Ancient India Set – 12

1. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to:

2. Name the capital of the Pallavas:

3. The word ‘Veda’ means:

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

5. The staple food of the Vedic Aryans was:

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

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

8. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in:

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

10. Name the clan that belong to Buddha:

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

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

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

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

15. Buddha preached his first sermon at:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24. Who started the Saka Era and when?

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