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1. The earliest specimen of ‘Kavya’ style is found in the inscription of

(A) Rudradaman of Kathiawar

(B) Ashoka

(D) None of the above

2. Which inscription tells about the various achievements of Rudradaman-I?

(A) Junagarh

(B) Bhitari

(D) Sanchi

3. Which one of the following IndoGreek rulers issued lead coins?

(A) Strato-II

(B) Strato-I

(D) Menander

4. Who among the following was not a contemporary of the other three?

(A) Bimbisara

(B) Gautama Buddha

(D) Prasenjit

5. Who renovated Sudarshan lake without using forced labour?

(A) Chandragupta Maurya

(B) Bindusar

(D) Rudradaman-I

6. The largest number of copper coins in Northern and North-Western India were issued by

(A) Indo-Greeks

(B) Kushans

(D) Pratiharas

7. Who amongst following issued gold coins regularly in ancient India?

(A) Satavahana

(B) Saka

(D) Parthian

8. Buddha is depicted on the coins of

(A) Vima Kadphises

(B) Kanishka

(D) Budhagupta

9. Which of the following Kings is credited to have issued gold coins for the first time?

(A) Kujula Kadphises

(B) Vima Kadphises

(D) Huvishka

10. Who among the following introduced gold coins for regular use in India?

(A) Vima Kadphises

(B) Kujul Kadphises

(D) Hermwes

11. Which God is found depicted on Yaudheya coins?

(A) Vasudeva

(B) Shiva

(D) Kartikeya

12. What is the date of Sarnath Buddhist image inscription of Kanishka?

(A) 78 A.D.

(B) 81 A.D.

(D) 121 A.D.

13. In which year, the coronation of Kushan King Kanishka was held?

(A) 178 B.C.

(B) 101 A.D.

(D) 78 A.D.

14. When was Saka Samvat initiated?

(A) 58 A.D.

(B) 78 A.D.

(D) 606 A.D.

15. How much is the year difference between the Saka Samvat and Vikram Samvat?

(A) 57 years

(B) 78 years

(D) 320 years

16. Chaitra 1 of the national calendar based on the Saka Era corresponds to which one of the following dates of the Gregorian calendar in a normal year of 365 days?

(A) 22nd March (or 21st March)

(B) 15th March (or 16th May)

(D) 21st April (or 20th April)

17. When was Vikram Samvat started?

(A) 78 A.D.

(B) 57 B.C.

(D) 56 B.C. 1

8. Which one of the following will be the year of Saka Samvat in December, 2009?

(A) 1931

(B) 1952

(D) 2087

19. Ashvaghosha was contemporary of

(A)Ashoka

(B) Chandragupta-II

(D) Harshvardhan

20. Which one of the following is not associated with the Court of Kanishka?

(A) Ashvaghosha

(B) Charaka

(D) Patanjali

21. Who of the following did not adorn the court of Kanishka-I?

(A) Ashvaghosha

(B) Parshva

(D) Vishakhadatta

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22. Which of the following cities is not mentioned in the Rabatak inscription of Kanishka?

(A) Shravasti

(B) Kaushambi

(D) Champa

23. Who among the following Ayurvedacharyas was educated at Taxila University?

(A) Sushruta

(B) Jivaka

(D) Both (B) and (C)

24. Which dynasty ruled over India after Shunga dynasty?

(A) Satvahana

(B) Kushana

(D) Gupta

25. Who among the following rulers is stated as protector of ‘Varna System’?

(A) Pushyamitra Sunga

(B) Kharvela

(D) Vasudeo

26. Which dynasty was most powerful after Maurya in Southern India?

(A) Satvahana

(B) Pallava

(D) Chalukya

27. Simuka was the founder of which of the following dynasties?

(A) Chera

(B) Chola

(D) Satavahana

28. Which Chinese general had defeated Kanishka?

(A) Pan Chao

(B) Ban Yong

(D) Ho-Ti

29. Which of following dynasty empire was expanded even outside of India?

(A) Gupta dynasty

(B) Maurya dynasty

(D) None of the above

30. The institution of child marriage started in which period?

(A) Maurya period

(B) Kushan period

(D) In the time of Harshavardhan

31. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

(A) Harappan Civilisation – Painted Grey Ware

(B) The Kushans – Gandhara School of Art

(D) The Marathas – Pahari School of Painting

32. Art of Gandhara style flourished during the reign of

(A) Kushans

(B) Guptas

(D) Mauryas

33. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

List – I List – II (Dynasties) (Metals of coin)

(A) Kushanas – Gold and Copper

(B) Gupta – Gold and Silver

(D) Kalachuris – Gold, Silver and Copper

34. Bamiyan of Afghanistan was famous for

(A) Hindu temple

(B) Work of elephant teeth

(D) Buddha statue

35. The art style which combines Indian and Greek feature is called

(A) Sikhar

(B) Vera

(D) Nagara

36. The Gandhara School of art is the synthesis of

(A) Indian and Persian Art

(B) Indian and Chinese Art

(D) Indian and Greek Art

37. Which one of the following sculptures invariably used green schist as the medium?

(A) Mauryan sculptures

(B) Mathura sculptures

(D) Gandhara sculptures

38. With reference to the invaders in ancient India, which one of the following is the correct chronological order?

(A) Greeks – Sakas – Kushanas

(B) Greeks – Kushanas – Sakas

(D) Sakas – Kushanas – Greeks

39. First Persian ruler who captured some part of India was

(A) Cyrus

(B) Cambyses

(D) Shaharsh

40. Which among the following was the earliest dynasty?

(A) Chalukya

(B) Pallava

(D) Satavahana

41. Which Purana consists of the longest list of Andra Satavahana Kings?

(A) Vayu Purana

(B) Vishnu Purana

(D) None of the above

42. The capital of the Satavahanas was located at

(A) Amaravati

(B) Nanded

(D) Durg

43. Which of the following places was the capital of Satvahanas?

(A) Pratisthan

(B) Nagarjuna Konda

(D) Pataliputra

44. For which of the following rulers ‘Ekabrahmana’ has been used?

(A) Pushyamitra Shunga

(B) Kharavela

(D) Susharman

45. King Kharavela is related to

(A) Piller inscription of Girnar

(B) Piller inscription of Junagarh

(D) Sarnath inscription

46. Which of the following Kings was a Patron of Jainism?

(A) Ashoka

(B) Harsha

(D) Kharavela

47. The King of Kalinga Kharavela was related to which of the following dynasty?

(A) Chedi

(B) Kadamba

(D) Haryanka

48. Kalinga’s King Kharvel was associated with

(A) Mahameghvahana dynasty

(B) Chedi dynasty

(D) Rath-Bhojak dynasty

49. Who among the following kings had heavily leaned towards Jainism?

(A) Dashratha

(B) Brihadratha

(D) Huvishka

50. Which field was mostly contributed by Eastern Roman ruler Justinian?

(A) Law

(B) Architecture

(D) Literature

51. Consider the following name of contemporaries of Kanishka and select the correct answer from code given below.

1. Ashvaghosha

2. Vasumitra

3. Kalidas

4. Kamban

Code

(A) 1 and 4

(B) 2 and 3

(D) All of these

52. Read these statements.

Assertion (A): Kushans traded through Gulf of Persian and Red sea.

Reason (R): Their well organised naval force base was highly qualified.

In context to the above which is the correct answer?

Code

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of A

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

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