Ancient India Set – 10

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Ancient India Set - 10

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. Gandhara School of Art came into existence in:

 
 
 
 

6. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. The tutor of Alexander, the Great was:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

16. Which rulers built the Ellora Temples?

 
 
 
 

17. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. The ‘Ajivikas’ were a:

 
 
 
 

20. Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. Harshavardhana organized his religious assembly at:

 
 
 
 

23. The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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