This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Polity > Capital – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Capital Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ancient kingdom of Avanti had its capital at A) Ayodhya. B) Vaishali. C) Ujjain. D) Pataliputra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ujjain. 2. In sixth century BC, Suktimati was the capital of A) Chedi. B) Kuru. C) Avanti. D) Panchala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chedi. 3. The capital of Gupta Empire was A) Pataliputra. B) Kannauj. C) Peshawar. D) Dhanyakatakam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pataliputra. 4. Which one of the following was the capital of Kosala? A) Shuktimati. B) Indraprastha. C) Sravasti. D) Kaushambi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sravasti. 5. The first capital of Abbasid Caliphate was A) Al-Hashmiyah. B) Samrah. C) Baghdad. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baghdad. 6. What was the name of the capital of Anga (a mahajanpada)? A) Viratnagar. B) Kaushambi. C) Champa. D) Varanasi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Champa. 7. The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was- A) Kapurthala. B) Amritsar. C) Lahore. D) Patiala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lahore. 8. With the emergence of Abbasids the Capital was transfer from Syria to A) Iran. B) Bagdad. C) Egypt. D) Iraq. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Egypt. 9. Champa was the capital of which one of the following Mahajanapadas in Ancient India? A) Anga. B) Vajji. C) Kasi. D) Magadha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anga. 10. The Chalukya capital was shifted from Manyakheta to Kalyani by A) Somesvara I Ahavamalla. B) Vikramaditya VI. C) Perma Jagadekamalla II. D) Tailappa III. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somesvara I Ahavamalla. 11. Why did Mohammad-bin Tughlaq shift his capital from Delhi to Deogiri? A) Because the new capital occupied a central and strategic location. B) Because he wanted to extend his empire to the south. C) As a punishment for the people of Delhi. D) Because he was fed up with Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the new capital occupied a central and strategic location. 12. After 1099, the capital of Vietnam (Hoa-la) was moved to the site of present-day: A) Hanoi. B) Tran. C) Beijing. D) Dehli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hanoi. 13. The capital of Umayyad dynasty was: A) Khusran. B) Damascus. C) Baghdad. D) Cairo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Khusran. 14. Madurai was the capital of A) Cholas. B) Pallavas. C) Pandyas. D) Rashtrakutas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pandyas. 15. Gangaikonda Cholapuram was built during medieval India and was erected as the capital of the Cholas by? A) Rajendra Chola I. B) Gajendra Chola. C) Rajendra Chola III. D) Vikram Chola. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajendra Chola I. 16. "So complete was the ruin that not a cat or dog was left among the buildings of the city, in its palace or its suburbs." The above statement about the transfer of capital by Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq was made by A) Ibn Batuta. B) Isami. C) Amir Khusrau. D) Ziauddin Barni. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ziauddin Barni. 17. In ancient India, the earliest capital of Magadha kingdom was at? A) Varanasi. B) Pataliputra. C) Vaishali. D) Rajgir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rajgir. 18. Foreign capitalists were attracted by Indian industry for a variety of reasons. Which one of the following reasons was not one of them? A) For many Indian products there was a ready demand the world over. B) Raw materials were readily and cheaply available. C) Labour was extremely cheap. D) Indian capitalist class wars well developed but unable to compete. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indian capitalist class wars well developed but unable to compete. 19. Who was the viceroy of India when British Indias capital was shifted from Culcutta to Delhi? A) Lord Hardinge. B) Lord William Bentinck. C) Lord Curzon. D) Lord Dalhousie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Hardinge. 20. What was the capital of Gurjara Pratiharas? A) Rangapur. B) Bhinmal. C) Khajuraho. D) Manda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhinmal. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesCapital Quiz 1Capital Quiz 3Capital Quiz 4Capital Quiz 5Capital Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books