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Competitive Exams (History) Part 4

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1. Which of the following statement is wrong?




2. Who was the last great ruler of Gupta dynasty?




3. Which of the following is incorrectly matched (in Gupta administration)?




4. Choose the correct option I. Dharmpala was the founder of the Pala Empire. II. Mihir Bhoja belongs to Pratihar dynasty. III. Mihir bhoja was the devotee of Lord KRISHNA.




5. Who among the following foreigners was the first to visit India?




6. Which of the following are two works of Kalidasa?




7. Who was the first Indo-Greek king, who became Buddhist?




8. Who among the following built the Gomateshwara statue at Sravanabelagola ?




9. Which among the following Mudra is the gesture of Buddha as depicted in his first sermon?




10. Who was the first Gupta ruler who assumed the title of Maharadhiraha?




11. What were the crops raised by the Harappans? I. Cotton II. Wheat III. Barley IV. Peas Select the correct answer from the codes given below:




12. Which of the following statements about the Harappan people is incorrect?




13. Which of the following statements about the Rigvedic Aryans is incorrect?




14. Who among the following occupied the supreme position in the Later Vedic pantheon?




15. Which type of pottery was most popular with the Later Vedic people?




16. Which of the doctrines of Jainism was added by Mahavira?




17. Who is said to be responsible for the spread of Jainism in Karnataka?




18. In what respect did Jainism differ from Buddhism?




19. The Pitaka that contains pronouncements attributed to the Buddha, laying down numerous rules for the conduct of the order is:




20. The Veda that contains charms and spells toward off evils and diseases is




21. In Jainism, Perfect Knowledge is referred to as




22. The daughter who milks animals in the Vedic period was known as




23. Bimbisara was succeeded by.




24. Which of the following Kushan kings, who assumed the title the Lord of the Whole World?




25. The fourth Buddhist Council was held at.




26. Megasthenes was succeeded as ambassador by




27. The author of the The Peri plus of the Erythraean Sea? was a :




28. During Karikalas rule the important Chola port was




29. The most famous Chera ruler was




30. The most important source of our information on ancient Indias cultural history are:




31. The granary discovered at Harappa was located:




32. In his inscriptions Ashoka calls himself:




33. Which one of the following Harappan sites is NOT located in Gujarat?




34. Which one of the following Indus cities has houses with doors on the main streets?




35. Which of the all Harappan sites, which has the most impressive drainage system?




36. Which of the following was not one of the ruling dynasties of South India in the Sangam Age?




37. Which was probably the most popular assembly in which even women enjoyed an equal status with men in the Early Vedic period?




38. Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched?




39. In which one of the following do we come across a detailed account of the municipal administration of Mauryas?




40. The Mehrauli pillar inscription belongs to the period of the:




41. Which one of the following works deals with the history of Kashmir?




42. Which one of the following mentioned division of the Mauryan Society into seven classes?




43. The varnas came to be transformed into the hereditary castes during the:




44. Consider the following statement(s) what Ajanta Painting portray I. Buddhist elements II. Secular aspects III. Jain culture Which of these statements is/are correct?




45. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?




46. Which one of the following is associated with the Gupta Age of Indian History?




47. Who among the following wrote commentaries on Harshavardhanas administration and the court life in Kannauj?




48. The Jaina saint credited with the spread of Jainism in Karnataka (south India) was:




49. The greatest Chola king in the dynasty of the Cholas of Thanjavur was




50. The main focus of the Rigvedic culture was