic Texts. D) Silver punchmarked coins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chalcolitchic cultures of western India. 11. Vardhamana Mahavira the 24th Tirthankar of Jainism was born at ..... and died at..... A) Vaishali and Rajagriha. B) Kusinara and Pava. C) Kundagrama and Pava. D) Kashi and Champa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kundagrama and Pava. 12. The term 'Aryan' denotes A) A speech group. B) An ethnic group. C) A nomadic group. D) A supporter race. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A speech group. 13. Which of the following is not the name of Kautilya? A) Chanakya. B) Vishnugupta. C) Dramindacharya. D) Devaputra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Devaputra. 14. Which of the following periods is referred to as the period of Hindu revival or renaissance? A) Period of Harsha. B) Kushan Period. C) Gupta Period. D) Mauryan Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gupta Period. 15. The normal form of government during the Vedic period was A) Democracy. B) Republics. C) Oligarchy. D) Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monarchy. 16. Which among the following sites has given the evidence of an earliest recorded "Earthquake" ? A) Kalibangan. B) Lothal. C) Surkotda. D) Harappa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kalibangan. 17. Which social evil was conspicuously absent in ancient India? A) Polygamy. B) Sati system. C) Devadasi system. D) Purdah system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purdah system. 18. Which among the following is not correctly matched? (Maurya Kings and contemporary Travelers/ Ambassadors ) A) Chandra Gupta Maurya - Megasthenes. B) Bindusara - Deimakos. C) Harshavardhana - Hiuen Tsang. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 19. Who among the following were also known as Tocharians? A) Kushanas. B) Hunas. C) Greeks. D) Shakas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kushanas. 20. Who was the court poet of Harsha-vardhana? A) Bhani. B) Ravi Kirti. C) Bana. D) Vishnu Sharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bana. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesAncient India Quiz 1Ancient India Quiz 2Ancient India Quiz 3Ancient India Quiz 4Ancient India Quiz 6Ancient India Quiz 7Ancient India Quiz 8Ancient India Quiz 9Ancient India Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books