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Ancient Indian History
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1. In the Sangam age - Uraiyur was important for...
It is being a great centre of cotton trade.
Bimbisara
Revenue from seaports
Pushyamitra
2. Who among the following is considered as the first national ruler of India?
Chandragupta Maurya
Promotion of welfare of his people
Manu
Eight great poets of his court.
3. The original name of the Kushanas was in
Chinese Turkistan
712 A.D.
Hemanta Sena
Gautamiputra Satakarni
4. The capital of Kakatiya dynasty was...
Third century B.C.
Harsha
Warangal
Autonomy for village administration
5. The Arabs were established traders on the west coast of India and had the support of the rulers of Kerala. Which one of the following rulers first conducted a naval campaign on important Arab trade centres to check their monopoly?
Chalukya Vikramaditya VI
Kanishka
6-Jan
Chinese Turkistan
6. The Chola empire reached its zenith under
Rajendra Chola I
Kanishka
712 A.D.
Saka rulers
7. Pulakesin II was a contemporary of...
Harsha
Satavahanas
Magadha
Rajaraja
8. The political and cultural centre of the Pandyas was...
Satavahanas
Madurai
Vrijian state
Taxila
9. One of the oldest dynasty
Satavahanas
Pulakesin II
Andhra region
Pulakesin
10. After the Mauryas the most important kingdom in the Deccan and Central India was that of the
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Satavahanas
Taxila
Vengi
11. Which of the following was a special feature of Chola administration?
Bimbisara
Display of land revenue
Autonomy for village administration
Shiva
12. The name by which Ashoka is generally reffered to in his inscription is...
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Vengi
Kanauj
Priyadarshi
13. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?
Chandragupta Maurya
Vengi
Kanishka
Gulbarga
14. The Satavahana King who defeated the western Saka King - Nahapana was...
Andhra region
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Aditya
Kanauj
15. Vijayanagar empire ruins are found in
Vishyapati
Hampi
Display of land revenue
Pulakesin II
16. Hindu colonies were founded in the south-east Asian countries mostly during the period of...
Menander
Rajendra Chola I
Magadha
The Mauryas
17. The capital of Bahmani Kingdom was...
Gulbarga
Aditya
6-Jan
Rajendra Chola
18. Vikramasila University was founded by...
Dharmpala
Suvarna
Haryanka
Bimbisara
19. Ashoka's claim of greatness chiefly lay in the
Yashodharman
Indus to Pataliputra
Kurram
Promotion of welfare of his people
20. The dynasty that excelled itself as a naval power was that of the
Cholas
Revenue from seaports
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Weak successors of Asoka
21. The Arab conquest of Sindh took place in 712 A.D. under the leadership of...
It is being a great centre of cotton trade.
Madurai
Indus to Pataliputra
Muhammad bin Kasim
22. The most commonly used coin - during the Mauryan period - was...
Karashapana
Weak successors of Asoka
Revenue from seaports
Hemanta Sena
23. Which Saka ruler was responsible for important irrigation works in Saurashtra?
Minor Rock Edict XIII
Rudradaman
Chandragupta I
Yashodharman
24. The Kingdom of Vijayanagar came into existence during the reign of...
Rajaraja
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Bimbisara
Saka rulers
25. The Ashokan inscription which gives an account of the Kalinga war and its effects is...
Samudragupta
Andhra region
Minor Rock Edict XIII
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
26. Which of the following dynasties ruled over Magadha in the 6th century B.C.?
Muhammad bin Kasim
Hemanta Sena
Haryanka
Hampi
27. After the Mauryas - the most important kingdom in Deccan and Central India was that of...
Satavahanas
Weak successors of Asoka
Pushyamitra
Aditya
28. Krishnadevaraya was the ruler of...
Vijayanagar
Magadha
Harsha
Muhammad bin Kasim
29. The Chola ruler who subdued the Ganges and obtained the title Gangai Konda Cholan was...
Kanishka
Rajendra Chola I
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Dharmpala
30. Who among the following has been called the Napoleon of India?
Vasudeva
Samudragupta
Vengi
Pallavas
31. In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. - the most remarkable king of the Haryanka line was...
Bimbisara
Minor Rock Edict XIII
Revenue from seaports
Beginning of 16th century
32. The Bahmani Kingdom was founded by...
Andhra region
Satavahanas
Samudragupta
Hasan
33. During the Gupta period of Indianhistory - the village affairs were managed by the village headman with the assistance of...
Vishyapati
Harsha
Rajaraja
Pulakesin II
34. Adorned with the title of Maharajadhiraja (king of kings)
Satavahanas
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
Kanishka
Sangama dynasty
35. Vijayanagara is compared to the Chola for...
Chandragupta I
Satavahanas
Display of land revenue
Gautamiputra Satakarni
36. Kanishka's capital was at
Sakas
Vishyapati
Vrijian state
Amravati
37. Satavahanas belonged to...
Andhra region
It is being a great centre of cotton trade.
Vijayanagara King
Vasisthiputra Pulumayi
38. Administration of tests of loyalty to ministers - appointment of superintending officers for industries - appointment of superintending officers for agriculture
Karashapana
The development of peace and non-violence as state policy.
Chandragupta Maurya
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
39. The Chola king who conquered the northern part of Sri Lanka and made it a province of his empire - was...
Satavahanas
Kurram
Rajaraja
Vijayanagara King
40. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the power of Nandas at
An Italian
Rajendra Chola
Hasan
Magadha
41. The power of the great Cholas was established by...
Haryanka
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
Display of land revenue
Aditya
42. Which of the following was a republic in sixth century B.C.?
Pandyas
Yashodharman
Vrijian state
Uttaramerur
43. Harihara and Bukka - the founders of the Vijayanagara kingdom shaped the course of their conduct on the advice of...
Haryanka
Pandyas
Vidyaranya
Cholas
44. The last ruler of Sunga dynasty was...
The Parthian dynasty
Pulakesin II
Vasudeva
Satavahanas
45. Who amongst the rulers of southern India were the contemporaries of kings of the Gupta empire?
Promotion of welfare of his people
Saka rulers
Satavahanas
Bimbisara
46. Pallava Kings were the devotees of...
Pataliputra
Yashodharman
Shiva
Pushyamitra
47. The first monarch of Magadh kingdom in the sixth century B.C. was...
Bimbisara
Eight great poets of his court.
Pulakesin II
Vrijian state
48. Chandragupta II fought war with the
Sakas
Brahmanism
Hampi
Karashapana
49. A lot of details regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided by the inscriptions at
Eight great poets of his court.
Amravati
Pulakesin
Uttaramerur
50. The great Royal Road mentioned by Megasthenes ran from
Rajaraja
Indus to Pataliputra
Vishyapati
Warangal