- The home of Gargi, Maitrey and Kapila was at
1) Vidisha
2) Ujjain
3) Pataliputra
4) Mithila
ANS: 4) Mithila
- Which area of India was known as Avantika in ancient times?
1) Avadh
2) Ruhelkhand
3) Bundelkhand
4) Malwa
ANS: 4) Malwa
- The social system of the Harappans was:
1) Fairly egalitarian
2) Slave-Labour based
3) Colour(Varna) Based
4) Caste Based
ANS: 1) Fairly egalitarian
- Which of the following Vedas provides information about the civilization of the early Vedic age.
1) Rigveda
2) Yajurveda
3) Atharvaveda
4) Samaveda
ANS: 1) Rigveda
- Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor?
1) Vikramaditya
2) Kumaragupta
3) Harshavardhana
4) Kanishka
ANS: 3) Harshavardhana
- The first Indian Ruler who established the supremacy of Indian Navy in the Arabian sea was:
1) Rajaraja I
2) Rajendra I
3) Rajadhiraja I
4) Kulottunga I
ANS: 1) Rajaraja I
- The first Tirthankara of the Jains was:
1) Arishtanemi
2) Parshavnath
3) Ajita Nath
4) Rishabha
ANS: 4) Rishabha
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- The great silk route to the Indians was opened by:
1) Kanishka
2) Ashoka
3) Harsha
4) Fa-Hien
ANS: 1) Kanishka
- The most important text of vedic mathematics:
1) Satapatha Brahman
2) Atharva Veda
3) Sulva Sutras
4) Chhandogya Upanishad
ANS: 3) Sulva Sutras
- Who started the Saka Era which is still used by the Government of India?
1) Kanishka
2) Vikramaditya
3) Samudra Gupta
4) Ashoka
ANS: 1) Kanishka
- What inspired the paintings of Ajanta?
1) Compassionate Buddha
2) Radha-Krishna Leela
3) Jain Tirthankaras
4) Mahabharata Encounters
ANS: 1) Compassionate Buddha
- Who among the following was the first to invade India?
1) Xerxes
2) Alexander
3) Darius-I
4) Seleucus
ANS: 3) Darius-I
- Which among the following is the oldest dynasty?
1) Maurya
2) Gupta
3) Kushan
4) Kanva
ANS: 1) Maurya
- Where did Lord Buddha breathe his last?
1) Rajgir
2) BodhGaya
3) Sarnath
4) Kushinagar
ANS: 4) Kushinagar
- Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India?
1) Mauryas
2) Indo-Greeks
3) Guptas
4) Kushans
ANS: 2) Indo-Greeks
- Who established Mahabalipuram?
1) Pallava
2) Pandya
3) Chola
4) Chalukya
ANS: 1) Pallava
- Who according to the Buddhists is believed to be the next incarnation of Gautam Buddha?
1) Atreya
2) Maitreya
3) Nagarjuna
4) Kalki
ANS: 1) Atreya
- Which rulers built the Ellora temples?
1) Chalukya
2) Sunga
3) Rashtrakuta
4) Pallava
ANS: 3) Rashtrakuta
- Who amongst the following also had the name ‘Devanama Piyadassi’?
1) Mauryan King Ashoka
2) Mauryan King Chandragupta Maurya
3) Gautam Buddha
4) Bhagwan Mahavir
ANS: 1) Mauryan King Ashoka
- The subject matter of Ajanta Paintings pertains to:
1) Jainism
2) Buddhism
3) Vaishnavism
4) Shaivism
ANS: 2) Buddhism
- The words “Satyameva Jayate” in the State Emblem of India were taken from
1) Upanishads
2) Samaveda
3) Rigveda
4) Ramayana
ANS: 1) Upanishads
- The famous rock-cut temple of Kailasa is at
1) Ajanta
2) Badami
3) Mahabalipuram
4) Ellora
ANS: 4) Ellora
- Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in
1) Buddhism
2) Jainism
3) Vaishnavism
4) Tantra
ANS: 1) Buddhism
- The Rathas of Mahabalipuram was built during the reign of the
1) Palas
2) Cholas
3) Rashtrakutas
4) Pallavas
ANS: 4) Pallavas
- Who is hailed as the “God of Medicine” by the practitioners of Ayurveda?
1) Susruta
2) Chyavana
3) Dhanwantari
4) Charaka
ANS: 3) Dhanwantari
- Which was the only Indus site with an artificial brick dockyard?
1) Lothal
2) Kalibangan
3) Harappa
4) Mohenjodaro
ANS: 1) Lothal
- Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?
1) Upanishads
2) Vedas
3) Tripitaka
4) Jatakas
ANS: 3) Tripitaka
- Wh
o was the first known Gupta Ruler?
1) Sri Gupta
2) Chandragupta I
3) Ghatotkacha
4) Kumaragupta I
ANS: 1) Sri Gupta
- Ashoka called the third Buddhists council at
1) Pataliputra
2) Magadha
3) Kalinga
4) Sarnath
ANS: 1) Pataliputra
- Which of the following literary works belongs to classical Sanskrit literature?
1) Dhammapada
2) Vedas
3) Meghadutam
4) Dighanikaya
ANS: 3) Meghadutam
- Who propounded the ‘Eight-Fold Path’ for the end of misery of mankind?
1) &
nbsp; Mahavir
2) Gautam Buddha
3) Adi Shankaracharya
4) Kabir
ANS: 2) Gautam Buddha
- The number system ‘Zero’ was invented by
1) Ramanujan
2) Aryabhatta
3) Patanjali
4) None
ANS: 2) Aryabhatta
- Buddhism made an important impact by allowing two sections of society into its fold. They were:
1) Merchants and priests
2) Moneylenders and Slaves
3) Warriors and Traders
4) Women and Sudras
ANS: 4) Women and Sudras
- Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to:
1) Ganesh
2) Shiva
3) Durga
4) Vishnu
ANS: 2) Shiva
- ‘BULL’ in Buddhism is associated with which event of Buddha’s life?
1) Birth
2) Great departure
3) Enlightenment
4) Mahaparinirvan
ANS: 1) Birth
- Which of the following would be the most accurate description of the Mauryan Monarchy under Ashoka.
1) Enlightened Despotism
2) Centralised autocracy
3) Oriental despotism
4) Guided democracy
ANS: 1) Enlightened Despotism
- Lothal is a site where dockyards of which of the following civilizations were found:
1) Indus Valley
2) Mesopotamia
3) Egyptian
4) Persian
ANS: 1) Indus Valley
- ‘BUDDHA’ means
1) The Enlightened One
2) The Religious Preacher
3) The Genius
4) The Powerful
ANS: 1) The Enlightened One
- Whose achievements are recorded in the Allahabad Pillar inscription?
1) Chandra Gupta Maurya
2) Samudra Gupta
3) Vikramaditya
4) Skand Gupta
ANS: 2) Samudra Gupta
- The essential feature of the Indus Valley Civilisation was:
1) Worship of forces of nature
2) Organised city life
3) &nbs
p; Pastoral farming
4) Caste society
ANS: 2) Organised city life
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