ANCIENT INDIA MCQS SET 33

ANCIENT INDIA MCQS SET 33

1. Which of the following is not an important work of Kalidasa?
(a) Shakuntala
(b) Kumarasambhava
(c) Gita Govinda
(d) Meghadoot
Ans: (c)

2. Who was not among the scholars patronized by Kanishka?
(a) Parsva
(b) Birbal
(c) Ashvaghosha
(d) Nagarjuna
Ans: (b)

3. Which of the following is not a category into which Ashoka's monuments may be grouped?
(a) Stupas
(b) Pillars
(c) Viharas
(d) Caves
Ans: (c)

4. Which important industry show signs of having thrived in Lothal?
(a) Pottery
(b) Shipbuilding
(c) Terracota toys
(d) Aircraft manufacture
Ans: (b)
 
5. The archaeologist to initially discover the Mohenjo-Daro site of the Indus Valley Civilization was
(a) Sir John Marshall
(b) Daya Ram Sahni
(c) Sir Martimir Wheeler
(d) Rakhal Das Banerji
Ans: (d)
 
6. Which of the following Indus Valley sites is presently in Pakistan?
(a) Kalibangan
(b) Harappa
(c) Alamgirpur
(d) Lethal
Ans: (b)

7. The Harappan site that had a dock is
(a) Alamgirpur
(b) Harappa
(c) Lothal
(d) Mohenjo-Daro
Ans: (c)

8. Which one of the Chola Kings conquered Ceylon?
(a) Aditya I
(b) Rajendra
(c) Rajaraja I
(d) Vijayalaya
Ans: (d)
 
9. Which of the following was not an Indus Valley site?
(a) Pataliputra
(b) Rangpur
(c) Sukatagendor
(d) Lothal
Ans: (a)

10. The Vedic deity Indra was the god of
(a) Fire
(b) Rain and Thunder
(c) Eternity
(d) Wind
Ans: (b)