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Ancient Indian History
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1. Which of the following is the correct chronological order?
Dharmpala
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Kanishka
Pandyas
2. The first ruling dynasty of Vijayanagara Kingdom was...
Andhra region
Samudragupta
Display of land revenue
Sangama dynasty
3. The last ruler of Sunga dynasty was...
Sangama dynasty
Vasudeva
Kurram
Minor Rock Edict XIII
4. Pulakesin II was a contemporary of...
Sakas
Harsha
Chalukya Vikramaditya VI
Bimbisara
5. Which Gupta ruler had led a compaign to the south and was an expert Veena player?
Kanishka
Samudragupta
Rajaraja
Pushyamitra
6. The special feature of the financial system of Vijayanagara was...
Maitrakas
Amravati
Indus to Pataliputra
Revenue from seaports
7. A lot of details regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided by the inscriptions at
Display of land revenue
Uttaramerur
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Chandragupta Maurya
8. Kanishka's capital was at
Revenue from seaports
Hasan
Amravati
Sangama dynasty
9. Satavahanas belonged to...
Vishyapati
Bimbisara
Amravati
Andhra region
10. Which of the following was a special feature of Chola administration?
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
The Parthian dynasty
Vijayanagara King
Autonomy for village administration
11. The earliest evidence of Jewish community settling in India is provided by a charter of a
712 A.D.
Vijayanagara King
Yashodharman
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
12. The capital of Bahmani Kingdom was...
Priyadarshi
Gulbarga
Eight great poets of his court.
Haryanka
13. In early ancient India - the largest urban centre was...
Bimbisara
What the Arthashastra is concerned with
Pataliputra
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
14. Madurai was the capital of...
Saka rulers
Pandyas
Third century B.C.
Sakas
15. Who was the founder of Sunga dynasty?
Brahmanism
Pushyamitra
Hasan
Gulbarga
16. In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. - the most remarkable king of the Haryanka line was...
Bimbisara
Minor Rock Edict XIII
Manu
Harshavardhana
17. Lichchavi princess Kumara Devi was married to...
Muhammad bin Kasim
Chandragupta I
Beginning of 16th century
Indus to Pataliputra
18. The Bahmani Kingdom was founded by...
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Hindukush
Hasan
Gautamiputra Satakarni
19. Which of the following was an important port of the eastern coast during the Gupta period?
Pallavas
The development of peace and non-violence as state policy.
Karashapana
Tamralipti
20. Gondophernes belonged to...
Promotion of welfare of his people
Kurram
The Parthian dynasty
Menander
21. Chandragupta II fought war with the
Gopala
Sakas
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Dharmpala
22. The Arab conquest of Sindh took place in
Dharmpala
712 A.D.
Pulakesin
Chola
23. The founder of Vijayanagar kingdom was...
Pulakesin
Priyadarshi
Vijayanagar
Harihar and Bukka
24. The Kingdom of Vijayanagar came into existence during the reign of...
Display of land revenue
Manu
Taxila
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
25. The name by which Ashoka is generally reffered to in his inscription is...
Karashapana
Hampi
Priyadarshi
Magadha
26. Vikramasila University was founded by...
Samudragupta
Dharmpala
Bindusara
Vasudeva
27. Nicolo Conti - the traveller who visited Vijayanagara kingdom in 1420 A.D. - was...
An Italian
Hemanta Sena
Gulbarga
Rajendra Chola I
28. The capital of Eastern Chalukyas was...
712 A.D.
Vasudeva
Vishyapati
Vengi
29. The Satavahana King who defeated the western Saka King - Nahapana was...
The Mauryas
Kanauj
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Satavahanas
30. Who amongst the rulers of southern India were the contemporaries of kings of the Gupta empire?
Taxila
Satavahanas
Indus to Pataliputra
Chandragupta Maurya
31. Adorned with the title of Maharajadhiraja (king of kings)
Bindusara
The Parthian dynasty
Tamralipti
Kanishka
32. The original name of the Kushanas was in
Vishyapati
Chinese Turkistan
Taxila
Promotion of welfare of his people
33. Which of the following was the lowest unit of Chola administration?
Kurram
Weak successors of Asoka
Maitrakas
712 A.D.
34. Ashoka's invasion of Kalinga resulted in
The Parthian dynasty
Pulakesin
The development of peace and non-violence as state policy.
Pulakesin II
35. Who among the following was a Satavahana ruler?
Vasisthiputra Pulumayi
An Italian
Chandragupta Maurya
Minor Rock Edict XIII
36. Bahmani Kingdom in South India extinguished in the
712 A.D.
Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
Cholas
Beginning of 16th century
37. The power of the great Cholas was established by...
Magadha
Aditya
Satavahanas
Satavahanas
38. Which of the following was a republic in sixth century B.C.?
Ujjain
Hasan
Kanishka
Vrijian state
39. The Huna leader Mihirgula was defeated by...
Yashodharman
Hampi
Revenue from seaports
Cholas
40. The first monarch of Magadh kingdom in the sixth century B.C. was...
Vijayanagara King
Bimbisara
Karashapana
Kanishka
41. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the power of Nandas at
Muhammad bin Kasim
Magadha
Hampi
Rajendra Chola I
42. The medium of exchange in gold during the Gupta period was known as the
Suvarna
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Harsha
Pallavas
43. The capital of Kakatiya dynasty was...
Madurai
Ujjain
Warangal
Eight great poets of his court.
44. Name the great Hindu King who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?
Harshavardhana
Satavahanas
Third century B.C.
Bindusara
45. The most commonly used coin - during the Mauryan period - was...
Rajendra Chola I
Karashapana
Kurram
Chandragupta I
46. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?
Hindukush
Rajendra Chola I
Chandragupta Maurya
Eight great poets of his court.
47. The Chola empire reached its zenith under
Beginning of 16th century
The development of peace and non-violence as state policy.
Rajendra Chola I
Kanishka
48. Hindu colonies were founded in the south-east Asian countries mostly during the period of...
Samudragupta
The Mauryas
Harihar and Bukka
Gautamiputra Satakarni
49. Vijayanagar empire ruins are found in
Manu
Hampi
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Minor Rock Edict XIII
50. In which century did Ashoka reign?
Kurram
Bimbisara
Third century B.C.
Pushyamitra
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