This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Polity > Capital – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Capital Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sarnath's Lion Capital is attributed to A) Kanishka. B) Chandragupta. C) Ashoka. D) Harshavardhana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashoka. 2. Gangaikondacholapuram became the capital of the Chola empire from the time of A) Kulottunga I. B) Parantaka I. C) Rajendra I. D) Vikrama Chola. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajendra I. 3. The Second Capital of Gupta ruler Chandragupta II was? A) Malwa. B) Saurashtra. C) Ujjain. D) Mehrauli. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ujjain. 4. Kanishka's capital was at A) Peshawar. B) Amravati. C) Mathura. D) Kanauj. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amravati. 5. What was the capital of Chandelas? A) Ajmer. B) Bhinmal. C) Khajuraho. D) Kannauj. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Khajuraho. 6. Kanchi was the capital of A) Pallavas. B) Rashtrakutas. C) Chalukyas. D) Cholas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pallavas. 7. Which was first capital of Magdha? A) Girivarja ( Rajgriha). B) Pataliputra. C) Champa. D) Vaishali. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Girivarja ( Rajgriha). 8. During muslim rule was the capital of Spain A) Cordava. B) Toledo. C) Garnada. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Garnada. 9. What city served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire? A) Nicodemia. B) Constantinople. C) Ankara. D) Adrianople. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ankara. 10. The capital of Magadha was shifted from Rajgriha to A) Ujjaini. B) Patliputra. C) Varanasi. D) Kannauj. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patliputra. 11. Which among the following was the capital of Shivaji? A) Poona. B) Panhala. C) Raigarh. D) Singhagarh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raigarh. 12. Consider the following passage : "His records proclaim him as a feudatory of the emperor Somesvara III. He was his capitals at Talakad in the South and Bankpura in the North. It was in A. D. 1137 that he performed the great ceremony of Tulapurusha." The above passage refers to A) Yayati Mahashivgupta-I. B) Vishnuvardhana. C) Mayursarman. D) Ananta Varman Chodaganga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vishnuvardhana. 13. By which ruler Pataliputra was chosen for the first time as a capital? A) Kalasok. B) Ajatasatru. C) Udayin. D) Kanishka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Udayin. 14. The planning of the capital in the Arthashastra indicates that the industrial and commercial classes were A) Not given any consideration. B) Provided specific quarters in the township. C) Allotted space outside the township. D) Allotted space inside and outside the township. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provided specific quarters in the township. 15. The capital of Kakatiya dynasty was A) Warangal. B) Hampi. C) Madurai. D) Dwarasamudra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warangal. 16. Which Nawab of Bengal shifted his capital from Murshidabad to Monghyr? A) Siraj-ud-daulah. B) Mir Jafar. C) Mir Qasim. D) Shuja-ud-din. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mir Qasim. 17. An Indian ruler of the 18th century who planted "the Tree of liberty" at his capital, enrolled himself as a member of the Jacobin club of France and loved himself to be called 'Citizen', was A) Haider Ali. B) Mir Jafar. C) Banda Bahadur. D) Tipu Sultan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tipu Sultan. 18. Four major provinces of the Mauryan empire were the Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern provinces, each under the vice-royalty of a prince or a member of the royal family. Which of the following provincial capitals of the Mauryan empire was the capital of the Northern province? A) Taxila. B) Suvarnagiri. C) Ujjain. D) Tosali. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taxila. 19. Who among the following Indian freedom fighters made an attempt to estimate the per capital income of India? A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale. B) Feroze Shah Mehta. C) Surendranath Banerjee. D) Dadabhai Naorji. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dadabhai Naorji. 20. What was the capital of Paramaras? A) Kannauj. B) Manda. C) Dhara. D) Khajuraho. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dhara. Next →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesCapital Quiz 2Capital Quiz 3Capital Quiz 4Capital Quiz 5Capital Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books