Ancient History

1. The most important source of our information on The Neolithic site of Gumla is in
ancient India's cultural history are: (a)West Punjab
A. archaeological excavations (b)East Punjab
B. antiquities and monuments
(c)Rajasthan
C. literature and epics
D. inscriptions and coins (d)North West Frontier Province
Which metal has so far not been discovered in Harappan sites?
2. The granary discovered at Harappa was located: (a)Copper
A. within the citadel at Mohenjodaro (b)Gold
B. in the "Lower town' (c)Silver
C. near the river Ravi (d)Iron
D. beside the western gate of the city
Who among the following cultures were the first to paint their pottery?
(a)Mesolithic
3. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct (b)Chalcolithic
answer using the codes given below the lists: (c)Neolithic
List-I List-II (d)Iron age
a. Rock-cut Rathas 1. Ellora Megaliths
b. Kailasa Temple 2.
(a)are a certain group of Paleolithic caves
Mahabalipuram
c. Brihadisvara Temple 3. (b)is the technical term for pre-historic rock-cut caves
Nachnakuthara (c)are pre-historic burial monuments
d. Parvati Temple 4. Thanjavur (d)are monoliths belonging to the Neolithic period
Codes: Harappan people had a common burial system which is proved by
A B C D (a)the earth burial head of the dead normally laid towards the North
(a) 1 2 4 3
(b)the burial of commonly used item with the dead
(b) 1 4 2 3
(c) 2 4 3 1 (c)both (a) and (b)
(d) 2 1 4 3 (d)the burial of the dead body in the sitting posture
Remains of which animals have not been discovered in the Indus Valley
5. Which one of the following Harappan sites is NOT Civilization?
located in Gujarat? (a)Lion
A. Surkotada (b)Horse
B. Rangpur (c)Cow
C. Sutkagendor
(d)Elephant
D. Desalpur
Which one of the following statements regarding Harappan Civilization is
correct?
6. Which one of the following Indus cities has houses (a)The standard Harappan seals were made of clay
with doors on the main streets? (b)The inhabitants of Harappan had neither knowledge of copper nor
A. Lothal bronze
B. Surkotada (c)The Harappan Civilization was rural based
C. Chanhudaro (d)The inhabitants of Harappa grew and used cotton
D. Banawali
The site of Harappan is located on the bank of river?
(a)Saraswati
7. Which of the all Harappan sites, which has the (b)Indus
most impressive drainage system? (c)Beas
A. Harappa (d)Ravi
B. Banawali Which one among the following Indus city was known for water
C. Dhaulavira management?
D. Mohenjodaro (a)Lothal
(b)Mohenjodaro
8. Which of the following was not one of the ruling (c)Harappa
dynasties of South India in the Sangam Age? (d)Dholavira
A. Chola The Indus Valley people traded with the
B. Chera (a)Chinese
C. Pandya (b)Mesopotamians
D. Pallava (c)Parthians
 (d)Romans
9. Which was probably the most popular assembly in Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one
which even women enjoyed an equal status with men indicate the commercial and economic development?
in the Early Vedic period?
(a)Pottery
A. Sabha
B. Samiti (b)Seals
C. Gana (c)Boats
D. Vidatha (d)Houses
The earliest city discovered in India was
(a)Harappa
10. Which one of following pairs is not correctly (b)Rangpur
matched?
(c)Mohenjodaro
A. Samaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian music
B. Atharvaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian medicine (d)Sindh
C. Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose An advanced water management system of Harappan times has been
D. Yajurveda Samhita - Origins of rituals unearthed at
(a)Dholavira
11. Pushti marg is a Vaishnav sect of the Hinduism (b)Lothal
was founded by? (c)Kalibangan
A. Shankaracharya (d)Alamgirpur
B. Ramanujacharya
C. Vallabhacharya The archaeological finds from Alamgirpur in Meerut district reflected the
D. Nimbarkacharya (a)Harappa Culture
(b)Vedic Culture
(c)Mauryan Culture
12. What is pietra dura? (d)Gupta Period Culture
A. A form of music
A copper chariot of Harappa times was discovered at
B. Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious
stones (a)Kuntal
C. Armour (b)Rakhigarhi
D. None of the above (c)Daimabad
(d)Banawali
One of the following sites from where the famous Bull-seal of Indus
13. Who wrote famous book Kitab-ul-hind? Valley Civilization was found?
A. Abul Fazl (a)Harappa
B. Amir Khusrau
(b)Chanhudaro
C. Al Biruni
D. Firdausi (c)Lothal
(d)Mohanjodaro
14. Who said Hanooz Dilli Door Ast? Who discovered the Indus Valley Civilization?
A. Nizamuddin Aulia (a)Sir Leonard Wooly
B. Farid (b)VS Agrawal
C. Todarmal (c)Dayaram Sahni
D. Firdausi
(d)AL Basham
15. Which mughal emperor was a good veena player? Which one of the following animals was not represented on the seals
A. Aurangazeb and terracotta art of the Harappan Culture?
B. Akbar (a)Cow
C. Jahangir (b)Elephant
D. Shahjahan (c)Rhinoceros
(d)Tiger
16. Who was the author of famous Persian series of
The polity of the Harappan people, as derived from the material evidence,
52 stories Tutinama?
was
A. Nakhshabi
B. Amir Khusrau (a)secular-federalist
C. Abul Fazl (b)theocratic-federalist
D. Hasan Nizami (c)oligarchic
(d)theocratic-unitary
17. Who propagated the Vaishnava Theology of The religion of early Vedic Aryans was primarily of
Dvaitadvaita? (a)bhakti
A. Adi Shankaracharya
(b)image worship and yahnas
B. Ramanujacharya
C. Nimbarkacharya (c)worship of nature and yahnas
D. Vallabhacharya (d)worship of nature and bhakti
In the Vedic period, the people called Panis, were
18. Who has written famous book Padmavat?
(a)those, who controlled trades
A. Nakhshabi
B. Malik Muhammad Jayasi (b)cattle breeders
C. Al Biruni (c)cowheads
D. Hasan Nizami (d)ploughmen
Rigveda consists of ritual ……….hymns.
19. Atala Masjid which was built by Sultan Ibrahim is (a)1028
located at? (b)1017
A. Jaunpur
(c)1128
B. Kanpur
C. Agra (d)1020
D. Mysore Who favoured the Arctic Homes theory of the Aryans?
(a)Pargiter
1.Arabs were defeated fin 738 A.D. by…. (b)AC Das
(A) Pratiharas (c)BG Tilak
(B) Rashtrakutas
(d)Jacobi
(C) Palas
(D) Chalukyas The cow was an important form of wealth in
(a)the Rigvedic age
2. Harshvardhan was defeated by…. (b)the later Vedic age
(A) Prabhakaravardhana (c)the post Vedic age
(B) Pulakesin II (d)the Epic age
(C) Narasimha Varma Pallavas
Who was the first European to designate Aryan as a race?
(D) Sasanka
(a)William Jones
3. Beetapala and Dhiman, the two great artists that (b)HH Wilson
India had produced, belonged to the…… (c)Max Muller
(A) Pala Age (d)General Cunningham
(B) Gupta Age The staple food of the Vedic Aryan was
(C) Mauryas Age (a)barley and rice
(D) Rathan Age
(b)milk and its products
4. Chalukyas king Pulakesin II was defeated by…. (c)rice and pulses
(A) Mahendra Varman 1 (d)vegetables and fruits
(B) Narasimha Varman 1 Who among the following wrote Sanskrit Grammar?
(C) Parameswara Varman 1 (a)Kalidas
(D) Jatila Parantaka (b)Charak
(c)Panini
5. The most distinguished ruler of the Chalukyas
(d)Arybhatt
dynasty was…..
(A) Jayasimha II The battle of Mahabharata is believed to have been fought at
(B) Vikarmaditya VI Kurukshetra for
(C) Somesvara II (a)14 days
(D) Pulakesin II (b)16 days
(c)18 days
6. Which ruler founded the famous Vikramshila (d)20 days
University for the Buddhists?
Patanjali is well known for the compilation of
(A) Mahi Pala
(B) Devapala (a)Yoga Sutra
(C) Gopala (b)Panchantantra
(D) Dharmapala (c)Brahma Sutra
(d)Ayurveda
7.Who among the following were the first to invade The God who is the most prominent in Rigveda is
India? (a)Indra
(A)Afghan
(b)Agni
(B) Mongols
(C) Arabs (c)Pasupati
(D) Turks (d)Vishnu
The Rigvedic God Varuna was
8. Which rulers built the Ellora temples? (a)harginger of peace
(A) Chalukyas (b)destroyer of foes
(B) Sunga (c)guardian of the cosmic order
(C) Rashtrakutas (d)God of prosperity
(D) Pallavas
Panini, the first Grammarian of Sanskrit language in India, lived
during the
9. The famous rock-cut temple of Kailasa is at ……
(A) Ajanta (a)2nd Century BC
(B) Badami (b)6th-5th Century BC
(C) Mahabalipuram (c)2nd Century AD
(D) Ellora (d)5th-6th Century AD
Upanishads are books on
10. The Rathas of Mahabalipuram was built during (a)religion
the reign of the…….
(b)yoga
(A) Palas
(B) Cholas (c)law
(C) Rashtrakutas (d)philosophy
(D) Pallavas The expounder of Yoga philosophy was
(a)Patanjali
11. Which Rashtrakutas ruler built the famous (b)Gautam
Kailash temple of Siva at Ellora?
(c)Jaimini
(A) Dantidurga
(d)Sankaracharya
(B) Amoghvarsha 1
(C) Krishan 1 Who composed the Gayatri Mantra?
(D) Vats raj (a)Vishwamitra
(b)Vasishtha
12. The Rashtrakutas kingdom was founded by…… (c)Indra
(A) Dandi Durga (d)Parikshat
(B) Amoghvarsha
(C) Govinda III Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical
(D) Indra III charms and spells?
(a)Rigveda
13. The paintings in the Ajanta and Ellora caves are (b)Samveda
indicative of development of art under the…… (c)Yajurveda
(A) Rashtrakutas (d)Atharvaveda
(B) Pallavas Which one of the following Vedic God/Goddess depicts an association
(C) Pandya’s with the Sun?
(D) Chalukyas
(a)Ashvin
14. The famous Kailas temple cut out of the solid rock (b)Pusan
at Ellora was built under the patronage of the….. (c)Indra
(A) Cholas (d)Aranyani
(B) Kadambas Who among the following was not a contemporary of the other three?
(C) Pallavas (a)Bimbisara
(D) Rashtrakutas (b)Gautama Buddha
(c)Milinda
15. Who established Mahabalipuram?
(A) Pallavas (d)Prasenjit
(B) Pandya Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical
(C) Chola charms and spells?
(D) Chalukyas (a)Rigveda
(b)Yajurveda
16. Name the capital of the Pallavas? (c)Atharvaveda
(A) Kanchi (d)Samveda
(B) Vatapi
(C) Trichinopoly The Purushsukta, which refers to the origin of caste, is found in the
(D) Mahabalipuram (a)Athervaveda
(b)Rigveda
17. The Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a (c)Samaveda
witness to the art patronized by the….. (d)Yajurveda
(A) Pallavas The ancient name of North Bihar was
(B) Pandya’s
(a)Vajji
(C) Cholas
(D) Chera (b)Vatsa
(c)Surasena
18.Rath temple at Mahabalipuram was built in the (d)Avanti
reign of which Pallav ruler? In ancient India, the earliest capital of Magadha Kingdom was at
(A) Mahendra Varman 1
(a)Pataliputra
(B) Narasimha Varman 1
(C) Parmeshwar 1 (b)Rajgir
(D) Nandi Varman 1 (c)Vaishali
(d)Varanasi
19. The first Indian ruler, who established the When Alexander invaded India, who was the rulers of Magadha?
supremacy of Indian Navy in the Arabian Sea was…. (a)Haryankas
(A) Raja raja 1 (b)Shishunagas
(B) Rajendra 1
(c)Nandas
(C) Rajadhiraja 1
(D) Kulottunga 1 (d)Mauryas
Where was the seat of the first Republic of the world in 6th century BC?
20. Where is Brihadeshwara Temple situated? (a)Vaishali
(A) Kanchi (b)Athens
(B) Madurai (c)Sparta
(C) Shri Shailan
(d)Patliputra
(D) Tanjore
Who founded Pataliputra?
21. Prince Ellora conquered Sri Lanka in the second (a)Udayin
century BC. With Which of the following dynasties of (b)Ashoka
Dravidic ruler was be associated. (c)Bimbisar
(A) Chera (d)Mahapadmananda
(B) Chola
Mahajanapada situated on the bank of river Godawari was
(C) Pandya
(D) Pallavas (a)Avanti
(b)Vatsa
22. Which Chola king founded the city of Puhar/ (c)Assaka
(A) Rajendra Chola (d)Kamboja
(B) Ellora 'Tripitaka' texts are related with which religion?
(C) Senguttavan (a)Vedic
(D) Karikala
(b)Buddhism
23. Which of the following dynasties conquered Sri (c)Jainism
Lanka and South-East Asian countries? (d)Shaivism
(A) The Pandya’s The sacred books of Jains are called
(B0 The Chalukyas (a)Agama Sidhanta
(C) The Cholas (b)Angas
(D)_ The Rashtrakutas (c)Parvas
(d)Upangas
24. Who built Brihadeshwara Temple at Tanjore?
(A) Aditya Cholla Who was the teacher of Gautam Budhha?
(B) Raja Raja Cholas (a)Panini
(C) Rajendra Cholas (b)Alara kalama
(D) Kareikala Chola (c)Kapila
(d)Patanjali
25. Which of the following was the capital of the
Who founded the Lingayat Movement?
Chola Kings?
(A) Kanchi (a)Basava
(B) Tanjore (b)Ramanuja
(C) Madurai (c)Shankaracharya
(D) Tiruchirappalli (d)Kamban
How many Jyotirlingahs are there devoted to Lord Shiva?
1.Who among the following historians has (a)6
written the book title “The Wonder That was
(b)12
India”?
a.A.L. Basham (c)24
b.Alison Bashford (d)18
c.R. C. Majumdar Which of the following sacred Buddhist place was situated on the river
d.Satish Chandra Niranjana?
2. Who among the following historian has (a)Bodh Gaya
attempted to write history on the basis of (b)Kushinagara
genealogies of various dynasties given in (c)Lumbini
Puranas? (d)Rishipattanam
a.H.C. Raychaudhury
Where did Lord Buddha breathe his last
b.F.E. Pargitar
c.A.L. Basham (a)Rajgir
d.Both a and b (b)Bodh Gaya
6.Al- Biruni was the contemporary of which of the (c)Sarnath
following Indian rulers? (d)Kushinagar
a.Chandragupta Maurya Where has the world's largest monolithic statue of Buddha been installed?
b.Mahmud Ghazni (a)Rajgir
c.Alauddin Khalji
(b)Hyderabad
d.Balban
7.Who among the following scholars is not (c)Kandy
associated with the British East Indian Company? (d)Lhasa
a.John Holwell Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?
b.Nanthanie (a)Upanishad
c.Herodotus (b)Vedas
d.Alexander Dow
(c)Tripitaka
9. Who among the following scholars had viewed
(d)Agams
India as the homeland of religion in its oldest and
purest form; and also as the cradle of worldly Which of the following places is associated with Jainism?
civilisations? (a)Kapilvastu
a.Voltaire (b)Pava
b.Nanthanie (c)Prayag
c.Herodotus (d)Shravasti
d.Alexander Dow
10.Who among the following scholars wrote Who is also known as Nigantha Nataputra?
"Their religion has a great purity ... (and) one can (a)Vardhamana Mahavira
find traces of pure concept of divinity which (b)Gautam Buddha
cannot easily be found elsewhere"? (c)Nagarjuna
a.Voltiare (d)Shankaracharya
b.Pierre de Sonnerate
c.Schelling Which one of the following is not included in the eight-fold path of
d.Emannual Kant Buddhism?
11. In which of the following years the Asiatic
(a)Right speech
Society of Bengal was established?
a.1684 (b)Right contemplation
b.1784 (c)Right desire
c.1884 (d)Right conduct
d.1984 Which one of the following was the last Buddhist text produce in India?
12. Who among the following historians prepared (a)Divya Vandana
the first systematic history of ancient India? (b)Dohakosa
a.William Jones
(c)Vajrachedika
b.Karl Marx
c.Vincent Arthur Smith (d)Vamsathapakasina
d.F.W. Hegel Name the clan Buddha belonged to
13. Who among the following has edited the (a)Gnathrika
Sacred Books of the East? (b)Maurya
a.Max Muller (c)Sakya
b.Karl Marx (d)Kuru
c.Vincent Arthur Smith
d.F.W. Hegel Who of the following kings was an ardent follower of Jainism?
14. Who among the following historians has (a)Bimbisara
written the book titled “Early History of India”? (b)Mahapadmananda
James Mill (c)Kharavela
a.J. S. Mill (d)Pulkeshin ll
b.V. A. Smith Chinese traveller Hiuen-Tsang studied at the University of
c.Thomas Macauley
(a)Taxila
15.Who is the author of the book title “Hindu
Polity”? (b)Vikramshila
a.H.C. Raychaudhary (c)Magadh
b.R.C. Majumda (d)Nalanda
c.A.S. Altekar Where was the third Buddhist Council held?
d. K.P. Jayaswal (a)Vatsa
16. Who among the follow historians has written (b)Patliputra
the book title “Political History of Ancient India”? (c)Kosambi
a.R.K. Mookerji
(d)Kashmir
b.D.R. Bhandarkar
c.H.C. Raychaudhary Where was Mahavira Swami born?
d.R.C. Majumdar (a)Kundagram
17. Who among the following historians does not (b)Patliputra
belong to the Marxist School of Thought? (c)Magadh
a.D.D. Kosambi (d)Vaishali
b.R.C. Majumdar
Buddha was born at
c.Romila Thaper
d.Irfan Habib (a)Vaishali
(b)Lumbini
1. The Mathura school of art flourished during the (c)Kapilvastu
reign of (d)Patliputra
Kanishka The Fourth Buddhist Council was convened during the reign of king
Kadphises-1
(a)Ashoka
Vasudeva
(b)Ajatasatru
Kushanas
(c)Kanishaka
2. Which one of the following travelers visited India (d)Mahapadmananda
during the Gupta period? Who among the following presided over the Buddhist Council held
Hiuen-Tsang during the reign of Kanishka at Kashmir?
Fa- Hien (a)Parsva
Marco Polo (b)Nagarjuna
Nicolo Conti
(c)Sudraka
3. Hathigumpha inscription is attributed to which of (d)Vasumitra
the following emperors? The first Buddhist council was held in which of the following cities?
Ashoka (a)Nalanda
Chandragupta II (b)Gaya
Samudragupta (c)Rajgriha
Kharavela (d)Bodh Gaya
4. The illustrious names of Aryabhatta and Mahavira Jaina breathed his last at
Varahamihir are associated with the age of the (a)Rajgir
Guptas (b)Ranchi
Kushanas (c)Pawapuri
Mauryas (d)Samastipur
Palas Gautam Buddha was elevated to the position of God by the time of
(a)Ashoka
5. Gupta empire declined in the fifth century A. D. as a
consequence of (b)Kanishka
Chalukya raids (c)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Greek invasion (d)Harsha
Hun invasion Mahabodhi temple has been built at Bodh Gaya where
Pallava raids (a)Gautam Buddha was born
(b)Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment
6. During whose reign did the Gandhara School of art
(c)Gautam Buddha delivered his first sermon
blossom?
Harsha (d)Gautam Buddha passed away
Ashok Sarnath is in the State of
Kanishka (a)Kerala
Chandragupta 2 (b)Maharashtra
(c)Gujarat
7. The capital of Kosala kingdom was - (d)Uttar Pradesh
Ujjain
Kasi Among the following who is given the credit of carrying Jainism in
Kausambi South India
Ayodhya (a)Sudharmana
(b)Indrabhuti
8. Bimbisara belonged to which of the following (c)Bhadrabahu
dynasties? (d)Sthulabhadra
Mauryan Prabhasgiri is a pilgrim spot of
Haryanka
(a)Buddhists
Nanda
Kushan (b)Jains
(c)Saivites
9. Who among the following foreigners was the first (d)vaishnavites
to visit India? Who is said to have become the chief of the Jain Sangh after the death
Hiuen-Tsang of Mahavira?
Megasthenese (a)Jambu
I Ching (b)Bhadrabahu
Fahien
(c)Sthulbhadra
10. The Ajanta painting belongs to the (d)Sudharma
Harappan period Which of the following Ashokan inscription is in 'Kharosthi' script?
Mauryan period (a)Khalsi
Buddhist period (b)Girnar
Gupta period (c)Shahvajgadi
(d)Meerut
11. Which one of the following schools of sculpture
thrived during the post-Ashokan period? Which of the following was not a capital of Magadhan empire?
Gandhara (a)Girivraja
Sarnath (b)Rajgriha
Mathura (c)Pataliputra
All of the above (d)Kosambi
Turamaya, a contemporary of Ashoka, was the ruler of
12. The Saka Era commenced in
50 BC (a)Egypt
28 AD (b)Corinth
78 AD (c)Macedonia
129 AD (d)Syria
The Ashokan Edicts were deciphered first by
13. Who of the following was a contemporary of (a)Sir John Marshall
Alexander the Great?
(b)Sir William Jones
Bimbisara
Chandragupta Maurya (c)Charles Wilkins
Ashoka (d)James Prinscep
Pushyamitra Sunga 'Arthashastra' was written by
(a)Dhananda
(b)Kautilya
14. Whose achievements are recorded in the (c)Bimbisara
Allahabad Pillar inscription?
(d)Pusyamitra
Chandragupta Maurya
Samudra Gupta The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Mauryan's court was
Vikramaditya (a)Kautilya
Skand Gupta (b)Seluceus Nicater
(c)Magasthenes
(d)Itsing
15. Which one of the following was an important port
The practice of military governorship was first introduced in India by the
of the eastern coast during Gupta period?
Kalyan (a)Greeks
Tamralipti (b)Sakas
Sopara (c)Parthians
Baroch (d)Mughals
16. The temple of Konark was built by Narasimha of Who among the following presided over the Buddhist Council held
the during the reign of Kanishka at Kashmir?
Maratha Administration (a)Parsva
Chola Administration
(b)Nagarjuna
Ganga Administration
Vijayanagar Administration (c)Sudraka
(d)Vasumitra
17. Alexander, the Great invaded India during the The name Dharmashoka was found in the
rule of - (a)Maski Edict
Ajatshatru (b)Junagarh Inscription
Bimbisara (c)Sarnath Inscription
Dhana Nanda (d)Allahabad Pillar Inscription
Mahapadma Nanda
Which Rock Edict of Ashoka provides a description of the horrors
18. Alexander defeated Porus in 326 B. C. at the battle of Kalinga War?
of : (a)13th Rock Edict
Thaneshwar (b)Kalinga Edict at Dhauli
Tarain (c)The Edict at Jaugada
Peshawar (d)10th Rock Edict
Hydaspes In India, the first to put forward the theory that the Earth revolves
round the Sun was
19. Which among the following is the oldest dynasty?
(a)Kalhana
Maurya
Gupta (b)Brahmagupta
Kushan (c)Bana
Kanva (d)Aryabhatta
Which one of the following is not a feature of North Indian Temple
20. Which rulers built the Ellora temples? architecture?
Chalukya (a)Sikhara
Sunga
(b)Garbha Griha
Rashtrakuta
(c)Gopura
Pallava
(d)Pradakshina
21. Who started the Saka Era which is still used by Which one of the following dynasties was ruling over North Indian
the Government of India? at the time of Alexander's invasion?
Kanishka (a)Nanda
Vikramaditya (b)Maurya
Samudra Gupta (c)Sunga
Asoka
(d)Kanva
Zero was invented by
22. The great silk-route to the Indians was opened by (a)Aryabhatta
- (b)Varahamihira
Kanishka (c)Bhaskara I
Ashoka (d)Brahmagupta
Harsha
Who among the following also had the name Devanama Piyadasi?
Fa-Hien
(a)Mauryan King Ashoka
23. Aryabhatta, believed to have been born in the 5th (b)Gautama Buddha
century AD, was a most renowned scholar of (c)Mauryan King Chandragupta Maurya
Astronomy (d)Bhagwan Mahavira
Biology To which dynasty did Ashoka belong?
Medicine (a)Vardhana
Physiology
(b)Maurya
24. The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli in Delhi is believed to (c)Kushan
record the achievements of (d)Gupta
Ashoka The last Mauryan emperor was
Chandragupta Maurya (a)Jalok
Samudragupta (b)Avanti Varma
Chandragupta 2 (c)Nandi Vardhana
(d)Brihadratha
25. The capital of Kalinga was
Taxila Yavanika (Curtain) was introduced in Indian theatre by which
Suvarnagiri of the following?
Ujjain (a)Shakas
Toshali (b)Parthians
(c)Greeks
(d)Kushans
Who started the Saka Era, which is still used by the Government of India?
(a)Kanishka
 (b)Vikramaditya
1. Which among the following is not a correct pair? (c)Samudragupta
A. Ellora Caves – Rastrakuta Rulers (d)Ashoka
B. Mahabalipuram – Pallava Rulers
C. Khajuraho – Chandellas The greatest development in the Kushana period was in the field of
D. Elephanta Caves – Mauyra Era (a)religion
2. Which among the following Kavya of Sanskrit, deal (b)art
with court intrigues & access to power of (c)literature
Chandragupta Maurya? (d)architecture
A. Mrichhakatika What was the capital of Kanishka?
B. Ritusamhara
(a)Purushapur
C. Kumarasambhava
D. Mudrarakshahsa (b)Mathura
3. On which of the following systems of Hindu (c)Taxila
Philosophy , Shankaracharya wrote commentary in (d)Pataliputra
9th century AD? St Thomas is said to have come to India to propagate christianity
A. Sankhya during the reign of
B. Vaisheshika (a)Shenguttavam (Chera)
C. Yoga
(b)Karikal (Chola)
D. Uttarmimansa
(c)Nendujelian (Pandya)
4. The eighth-century tripartite power struggle was
among which of the following? (d)Gondapharnese (Parthian)
A. Cholas, Rastrakutas and Yadavas, Charak was the famous court physician of
B. Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas (a)Harsha
C. Cholas, Pandyas and Chalukyas (b)Chandragupta Maurya
D. Chalukyas, Pallavas and Yadavas (c)Ashoka
5. Which among the following is not correct
(d)Kanishka
A. The capital of pandyas was Madurai
B. The capital of Cheras was Vanchi Which one of the following dynasties was associated with Gandhara
C. Capital of the Videha Kingdom – Mithila School of Art?
D. Capital of Gahadwal Dynasty – Kannauj (a)Chalukyas
6. Which king started the organization of Kumbh fair (b)Guptas
at Allahabad? (c)Kushans
A. Harshavardhana (d)Mauryas
B. Dhruvasena Ii
The capital of Kadamba kings was
C. Narshimhvarman
D. Akabar (a)Tanjore
7. Upnishads are books on : (b)Vanavasi
A. Politics (c)Kanchi
B. Philosophy (d)Badami
C. Medicine The 'Paditrupputtu' is a collection of poems in the praise of which
D. Social life of the following kings?
8. Who was the first Indian ruler who had territory (a)Chera
outside India?
(b)Chola
A. Ashoka
B. Chandragupta Maurya (c)Pandya
C. Kanishka (d)None of these
D. Huvishka The first translator of Mahabharata into Tamil was
9. Which of the following statement is wrong? (a)Permuduanar
A. Sunga dynasty was founded by pushyamitra (b)Kamban
B. Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC (c)Hala
C. Ashoka invaded the kalinga in 261 BC
(d)Bharavi
D. Chandragupta Maurya earned the title of the
Liberator. In Gupta Age, guilds formed the major institutions in
10. Who among the following was worshipped during (a)the religions matters
Early Vedic Civilization? (b)the land revenue matters
A. Varuna (c)the social structure
B. Indra (d)the manufacture of goods and in commercial entreprises
C. Surya
Hiuen-Tsang visited India during the reign of
D. All the above
11. Where were the hymns of Rigveda composed? (a)Chandragupta I
A. Punjab (b)Chandragupta II
B. Gujarat (c)Harshavardhana
C. Rajasthan (d)Rudradaman
D. Uttar Pradesh Harshavardhan was defeated by
12. Which among the following is a place in Larkana
(a)Prabhakaravardhana
district of Sind province in Pakistan?
A. Alamgirpur (b)Pulakeshin II
B. Harappa (c)Narsimhasvarma Pallava
C. Rangapur (d)Sasanka
D. Mohenjo-Daro
13. What led to the end of Indus Valley Civilization? 7. Who among the following was ruled the western Kingdom?
A. Invasion of Aryans A. Virat
B. Recurrent Floods B. Svarat
C. Earthquakes C. Samrat
D. All the above D. Bhoja
14. Who was the main male God worshipped by
Indus people? GK Questions and Answers on the Vedic Literature
A. Lord Vishnu 8. Who among the following was ruled the Northern Kingdom?
B. Vishnu A. Virat
C. Brahma B. Svarat
D. Indra C. Samrat
15. Which empire lasted the longest among the D. Bhoja
following? 9. Which of the following was not the political unit of Vedic period?
A. The Palas A. Grama
B. The Pratiharas B. Vish
C. The Rashtrakutas C. Jana
D. The Senas D. Bali
16. Which of the following statement is wrong? 10. Who was the term used for the Chief Judge during Vedic period?
A. Dharmpala was the founder of Pala dynasty. A. Athapati
B. Vikramashila University was founded by B. Tashan
Dharmpala ? C. Akshavapa
C. Bhoja was the founder of Pritihara Empire. D. Palagala
D. Krishna III was the last Rashtrakuta king. 2. Who among the following was the police officer during Vedic
period?
19. Who was the last Hindu emperor of northern A. Senani
India? B. Jivagribha
A. Harsha C. Bhagadugha
B. Pulakesin II D. Madhyamasi
C. Rajyavardhana 3. Who was the revenue collector during Vedic period?
D. Skandagupta A. Senani
1. Who among the following was the supreme B. Jivagribha
commander of the army during Vedic period? C. Bhagadugha
A. Senani D. Madhyamasi
B. Vrajapati 4. What was the term used for the treasurer during Vedic period?
C. Spasas A. Kulapati
D. Madhyamasi B. Mahishi
C. Bhagadugha
D. Sangrihitri
6. Who among the following was ruled the eastern Kingdom?
A. Virat
B. Svarat
C. Samrat
D. Bhoja
Ans: C
Explanation: The Eastern Kingdom of Vedic period is called Samarajya
which was ruled by the Samrat. Hence, C is the correct option.