Ancient India Set – 10

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Ancient India Set - 10

1. Which was the only Indus city without a citadel?

 
 
 
 

2. Gandhara School of Art came into existence in:

 
 
 
 

3. Prince Ellara conquered Sri Lanka in the second century b.c. With which of the following dynasties of Dravida ruler was he associated?

 
 
 
 

4. The number system ‘Zero’ was invented by:

 
 
 
 

5. Who proposed the ‘Eightfold Path’ for the end of misery of mankind?

 
 
 
 

6. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?

 
 
 
 

7. Upto where did Chandragupta Maurya’s empire extend in the northwest?

 
 
 
 

8. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?

 
 
 
 

9. Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at:

 
 
 
 

10. Where has the world’s largest monolithic statue of Buddhism been installed?

 
 
 
 

11. ‘Charak’ was the famous court physician of:

 
 
 
 

12. The organic relationship between the ancient cultures of the Indus Valley and Hinduism of today is proved by the worship of:

 
 
 
 

13. Which of the following literary works belongs to classical Sanskrit literature?

 
 
 
 

14. The tutor of Alexander, the Great was:

 
 
 
 

15. The greatest development in the Kushana period was in the field of:

 
 
 
 

16. The Saka era commencing from AD 78, was founded by:

 
 
 
 

17. Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development?

 
 
 
 

18. Which rulers built the Ellora Temples?

 
 
 
 

19. The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year:

 
 
 
 

20. The ‘Ajivikas’ were a:

 
 
 
 

21. The title ‘Indian Napoleon’ has been attached to:

 
 
 
 

22. Harshavardhana organized his religious assembly at:

 
 
 
 

23. Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?

 
 
 
 

24. Which of the following domesticated animals was absent in the terracottas of the Indus civilisation?

 
 
 
 

25. Who, according to the Buddhists, is believed to be the next incarnation of Gautam Buddha?

 
 
 
 

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