ANCIENT INDIA MCQS SET 36

ANCIENT INDIA MCQS SET 36

1. The great Hindu law giver was
(a) Manu
(b) Banabhatta
(c) Kapil
(d) Kautilya
Ans: (a)

2. During whose reign did Buddhism become the state religion?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Skandagupta I
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Ashoka
Ans: (d)

3. The correct chronological order of the four Buddhist councils held Is
(a) Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Pataliputra, Vaishali
(b) Vaishali, Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Pataliputra
(c) Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir or Jullandhar
(d) Pataliputra, Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Vaishali
Ans: (c)
 
4. The fourth Buddhist council had compiled an encyclopaedia of Buddhist philosophy, called
(a) Sutralankara
(b) Madhyamika Sutra
(c) Jatakas
(d) Mahavibhasha Sutra
Ans: (d)

5. Who had converted Kanishka to Buddhism?
(a) Parsva
(b) Nagarjuna
(c) Asvaghosha
(d) Vasumitra
Ans: (c)

6. Buddhism was first propagated outside India In
(a) China
(b) Cambodia
(c) Thailand
(d) Ceylon
Ans: (d)
 
7. The language adopted for preaching In Mahayana Buddhism was
(a) Pali
(b) Brahmi
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Prakrit
Ans: (c)

8. Who is said to have both been born and shed his body on the Vaishakha Purnima day?
(a) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
(b) Mahavira
(c) Shankaracharya
(d) The Buddha
Ans: (d)

9. The Indus Valley civilisation was discovered in the year
(a) 1917
(b) 1921
(c) 1927
(d) 1932
Ans: (b)

10. During the Gupta period, the village affairs were managed by the village headman with the assistance of the
(a) Amatya
(b) Mahattara
(c) Vishyapati
(d) Gopa
Ans: (c)