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  • Ancient India MCQ Questions for UPSC SSC for Competitive Exams

    April 13, 2020 by Job Alert

    Dear Aspirants, Here find objective Questions and Answers Quiz Ancient India MCQ Questions for UPSC SSC for Competitive Exams

     

    1.  What was 'Halivakara' in the Gupta Era?
    a
      A kind of Play
    b
     A kind of Instrument
    c
     A kind of Tax
    d
     A kind of Tribe
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option C
    2.  The famous poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
    a
      Chandragupta
    b
     Chandragupta-II
    c
     Samudragupta
    d
     Kumaragupta
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option B
    3.  Who among the following wrote Priyadarshika?
    a
      Harshavardhana
    b
     Prabhakarvardhana
    c
     Banabhatta
    d
     Yashovardhana
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option A
    4.  Banabhatta, a great scholar, lived during the reign of
    a
      Ashoka
    b
     Harsha
    c
     Kanishka
    d
     Chandragupta II
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option B
    5.  The later Vedic Age means the age of the compilation of
    a
      Brahmanas
    b
     Aranyakas
    c
     Samhitas
    d
     All the above
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option D
    6.  The mother of Vardhamana Mahavira was a
    a
      Maurya Princess
    b
     Lichavi Princess
    c
     Saka Princess
    d
     Not a member of the royal family
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option B
    7.  What was the original name of Euthydemia?
    a
      Gondhara
    b
     Kapisa
    c
     Sakala
    d
     Purushapura
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option C
    8.  Of all the states in northern India in 6th century BC Which of the following states emerged as the most powerful?
    a
      Kashi
    b
     Magadha
    c
     Anga
    d
     Kosala
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option B
    9.  The last great ruling dynasty of Magadha was
    a
      Kusana
    b
     Kanva
    c
     Sunga
    d
     Gupta
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option D
    10.  Which among the following Buddhist Text is considered to have been recorded by Buddha himself?
    a
      Dhammaghosa
    b
     Buddhaghosa
    c
     Dhammapada
    d
     Abhidhamma
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option C
    11.  Which Gupta ruler had led a campaign to the south, besides being an accomplished veena player?
    a
      Samudragupta
    b
     Chandragupta I
    c
     Skandagupta
    d
     Chandragupta Vikramaditya
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option A
    12.  Buddhism was first propagated outside India In
    a
      Thailand
    b
     Cambodia
    c
     China
    d
     Ceylon
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option D
    13.  Who is the author of Kadambari, from among the following?
    a
      Kautilya
    b
     Panini
    c
     Kalidas
    d
     Bana
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option D
    14.  The earlier Buddhist sculptures had shied away from depicting the image of the Buddha, except through such symbols as
    a
      The Bodhi Tree
    b
     Stupas
    c
     Footprints
    d
     All of the above
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option D
    15.  Which of the following Sanskrit language?
    a
      Kushanas
    b
     Mauryas
    c
     Guptas
    d
     Indo-Greeks
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option C
    16.  Which of the following works credits 'Pushyabhuti' as the founder of the Vardhana dynasty?
    a
      Yuan-Chwang
    b
     Banskhera Inscription of Harsha
    c
     Harshacharita
    d
     Kadambari
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option C
    17.  The earliest surviving extant, i.e. still standing, temples date from the period?
    a
      Gupta
    b
     Vedic
    c
     Sunga
    d
     Maurya
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option A
    18.  Consider the following matches:
    1. Kena Upanishad : Sam Veda
    2. Katha Upanishad: Krishna yajurveda
    3. Prasna Upanishad : Samveda
    4. Mandukya Upanishad: atharvaveda
    Which among the above is / are correct?
    a
      1, 2, 3,
    b
     1, 2, 4
    c
     2, 3, 4
    d
     all are correct
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option B
    19.  Who wrote Mrichchhakatika (Clay Cart)?
    a
      Kalidas
    b
     Akbar
    c
     Sudraka
    d
     Dandin
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option C
    20.  Which among the following was used to create sculptures in the Mathura school of art that ourished around 1st century AD?
    a
      Granite
    b
     Marble
    c
     State stone
    d
     Red sandstone
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option D
    21.  Who among the following were also known as Tocharians?
    a
      Hunas
    b
     Kushanas
    c
     Greeks
    d
     Shakas
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option B
    22.  On which of the following systems of Hindu Philosophy, Shankaracharya wrote commentary in 9th century AD?
    a
      Sankhya
    b
     Vaisheshika
    c
     Yoga
    d
     Uttarmimansa
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option D
    23.  Jatakas are the stories of
    a
      Buddha's life
    b
     Buddha's previous lives
    c
     The lives of the future Buddhas
    d
     Great saints of Buddhism
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option B
    24.  Whose general was Appolodotus?
    a
      Diodotus
    b
     Euthydemus
    c
     Demetrius
    d
     Antichos
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option C
    25.  The single most important factor responsible for the transformation of Ancient Indian society into medieval society was the
    a
      decline of trade
    b
     practice of land grants
    c
     proliferation of castes
    d
     rigidity of the caste system
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    Answer & Explanation
    Answer : Option B
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