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Ancient Indian History
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1. Which of the following is the correct chronological order?
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Chalukya Vikramaditya VI
Yashodharman
Sakas
2. The Chola ruler who subdued the Ganges and obtained the title Gangai Konda Cholan was...
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Beginning of 16th century
Rajendra Chola I
Rudradaman
3. The Huna leader Mihirgula was defeated by...
Yashodharman
Bimbisara
Minor Rock Edict XIII
Cholas
4. In the Sangam age - Uraiyur was important for...
The Mauryas
Taxila
Chalukya Vikramaditya VI
It is being a great centre of cotton trade.
5. Which of the following became the most important city of northern India under Harsha?
Revenue from seaports
6-Jan
Vasudeva
Kanauj
6. Which of the following was a special feature of Chola administration?
Pandyas
Amravati
Autonomy for village administration
Rajaraja
7. Who among the following is considered as the first national ruler of India?
Chandragupta Maurya
Bimbisara
The development of peace and non-violence as state policy.
Samudragupta
8. The Chola king who conquered the northern part of Sri Lanka and made it a province of his empire - was...
Taxila
Satavahanas
Rajaraja
Hampi
9. The capital of Bahmani Kingdom was...
Indus to Pataliputra
Sangama dynasty
Kanauj
Gulbarga
10. In Krishnadevaraya's court - Ashtadiggajas were the
Eight great poets of his court.
Rajaraja
The Mauryas
Sakas
11. Which of the following kingdoms od South India was well known for its naval power?
Chola
It is being a great centre of cotton trade.
712 A.D.
Bimbisara
12. The special feature of the financial system of Vijayanagara was...
Revenue from seaports
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Pallavas
Vidyaranya
13. The Satavahana King who defeated the western Saka King - Nahapana was...
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Chandragupta Maurya
The Mauryas
Pandyas
14. The Kaulinya system was introduced in Bengal by...
Vasudeva
Hemanta Sena
Samudragupta
Tamralipti
15. Which of the following was an important port of the eastern coast during the Gupta period?
Samudragupta
Tamralipti
Beginning of 16th century
Rajaraja
16. The only ruler of India who ruled over territories in Central Asia beyond the Pamirs was...
Kurram
Kanishka
Vasisthiputra Pulumayi
Rudradaman
17. Pulakesin II was a contemporary of...
Harsha
Rajendra Chola I
Bindusara
Rajaraja
18. Who among the following has been called the Napoleon of India?
Vijayanagara King
Rajendra Chola
Samudragupta
Minor Rock Edict XIII
19. The official religion during the rule of the Sunga dynasty was...
Shiva
Manu
Brahmanism
Hasan
20. Who was the founder of Sunga dynasty?
Pushyamitra
Yashodharman
The development of peace and non-violence as state policy.
Samudragupta
21. Kanishka's capital was at
Pandyas
Ujjain
Andhra region
Amravati
22. The first ruling dynasty of Vijayanagara Kingdom was...
Sangama dynasty
Yashodharman
Amravati
Bindusara
23. The capital of Eastern Chalukyas was...
Vengi
Sakas
Harihar and Bukka
Hampi
24. During the Gupta period of Indianhistory - the village affairs were managed by the village headman with the assistance of...
Vishyapati
Hasan
Harshavardhana
Tamralipti
25. The founder of Vijayanagar kingdom was...
Chandragupta Maurya
Harihar and Bukka
Gautamiputra Satakarni
6-Jan
26. In early ancient India - the largest urban centre was...
Gulbarga
Pataliputra
Maitrakas
Beginning of 16th century
27. The great Hindu law -giver was...
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Vengi
Pandyas
Manu
28. After the Mauryas the most important kingdom in the Deccan and Central India was that of the
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Chinese Turkistan
Satavahanas
Chandragupta Maurya
29. Krishnadevaraya was the ruler of...
Taxila
Vijayanagar
Menander
Gautamiputra Satakarni
30. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the power of Nandas at
Vasudeva
Chinese Turkistan
Amravati
Magadha
31. Vikramasila University was founded by...
Dharmpala
Aditya
Vasudeva
Eight great poets of his court.
32. Harihara and Bukka - the founders of the Vijayanagara kingdom shaped the course of their conduct on the advice of...
Harshavardhana
Pallavas
Samudragupta
Vidyaranya
33. Vijayanagar empire ruins are found in
Rajendra Chola I
Hampi
The Mauryas
Kanishka
34. Vijayanagara is compared to the Chola for...
Vijayanagara King
Display of land revenue
Menander
Kurram
35. The first monarch of Magadh kingdom in the sixth century B.C. was...
Satavahanas
Ujjain
Bimbisara
Pulakesin II
36. The Kingdom of Vijayanagar came into existence during the reign of...
Harshavardhana
Gulbarga
Minor Rock Edict XIII
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
37. Bahmani Kingdom in South India extinguished in the
Pushyamitra
Priyadarshi
Tamralipti
Beginning of 16th century
38. In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. - the most remarkable king of the Haryanka line was...
Satavahanas
Pulakesin
Indus to Pataliputra
Bimbisara
39. The capital of Kakatiya dynasty was...
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Warangal
712 A.D.
The Mauryas
40. The political and cultural centre of the Pandyas was...
Display of land revenue
Rajendra Chola
Madurai
Bimbisara
41. Gondophernes belonged to...
Kanishka
Chandragupta Maurya
Satavahanas
The Parthian dynasty
42. The original name of the Kushanas was in
Eight great poets of his court.
Menander
Priyadarshi
Chinese Turkistan
43. Kanchi was the capital of...
Pallavas
Satavahanas
Display of land revenue
Hindukush
44. What was the rate of land revenue as given in the dharma shastras?
Amravati
Shiva
Hampi
6-Jan
45. The medium of exchange in gold during the Gupta period was known as the
Andhra region
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Suvarna
Pulakesin II
46. Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north -west upto
An Italian
Hemanta Sena
Hindukush
The Mauryas
47. The earliest evidence of Jewish community settling in India is provided by a charter of a
Minor Rock Edict XIII
Vijayanagara King
Vijayanagar
Vidyaranya
48. Maurya empire declined after Ashoka mainly because of...
Amravati
Vasudeva
Satavahanas
Weak successors of Asoka
49. A lot of details regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided by the inscriptions at
Uttaramerur
6-Jan
Hampi
Hemanta Sena
50. The dynasty that excelled itself as a naval power was that of the
Cholas
Satavahanas
Promotion of welfare of his people
Kanishka