INDIAN HISTORY MCQs

1. Which among the following dynasties is known to have given the largest grant of villages to the temples and Brahamans? 

[A] Pratihara 

[B] Gupta 

[C] Pala 

[D]Saatvahana 

2. Rigveda was written during which among the following ages? 

[A] Stone Age 

[B] Copper Age 

[C] Iron Age 

[D]All of them 

3. For the first time in Indian History, the description of the State Administration was found for which among the following periods? 

[A] Gupta Period 

[B] Maurya Period 

[C] Shunga Period 

[D]Saatvahana Period 

4. Who among the following is ascribed for the work Mudrarakshaha? 

[A] Kalidasa 

[B] Vishakhadatta 

[C] Kautilya 

[D]Bhatrihari 

5. Which among the following kings have been linked to the Sudaman Caves ? 

[A] Ashoka 

[B] ChandraGupta Maurya 

[C] Bindusar 

[D]Bimbisar 

6. What was the function of Samharta in Mauryan Administration? 

[A] To Collect Revenue 

[B] To Work as a Judge 

[C] Leadership of Army 

[D]Delivering Justice 

7. "All Indians are Free and not even one of them is a slave" Who among the following has observed the above about the Mauryan Empire? 

[A]Megasthenes 

[B]Huen Tsang 

[C]Asoka 

[D]Strabo 

8. Which among the following was the first investigated pillar of Askoa? 

[A] Delhi Meerut Pillar 

[B] Barbara cave 

[C] Dhauli 

[D]Sarnath 

9. Pushyamitra Shunga, who was originally a Senapati of the Mauryan empire and assassinated the last 

Mauryan Emperor Brihadrath in 185 BC was a ____? 

[A] Brahaman 

[B] Kshatriya 

[C] Vaishya 

[D]Shudra 

10. There is only one edict, in which Ashoka refers himself as King of Magadha (Laja Magadhe. Identify the 

edict from the following: 

[A] Minor Rock Edict of Mashi 

[B] The Queens edict 

[C] Bhabhru Edict 

[D]Dhauli Pillar Inscription 

11. At which among the following places, Chandragupta Maura spent his last days ? 

[A] Nalanda 

[B] Ujjain 

[C] Shravana Belgola 

[D]Kashi 

12. Ceylon became a stronghold of which among the following branches of Buddhism? 

[A] Mahayan 

[B] Hinayan 

[C] Mahendra 

[D]Theravada 

13. Who among the following was King of Magadha, at the time of Mahaparinirvana of Gautam Buddha? 

[A] Bimbisara 

[B] Udayi 

[C] Ajatshatru 

[D]Chandragupta Maurya 

14. Ashvaghosha, who has written the marvelous work "Buddhacharita" was a court poet of which among the 

following kings? 

[A] Ashoka 

[B] Kanishka 

[C] Samudragupta 

[D]Ajatshatru 

15. Who among the following kings was a contemporary of both Mahavira and Buddha ? 

[A] Ajatshatru 

[B] Nandivardhana 

[C] Bimbisara 

[D]Asoka