Miscellenous Questions Quiz 55 (20 MCQs)

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1. There is evidence of the proto-Australoid, the mediterranean, alpine and Mongoloid in the skeletal remains at

Correct Answer: D) Harappan site.

2. The so-called universities of Nalanda, Vikramshila, etc. were actually:

Correct Answer: A) Buddhist monasteries.

3. Which one among these is not a work of Kalidasa?

Correct Answer: B) Dashakumarcharita.

4. Ajivika sect was founded by

Correct Answer: C) Makkhli Gosala.

5. Which of the, following Harrapan sites are located in the Kutch region?

Correct Answer: A) Desalpur & Surkotda.

6. Who was the founder of Bambay Native Society?

Correct Answer: C) Jagannath Shankar Sheth.

7. Who among the following was known as the Grand Old Man of Indian politics?

Correct Answer: A) Dadabhai Nauroji.

8. Megasthenese States ''There was no slavery in India." This statement must have been made because

Correct Answer: C) Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece.

9. Who among the following defined a sovereign or sovereignty as farr-i izdi in contrast to the concept of zil al-Allah?

Correct Answer: B) Abul Fazl.

10. Which one among the following statements about Ashokan edicts is correct?

Correct Answer: B) The edicts give details of his personal concerns but are silent on events of the empire.

11. What was the Period of the rule of Samudra Gupta?

Correct Answer: B) 330-375 A. D.

12. Which of the following Bhakti Reformers influenced by the preaching of Sufi teachers?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

13. The main focus of the Rigvedic culture was

Correct Answer: A) The Indo-Gangetic region.

14. According to the Mahasanghikas, a being is composed of

Correct Answer: A) . Five Dharmas.

15. Who was the founder of Pallava dynasty

Correct Answer: C) Simhavishnu.

16. Rath Temples at Mahabalipuram were built during the reign of which Pallava ruler?

Correct Answer: A) Narasinghvarman I.

17. Who was the assistant of Sambhaji?

Correct Answer: D) Mahadji Yamaji.

18. The System of philosophy with which the name of, Kapila is prominently associated is

Correct Answer: B) Samkhya.

19. Gandhara art all but one of the following was different from the West. Which was it?

Correct Answer: D) Iconography.

20. Who of the following was a contemporary of Alexander, the Great?

Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta Maurya.