ANCIENT INDIA ( Answer Key )
1. What was built in Lothal to facilitate the ships?
ANSWER: b. Dockyard
2. Who is known as the first keertankar of Maharashtra ?
ANSWER: c. Saint Namdev
3. The sixteen Mahajanapadas are mentioned:
ANSWER: c. Anguttara Nikaya
4. The capital vasta mahajanapada was:
ANSWER: c. Kaushambi
5. Father of history is called:
ANSWER: c. Herodotus
6. Satakarni was the ruler of which dynasty?
ANSWER: d. Satavahana
7. During seventeen century B.C. the form of buddism was famous as:
ANSWER: c. Vajrayana
8. Who was the direct descendents of stone age civilizations and creator of Mohen – jo – Daro’s Sindh culture ?
ANSWER: c. Dravidians
9. Which veda is known as Gangotri of Music ?
ANSWER: d. Samaveda
10. Which ancient university was situated at Badgaon village of Patna in Bihar ?
ANSWER: c. Nalanda
11. Name the Indian mathematician who discovered zero.
ANSWER: ( a) Aryabhatta
12. Which book of Maths had been written by Bhaskaracharya?
ANSWER: (b) Lilavati Ganit
13.Samrat Ashok was ruler of
ANSWER: (b) Patliputra
I4. Most powerful ruler of Gupta dynasty was :
ANSWER: (d) Samudra Gupta
15. The Rath temples at Mahaballipuram were built by
ANSWER: (b) Pallavas
16 Who was the ruler of 'Vatsa’ during the time of Buddha?
ANSWER: (b) Udayana
17. Which is the world's largest Epic?
ANSWER: (d) Mahabharata
18. In which literature a collection of dialogues between () Buddha and his disciples is given?
ANSWER: (a) Sutta Pitaka
19. Give the name of race known as creator of Mohen-jo-Daro Culture.
ANSWER: (b) Dravidian
20. Black complexion, broad hand, flat nose, short height etc. were the physical features of the tribe called.............
ANSWER: (d) The Austroloid
21. German poet Goethe was so much impressed by reading which drama that he put it on his head and danced with joy?
ANSWER: (c) Abhigyan Shakuntalam
22. Big Bath has been found in which of the Indus valley site?
ANSWER: (b) Mohenjodaro Lothal
23. Which statement about the position of women in the Rig Vedic society is not true?
. ANSWER: (b) Parda system and child marriages were prevalent. .
24. When did the first urbanization take place?
ANSWER: (b) in the Indus Valley civilization
25. Which ruler of ancient India is known as Devanam Piya Priyadasi?
ANSWER: (c) Ashoka
26. What are tripitakas?
ANSWER: (b) Compilation of Buddha's sermons
27. Tripitaki texts are related with which religion?
ANSWER: (b) Buddhism
28. The language of sangam literature was
ANSWER: (a) Tamil
29. Ashoka was the son of
ANSWER: (c) Bindusar
30. The thinker Confucius belonged to the country
ANSWER: (c) China
31. By whom 'Saka Era' was started?
ANSWER: (a) Kanishka
32. Which city was founded by Sikandar Lodi?
ANSWER: (d) Agra Indus valley
33. The great bath of the Indus valley civilizations was discovered in
ANSWER: (c) Mohenjodaro
34. Lothal is stitauted in
ANSWER: (d) Gujarat
35. Samaveda means:
ANSWER: (b) The Book of Music
36, The capital of Kuru was :
ANSWER: (c) Hastinapur
37. During the invasion on India which Greek intellect ccompanied Alexander?
ANSWER: (c) Nearchus
38. Which of the following city is not related with Indus civilization?
ANSWER: (d) Patliputra
39. Which of the following was the oldest veda?
ANSWER: (a) Rigveda
40. Founder of Gupta Dynasty was:
ANSWER: (a) Shri Gupta
41. Huen Tsang came in the period of
ANSWER: (b) Harshavardhan
42. Which city was established by Harihar-Bukka?
ANSWER: (c) vijaynagar
43. Jeevak, the first surgeon, was of
ANSWER: (c) Rajgrih
44. Which pillar inscription describes about ‘Samudragupta'?
ANSWER: (c) Mehrauli Prashasti
45. Which epic describes about the Indraprastha Nagar'?
ANSWER: (c) Rigveda
46. The reign of ______ witnessed the golden age of Mesopotamia.
ANSWER: (c) Hammurabi
47. ‘Zend Avesta' is the holy book of the __________
ANSWER: (c) Parsees
48. Among the following who is called 'Light of Asia'?
ANSWER: (b) Buddha
49. The Upanishads are
ANSWER: (a) a source of Hindu philosophy
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