This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient India – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient India Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following Gods lost his importance as the first deity during the later Vedic period? A) Varuna. B) Agni. C) Vishnu. D) Rudra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Varuna. 2. Ajivikas were..... A) A monastic sect. B) A sect to Barbarians. C) Soldiers. D) Spies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A monastic sect. 3. The lowest unit of Chola administration was the A) Kottam. B) Mandalam. C) Kurram. D) Valanadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kurram. 4. The first one, among the following, to deal with music was A) Rig Veda. B) Yajur Veda. C) Sama Veda. D) Atharva Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sama Veda. 5. The Indus Valley civilisation was discovered in the year A) 1917. B) 1921. C) 1927. D) 1932. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1921. 6. The word Jina from Which the Jain(ism) has originated stands for A) Great. B) Detached. C) Non-violence. D) Conqueror (of senses). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conqueror (of senses). 7. "Niska '' was used as a medium of exchange, in which of the following periods? A) Vedic period. B) Maurya Period. C) Gupta Period. D) Sangam Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vedic period. 8. In Vedic Era, Akhyani is the goddess of which of the following? A) Peace. B) Sacrifice. C) Forests. D) Rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forests. 9. Whom can we call the first national ruler of India? A) Chandragupta Maurya. B) Kanishka. C) Harsha. D) Ajatasatru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandragupta Maurya. 10. The oldest Jain scriptures are regarded to be the A) Fourteen Purvas. B) Twelve Upangas. C) Twelve Angas. D) Fourteen Uparvas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Twelve Angas. 11. Which among the following Vedic Texts gives a systematic exposition of the 'theory of rebirth' for the first time? A) Chhandogya Upanishad. B) Mundaka Upanishad. C) Satapatha Brahmana. D) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chhandogya Upanishad. 12. The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally came into existence during the reign of A) Ajatashatru. B) Ashoka. C) Dharmapala. D) Kanishka. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kanishka. 13. The achievements of Samudragupta have been chronicled in the A) Hathigumpha inscription. B) Sarnath inscription. C) Girnar inscription. D) Allahabad pillar inscription. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allahabad pillar inscription. 14. During the pre-Gupta age the foreign trade was most extensive with A) South East Asian Countries. B) China. C) Central Asia. D) Roman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roman Empire. 15. The name of the state Bihar comes from an old name which denotes which of the following? A) A Buddhist monastery. B) A forest. C) A Temple. D) An ancient empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Buddhist monastery. 16. After the growth of the Vedic religion the most important development in the history of the so-called Hinduism was the development of A) Shaivism. B) Saktism. C) Bhagavatism. D) Tantricism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhagavatism. 17. Who among the following established Mewar Kingdom in Rajasthan? A) Nagaditya. B) Shiladitya. C) Bappa Rawal. D) Mahdenra II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bappa Rawal. 18. The city of Pataliputra was founded at the junction of the Ganges and the..... A) Sone. B) Brahmaputra. C) Yamuna. D) Gomati. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sone. 19. Which of the following was used in house making in Indus Valley Civilization? A) Stone. B) Brics. C) Wood. D) Bamboo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brics. 20. Which among the following Chera King is famous for the legends surrounding Kannagi ( he built a temple dedicated to Kannagi) and is also known as '' Red Cherra" ? A) Karikala. B) Senguttuvan. C) Nedum Cheralathan. D) Elkara. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Senguttuvan. ← 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 9Ancient India Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books