200. A temple for 'Patini devi' was constructed by
(a) Karikala
(b) Paranar
(c) Senguttuvan
(d) Udiyanjeral
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Senguttuvan
201. Which of the following was not the port of the Satavahanas?
(a) Barukkacha
(b) Kalyan
(c) Sopra
(d) Puhar
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Puhar
202. Which of the following was the centre of inland trade of the Satavahanas?
(a) Nasik
(b) Srikakulam
(c) Tagara
(d) Surat
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Tagara
203. Karikala was the centre of many legends found in
(a) Manimekalai
(b) Silappadhikaram
(c) Purananuru
(d) Kuruntokai
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Silappadhikaram
204. During the 4th century AD the Western Satraps were conquered by
(a) Sassanian rulers
(b) Afghan rulers
(c) Satavahanas
(d) Kadambas
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Sassanian rulers
205. Sudarsana lake was reconstructed by
(a) Nahapana
(b) Chashtana
(c) Rudradaman I
(d) Harsha
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Rudradaman I
206. The first ruler of the Satavahanas was
(a) Simuka
(b) Govinda
(c) Sri Satakarni
(d) Nahapana
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Simuka
207. Naganib was a ___Queen.
(a) Gupta
(b) Andhra
(c) Saka
(d) Pallava
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Andhra
208. Which of the following works of Kalidasa gives information about the Andhras?
(a) Sakuntala
(b) Malavikagnimitra
(c) Meghaduta
(d) Kumarasambhava
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Malavikagnimitra
209. Satavahana rule was extended to the Coromandal Coast by
(a) Sri Yajna Satakarni
(b) Pulumayi II
(c) Sri Satakarni
(d) Simuka
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Pulumayi II
210. Chashtana was the Satraps of
(a) Gujarat
(b) Malwa
(c) Kathiawar
(d) Kashmir
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Malwa
211. Srikakulam was the capital of
(a) Sakas
(b) Pahlavas
(c) Andhras
(d) Ashoka
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Andhras
212. In whose court did Asvaghosa live?
(a) Harsha
(b) Samudra Gupta
(c) Kanishka
(d) Ashoka
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Kanishka
213. The Sunga period saw the growth of one of the following religions. Identify.
(a) Brahmanism
(b) Saivism
(c) Buddhism
(d) Nature worship
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Brahmanism
214. Whose general was Appolodotus?
(a) Euthydemus
(b) Demetrius
(c) Diodotus
(d) Antichos
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Demetrius
215. Who erected the Garuda pillar at Besnagar?
(a) Bhagabhadra
(b) Heliodorus
(c) Menander
(d) Antialkidas
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Bhagabhadra
216. During the pre-Gupta age the foreign trade was most extensive with
(a) South East Asian Countries
(b) China
(c) Central Asia
(d) Roman Empire
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Roman Empire
217. Which among the following was not affected by the invasion of the Persians on India?
(a) Script in the North-West
(b) Coinage
(c) Court Ceremonies
(d) Sculpture
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Sculpture
218. Gandhara School of Art was deeply influenced by
(a) Chinese (Mongolian) art
(b) Hellenic art
(c) Ranion (Persian) art
(d) Local (Indian) art
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Hellenic art
219. Which one of the following was not a characteristic of society in Mauryan times?
(a) Slavery
(b) Rigidity of Caste
(c) Prostitution
(d) Widow remarriage
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Widow remarriage
220. The ancient Chola kingdom existed in the delta of the river
(a) Tungabhadra
(b) Cauvery
(c) Krishna
(d) Godavari
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Cauvery
221. Which of the following statements about Arthasastra is not true?
(a) It prescribes the duty of a king
(b) It describes the then economic life of the country
(c) It lays down the principles of politics
(d) It highlights the need for financial reforms
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) It highlights the need for financial reforms
222. What is said to be the original home of the Sungas?
(a) Kalinga
(b) Vidisa
(c) Berar
(d) Bharhut
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Vidisa
223. Milindapanho is a
(a) History of a dynasty
(b) Prakrit drama
(c) Sanskrit play
(d) Religious conversation
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Religious conversation
224. Who wrote Ashtadhyayi?
(a) Panini
(b) Katyayana
(c) Jayadeva
(d) Bharatha
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Panini
225. The first Persian ruler who occupied part of Indian territory was
(a) Cyrus
(b) Cambyses
(c) Darius
(d) Xerxes
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Cyrus
226. Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because
(a) he fell ill
(b) he suffered defeat in India
(c) his forces refused to go further
(d) he did not like India
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) his forces refused to go further
227. The one most important feature of the Mauryan Administration was
(a) wide powers enjoyed by the provincial governors
(b) the presence of a 'council of ministers'
(c) the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy
(d) an extensive network of spy-system
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy
228. The principles of Ashoka's Dharma (Dhamma) were taken from
(a) Buddhism
(b) Jainism
(c) Brahmanism
(d) The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period
229. Which social evil was conspicuously absent in ancient India?
(a) Polygamy
(b) Sati system
(c) Devadasi system
(d) Purdah system
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Purdah system
230. The greatest Saka ruler of India, who was a great conqueror, is said to have gained fame by being well-versed in grammar, polity, logic, music etc. and had taken a vow not to kill men except in battle. Who was he?
(a) Chastana
(b) Nahapana
(c) Rudrasimha
(d) Rudradaman
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Nahapana
231. The greatest Kushana ruler whose contribution to Buddhism was even greater than that of Ashoka, was
(a) Kadphises
(b) Kanishka I
(c) Vasishka
(d) Huvishka
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Kanishka I
232. The fourth and the last Buddhist Council was convened by
(a) Ashoka
(b) Menander
(c) Kanishka
(d) Huvishka
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Kanishka
233. The first image of the Buddha-was carved out during the reign of
(a) Ashoka
(b) Pusyamitra Shunga
(c) Kanishka I
(d) Menander
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Kanishka I
234. The Gandhara-Mathura School of Art, which flourished during the Kushana period and the foreign influence of
(a) Greece
(b) Rome
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) China
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b) above
235. During the reign of Kanishka, Buddhism for the first time went to China and from China it went to
(a) Burma and Tibet
(b) Thailand and Cambodia
(c) Korea and Japan
(d) Indonesia and Vietnam
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Korea and Japan
236. Who of the following was the personal physician of Kanishka and also the author of a famous treatise on the Indian system of medicine?
(a) Charaka
(b) Susruta
(c) Nagarjuna
(d) Jevaka
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Charaka
237. The worship of images (of Buddha) in India began during the period
(a) Mauryan
(b) Sunga
(c) Kushana
(d) Gupta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Kushana
238. The earliest stratum of the history of the Tamils is known as
(a) Chola Age
(b) Pandyan Age
(c) Sangam Age
(d) Pallava Age
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Sangam Age
239. The Sangam Age in the history of South India represents
(a) The period of Aryanisation of South India
(b) A period when an assembly of a college of Tamil poets was held at Madurai
(c) A literary-cultural phase of the Tamilham during the first three centuries of the Christian era
(d) Both (b) and (c) above
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c) above
240. During the Sangam Age brisk and nourishing foreign trade was conducted from the south Indian ports of Muziris, Kaveripattnam or Poom-Puhar and Arikamedu to
(a) West Asia
(b) South East Asia
(c) Roman World
(d) Central Europe
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Roman World
241. Which of the following was not one of the ruling dynasties of South India in the Sangam Age?
(a) Chola
(b) Chera
(c) Pandya
(d) Pallava
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Pallava
242. Which of the following is one of the greatest classics of the Sangam literature?
(a) Tikappiyam
(b) Kural
(c) Pattuppattu
(d) Silapadikaram or Manimekalai
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Silapadikaram or Manimekalai
243. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the ruling dynasties of northern India, from the decline of the Mauryas to the rise of the imperial Guptas?
(a) Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Kushans, Sakas and Guptas
(b) Sungas, Kushans, Parthians, Sakas and Guptas
(c) Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
(d) Kanvas, Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
244. The last great ruling dynasty of Magadha was
(a) Sunga
(b) Kanva
(c) Kusana
(d) Gupta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Gupta
245. Kanishka is associated with an era which is known as
(a) Vikram era
(b) Saka-Shalivahan era
(c) Saka era
(d) Gupta era
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Saka era
246. The greatest conqueror among the Gupta rulers was
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Kumargupta
(d) Skandagupta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Samudragupta
247. A Gupta king has been called an Indian Napoleon and he was also an accomplished poet and musician (player of Veena) who was he?
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Kumargupta
(c) Chandragupta II
(d) Skandagupta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Samudragupta
248. The famous Mehrauli Iron Pillar inscription describes the conquest of
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
(d) Chandra of Indraprastha
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Chandragupta II
249. The Gupta king who is known in the Indian legends as Vikramaditya was
(a) Chandragupta I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta II
(d) Skandagupta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Chandragupta II
250. The Chinese traveller Fa-hien visited India and left a detailed account of the reign of
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Kumargupta I
(d) Skandagupta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Chandragupta II
251. The foremost astronomer and mathematician of the Gupta period was
(a) Aryabhatta
(b) Varahamihira
(c) Brahmagupta
(d) Vanabhata
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Aryabhatta
252. The Gupta artists had attained the highest perfection in
(a) architecture
(b) sculpture
(c) terracotas
(d) painting
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) sculpture
253. The most important reason(s) for the decline of the Gupta empire was/were
(a) invasions of the Hunas
(b) weak later Gupta rulers
(c) independence of the later Gupta rulers
(d) (a) (b) and (c) above
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) (a) (b) and (c) above
254. After the decline of the Guptas, which of the following cities of North India emerged as the centre of political gravity of North India?
(a) Ajmer
(b) Kannauj
(c) Dhara
(d) Delhi
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Kannauj
256. The Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang, called the Prince of Pilgrims visited India during the reign of
(a) Harsha
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Dharampala
(d) Devapala
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Harsha
257. Harshacharita the biography of Harsha, was written by
(a) Banabhatta
(b) Sudraka
(c) Sri Harsha
(d) Gunadhva
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Banabhatta
258. Harsha was defeated by
(a) Sasanka
(b) King of Valabhi
(c) Bhaskarvarman
(d) Pulkesin II
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Pulkesin II
259. Harsha was the last great royal patron of
(a) Jainism
(b) Buddhism
(c) Shaivism
(d) Bhagavatism
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Buddhism
260. After the death of Harsha, a tripartite struggle ensued between the three contemporary powers for the supremacy of Kannauj. Which of the following was not a party in the struggle?
(a) Gurjar Partiharas
(b) Rastrakutas
(c) Palas
(d) Paramaras
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Paramaras
261. What was Chandragupta-II also known as?
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Vikramaditya
(c) Skandagupta
(d) Raanagupta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Vikramaditya
262. That the Rig Vedic Aryana were a pastoral people is borne out by the fact that
(a) there are many references to the cow in the Rig Veda
(b) Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows
(c) Gifts made to priests were usually cows and not land
(d) All of the above
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) All of the above
263. The Aryans succeeded in their conflicts with the pre-Aryans because
(a) they used chariots driven by horses
(b) they were from an advanced urban culture
(c) they were taller and stronger
(d) they used elephants on a large scale
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) they used chariots driven by horses
264. Coins made of metal first appeared in
(a) Harappan Civilisation
(b) Later Vedic Age
(c) Age of the Buddha
(d) Age of the Mauryas
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Age of the Buddha
265. In the early Vedic-period, Varna system was based on
(a) Education
(b) Birth
(c) Occupation
(d) Talen
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Occupation
266. Arrange the following Magadhan dynasties in chronological order:
1.Nandas
2.Sisunagas
3. Mauryas
4.Haryankas
(a) IV, II, III and I
(b) II, I, IV and III
(c) IV, II, I and III
(d) III, I, IV and II
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) IV, II, I and III
267. Which of the following are beliefs of Buddhism?
(i) The world is full of sorrows.
(ii) People suffer on account of desire.
(iii) If desires are conquered, nirvana will be attained.
(iv) he existence of God and soul must be recognised.
(a) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(d) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) (i), (ii) and (iii)
268. The Greeks were driven out of India by
(a) Bindusara
(b) Ashoka
(c) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(d) Chandragupta Maurya
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Chandragupta Maurya
269. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisation is found at
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjo-Daro
(c) Ropar
(d) Kalibangan
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Mohenjo-Daro
270. Who was the court poet of Harsha-vardhana?
(a) Bhani
(b) Ravi Kirti
(c) Bana
(d) Vishnu Sharma
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Bana
271. 'Prince of Pilgrims' was the name attributed to
(a) Fa-Hien
(b) I-tsing
(c) Hiuen Tsang
(d) Megasthenese
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Hiuen Tsang
272. The coins of which of the following reveal their love for music?
(a) Maurya
(b) Nandas
(c) Guptas
(d) Cholas
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Guptas
273. The year of accession of Kanishka to throne was
(a) 108 AD
(b) 58 AD
(c) 128 AD
(d) 78 AD
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) 78 AD
274. Kalinga was took place in the year
(a) 263 BC
(b) 240 BC
(c) 261 BC
(d) 232 BC
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) 261 BC
275. The first Grammarian of the Sanakrit language was
(a) Kalhana
(b) Panini
(c) Maitreyi
(d) Kalidasa
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Panini
276. The famous poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
(a) Chandragupta
(b) Chandragupta-II
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Kumaragupta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Chandragupta-II
277. Which one of the following vedas contains sacrificial formulae?
(a) Sama Veda
(b) Yajur Veda
(c) Rig Veda
(d) Athrva Veda
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Yajur Veda
278. When did the best productions of Gandhara sculpture appear?
(a) Mauryan Period
(b) Gupta Period
(c) Kushana Period
(d) Harsha Period
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Kushana Period
279. The caves of Ajanta and EIlora belonged to
(a) Jains
(b) Hindus
(c) Buddhists
(d) Sikhs
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Buddhists
280. Name the temple in Indonesia where scenes from Ramayana and Mahabharata are depicted?
(a) Brihadeshwara
(b) Angkor Wat
(c) Kailashnath
(d) Borobudur
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Borobudur
281. The greatest Kushana ruler whose contribution to Buddhism was even greater than that of Ashoka was
(a) Kadphises
(b) Kanishka I
(c) Vaishka
(d) Huvishka
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Kanishka I
282. The worship of images in India began during the _____ period.
(a) Mauryan
(b) Sunga
(c) Kusana
(d) Gupta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Kusana
283. The concept of Eight-Cold Path forms the theme of
(a) Dipavamsa
(b) Divyavadana
(c) Mahaparinibban Sutta
(d) Dharmachakrapravartana Sutta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Dharmachakrapravartana Sutta
284. The famous ruler of ancient India who is said to have been converted to Jainism, towards the end of his life, is
(a) Bindusara
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta
(d) Ashoka
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Chandragupta
285. The harappan economy was primarily___ in nature.
(a) Rural
(b) Industrial
(c) Urban
(d) Capitalist
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Urban
286. The concept of Anuvrata was advocated by
(a) Mahayana Buddhism
(b) Jainism
(c) Lokayata School
(d) Hinayana Buddhism
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Jainism
287. Who, from among the following rulers, had ruled over the largest part of India?
(a) Kanishka
(b) Chandragupta I
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
(d) Ashoka
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Chandragupta Maurya
288. The Upanishads are a series of books devoted to
(a) Yoga
(b) Social law
(c) Religious rituals
(d) Philosophy
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Philosophy
289. Which of the following temples has acquired the name of the Black Pagoda?
(a) Sun Temple
(b) Lingaraj Temple
(c) Bhuvaneshwari Temple
(d) Jagannathdeva Temple
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Sun Temple
290. Whom was Ashvaghosha a contemporary of?
(a) Menander
(b) Harsha
(c) Kanishka
(d) Ashoka
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Kanishka
291. Name the later Gupta ruler who had performed the Ashvaghosha Yajna (Horse Sacrifice) and assumed the Imperial title of Maharajadhiraj?
(a) Kamarupa
(b) Mahasena Gupta
(c) Adityasen
(d) Kumaragupta III
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Adityasen
292. With what subject does the Mitakshara deal?
(a) Law
(b) Grammar
(c) Medicine
(d) Theology
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Law
293. The Mauryan administration was highly
(a) Decentralized
(b) Bureaucratic
(c) Centralized
(d) Despotic
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Centralized
294. Emperor Harsha's southward march was stopped on the Narmada river by
(a) Pulakesin-I
(b) Pulakesin-Il
(c) Vikramaditya-I
(d) Vikramaditya-II
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Pulakesin-Il
295. The Buddha's Eight Fold Path did not include
(a) Right Resolve
(b) Right Views
(c) Right Speech
(d) Right Table Manners
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Right Table Manners
296. The aim of Ashoka's Dhamma was
(a) Subtle conquest
(b) Religious domination
(c) A casteless society
(d) Non-violence and peace
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Non-violence and peace
297. By whom had the stupa at Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh been built?
(a) Ashoka
(b) Harshavardhana
(c) Kanishka
(d) Chandragupta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) Ashoka
298. The author of Ashtadhyayai is
(a) Charaka
(b) Panini
(c) AIyabhatta
(d) Chanakya
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (b) Panini
299. In the Rigvedic period, after the king the next most Important functionary of the State was the
(a) Senani
(b) Revenue collector
(c) Magician-doctor
(d) Purohita
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (d) Purohita
300. The Indus Valley Civilization has been assigned the period 2500-1800 BC on the basis of
(a) Mystical insight by modern seers
(b) Markings on seals
(c) Radio carbon dating
(d) Travellers written accounts
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (c) Radio carbon dating
