ANCIENT INDIA MCQS SET 48

ANCIENT INDIA MCQS SET 48

1. 'Ayurveda' has its origin in
(a) Rig Veda
(b) Sama Veda
(c) Yajur Veda
(d) Atharva Veda
Ans: (d)

2. Who wrote 'Kiratarjuniyam'?
(a) Bhasa
(b) Bhartruhari
(c) Bhavabhuthi
(d) Bharavi
Ans: (d)
 
3. The author of 'Sivaje-Chinthamani, considered to be a Tamil epic was a
(a) Buddhist
(b) Hindu
(c) Jaina
(d) Muslim
Ans: (c)
 
4. Who worte "Kiratarjuniyam"?
(a) Bhas
(b) Bhavabhuti
(c) Bhartruhari
(d) Bharavi
Ans: (d)
 
5. Who was the author of Amuktamalyada?
(a) Bhoja
(b) Harshavardhana
(c) Krishnadeva Roya
(d) Amoghavarsha
Ans: (c)

6. One of the founder kings of a ruling dynasty of North India elected by the people was
(a) Chandradeva of the Gahadavala dynasty
(b) Gopala of the Pala dynasty
(c) Ajayaraj of the Chauhan dynasty
(d) Jeja or Jejja of the Chandeka dynasty
Ans: (b)

7. Two great Buddhist universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila were patronised by the
(a) Palas
(b) Paramaras
(c) Chandelas
(d) All the above
Ans: (a)
 
8. The Chahamana (or Chauhan) king who founded the city of Ajmer and made it his capital was
(a) Ajayaraj
(b) Vigraharaj IV
(c) Vigraharaj III
(d) Prithviraj III
Ans: (a)

9. Three most important cities associated with the Chandelas were
(a) Khajuraho, Mahoba (or Mahotsvanagar) and Kalanjar
(b) Dhara, Kalanjar, and Chhatarpur
(c) Tripuri, Kalanjar and Khajuraho
(d) Mahoba, Banda and Chhatarpur
Ans: (a)
 
10. The temples of Khajuraho built by Chandela kings in the 11th century are?
(a) Shaiva temples
(b) Jain temples
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) Buddhist, Jain and Shaiva temples
Ans: (c)