Ancient India Set – 12

1. Which one of the following Chola Kings conquered Ceylon (Singhal) first?

2. The staple food of the Vedic Aryans was:

3. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka’s administrative policy?

4. With which of the following centers dimming, Chanakya the famous teacher of Chandragupta Maurya, was associated?

5. The essential feature of the Indus Valley Civilization was:

6. Name the capital of the Pallavas:

7. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called:

8. Arabs were defeated in 738 a.d. by:

9. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in:

10. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of

11. Whose achievements are recorded in the Allahabad Pillar inscription?

12. During which Gupta King’s reign did the Chinese traveller Fahien visit India?

13. Who started the Saka Era and when?

14. Roth temples at Mahabalipuram were built in the reign of which Pallava ruler?

15. Name the clan that belong to Buddha:

16. ‘Charaka’ was the famous court physician of:

17. Who was the author of the Kadambari, a great romantic play?

18. The word ‘Veda’ means:

19. In the Gupta period, the largest numbers of coins were issued in:

20. St. Thomas is said to have come to India to propagate Christianity during the reign of the:

21. Buddha preached his first sermon at:

22. Which one of the following stages of the life of man in Aryan Society, in ascending order of age, is correct?

23. The Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to the art patronized by the:

24. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to:

25. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are: