Top 25 Indian History MCQS part:1



 1) DURING WHOSE REGIN WAS THE FOURTH BUDDHIST COUNCIL HELD ?

(a) Ashoka

(b) Kalasoka

(c) Ajatsatru

(d) Kanishka 

Ans)(d) Kanishka 

2) WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING WAS THE FOUNDER OF PUSHYABHUTI DYNASTY  ?

(a) Pushyabhuti

(b) Prabhakar vardhan 

(c) Aditya vardhan 

(d) Harsha Vardhan 

Ans)(a) Pushyabhuti 

3) AMONG ALL THE MAJOR ROCK EDICTS OF ASHOKA, WHICH ONE IS THE LONGEST  ?

(a) 7th major rock edicts

(b) 11th major rock edicts 

(c) 13th major rock edicts 

(d) 9th major rock edicts 

Ans)(c) 13th major rock edicts 

4) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE DEALT IN BY KALPA SUTRAS ?

(a) Sacrifices

(b) Family ceremonies 

(c) Varnas,Ashramas

(d) All of the above 

Ans)(c) All the above 

5) THE GUPTA EMPEROR CHANDRAGUPTA II WAS SUCCEEDED BY WHOM ?

(a) Kumargupta

(b) Skandagupta 

(c) Buddhagupta

(d) Vishnugupta 

Ans)(a) Kumargupta 

6) BUDDHACHARITA, WAS EPIC BIOGRAPHY OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA IN SANSKRIT WAS WRITTEN BY __:

(a) Asvaghosa

(b) Indrabhuti

(c) Asanga

(d) Bodhisena

Ans)(a) Asvaghosa 

7) AFTER DEATH OF BINDUSARA, WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING IS CONSIDERED TO HELP ASHOKA TO CAPTURE THE THRONE ?

(a) Vishnugupta 

(b) Radhagupta

(c) Tishya

(d) Bairam khan

Ans)(a) Radhagupta 

8) WHICH OF THE BELOW - MENTIONED ANCIENT INDIAN JURISTS ESTABLISHED A PRIORITY OF INHERITANCE WHERE THE WIFE IS FOLLOWED BY DAUGHTERS AFTER THE SONS ?

(a) Brihaspati 

(b) Yajnavalkya

(c) Narada

(d) None of the above 

Ans(b) Yajnavalkya 

9) THE FOLLOWING CHAKULYA KING PERFORMED AN ASHWAMEDHA YOJANA ?

(a) Pulkesin I

(b) Pulkesin II

(c) Pulkesin III

(d) Vikramaditya I

Ans(a) Pulkesin I

10) WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING IS FAMOUS FOR SAVING THE EMPIRE FROM THE HUNA TRIBE, WHICH HAD OVERRAN ASIA AND EUROPE ?

(a) Samudra Gupat

(b) Chandra Gupta II

(c) Skandagupta 

(d) None of the above 

Ans)(c) Skandagupta 

11) DHAULI HILLS ARE LOCATED IN WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING STATES OF INDIA ?

(a) Bihar 

(b) Madhya Pradesh 

(c) Rajasthan 

(d) Odisha 

Ans(d) Odisha 

12) WHICH BUDDHIST COUNCIL WAS HELD DURING THE REGIN OF KANISHKA  ?

(a) 1st 

(b) 2nd 

(c) 3rd 

(d) 4th

Ans)(d) 4th

13) WHAT WAS THE CORRECT RANK OF "BALADHIKARANA" IN THE GUPTA AGE ?

(a) Head army 

(b) Head of state police department 

(c) Head of Calvary 

(d) Head of intelligence 

Ans)(a) Head army 

14) WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING GRANTED PERMISSION TO BUDDHIST KING OF CEYLON MEGHAVERMAN TO BUILD A MONASTERY AT BODH GAYA ?

(a) Chadra gupta Vikramaditya 

(b) Samudra gupta 

(c) Skand gupta

(d) Kumara gupta

Ans)(b) Samudra gupta 

15) WHAT WAS THE MOST PROMINENT REASON OF ARRIVAL OF INDO-ARYANS FROM CENTRL ASIA, POSSIBLY FORM THE SOUTH OF THE URALS AND EAST OF CASPIAN SEA  ?

(a) They were in search of arable land

(b) They were of Nomadic culture 

(c) They were defeated by their indo European neighbour 

(d) They were aware of prosperity of India 

Ans)(c) They were defeated by their indo European neighbour 

16) IN STONE AGE, THE COMPOSITE TOOLS STARTED APPEARING IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AGES ?

(a) Paleolithic 

(b) Mesolithic

(c) Neolithic 

(d) Chalcolithic

Ans)(d) Chalcolithic 

17) WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING USE THE WORD 'HINDU' AS REFERENCE TO THE PEOPLE OF HIND ?

(a) The Greeks 

(b) The Romans

(c) The Chinese 

(d) The Arabs

Ans)(a) The Greeks 

18) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CROP WAS CULTIVATED BY THE PEOPLE OF INDUS AS RABI CROP ?

(a) Wheat 

(b) Flour 

(c) Cotton 

(d) Seasum

Ans)(a) Wheat 

19) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS THE  'LIMBS OF THE VEDAS'  ?

(a) Upanishads

(b) Vedant 

(c) Vedanga

(d) Puranas

Ans)(c) Vedanga

20) BUDDHISM GOT DIVIDED INTO MAHAYANA AND HINAYANA UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING KINGS ?

(a) Ajatsatru 

(b) Kanishka

(c) Kalasoka

(d) Ashoka 

Ans)(b) Kanishka 

21) WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF PALLVA DYNASTY ?

(a) Vishnuvardhan 

(b) Simhavishnu 

(c) Mahendravarman I

(d) Narsimhavarman

Ans)(b) Simhavishnu 

22) WHICH VEDA IS SOME TIMES CALLED THE  "VEDA OF MAGICAL FORMULAS ?

(a) Atharvaveda 

(b) Krishna Yajurveda 

(c) Sukula yajurveda 

(d) Rig - Veda

Ans)(a) Atharvaveda 

23) WHICH PART OF VEDAS IS CONSIDERED TO BE CULMINATION OF VEDIC THOUGHT AND SIMILAR TO LAST (SANYAS) OF THE FOUR STAGES IN A MAN'S LIFE ?

(a) Mantra samhita 

(b) Bramhana

(c) Aranyaka 

(d) Upanishad 

Ans)(d) Upanishad 

24) THE BEING OF URBANIZATION OF THE GANGES FROM THE 6TH CENTURY WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTED TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS ?

(a) Fertility of soil

(b) Trade improvement

(c) Polution Growth 

(d) None of the above 

Ans)(a) Fertility of soil

25) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS DONATED BY THE TERM 'ARYAN' ?

(a) An ethnic group

(b) A nomadic people 

(c) A speech group 

(d) A superior race

Ans)(c) A speech group 




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