Anicent History MCQ page 38 201-300
201. Which of the following was not the port of the Satavahanas?
Puhar
Ans:
202. Which of the following was the centre of inland trade of the Satavahanas?
Tagara
Ans:
203. Karikala was the centre of many legends found in
Ans : Silappadhikaram
204. During the 4th century AD the Western Satraps were conquered by
(a) Sassanian rulers
205. Sudarsana lake was reconstructed by
ANS: Rudradaman I
206. The first ruler of the Satavahanas was
(a) Simuka
207. Naganib was a ___Queen.
(b) Andhra
208. Which of the following works of Kalidasa gives information about the Andhras?
(b) Malavikagnimitra
209. Satavahana rule was extended to the Coromandal Coast by
(b) Pulumayi II
210. Chashtana was the Satraps of
(b) Malwa
211. Srikakulam was the capital of
(c) Andhras
212. In whose court did Asvaghosa live?
(c) Kanishka
213. The Sunga period saw the growth of one of the following religions. Identify.
(a) Brahmanism
214. Whose general was Appolodotus?
(b) Demetrius
215. Who erected the Garuda pillar at Besnagar?
(a) Bhagabhadra
216. During the pre-Gupta age the foreign trade was most extensive with
(d) Roman Empire
217. Which among the following was not affected by the invasion of the Persians on India?
(d) Sculpture
218. Gandhara School of Art was deeply influenced by
(b) Hellenic art
219. Which one of the following was not a characteristic of society in Mauryan times?
(d) Widow remarriage
220. The ancient Chola kingdom existed in the delta of the river
(b) Cauvery
221. Which of the following statements about Arthasastra is not true?
(d) It highlights the need for financial reforms
222. What is said to be the original home of the Sungas?
(b) Vidisa
223. Milindapanho is a
(d) Religious conversation
224. Who wrote Ashtadhyayi?
(a) Panini
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225. The first Persian ruler who occupied part of Indian territory was
(a) Cyrus
226. Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because
(c) his forces refused to go further
227. The one most important feature of the Mauryan Administration was
(c) the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy
228. The principles of Ashoka's Dharma (Dhamma) were taken from
(d) The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period
229. Which social evil was conspicuously absent in ancient India?
(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?
(b) Nahapana
231. The greatest Kushana ruler whose contribution to Buddhism was even greater than
that of Ashoka, was
(b) Kanishka I
232. The fourth and the last Buddhist Council was convened by
(c) Kanishka
233. The first image of the Buddha-was carved out during the reign of
(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
Ans: (c)
235. During the reign of Kanishka, Buddhism for the first time went to China and from
China it went to
(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
237. The worship of images (of Buddha) in India began during the period
(c) Kushana
238. The earliest stratum of the history of the Tamils is known as
(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
Ans: (d)
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
(c) Roman World
241. Which of the following was not one of the ruling dynasties of South India in the
Sangam Age?
(d) Pallava
242. Which of the following is one of the greatest classics of the Sangam literature?
(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?
(c) Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
244. The last great ruling dynasty of Magadha was
(d) Gupta
245. Kanishka is associated with an era which is known as
(c) Saka era
246. The greatest conqueror among the Gupta rulers was
(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?
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(a) Samudragupta
248. The famous Mehrauli Iron Pillar inscription describes the conquest of
(b) Chandragupta II
249. The Gupta king who is known in the Indian legends as Vikramaditya was
(c) Chandragupta II
250. The Chinese traveller Fa-hien visited India and left a detailed account of the reign of
(b) Chandragupta II
251. The foremost astronomer and mathematician of the Gupta period was
(a) Aryabhatta
252. The Gupta artists had attained the highest perfection in
(b) sculpture
253. The most important reason(s) for the decline of the Gupta empire was/were
(a) invasions of the Hunas
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(b) weak later Gupta rulers
(c) independence of the later Gupta rulers
(d) (a) (b) and (c) above
Ans: (d)
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?
(b) Kannauj
255. Match the following rulers/ruling dynasties of North India with the centres of their
power:
List-I List-II
A. Maukharis (i) Thaneshvar
B. Pusyabhuti or Vardhans (ii] Kannauj
C. Sasanka (ill) Valabhi Gujarat
D. Maitrakas (iv) Bengal Gauda
Codes:
A B C D
(a) I ii iii iv
(b) Ii I iv iii
(c) I iii ii iv
(d) Iv iii ii i
Ans: (b)
256. The Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang, called the Prince of Pilgrims visited India during
the reign of
(a) Harsha
257. Harshacharita the biography of Harsha, was written by
(a) Banabhatta
258. Harsha was defeated by
(d) Pulkesin II
259. Harsha was the last great royal patron of
(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?
(d) Paramaras
261. What was Chandragupta-II also known as?
(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
Ans: (d)
263. The Aryans succeeded in their conflicts with the pre-Aryans because
(a) they used chariots driven by horses
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264. Coins made of metal first appeared in
(c) Age of the Buddha
265. In the early Vedic-period, Varna system was based on
(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
Ans: (c)
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) The 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)
Ans: (c)
268. The Greeks were driven out of India by
(d) Chandragupta Maurya
269. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisation is found at
(b) Mohenjo-Daro
270. Who was the court poet of Harsha-vardhana?
(c) Bana
271. 'Prince of Pilgrims' was the name attributed to
(c) Hiuen Tsang
272. The coins of which of the following reveal their love for music?
(c) Guptas
273. The year of accession of Kanishka to throne was
(d) 78 AD
274. Kalinga was took place in the year
(c) 261 BC
275. The first Grammarian of the Sanakrit language was
(b) Panini
276. The famous poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
(b) Chandragupta-II
277. Which one of the following vedas contains sacrificial formulae?
(b) Yajur Veda
278. When did the best productions of Gandhara sculpture appear?
(c) Kushana Period
279. The caves of Ajanta and EIlora belonged to
(c) Buddhists
280. Name the temple in Indonesia where scenes from Ramayana and Mahabharata are
depicted?
(d) Borobudur
281. The greatest Kushana ruler whose contribution to Buddhism was even greater than
that of Ashoka was
(b) Kanishka I
282. The worship of images in India began during the _____ period.
(c) Kusana
283. The concept of Eight-Cold Path forms the theme of
(d) Dharmachakrapravartana Sutta
284. The Camoua ruler of ancient India who is said to have been converted to Jainism,
towards the end of his life, is
(c) Chandragupta
285. The harappan economy was primarily___ in nature.
(c) Urban
286. The concept of Anuvrata was advocated by
(b) Jainism
287. Who, from among the following rulers, had ruled over the largest part of India?
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
288. The Upanishads are a series of books devoted to
(d) Philosophy
289. Which of the following temples has acquired the name of the Black Pagoda?
(a) Sun Temple
290. Whom was Ashvaghosha a contemporary of?
(c) Kanishka
291. Name the later Gupta ruler who had performed the Ashvaghosha Yajna (Horse
Sacrifice) and assumed the Imperial title of Maharajadhiraj?
(c) Adityasen
292. With what subject does the Mitakshara deal?
(a) Law
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293. The Mauryan administration was highly
(c) Centralized
294. Emperor Harsha's southward march was stopped on the Narmada river by
(b) Pulakesin-Il
295. The Buddha's Eight Fold Path did not include
(d) Right Table Manners
296. The aim of Ashoka's Dhamma was
(d) Non-violence and peace
297. By whom had the stupa at Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh been built?
(a) Ashoka
298. The author of Ashtadhyayai is
(b) Panini
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299. In the Rigvedic period, after the king the next most Important functionary of the State
was the
(d) Purohita
300. The Indus Valley Civilization has been assigned the period 2500-1800 BC on the basis
of
(c) Radio carbon dating
