HISTORY { ANCIENT INDIA } GK Questions

1. Megesthenes visited India during the reign of 

a) Chandragupta II

b) Chandragupta Maurya

c) Ashoka

d) Harsha 

2. Who started the Saka Era which is still used by the Government of India?

a) Kanishka 

b) Vikrameditiya

c) Samudra Gupta

d) Ashoka

3. Which was the oldest University ?

a) Gandhara

b) Kannauj

c) Nalanda

d) Vaishali

4. Poet Kalidasa Lived in the court of

a) Chandragupta Maurya

b) Samudragupa

c) Chandragupa Vikramaditya

d) Harsha

5. The great silk-route to the Indians was opened by

a) Kanishka

b) Ashoka

c) Harsha

d) Fa0Hien

6. Which religious sect did the Chola kings patronise?

a) Jainism

b) Budhhism

c) Saivism 

d) Vaishnovism

7. The words Satyameva Jayata have been taken from the

a) Mundaka Upanishad

b) Tottreya Upanishad

c) Kath Upanishad

d) Ishovasya Upanishad

8. The Great Hindu law giver was

a) Kapila 

b) Kautilya

c) Manu

d) Vatsayana

9. The Idol workship in India dates back to:

a) The Pre Aryan Period

b) The Gupta Period 

c) The Mauryan Period

d) The Kushan Period 

10. "Zero" was indroduced by:

a) Indians 

b) Egyptians

c) Greeks

d) None of these

11. Which among the following is the oldest dynasty 

a) Maurya 

b) Gupta

c) Kushan

d) Kanva

12. The Paintings of Ajanta depict stories of the

a) Ramayana

b) Mahabharata

c) Jatakas 

d) Panchatantra

13. Mahabalipuram was established bu the 

a) Pallavas

b) Pandyas

c) Cholas

d) Chalukyas 

14. The title Vokramaditiya was assumed by

a) Ashoka

b) Chandra Gupta II

c) Kanishka

d) Samundra Gupta

15. The famous Chinese Pilgrim Fa-hein visited India during the reign of

a) Chandra Gupta-I

b) Chandra Gupta-II

c) Rama Gupta 

d) Sri Gupta

ANSWERS 

1. (b), 2. (a), 3. (c), 4. (c), 5. (a), 6. (c), 7. (a), 8. (c), 9. (b), 10. (a), 11. (a), 12. (c), 13. (a), 14. (b), 15. (b),

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