Q. Patanjali, the second great grammarian of Ancient India, was a contemporary of

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Pushyamitra Sunga

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  • Q. What is true about Lothal – ancient site? I. Lothal was an ancient port of Indus civilization. II. It was excavated by the S. R. Rao. III. Currently it is situated in the Pakistan.
    A)Only I, III
    B)Only I , II
    C)II, III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Only I , II
  • Q. Name the Muslim Invader who destroyed Nalanda University?
    A)Muhammad Bin Tuglaq
    B)Allaudin Khalji
    C)Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar
    D)Muhammad Bin Qasim
    Answer: Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar
  • Q. Which of the following Gupta emperors is represented his coins as playing the lute or Veena?
    A)Chandragupta-II
    B)Chandragupta-I
    C)Samudragupta
    D)Skandagupta
    Answer: Samudragupta
  • Q. What is ‘Patriarchal Society’?
    A)System that values men more than women
    B)System that values women more than men
    C)System that values both men and women equally
    D)System that values elders
    Answer: System that values men more than women
  • Q. Who among the following writer’s book gives the detail information about the invasion of India by Alexander?
    A)Megasthenes
    B)Herodotus
    C)Arrian
    D)Ptolemy
    Answer: Arrian
  • Q. In the Vedic age, who was the head of “Grama”?
    A)Gramini
    B)Kulapa
    C)Vispati
    D)Gopati
    Answer: Gramini
  • Q. Which of the following civilization is famous for its city/town planning?
    A)Mesopotamian Civilization
    B)Indus Valley Civilization
    C)Persian Civilization
    D)Egyptian Civilization
    Answer: Indus Valley Civilization
  • Q. During the Gupta Empire, the term “UPARIKARA” was used for
    A)Periodic supplies of fruits, firewood, flowers etc
    B)An extra tax levied on all subjects
    C)It was a voluntary offering by people to the king
    D)King's customary share of the production normally amounting to 1/6th of the production
    Answer: An extra tax levied on all subjects
  • Q. Who among the following has written Malavikagnimitram?
    A)Banabhatta
    B)Pusyamitra Sunga
    C)Kautilya
    D)Kalidasa
    Answer: Kalidasa
  • Q. In which city of India is Dhamek Stupa located?
    A)Delhi
    B)Pune
    C)Varanasi
    D)Hyderabad
    Answer: Varanasi
  • Q. The temple of Konark was built by Narasimha of the
    A)Chola Administration
    B)Maratha Administration
    C)Ganga Administration
    D)Vijayanagar Administration
    Answer: Ganga Administration
  • Q. Who among the following wrote the Kural, which deals with many aspects of life and religion?
    A)Ayaikar
    B)Thiruvalluvar
    C)Shankracharya
    D)Rishi Agasta
    Answer: Thiruvalluvar
  • Q. Which of the following temples was not constructed by Chandela dynasty?
    A)Chaturbhuja
    B)Kandariya Mahadev
    C)Lakshman
    D)Somnath
    Answer: Somnath
  • Q. __________ comprises the archaeological remains of a monastic and scholastic institution
    A)Rani ki vav
    B)Nalanda
    C)Hill Forts of Rajasthan
    D)Fatehpur Sikri
    Answer: Nalanda
  • Q. The Rathas of Mahabalipuram, the rock- cut architecture, were built by a king of the dynasty of
    A)Hoysala
    B)Chola
    C)Pallava
    D)Rashtrakuta
    Answer: Pallava
  • Q. Which one of the following Indus cities has houses with doors on the main streets?
    A)Surkotada
    B)Lothal
    C)Chanhudaro
    D)Banawali
    Answer: Lothal
  • Q. Who was the founder of Vikramshila Vihar?
    A)Gopala
    B)Dharmapala
    C)Nagpala
    D)Mahipala
    Answer: Dharmapala
  • Q. Who wrote the famous Kural which in verse deals with many aspects of life and religion?
    A)Bana
    B)Bhartrihari
    C)Magha
    D)Thiruvalluvar
    Answer: Thiruvalluvar
  • Q. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
    A)Buddhist order or organisation
    B)Buddhist monastery
    C)A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
    D)A Buddhist assembly hall or temple
    Answer: A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
  • Q. Who among the following was worshipped during Early Vedic Civilization?
    A)Indra
    B)Varuna
    C)Surya
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above

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