GK - Indian History 8

1. Which one of the following books gives a vivid description about the Mauryan administration?

a) Arthashashtra
b) Rajtarangini
c) Mrichchhatika
d) Kadambari

2. Who among the following succeeded Chandra Gupta Maurya to the throne?

a) Ashoka
b) Bindusara
c) Bimbisara
d) Samudragupta

3. To which dynasty did the Great Emperor Ashoka belong?

a) Maurya
b) Gupta
c) Kushana
d) Nanda

4. Who was the first Indian ruler to rule over almost the whole of India?

a) Ashoka
b) Chandra Gupta Maurya
c) Samudragupta
d) Kanishka

5. Which of the following is the birth place of Vardhamana Mahavira?

a) Vaishali
b) Gaya
c) Pavapuri
d) Sarnath

6. With which religion is ‘Digambaras’ and ‘Swethambaras’ associated?

a) Jainism
b) Buddhism
c) Hinduism
d) Islam

7. Who was the founder of the Sunga dynasty?

a) Pushymitra
b) Brihadratha
c) Vasudeva
d) Ajathasatru

8. Brihadrata, the last Mauryan king was murdered by his own Brahman Commander-in-Chief who later found a new empire. Who was he?

a) Brihadratha
b) Mihirajul
c) Toramana
d) Pushymitra

9. Which one of the following is the death place of Vardhamana Mahavira?

a) Pavapuri
b) Kushinara
c) Vaishali
d) Gaya

10. Who was the founder of the Kanva dynasty which overthrew the Sungas in 73 BC?

a) Vasudeva
b) Bimbisara
c) Ajathasathru
d) Ashoka

11. Who was the first Persian king to attack India?

a) Nadir Shah
b) Sultan Mahmud
c) Muhammad bin Kasim
d) Darius

12. Who among the following was the contemporary of Gautam Buddha?

a) Bimbisara
b) Ashoka
c) Chandragupta Maurya
d) Vasudeva

13. After defeating whom did the Nandas succeed into power?

a) Sisunagas
b) Mauryas
c) Satavahanas
d) Kushanas

14. At which of the following places was Gautam Buddha born?

a) Vaishali
b) Lumbini
c) Sarnath
d) Gaya

15. During the reign of which dynasty was Patanjali’s ‘Mahabhashya’ composed?

a) Mauryas
b) Sungas
c) Nandas
d) Guptas

16. Which dynasty was the first to issue gold coins in India?

a) Kushanas
b) Bactrians
c) Mauryas
d) Guptas

17. Minander, who embraced Buddhism under the influence of monk Nagarjuna, belonged to which dynasty?

a) Bactrians
b) Hunas
c) Kushanas
d) Sishunagas

18. The victory won by Chandra Gupta Maurya over which dynasty is commemorated by the Vikram era?

a) Parthians
b) Sakas
c) Bactrians
d) Hunas

19. Whose coming into power marks the beginning of Saka era?

a) Ashoka
b) Kanishka
c) Vasudeva
d) Pushyamitra

20. Gautam Buddha died at

a) Kushinara
b) Pavapuri
c) Pataliputra
d) Sarnath

21. During the reign of which dynasty did the great scientists Charaka and Surutha live?

a) Kushanas
b) Guptas
c) Sakas
d) Mauryas

22. Which of the following was the capital of Kushanas?

a) Pataliputra
b) Magadha
c) Purushapura
d) Vaishali

23. During the reign of which dynasty were the historical monuments at Nagarjunakonta, Nasik and Amaravathi built?

a) Satavahanas
b) Kushanas
c) Hunas
d) Sungas

24. Who among the following rulers styled himself as ‘Maharajadhiraja’?

a) Ashoka
b) Chandra Gupta
c) Chandra Gupta Mauraya
d) Chandra Gupta II

25. Who among the Gupta rulers is known as ‘Vikramaditya’?

a) Chandra Gupta
b) Chandra Gupta II
c) Samudra Gupta
d) Kumara Gupta

Answers

1. Arthashashtra
2. Bindusara
3. Maurya
4. Ashoka
5. Vaishali
6. Jainism
7. Pushymitra
8. Pushymitra
9. Pavapuri
10. Vasudeva
11. Darius
12. Bimbisara
13. Sisunagas
14. Lumbini
15. Sungas
16. Bactrians
17. Bactrians
18. Sakas
19. Kanishka
20. Kushinara
21. Kushanas
22. Purushapura
23. Satavahanas
24. Chandra Gupta
25. Chandra Gupta II