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Ancient Indian History
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1. Name the great Hindu King who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?
Harshavardhana
Bimbisara
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
2. A Pala ruler who was raised to the throne by different sections of people was...
Weak successors of Asoka
Amravati
Tamralipti
Gopala
3. The Kingdom of Vijayanagar came into existence during the reign of...
Satavahanas
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Revenue from seaports
Weak successors of Asoka
4. The capital of Kakatiya dynasty was...
Beginning of 16th century
Haryanka
Saka rulers
Warangal
5. Vijayanagar empire ruins are found in
Haryanka
The Mauryas
Hampi
Chandragupta Maurya
6. The last ruler of Sunga dynasty was...
Vasudeva
Chandragupta Maurya
Bimbisara
Beginning of 16th century
7. Sakas were finally overthrown by...
Ujjain
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Samudragupta
Rajendra Chola I
8. In early ancient India - the largest urban centre was...
Vijayanagar
Harshavardhana
Pataliputra
Minor Rock Edict XIII
9. Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north -west upto
Pushyamitra
Kurram
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Hindukush
10. Who amongst the following Chola Kings fought against the Shailendera King of Shri Vijaya and defeated him?
Harihar and Bukka
Rajendra Chola
Kanishka
Satavahanas
11. Gondophernes belonged to...
The Parthian dynasty
Magadha
An Italian
Vidyaranya
12. The medium of exchange in gold during the Gupta period was known as the
Harihar and Bukka
Suvarna
Magadha
The Parthian dynasty
13. Which of the following was the lowest unit of Chola administration?
Vijayanagara King
Vrijian state
Saka rulers
Kurram
14. Who among the following was a great ruler of Kalinga in ancient times?
Samudragupta
Chola
Bindusara
Uttaramerur
15. In which century did Ashoka reign?
Vrijian state
Harshavardhana
Gulbarga
Third century B.C.
16. The great Royal Road mentioned by Megasthenes ran from
Harshavardhana
Kanishka
Sakas
Indus to Pataliputra
17. Krishnadevaraya was the ruler of...
Cholas
An Italian
Aditya
Vijayanagar
18. The Huna leader Mihirgula was defeated by...
Vishyapati
Chalukya Vikramaditya VI
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
Yashodharman
19. The political and cultural centre of the Pandyas was...
Madurai
Pataliputra
Samudragupta
Kurram
20. Who among the following is considered as the first national ruler of India?
Gopala
Eight great poets of his court.
Chandragupta Maurya
Yashodharman
21. Maurya empire declined after Ashoka mainly because of...
Harshavardhana
Weak successors of Asoka
6-Jan
Menander
22. The most commonly used coin - during the Mauryan period - was...
Rajaraja
Rajendra Chola I
Karashapana
Warangal
23. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?
Chandragupta Maurya
Vijayanagara King
Vrijian state
Harshavardhana
24. Ashoka's claim of greatness chiefly lay in the
Promotion of welfare of his people
Brahmanism
Pulakesin II
6-Jan
25. A lot of details regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided by the inscriptions at
Samudragupta
Uttaramerur
Vishyapati
Kurram
26. Which of the following kingdoms od South India was well known for its naval power?
Magadha
Chola
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
6-Jan
27. Who among the following has been called the Napoleon of India?
Samudragupta
Pulakesin
Bindusara
Indus to Pataliputra
28. The Arab conquest of Sindh took place in 712 A.D. under the leadership of...
Vengi
Satavahanas
Muhammad bin Kasim
Chola
29. The dynasty that excelled itself as a naval power was that of the
Karashapana
Chinese Turkistan
Cholas
Gautamiputra Satakarni
30. The original name of the Kushanas was in
Hampi
Rudradaman
Ujjain
Chinese Turkistan
31. Which of the following was a republic in sixth century B.C.?
Chandragupta Maurya
Vrijian state
Kurram
Rajendra Chola I
32. Administration of tests of loyalty to ministers - appointment of superintending officers for industries - appointment of superintending officers for agriculture
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
Minor Rock Edict XIII
The development of peace and non-violence as state policy.
Menander
33. The Arab conquest of Sindh took place in
Vasisthiputra Pulumayi
Vengi
Rajendra Chola I
712 A.D.
34. Ashoka's invasion of Kalinga resulted in
Satavahanas
Manu
The development of peace and non-violence as state policy.
Chola
35. The capital of Eastern Chalukyas was...
Gulbarga
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
Vengi
Rajaraja
36. After the Mauryas the most important kingdom in the Deccan and Central India was that of the
It is being a great centre of cotton trade.
Chola
Brahmanism
Satavahanas
37. Which of the following became the most important city of northern India under Harsha?
Sakas
Kanauj
Gulbarga
Vidyaranya
38. The first ruling dynasty of Vijayanagara Kingdom was...
Hemanta Sena
Sangama dynasty
Shiva
Ujjain
39. Which of the following dynasties ruled over Magadha in the 6th century B.C.?
Rajendra Chola I
Andhra region
Rajendra Chola
Haryanka
40. Before ascending the Mauraya throne - Ashoka served as a Viceroy of...
Kanishka
Autonomy for village administration
Yashodharman
Taxila
41. Vijayanagara is compared to the Chola for...
Samudragupta
Tamralipti
Display of land revenue
Hasan
42. In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. - the most remarkable king of the Haryanka line was...
Taxila
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
Hampi
Bimbisara
43. The capital of Bahmani Kingdom was...
Weak successors of Asoka
Beginning of 16th century
Gulbarga
Yashodharman
44. Who amongst the following kings defeated Harsha's army on the bank of river Narmada?
Vasudeva
Rajendra Chola I
Pulakesin II
Satavahanas
45. Who amongst the following is credited by a Chinese pilgrim with having built the ancient city of Rajagriha - the modern Rajgir in Patna district?
Sangama dynasty
Aditya
Bimbisara
Maitrakas
46. Nicolo Conti - the traveller who visited Vijayanagara kingdom in 1420 A.D. - was...
Satavahanas
An Italian
Shiva
Chandragupta Maurya
47. Harihara and Bukka - the founders of the Vijayanagara kingdom shaped the course of their conduct on the advice of...
Vishyapati
Dharmpala
Vrijian state
Vidyaranya
48. Pulakesin II was a contemporary of...
Vasisthiputra Pulumayi
Ujjain
Rudradaman
Harsha
49. Chandragupta II fought war with the
Chandragupta Maurya
Yashodharman
Sakas
Chalukya Vikramaditya VI
50. Who among the following was a Satavahana ruler?
Vasisthiputra Pulumayi
Harihar and Bukka
Tamralipti
Brahmanism