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Ancient Indian History
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1. The Kingdom of Vijayanagar came into existence during the reign of...
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Satavahanas
Pulakesin II
Harshavardhana
2. The original name of the Kushanas was in
Chinese Turkistan
Chola
Dharmpala
Kanishka
3. Vijayanagara is compared to the Chola for...
Display of land revenue
Pulakesin II
Revenue from seaports
Brahmanism
4. Which Gupta ruler had led a compaign to the south and was an expert Veena player?
Samudragupta
Warangal
Saka rulers
Yashodharman
5. Who amongst the rulers of southern India were the contemporaries of kings of the Gupta empire?
Satavahanas
Aditya
Indus to Pataliputra
Bindusara
6. Which of the following was the lowest unit of Chola administration?
Sakas
Chandragupta Maurya
Saka rulers
Kurram
7. Pallava Kings were the devotees of...
Shiva
Harsha
Muhammad bin Kasim
Gautamiputra Satakarni
8. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?
Bimbisara
Third century B.C.
Chandragupta Maurya
Menander
9. Name the great Hindu King who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
Chandragupta I
Harshavardhana
Manu
10. Who among the following has been called the Napoleon of India?
Satavahanas
An Italian
Promotion of welfare of his people
Samudragupta
11. The ancient kingdom of Avanti had its capital at
Sangama dynasty
Menander
Ujjain
Chandragupta Maurya
12. One of the oldest dynasty
Yashodharman
Saka rulers
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
Satavahanas
13. The power of the great Cholas was established by...
Pulakesin
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Eight great poets of his court.
Aditya
14. Who among the following was a great ruler of Kalinga in ancient times?
Menander
Maitrakas
Kurram
Bindusara
15. The Chola ruler who subdued the Ganges and obtained the title Gangai Konda Cholan was...
Kanishka
Rajendra Chola I
Priyadarshi
It is being a great centre of cotton trade.
16. The Arab conquest of Sindh took place in 712 A.D. under the leadership of...
Rudradaman
Muhammad bin Kasim
Suvarna
Pushyamitra
17. After the Mauryas the most important kingdom in the Deccan and Central India was that of the
Satavahanas
Eight great poets of his court.
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Ujjain
18. The medium of exchange in gold during the Gupta period was known as the
Saka rulers
Cholas
Suvarna
Vrijian state
19. Vikramasila University was founded by...
Dharmpala
Third century B.C.
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
20. The first monarch of Magadh kingdom in the sixth century B.C. was...
712 A.D.
Tamralipti
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Bimbisara
21. Administration of tests of loyalty to ministers - appointment of superintending officers for industries - appointment of superintending officers for agriculture
Bindusara
Samudragupta
Revenue from seaports
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
22. Which of the following was a republic in sixth century B.C.?
6-Jan
Vishyapati
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Vrijian state
23. The first ruling dynasty of Vijayanagara Kingdom was...
Chola
Vijayanagara King
Sangama dynasty
Bimbisara
24. In which century did Ashoka reign?
Manu
Pataliputra
Minor Rock Edict XIII
Third century B.C.
25. Ashoka's claim of greatness chiefly lay in the
Madurai
Promotion of welfare of his people
Display of land revenue
Pallavas
26. Who amongst the following is credited by a Chinese pilgrim with having built the ancient city of Rajagriha - the modern Rajgir in Patna district?
Bimbisara
Hemanta Sena
Gopala
Kanauj
27. Who was the founder of Sunga dynasty?
Tamralipti
Pushyamitra
Chandragupta Maurya
Ujjain
28. The name by which Ashoka is generally reffered to in his inscription is...
Hasan
Priyadarshi
Autonomy for village administration
Saka rulers
29. The special feature of the financial system of Vijayanagara was...
Samudragupta
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Cholas
Revenue from seaports
30. The Huna leader Mihirgula was defeated by...
Brahmanism
Hindukush
Yashodharman
Vishyapati
31. Nahapana - Rudradaman - Sodassa
Vijayanagar
Saka rulers
Manu
Harsha
32. Hindu colonies were founded in the south-east Asian countries mostly during the period of...
Suvarna
Indus to Pataliputra
Shiva
The Mauryas
33. Lichchavi princess Kumara Devi was married to...
An Italian
Suvarna
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Chandragupta I
34. Harihara and Bukka - the founders of the Vijayanagara kingdom shaped the course of their conduct on the advice of...
Vidyaranya
Amravati
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Pataliputra
35. Who amongst the following kings defeated Harsha's army on the bank of river Narmada?
Hasan
Pulakesin II
Bindusara
Dharmpala
36. Gondophernes belonged to...
The Parthian dynasty
Madurai
6-Jan
Magadha
37. Chalukya dynasty in South India was founded by...
Magadha
Gulbarga
Karashapana
Pulakesin
38. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the power of Nandas at
Magadha
Harshavardhana
Bimbisara
Samudragupta
39. In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. - the most remarkable king of the Haryanka line was...
Ujjain
Saka rulers
Menander
Bimbisara
40. Which of the following was an important port of the eastern coast during the Gupta period?
It is being a great centre of cotton trade.
Rajaraja
Tamralipti
Sangama dynasty
41. The Satavahana King who defeated the western Saka King - Nahapana was...
Aditya
Chandragupta I
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Rajendra Chola I
42. The great Hindu law -giver was...
Aditya
Harsha
Pandyas
Manu
43. The dynasty that excelled itself as a naval power was that of the
Cholas
Magadha
Samudragupta
Tamralipti
44. The capital of Kakatiya dynasty was...
Warangal
Karashapana
Bimbisara
Weak successors of Asoka
45. Chandragupta II fought war with the
Taxila
Gopala
Sakas
Vidyaranya
46. The earliest evidence of Jewish community settling in India is provided by a charter of a
Cholas
Uttaramerur
Vijayanagara King
Brahmanism
47. The last ruler of Sunga dynasty was...
Maitrakas
Vasudeva
Vishyapati
Kanauj
48. A lot of details regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided by the inscriptions at
Bimbisara
It is being a great centre of cotton trade.
Bimbisara
Uttaramerur
49. The official religion during the rule of the Sunga dynasty was...
Vasisthiputra Pulumayi
Haryanka
Brahmanism
Taxila
50. The most famous Indo-Greek ruler to rule over India - noted for his justice and popularity with his subjects - was...
Beginning of 16th century
Menander
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Satavahanas