More Questions on Ancient History
- Q. What was the suitable language for source material in Ancient Times?
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Brahmi
D)Kharoshthi
Answer: Sanskrit
- Q. Which of the following Ancient Indian literature was a treatise on the science of governance?
A)Arthsashtra
B)Manusmriti
C)Mahabharata
D)None of the above
Answer: Arthsashtra
- Q. Who was the main male God worshipped by Indus people?
A)Vishnu
B)Lord Shiva
C)Brahma
D)Indra
Answer: Lord Shiva
- Q. Find the correct pair of Poet in the Court of the King during Ancient India
A)Harisena : Chandragupta II
B)Vasumitra : Kanishka
C)Kalidasa : Samudragupta II
D)Banabhatta : Pulkesin II
Answer: Vasumitra : Kanishka
- Q. Who was the founder of the Kanva dynasty?
A)Vishnusarma
B)Suserman
C)Vasudeva
D)Vasumitra
Answer: Vasudeva
- Q. The most important source of our information on ancient India’s cultural history are
A)Antiquities and monuments
B)Archaeological excavations
C)Literature and epics
D)Inscriptions and coins
Answer: Literature and epics
- Q. Assertion (A): The Gupta period is often called the ‘Golden Age’ of ancient India. Reason (R): The Gupta rulers issued gold coins
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
- Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
A)Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
B)Sunga dynasty was founded by pushyamitra
C)Ashoka invaded the Kalinga in 261 BC
D)Chandragupta Maurya earned the title of the Liberator
Answer: Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
- Q. What is the ancient name of river Sutlej?
A)Vitasta
B)Askini
C)Shutudri
D)Parushni
Answer: Shutudri
- Q. Taxila University was located between which two rivers?
A)Jhelum and Ravi
B)Indus and Jhelum
C)Beas and Indus
D)Satluj and Indus
Answer: Indus and Jhelum
- Q. Which of the following is not a religious text?
A)Sangam
B)Rigveda
C)Upanishad
D)None of the above
Answer: Sangam
- Q. Which of following Chalcolithic sites comes under Ganges system?
A)Alamgirpur
B)Hanumangarh
C)Ropar
D)Mohenjodaro
Answer: Alamgirpur
- 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. During Karikala’s rule the important Chola port was
A)Puhar
B)Calicut
C)Korkai
D)Thondi
Answer: Puhar
- Q. The main contribution of Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to education and in particular to women education are
A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non-Brahmins
C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
D)Both A and B
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. Which of the following cities was founded by Krishnadevaraya?
A)Nagalpura
B)Warangal
C)Udayagiri
D)Chandragiri
Answer: Nagalpura
- Q. Which one of the following dynasties was ruling at the time of Alexander’s invasion?
A)The Maurya
B)The Nanda
C)The Sunga
D)The Kanva
Answer: The Nanda
- 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 is not an important limb of Vedas?
A)Kalpa (Ritual)
B)Siksha (Phonetics)
C)Vyakarna (Grammar)
D)Ashtadhyayi
Answer: Ashtadhyayi
- Q. Which of the following is related to Etymology?
A)Kalpa
B)Shiksha
C)Nirukta
D)Vyakaran
Answer: Nirukta
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