ANCIENT INDIA MCQS SET 44

ANCIENT INDIA MCQS SET 44

1. What is the name of the preaching mudra of gesture, in which the Buddha is depicted delivering his first sermon, In the Gandhara Sculptures?
(a) Abhaya
(b) Dharmachakra
(c) Dhyana
(d) Bhumisparsha
Ans: (c)

2. What was the original name of Euthydemia?
(a) Gondhara
(b) Sakala
(c) Kapisa
(d) Purushapura
Ans: (b)

3. In whose coins was the wheel round?
(a) Menander
(b) Demetrius
(c) Kanishka
(d) Nahapana
Ans: (a)

4. In whose reign did the visit of Saint Thomas take place?
(a) Maues
(b) Gondophernes
(c) Kanishka
(d) Menander
Ans: (b)
 
5. One of them was not conquered by Kaniahka from China Identify.
(a) Khotan
(b) Yarkand
(c) Kashgar
(d) Kapisa
Ans: (d)

6. The Harappan town considered to be a town of the artists and craftsmen was
(a) Mohenjo-Daro
(b) Chanhudaro
(c) Harappa
(d) Lothalmenials
Ans: (b)

7. In the Rigveda the term Dasas and Dasyus refers to
(a) robbers
(b) tribals
(c) non-Aryans
(d) menials
Ans: (c)

8. Two most important acts and rituals associated with the Vedic marriage system was/were
(a) Pani-Grahana
(b) Sapta-Padi
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) Marriage Vows
Ans: (c)
 
9. The most important craftsman in the Vedic period was the
(a) blacksmith
(b) goldsmith
(c) carpenter
(d) barber
Ans: (c)

10. The ramous Vedic river which had long ago become extinct and now supposed to be flowing underground In Rajasthan is
(a) Sindhu
(b) Sabastu
(c) Shatudri
(d) Saraswati
Ans: (d)