This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Famous – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Famous Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of the following places was famous as a seat of Mahayana learning? A) Sarnath. B) Taxila. C) Varanasi. D) Nalanda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarnath. 2. The famous astronomer who wrote Brihat Samhitha A) Pliny. B) Varahamithra. C) Parrin. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Varahamithra. 3. Which edict of Ashoka contains the famous pronouncement: "at all times, whether I am eating, or I am in the women's apartments, or in my inner apartments, or at the cattle shed, or in my carriage, or in my gardens-wherever I may be-my mahamatta should keep me in touch with public business" ? A) Rock Edict VI. B) Rock Edict VIII. C) Rock Edict IV. D) Rock Edict II. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rock Edict VI. 4. The famous king of the Kushana dynasty was A) Kanishka. B) Harisha Vardhana. C) Kuvishka. D) Pushya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kanishka. 5. Who was the author of famous Ayurvedic text Ashtanghriday? A) Dhanvantari. B) Nagarjuna. C) Vagbhatta. D) Charaka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vagbhatta. 6. The famous conversation between uddalka Aruni & his son Svetaketu regarding the identity of the Brahman & the Atman figures in the A) Svetasvatra upnishad. B) Mandukya Upanishad. C) Mundak Upanishad. D) Chhandogya Upanishad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chhandogya Upanishad. 7. To which of the following dynasties did Karikala, the famous king of this period, belong? A) Chera. B) Chola. C) Pandya. D) Pallava. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chola. 8. Taxila was a famous site of A) Mauryan Art. B) Gupta Art. C) Early Vedic Art. D) Gandhara Art. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gandhara Art. 9. The most famous Indo-Greek ruler to rule over India, noted for his justice and popularity with his subjects, was A) Menander. B) Demetrios. C) Eukratides. D) Rudradaman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Menander. 10. The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the: A) Kenopanishad. B) Mundakopnishad. C) Chhandogyopanishad. D) Kathopanishad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kathopanishad. 11. The famous historical monument, Atala Mosque, is associated with the A) Rohilla rulers. B) Sultans of Delhi. C) Mughal rulers. D) Sharqi rulers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sharqi rulers. 12. The famous 3rd June Plan is also known as? A) Wavell Plan. B) Mountbatten Plan. C) Rajagopalachari Formula. D) Cabinet mission plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountbatten Plan. 13. Who has written famous book Padmavat? A) Al Biruni. B) Nakhshabi. C) Malik Muhammad Jayasi. D) Hasan Nizami. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malik Muhammad Jayasi. 14. Who introduced the famous Persian festival of Nauroz? A) Alauddin Khalji. B) IItutmish. C) Balban. D) Firuz Tughlaq. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balban. 15. Who built the famous Shalimar bagh of Srinagar? A) Humayun. B) Akbar. C) Shahjahan. D) Jahangir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jahangir. 16. In the Gupta age, Varahamihira wrote the famous book, 'Brihat Samhita.' It was a treatise on A) Astronomy. B) Ayurvedic system of medicine. C) Economics. D) Statecraft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astronomy. 17. Who authored 'Rajtarangini' the famous history of kashmir? A) Bilhan. B) Kalhan. C) Jaganik. D) Atharvana veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kalhan. 18. Which Sanskrit poet wrote famous book, Geet Govinda? A) Jayadeva. B) Kalidas. C) Panini. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jayadeva. 19. The famous Vedic saying, "War begins in the minds of men" , is stated in the: A) Yajurveda. B) Upanishad. C) Samaveda. D) Atharvaveda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yajurveda. 20. Nearly one third of soldiers of the famous Bengal Army had their homes in- A) Maharashtra. B) Punjab. C) Bengal. D) Avadh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maharashtra. Next →Related QuizzesFamous Quiz 2Famous Quiz 3Act QuizAncient India QuizAncient Indian History QuizBattle And War QuizBuddhism QuizCapital QuizChandragupta QuizChola QuizCorrect And Incorrect QuizEstablished QuizFreedom QuizGupta Period QuizHarrapan Civilization QuizIndian History QuizIndian National Congress QuizIndus QuizJainism QuizLeader QuizMediaval India QuizMedieval Indian History QuizMiscellenous Questions QuizModern India QuizModern Indian History QuizMovement QuizMuslim League QuizRenaissance QuizRig Vedic Period QuizSangam Age QuizSociety QuizThe First One QuizThe Mughal Kings QuizVijaynagar Empire QuizWritten Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books