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Q1. Bana Bhatt the famous poet adorned the court of.....?
Correct answer : 3
Q2. Nagarjuna was a famous......?
Correct answer : 4
Q3. Mohenjodaro is situated in .....?
Correct answer : 3
Q4. Lothal is located at?
Correct answer : 4
Q5. King Harsha Vardhan was defeated by which king?
Correct answer : 3
Q6. Pick the Odd one out of the following:
Correct answer : 3
Q7. Harsha moved his capital from __________ to __________.
Correct answer : 2
Q8. Kanishka patronised which of the following most?
Correct answer : 2
Q9. Excavatios of Indus valley have pushed the antiquity of Indian History to
Correct answer : 1
Q10. What practice was followed by the Harappan people to dispose off their dead?
Correct answer : 3
Q11. What differentiates Harappan civilization from Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations?
Correct answer : 3
Q12. The great granary of the Harappan civilisation has been found at?
Correct answer : 1
Q13. Among the following what was not known to the Harappan people?
Correct answer : 1
Q14. Ashokan inscriptions were deciphered in_____________ by ______?
Correct answer : 3
Q15. To whose court was a Chinese embassy sent by T'ang Emperor?
Correct answer : 2
Q16. Who reunited the large part of North India after the decline of the Guptas?
Correct answer : 3
Q17. Which of the following was the most important kingdom in Deccan and Central India, after the Mauryas?
Correct answer : 1
Q18. Which southern dynasty played an important role in the tripartite struggle?
Correct answer : 2
Q19. When did Ashoka the Mauryan ruler begin to issue edicts?
Correct answer : 4
Q20. At which place excavations have taken place related to the Vedic age?
Correct answer : 2
Q21. The Uttiramerur inscriptions belong to which period of which king?
Correct answer : 3
Q22. Which of the following is the main source for the study of village government under the Cholas?
Correct answer : 3
Q23. For which of the following the Chola age was very famous?
Correct answer : 3
Q24. The most important consequence of the 'Dharmashastras' prohibiting Indians from making sea voyages and visiting foreign lands was that.........
Correct answer : 3
Q25. Which city from the following became the important one under Harsha's rule?
Correct answer : 3
Q26. King Harsha's reign extended over ....?
Correct answer : 3
Q27. Which of the following gives detailed information on Harsha?
Correct answer : 4
Q28. Samudragupa's achievements are mentioned in the .......?
Correct answer : 3
Q29. Fa-hien the Chinese traveller visited India during reign of...?
Correct answer : 3
Q30. Which is the oldest dynasty among the following?
Correct answer : 1
Q31. Who among the following assumed the title of 'Vikramaaditya'?
Correct answer : 3
Q32. During whose reign Megasthenes visited India?
Correct answer : 3
Q33. The effects of the Kalinga War on King Ashoka are found in?
Correct answer : 4
Q34. Who was the ruler of the Kushana Dynasty?
Correct answer : 1
Q35. Who among the following were the contemporaries of Kanishka?
Correct answer : 3
Q36. Who among the following was the ambassador of Megasthenes?
Correct answer : 3
Q37. Among the following Indian rulers, who conquered Java and Sumatra?
Correct answer : 3
Q38. During the reign of which kingdom the village community got a lot of power?
Correct answer : 1
Q39. Which one throws light on Harappan culture?
Correct answer : 2
Q40. The Indus valley civilization was non-aryan because
Correct answer : 1
Q41. Mohenjodaro is locally known as the Mound of the ....?
Correct answer : 3
Q42. Which is the most venerated animal of the Indus people?
Correct answer : 3
Q43. Among the following whose name is most associated with Indus valley civilization
Correct answer : 3
Q44. What is the salient feature of the Rig Vedic religion?
Correct answer : 3
Q45. What represents the most significant feature of the Indus Valley civilization?
Correct answer : 4
Q46. Indus valley civilization was mainly spread in the region of...?
Correct answer : 2
Q47. What was the script used by the Indus Valley people?
Correct answer : 2
Q48. Among the following animals which one was not an important one?
Correct answer : 2
Q49. Among the following which of them possibly ruled the Indus people?
Correct answer : 3
Q50. Which one of the following was the staple food of Indus people?