This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Ancient India – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ancient India Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Bring out the only incorrect statement: A) Lothal was a port city. B) Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao discovered many harappan sites in India. C) Yajurveda is a collection of sacrificial formulae. D) Yajurveda mentions the battle of ten kings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yajurveda mentions the battle of ten kings. 2. Kanlshka was the follower of A) Hinduism. B) Jainism. C) Hinayanism. D) Mahayanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahayanism. 3. The earliest surviving extant, i.e. still standing, temples date from the..... period? A) Gupta. B) Sunga. C) Vedic. D) Maurya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gupta. 4. Which of the following rulers did not enter the Buddhist Cold? A) Harsha. B) Samudragupta. C) Kanishka. D) Ashoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Samudragupta. 5. Dharmamahamatras were..... during the Mauryans. A) Officials. B) Buddhist Monks. C) Jain Monks. D) Soldiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Officials. 6. The ancient, medical treatise, Charaka Samhita is attributed to Charaka, who was a contemporary of A) Kanishka. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) Ashoka. D) Samudragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kanishka. 7. "Manas Khand" which is mentioned in various ancient hindu scriptures belongs to /refers to which of the following modern states of India? A) Gujarath. B) Punjab. C) Himachal Pradesh. D) Uttrakhand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uttrakhand. 8. The coins of Which of the following reveal their love for music? A) Maurya. B) Nandas. C) Guptas. D) Cholas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guptas. 9. The last in the succession of Jaina Tirthankaras was A) Parsvanatha. B) Rishabha. C) Mahavira. D) Manisubruta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahavira. 10. Which one of the following sculptures invariably used green schist as the medium? A) Maurya sculptures. B) Mathura sculptures. C) Bharhut sculptures. D) Gandhara sculptures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bharhut sculptures. 11. Bagh caves near Gwalior represent the paintings of which of the following era? A) Maurya Era. B) Gupta Era. C) Kushana Era. D) Rajput Era. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gupta Era. 12. Which one of the following ports handled the north Indian trade during the Gupta period? A) Kalyan. B) Cambay. C) Tamralipti. D) Broach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tamralipti. 13. The Buddha attained nirvana at..... A) Bodh Gaya. B) Sarnath. C) Sanchi. D) Kusinagara. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kusinagara. 14. The most powerful ruler of the Cheras was A) Udiyanjeral. B) Nedunjeraladan. C) Senguttuvan. D) Sengannan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Senguttuvan. 15. The sulbasutras of ancient Indian Scholar "Baudhayan" have reached to a most correct value of which among the following? A) $\Pi$. B) $\sqrt 2$. C) $\sqrt 3$. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $\sqrt 2$. 16. The Cholas were the only known rulers in the history of India to have undertaken successful overseas naval expeditions. Who of the following Chola rulers successfully invaded Laccadives, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Sumatra? A) Parantaka-I. B) Rajaraja-I. C) Rajendra-I. D) Both B and C above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajendra-I. 17. Which among the following is related to history of Kashmir? A) Rajatarangini. B) Ashokavadana. C) Vikramorvashiyam. D) Arthashastra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajatarangini. 18. The ancient city of Raj Griha which is modern Rajgir near Patna was built by which of the following kings? A) Bimbisara. B) Ajatshatru. C) Prasenjit. D) Ashoka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bimbisara. 19. The evidences of 'pit-dwelling' have been discovered from which of the following ancient Indian sites? A) Lothal and Kalibangan. B) Burzahom and Gufkaral. C) Ropar and Rangpur. D) Kalibangan and Surkotada. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burzahom and Gufkaral. 20. What was Chandragupta-II also known as? A) Samudragupta. B) Vikramaditya. C) Skandagupta. D) Raanagupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vikramaditya. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books