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Ancient history - Test Set 5

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  1. Question 1

    SSC CGL 2020
    First ruler of the Magadha from the Haryanka dynasty?
    1. Bimbisara
    2. Prasenjit
    3. Ashoka
    4. Ajatshatru
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  2. Question 2

    CISF AC 2023
    Tosali is known in India History as the name of:
    1. the Jain brother of the Buddhist Upali.
    2. a provincial centre in Mauryan Empire.
    3. wife of Mahapadma Nanda.
    4. a sacred river in Andhra Pradesh.
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  3. Question 3

    SSC CPO 2023
    Who among the following Mauryan kings turned to Buddhism and its tenet of non-violence after the Kalinga war?
    1. Ashoka
    2. Dasharatha
    3. Chandragupta Maurya
    4. Bindusara
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  4. Question 4

    SSC MTS 2024
    Pushyamitra Sunga’s Capital was at:
    1. Cuttack
    2. Pataliputra
    3. Nalanda
    4. Kalinga
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  5. Question 5

    WBCS Pre 2007
    In which year was Sakabda started?
    1. 78 A. D.
    2. 58 A. D.
    3. 273 B. C.
    4. 420 A. D.
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  6. Question 6

    SSC CGL 2024
    According to the inscriptions, Pushyamitra Shunga was a devotee of which of the following Gods?
    1. Shiva
    2. Rama
    3. Indra
    4. Krishna
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  7. Question 7

    SSC CGL 2008
    Name the clan Buddha belonged to-
    1. Gnathrika
    2. Maurya
    3. Shakya
    4. Kuru
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  8. Question 8

    SSC Combined Matric Level 1999
    Lord Mahavira died at?
    1. Saravana Belagola
    2. Lumbini Garden
    3. Kalugumalai
    4. Pavapuri
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  9. Question 9

    SSC CPO SI 2006
    India’s trade with the Roman Empire came to an end with the invasion of Rome by the-
    1. Arabs
    2. Hungarians
    3. Huns
    4. Turks
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  10. Question 10

    WBCS Mains 2021
    What were villages granted to Brahmins and inhabited by Brahmins known as?
    1. Devadana
    2. Brahmadeya
    3. Agrahara
    4. Mangalam
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  11. Question 11

    SSC CHSL 2011
    The coins of which of the following reveal their love for music?
    1. Mauryas
    2. Nandas
    3. Guptas
    4. Cholas
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  12. Question 12

    SSC CGL 1999
    Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor?
    1. Vikramaditya
    2. Kumargupta
    3. Harshavardhana
    4. Kanishka
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  13. Question 13

    SSC Combined Matric Level 2000
    Which Chola king founded the city of Puhar?
    1. Rajendra Chola
    2. Ellara
    3. Senguttavan
    4. Karikala
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  14. Question 14

    UP UDA/LDA Mains 2010
    Which one of the following was not a ruling dynasty of the Tamil country during the Sangam Age?
    1. Chera
    2. Chola
    3. Pallava
    4. Pandya
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  15. Question 15

    CDS-II 2021
    Which one of the following was an important Pandya Port, celebrated for its pearls in Sangam poems and Greek accounts?
    1. Muchiri
    2. Korkai
    3. Puhar
    4. Arikamedu
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  16. Question 16

    SSC MTS 2024
    Which of the following was the capital of the Pallava Dynasty?
    1. Ai-hole
    2. Badami
    3. Kanchipuram
    4. Madurai
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  17. Question 17

    WBCS Mains 2020
    Rulers of which dynasty patronised Jainism?
    1. Chalukya
    2. Pallava
    3. Rashtrakuta
    4. Chauhan
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  18. Question 18

    WBCS Pre 2011
    Who issued the Nasik Prasasti (inscription)?
    1. Gautamiputra
    2. Samudragupta
    3. Harshavardhan
    4. Dharmapala
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  19. Question 19

    SSC Combined Matric Level 2001
    The Art style which combines Indian and Greek features is called?
    1. Sikhara
    2. Verna
    3. Nagara
    4. Gandhara
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  20. Question 20

    Jharkhand PCS Pre 2011
    ‘Ashtadhyayi’ was written by?
    1. Vedavyas
    2. Panini
    3. Shukhadeva
    4. Valmiki
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