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Ancient Indian History
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1. Chalukya dynasty in South India was founded by...
Pulakesin
Harihar and Bukka
Tamralipti
Pushyamitra
2. Vikramasila University was founded by...
Harihar and Bukka
Satavahanas
Dharmpala
Harsha
3. Krishnadevaraya was the ruler of...
Vijayanagar
The Mauryas
It is being a great centre of cotton trade.
Samudragupta
4. The power of the great Cholas was established by...
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Aditya
Vishyapati
Saka rulers
5. The Gupta feudatories who became strong and independent in Gujarat were known as
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
Vasudeva
Harihar and Bukka
Maitrakas
6. Who amongst the following kings defeated Harsha's army on the bank of river Narmada?
Beginning of 16th century
Chalukya Vikramaditya VI
Pulakesin II
Satavahanas
7. Lichchavi princess Kumara Devi was married to...
Kanauj
Third century B.C.
Suvarna
Chandragupta I
8. Which of the following is the correct chronological order?
Revenue from seaports
Maitrakas
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Satavahanas
9. The political and cultural centre of the Pandyas was...
Sangama dynasty
Vishyapati
Madurai
Satavahanas
10. The Huna leader Mihirgula was defeated by...
Promotion of welfare of his people
Yashodharman
Tamralipti
Rajendra Chola
11. The capital of Kakatiya dynasty was...
Display of land revenue
Warangal
Kanishka
Priyadarshi
12. The name by which Ashoka is generally reffered to in his inscription is...
Beginning of 16th century
Pallavas
Harihar and Bukka
Priyadarshi
13. Gondophernes belonged to...
Satavahanas
The Parthian dynasty
Hindukush
Rajendra Chola
14. Nicolo Conti - the traveller who visited Vijayanagara kingdom in 1420 A.D. - was...
Harihar and Bukka
An Italian
Chinese Turkistan
Bindusara
15. Satavahanas belonged to...
Andhra region
Bimbisara
6-Jan
Dharmpala
16. The most famous Indo-Greek ruler to rule over India - noted for his justice and popularity with his subjects - was...
Yashodharman
Manu
Menander
Weak successors of Asoka
17. Who among the following has been called the Napoleon of India?
Display of land revenue
Gulbarga
Samudragupta
Madurai
18. Madurai was the capital of...
Pandyas
Chalukya Vikramaditya VI
Bindusara
Eight great poets of his court.
19. What was the rate of land revenue as given in the dharma shastras?
Kanishka
Vasisthiputra Pulumayi
Indus to Pataliputra
6-Jan
20. The Chola king who conquered the northern part of Sri Lanka and made it a province of his empire - was...
Rajaraja
Satavahanas
Promotion of welfare of his people
Rajendra Chola I
21. The Kingdom of Vijayanagar came into existence during the reign of...
Rudradaman
Uttaramerur
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Saka rulers
22. Who was the founder of Sunga dynasty?
Weak successors of Asoka
An Italian
Pushyamitra
Kanishka
23. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?
Chandragupta Maurya
Rajendra Chola
Muhammad bin Kasim
Hindukush
24. The first ruling dynasty of Vijayanagara Kingdom was...
Hindukush
Sangama dynasty
Eight great poets of his court.
Karashapana
25. Which of the following was an important port of the eastern coast during the Gupta period?
Tamralipti
Chandragupta I
6-Jan
Menander
26. Before ascending the Mauraya throne - Ashoka served as a Viceroy of...
Gopala
Kanauj
Taxila
Haryanka
27. Which of the following became the most important city of northern India under Harsha?
Hasan
Chandragupta Maurya
Kanauj
Saka rulers
28. In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. - the most remarkable king of the Haryanka line was...
Satavahanas
Samudragupta
Kanishka
Bimbisara
29. Adorned with the title of Maharajadhiraja (king of kings)
712 A.D.
Chandragupta Maurya
Kanishka
Pallavas
30. Name the great Hindu King who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?
Revenue from seaports
Harshavardhana
The Mauryas
Autonomy for village administration
31. The earliest evidence of Jewish community settling in India is provided by a charter of a
Dharmpala
Pulakesin
Vishyapati
Vijayanagara King
32. Which Saka ruler was responsible for important irrigation works in Saurashtra?
Rudradaman
Gopala
The Parthian dynasty
Menander
33. Vijayanagara is compared to the Chola for...
Rudradaman
Harihar and Bukka
Display of land revenue
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
34. The Chola empire reached its zenith under
Eight great poets of his court.
Rajendra Chola I
Maitrakas
Bindusara
35. The Arab conquest of Sindh took place in
Chandragupta Maurya
Vishyapati
712 A.D.
Vidyaranya
36. Administration of tests of loyalty to ministers - appointment of superintending officers for industries - appointment of superintending officers for agriculture
Samudragupta
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
Chola
The Mauryas
37. The Satavahana King who defeated the western Saka King - Nahapana was...
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Aditya
Uttaramerur
Satavahanas
38. During the Gupta period of Indianhistory - the village affairs were managed by the village headman with the assistance of...
An Italian
Pushyamitra
Cholas
Vishyapati
39. Which of the following was a republic in sixth century B.C.?
Vrijian state
Brahmanism
Pushyamitra
Vidyaranya
40. The capital of Eastern Chalukyas was...
Vishyapati
Vengi
Cholas
Sakas
41. One of the oldest dynasty
Satavahanas
Vijayanagar
Karashapana
Pandyas
42. Rudradaman was one of the greatest
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Saka rulers
Menander
Maitrakas
43. In early ancient India - the largest urban centre was...
Pataliputra
Kanishka
Bimbisara
Warangal
44. The most commonly used coin - during the Mauryan period - was...
Third century B.C.
Vijayanagar
Warangal
Karashapana
45. The first monarch of Magadh kingdom in the sixth century B.C. was...
Magadha
Bimbisara
Andhra region
Harshavardhana
46. A Pala ruler who was raised to the throne by different sections of people was...
Harshavardhana
Manu
Promotion of welfare of his people
Gopala
47. Nahapana - Rudradaman - Sodassa
Vidyaranya
Chalukya Vikramaditya VI
Saka rulers
Rajendra Chola I
48. Which of the following dynasties ruled over Magadha in the 6th century B.C.?
Chinese Turkistan
Vidyaranya
Tamralipti
Haryanka
49. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the power of Nandas at
Chandragupta Maurya
Magadha
Pataliputra
Pallavas
50. Who amongst the following is credited by a Chinese pilgrim with having built the ancient city of Rajagriha - the modern Rajgir in Patna district?
Satavahanas
Autonomy for village administration
Bindusara
Bimbisara