R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | General knowledge(GK) Competitive Exams (History) Part 2

Ashoka sent missionaries to

1. China and Kashmir
2. Tibet and Ceylon
3. Tibet and China
4. Kashmir and Ceylon

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which one of the following dynasties was ruling at the time of Alexanders invasion?

1. The Nanda
2. The Maurya
3. The Sunga
4. The Kanva

✅ Correct Answer: 2

How many layers of Mohenjo-daro were found?

1. 6
2. 7
3. 8
4. 9

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following literatures is known as Apaurusheya?

1. Vedas
2. Brahman
3. Upanishad
4. Aranyak

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Out of 10 Mandals which pair is the latest?

1. 1 & 2
2. 5 & 6
3. 3 & 7
4. 1 & 10

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which Mandal is on the name of Vishwamitra?

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which is known as book of Melody?

1. Rigveda
2. Samveda
3. Atharvaveda
4. Yajurveda

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which Veda deals with magical hymn or charms of spell?

1. Rigveda
2. Samveda
3. Atharvaveda
4. Yajurveda

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Economy of Vedic period was based on?

1. Pastureland
2. Agriculture
3. Mining
4. Cotton Cultivation

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What is the ancient name of river Satulaj?

1. Askini
2. Vitasta
3. Shutodri
4. Parushni

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who was the master of Gautama Buddha?

1. Alara Kalama
2. Kalidas
3. Viswamitra
4. Vashistha

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who was the first nun of Gautama Buddha?

1. Meenakshi
2. Smriti
3. Gautami
4. Gargi

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who was the patron king of Pataliputra Buddhist Council?

1. Ajatashatru
2. Kalashoka
3. Ashoka
4. Kanishka

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In which of following Buddhist councils compilation of holy books was completed?

1. Rajgir
2. Pataliputra
3. Kashmir
4. Vaishali

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which symbol shows renunciation?

1. Lotus
2. Bull
3. Elephant
4. Horse

✅ Correct Answer: 4

In which of the following places Vardhaman attained the state of enlightenment?

1. Kundagram
2. Pavapuri
3. Jrimbhik Gram
4. Kashmir

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following is not a holy book of Jainism?

1. Anga sahitya
2. Upang sahitya
3. Sutta pitaka
4. Kalpasutra

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who was the founder of Pataliputra?

1. Bimbisar
2. Ajatashatru
3. Udayin
4. Kanishka

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who wrote Mudrarakshasa?

1. Vishakhadatta
2. Panini
3. Patanjali
4. Shudrak

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which Mauryan king holds the title of Amitraghata?

1. Bimbisar
2. Chandragupta Maurya
3. Bindusar
4. Ashoka

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who deciphered Ashokan inscription?

1. Robert Clive
2. Lady Hardinge
3. James Prinsep
4. Dalhousie

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following inscriptions is found in purest Sanskrit?

1. Ruminidei
2. Junagarh
3. Kalsi
4. Patliputra

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Kanishka ruled from?

1. Purushpur
2. Alipur
3. Indraprastha
4. Prayag

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who is known as the Napoleon of India?

1. Srigupta
2. Chandragupta
3. Samudragupta
4. Devicharangupta

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who established Nalanda Mahavihara ?

1. Kumaragupta
2. Skandagupta
3. Devgupta
4. Vedgupta

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who wrote Mrichhakatikam?

1. Vishakhadatta
2. Vishnu Sharma
3. Kalidasa
4. Shudrak

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Panchasidhantika, written by Varahmihir is based on?

1. Mathematics
2. Science
3. Astrology
4. Astronomy

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following books is based on Astrology?

1. Romak Siddhanta
2. Aryabhattiya
3. Hora Shastra
4. Brahma Siddhanta

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Dasavatara temple of Nagra style is located at which of the following places?

1. Badrinath
2. Gorakhpur
3. Jhansi (Lalitpur)
4. Samstipur

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Bagh painting of Gupta Empire was found in which of the following Indian states?

1. Bihar
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Chattisgarh
4. Maharashtra

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who wrote Si- Yu- ki?

1. Harshavardhan
2. Selucas Nicator
3. Hieun Tsiang
4. Megasthanese

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Kailasha temple of Ellora was built by?

1. Krishna I
2. Krishna II
3. Ramakrishna I
4. Ramakrishna II

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which painting is made from Fresco style?

1. Bhimbetka
2. Piklikhal
3. Ajanta
4. Ellora

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following books is not written by Harshavardhan?

1. Harshacharita
2. Nagananda
3. Ratnavali
4. Priyadarshika

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following temples was not constructed by Chandela dynasty?

1. Kandariya Mahadev
2. Chaturbhuja
3. Lakshman
4. Somnath

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who was the founder of Vikramshila Vihar?

1. Dharmapala
2. Gopala
3. Nagpala
4. Mahipala

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following cities was founded by Krishandevaraya?

1. Warangal
2. Nagalpura
3. Udayagiri
4. Chandragiri

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Prithivyah Pratham Veer was the title of?

1. Samudragupta
2. Rajendra I
3. Amoghavarsha
4. Gautamiputra Shatkarni

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The accounts of Kalinga war are depicted by:

1. Rock edict XIII
2. Ruminidei
3. Kalsi
4. Junagarh

✅ Correct Answer: 1

At which Indus Valley site the Dockyard was found?

1. Lothal
2. Ropar
3. Kalibangan
4. Banawali

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The earliest specimen of Kavya style is found in?

1. Ajanta
2. Ellora
3. Kathiawar
4. Mohenjodaro

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following was the capital of Surasena Mahajanapada?

1. Viratnagar
2. Junagarh
3. Mathura
4. Kashi

✅ Correct Answer: 3