ANCIENT INDIA MCQS SET 35

ANCIENT INDIA MCQS SET 35

1. The oldest Jain scriptures are regarded to be the
(a) Fourteen Purvas
(b) Twelve Upangas
(c) Twelve Angas
(d) Fourteen Uparvas
Ans: (c)

2. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Bindusara
(c) Ajatashatru
(d) Pulakesin
Ans: (a)

3. The original teachings of Mahavira are contained in the
(a) Jatakas
(b) Tripitakas
(c) Purvas
(d) Angas
Ans: (c)

4. Which of the following rulers did not enter the Buddhist Cold?
(a) Harsha
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Kanishka
(d) Ashoka
Ans: (b)

5. In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta period, women and Sudras speak
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Pali
(c) Prakrit
(d) Sauraseni
Ans: (c)

6. According to tradition, a mighty king In India in the fourth century BC had been raised to power by a Taxila brahmin, named
(a) Chanakya
(b) Patanjali
(c) Pushyamitra
(d) Manu
Ans: (a)

7. Who had established the four Mathas or Monastic seats in the four corners of India?
(a) Madhavacharya
(b) Shankaracharya
(c) Bhaskaracharya
(d) Ramanujacharya
Ans: (b)

8. The term used to denote a group of families in the vedic society was
(a) Vish
(b) Jana
(c) Grama
(d) Gotra
Ans: (b)

9. The Svetambaras and Digambaras refer to two sects of
(a) Saivism
(b) Buddhism
(c) Vaishnavism
(d) Jainism
Ans: (d)
 
10. According to the Mimansa School of Philosophy, liberation is possible through
(a) Yoga
(b) Bhakti
(c) Karma
(d) Jnana
Ans: (c)