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Ancient history - Test Set 6

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  1. Question 1

    SSC MTS 2024
    Which of the following periods in India is also associated with the Iron Age?
    1. Harappan Age
    2. Neolithic Age
    3. Later Vedic Age
    4. Palaeolithic Age
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  2. Question 2

    SSC CGL 2022]
    The Harappa brought Gold from present day __________ in India.
    1. Telengana
    2. Tamil Nadu
    3. Karnataka
    4. Kerala
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Mains 2021
    The river mentioned most frequently in the Rig Vedic hymns was
    1. Ganga
    2. Yamuna
    3. Sutlaj (Satadru)
    4. Saraswati
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  4. Question 4

    SSC MTS 2024]
    Early Vedic economy was primarily based on __________ activity.
    1. Pastoral
    2. Agricultural
    3. Mining Iron ore
    4. Trading
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  5. Question 5

    NDA-I 2023
    Which among the following rulers established Pataliputra as the Capital of Magadhan Empire?
    1. Bimbisara
    2. Bindusara
    3. Ajatashatru
    4. Ashoka
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  6. Question 6

    KPSE Pre 2020/ BPSC Pre 2000
    Which of the following rulers of Magadha was the contemporary of Alexander the Great?
    1. Mahapadmananda
    2. Dhanananda
    3. Suklapa
    4. Chandragupta Maurya
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  7. Question 7

    UPRO/ ARO Mains 2014
    In which year Chandragupta Maurya had defeated Seleucus?
    1. 317 B.C.
    2. 315 B.C.
    3. 305 B.C.
    4. 300 B.C.
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  8. Question 8

    Odisha PSC Pre 2020/ IAS Pre 1995
    . The name by which Ashoka is referred to his inscriptions is?
    1. Chakravarti
    2. Dharmadeva
    3. Dharmakirti
    4. Priyasarshi
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  9. Question 9

    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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  10. Question 10

    CISF AC 2021]
    Kushanas were the descendants of which of the following Central Asian Tribes?
    1. Hiung-nu
    2. Wu-Sun
    3. Little Yueh-Chi
    4. Great Yueh-Chi
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  11. Question 11

    BPSC Pre 1992
    Art of Gandhara style flourished during the reign of
    1. Kushans
    2. Guptas
    3. Akbar
    4. Mauryas
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  12. Question 12

    WBCS Pre 2022
    The first sermon of Gautam Buddha is called?
    1. Mahabhinishkraman
    2. Dharmachakra Pravartana
    3. Dhammaghos
    4. Mahaparinivana
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  13. Question 13

    SSC CHSL 2020
    Name the holy city recognized as the birthplace of the first and fourth Jain Tirthankaras?
    1. Varanasi
    2. Dawarka
    3. Ayodhya
    4. Gaya
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  14. Question 14

    SSC MTS 2023
    Who among the following succeeded Ghatotkacha, the Gupta ruler?
    1. Kumaragupta-I
    2. Chandragupta-I
    3. Chandragupta-II
    4. Skandagupta
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  15. Question 15

    CDS II 2023
    Where is the famous Gupta period’s Deogarh temple situated?
    1. Uttar Pradesh
    2. Madhya Pradesh
    3. Chhattisgarh
    4. Rajasthan
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  16. Question 16

    IAS Pre 2006
    The Allahabad Pillar inscription is associated with which one of the following?
    1. Mahapadma Nanda
    2. Chandragupta Maurya
    3. Ashoka
    4. Samudragupta
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  17. Question 17

    SSC CGL 2022
    Which of the following is NOT correct regarding king Harshavardhana?
    1. Harshavardhana ruled nearly about 1400 years ago
    2. Xuan Zang spent a lot of time at Harsha’s court
    3. Harshavardhana’s court poet was Harishena
    4. Harshacharita is a biography written on Harshavardhana
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  18. Question 18

    WBCS Mains 2021
    How were foreign merchants referred to in Chola documents?
    1. Manigramam
    2. Nanadeshi
    3. Ayyavole
    4. Pattinam
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS Pre 2013
    Who composed ‘Ai-hole’ prasasti?
    1. Kautilya
    2. Rabikriti
    3. Herisena
    4. Nayanikar
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  20. Question 20

    UP PCS Mains 2014
    In Sangam Literature ‘Tolkappiyam is a text of?
    1. Tamil poetry
    2. Tamil grammar
    3. Tamil architecture
    4. Tamil polity
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