Ancient history-Oldest civilization in the world(history of ancient India)

1. The home of Gargi, Maitrey and Kapila was at

1)      Vidisha

2)      Ujjain

3)      Pataliputra

4)      Mithila

ANS:   4) Mithila

2.  Which area of India was known as Avantika in ancient times?

1)      Avadh

2)      Ruhelkhand

3)      Bundelkhand

4)      Malwa

ANS:    4) Malwa

3. 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

4. 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

5. Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor?

1)      Vikramaditya

2)      Kumaragupta

3)      Harshavardhana

4)      Kanishka

ANS:   3) Harshavardhana

6. 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

7. The first Tirthankara of the Jains was:

1)      Arishtanemi

2)      Parshavnath

3)      Ajita Nath

4)      Rishabha

ANS:  4) Rishabha

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8. The great silk route to the Indians was opened by:

1)      Kanishka

2)      Ashoka

3)      Harsha

4)      Fa-Hien

ANS:   1) Kanishka

9. The most important text of vedic mathematics:

1)      Satapatha Brahman

2)      Atharva Veda

3)      Sulva Sutras

4)      Chhandogya Upanishad

ANS:   3) Sulva Sutras

10. 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

11. What inspired the paintings of Ajanta?

1)      Compassionate Buddha

2)      Radha-Krishna Leela

3)      Jain Tirthankaras

4)      Mahabharata Encounters

ANS:   1) Compassionate Buddha

12. Who among the following was the first to invade India?

1)      Xerxes

2)      Alexander

3)      Darius-I

4)      Seleucus

ANS:   3) Darius-I

13. Which among the following is the oldest dynasty?

1)      Maurya

2)      Gupta

3)      Kushan

4)      Kanva

ANS:   1) Maurya

14. Where did Lord Buddha breathe his last?

1)      Rajgir

2)      BodhGaya

3)      Sarnath

4)      Kushinagar

ANS:   4) Kushinagar

15. Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India?

1)      Mauryas

2)      Indo-Greeks

3)      Guptas

4)      Kushans

ANS:   2) Indo-Greeks

16. Who established Mahabalipuram?

1)      Pallava

2)      Pandya

3)      Chola

4)      Chalukya

ANS:   1) Pallava

17. 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

18.  Which rulers built the Ellora temples?

1)      Chalukya

2)      Sunga

3)      Rashtrakuta

4)      Pallava

ANS:   3) Rashtrakuta

19.  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

 

20. The subject matter of Ajanta Paintings pertains to:

1)      Jainism

2)      Buddhism

3)      Vaishnavism

4)      Shaivism

ANS:   2) Buddhism

 

21.  The words “Satyameva Jayate” in the State Emblem of India were taken from

1)      Upanishads

2)      Samaveda

3)      Rigveda

4)      Ramayana

ANS:   1) Upanishads

22. The famous rock-cut temple of Kailasa is at

1)      Ajanta

2)      Badami

3)      Mahabalipuram

4)      Ellora

ANS:   4) Ellora

23. Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in

1)      Buddhism

2)      Jainism

3)      Vaishnavism

4)      Tantra

ANS:   1) Buddhism

24.  The Rathas of Mahabalipuram was built during the reign of the

1)      Palas

2)      Cholas

3)      Rashtrakutas

4)      Pallavas

ANS:   4) Pallavas

25. Who is hailed as the “God of Medicine” by the practitioners of Ayurveda?

1)      Susruta

2)      Chyavana

3)      Dhanwantari

4)      Charaka

ANS:   3) Dhanwantari

26.  Which was the only Indus site with an artificial brick dockyard?

1)      Lothal

2)      Kalibangan

3)      Harappa

4)      Mohenjodaro

ANS:   1) Lothal

27. Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?

1)      Upanishads

2)      Vedas

3)      Tripitaka

4)      Jatakas

ANS:   3) Tripitaka

28. Wh

    o was the first known Gupta Ruler?

1)      Sri Gupta

2)      Chandragupta I

3)      Ghatotkacha

4)      Kumaragupta I

ANS:   1) Sri Gupta

29. Ashoka called the third Buddhists council at

1)      Pataliputra

2)      Magadha

3)      Kalinga

4)      Sarnath

ANS:   1) Pataliputra

30. Which of the following literary works belongs to classical Sanskrit literature?

1)      Dhammapada

2)      Vedas

3)      Meghadutam

4)      Dighanikaya

ANS:   3) Meghadutam

31. 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

32. The number system ‘Zero’ was invented by

1)      Ramanujan

2)      Aryabhatta

3)      Patanjali

4)      None

ANS:   2) Aryabhatta

33. 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

34. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to:

1)      Ganesh

2)      Shiva

3)      Durga

4)      Vishnu

ANS:   2) Shiva

35. ‘BULL’ in Buddhism is associated with which event of Buddha’s life?

1)      Birth

2)      Great departure

3)      Enlightenment

4)      Mahaparinirvan

ANS:   1) Birth

36. 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

37. 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

38. ‘BUDDHA’ means

1)      The Enlightened One

2)      The Religious Preacher

3)      The Genius

4)      The Powerful

ANS:   1) The Enlightened One

39.  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

40. The essential feature of the Indus Valley Civilisation was:

1)      Worship of forces of nature

2)      Organised city life

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p;  Pastoral farming

4)      Caste society

ANS:   2) Organised city life