General Knowledge on Ancient India

General Knowledge on Ancient India

1. Who has the opinion that the original home of Aryans was arctic region?

(a)BG Tilak

(b)Max Muller

(c)Morgan

(d)None of these

2. The first to propagate Aryan culture to South India:

(a)Agasthya

(b)Vasishta

(c)Viswamitra

(d)Kapila

3. Rig Veda contains ………….. hymns:

(a)549

(b)1028

(c)108

(d)250

4. The earliest Veda:

(a)Yajur

(b)Sama

(c)Rig

(d)Atharva

5. Which Veda is related to music?

(a)Rig

(b)Yajur

(c)Atharva

(d)Sama

6. Buddha delivered his first sermon at:

(a)Kushinagar

(b)Kapilavastu

(c)Bodh Gaya

(d)Saranath

7. Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana at:

(a)Kushinagara

(b)Uruvela

(c)Rishipatana

(d)Lumbini

8. Nalanda University was founded by:

(a)Harsha

(b)Asoka

(c)Kumaragupta

(d)Ajatasatru

9. The first Buddhist council was held at:

(a)Vaisali

(b)Pataliputra

(c)Rajagriha

(d)Vallabhi

10. The second Buddhist Council held in the year:

(a)483 BC

(b)383 BC

(c)283 BC

(d)100 BC

11. The Mauryan ruler who accepted Jainism:

(a)Chandragupta Maurya

(b)Bindusara

(c)Asoka

(d)Brihadratha

12. The first Jain Council was held at ……………. in Bihar:

(a)Vallabhi

(b)Rajagriha

(c)Pataliputra

(d)Kashmir

13. The second Jain Council was held at Vallabhi in Gujarat in the year:

(a)512 BC

(b)AD 512

(c)300 BC

(d)AD 300

14. The author of Kalpasutra:

(a)Mahavira

(b)Jamali

(c)Bhadrabahu

(d)Sthulabahu

15. The 23rd Thirthankara of Jainism:

(a)Rishabha

(b)Bhadrabahu

(c)Mahavira

(d)Parswanatha

16. The last Mauryan King who was assassinated by his general Pushyamitra Sunga?

(a)Kunala

(b)Susheema

(c)Samprathi

(d)Brihadratha

17. The centre of political activity in Northern India during 6th century AD:

(a)Avanti

(b)Kosala

(c)Gandhara

(d)Magadha

18. The script used in Asoka’s rock edicts in the north western part of the country:

(a)Brahmi

(b)Pictographic

(c)Devanagari

(d)Kharoshti

19. The Greek ambassador to the court of Chandragupta Maurya:

(a)Fashien

(b)Huen Tsang

(c)Megasthenes

(d)St.Thomas

20. The Greek General who was defeated by Chandragupta Maurya:

(a)Seleucus Nicator

(b)Alexander

(c)Prus

(d)None of these

21. The Greatest literary figure in the court of kanishka:

(a)Charaka

(b)Aswaghosha

(c)Banabhatta

(d)Susrutha

22. The first ever long inscriptions in Chaste Sanskrit was issued by:

(a)Kanishka

(b)Gondophernes

(c)Rudradaman

(d)Asoka

23. The only Indian ruler whose territory was extended up to Central Asia:

(a)Kadphises

(b)Gondophernes

(c)Kanishka

(d)Rudradaman

24. The second capital of kanishka:

(a)Ujjain

(b)Mathura

(c)Ayodhya

(d)Sagala

25. The home land of the kushans:

(a)Iran

(b)North central Asia

(c)Greece

(d)Tibet