Ancient Indian History Objective Questions

 Ancient Indian History Objective Questions 

1. The oldest Brahmanic literature is—
(A) Aranyak (B) Upnishad
(C) Smriti (D) Veda
2. Which Veda has 10 Mandai, Sukta and 10580 Richas ?
(A) Rigveda (B) Yajurveda
(C) Sam veda (D) Atharveda
3. Which work provides detail information about political social and family life in later Vedic period?
(A) Upnishads
(B) Brahman
(C) Atharveda
(D) All the three mentioned
4. Which Veda is lyrical composition ?
(A) Rigveda (B) Yajurveda
(C) Samveda (D) Atharvaveda
5. Kattiak, Kapisthak, Maitrayani, Taittriya and Vajsaneyi are the branches of—
(A) Rigveda (B) Yajurveda
(C) Samveda (D) Atharvaveda
6. Aitreya Brahman is attached to—
(A) Rigveda (B) Yajurveda
(C) Samveda (D) Atharvaveda
7. Atharvaveda has as its Brahman book—
(A) Aitereya (B) Satpath
(C) Panchvimsh (D) Gopath
8. Which is the matching pair?
(A) Rigveda— Tandav Brahman
(B) Yajurveda—Satpath Brahman
(C) Samveda—Gopath Brahman
(D) Atharvaveda—Panch Vimsha Brahaman
9. Tripitakas were written—
(A) Before Gautam Buddha
(B) During Buddha’s life time
(C) After Buddha’s death
(D) Band C
10. Suttabibhang, Ravandhaka, Parivar are three parts of—
(A) Vinay Pitak    (B) Sutta Pitak
(C) Abhidhamma Pitak (D) None of the above
11. Khuddak Nikay belongs to—
(A) Vinay Pitak
(B) Sutta Pitak
(C) Abhidhamma Pitak
(D) Jatak
12. Manu smriti is a standard work written during—
(A) Sunga age (B) Mauryan age
(C) Gupta age (d) Later Vedic period
13. Pushyamitra Sunga performed ‘Asvamedha yagya’ is a fact known through—
(A) Ashtadhyayi (B) Mahabhasya
(C) Kalika Puran (d) Indika
14. Which is the rich source of information about Gupta age?
(A) Oevalsmriti (B) Manusmriti
(C) Naradsmriti (d) Arthashastra
15. An account of Gupta emperors from Buddhist angle is given in—
(A) Nandi Sutra
(B) Mool Sutra
(C) Chhed Sutra
(d) Arya Manjushri Moolkalpa
16. Sixteen Mahajanapadas are referred to in—
(A) Anguttar Nikay (B) Khuddak Nikay
(C) Sanyukta Nikay (d) Oeegh Nikay
17. ‘Acharang Sutra’ describes—
(A) Sermons of Gautam Buddha
(B) Code of conduct for Buddhist monks
(C) Sermons of Lord Mahavir
(D) Code of conduct for Jainmonks
18. In ‘Bhadrabahucharit’ ‘are described the events of the regime of—
(A) Bimbisaar
(B) Chandragupta Maurya
(C) Bindusaar
(D) Ashoka
19. Greek invasion of North-lndia is described in—
(A) Milindapanho (B) Gargisamhita
(C) Gaudvaho (D) Harshacharit
20. Who is the author of ‘History of the War’ ?
(A) Niarchus (B) Arrian
(C) Plutarch (D) Aristoboulous
21. Who has written the famous work ‘Historica’?
(A) Herodotus (B) Arrian
(C) Sky lax (D) Justin
22. The Author of ‘Natural History’ is—
(A) Herodotus (B) Aristoboulous
(C) Arrian (D) None of the above
23. ‘Alexander’s invasion’ is a work authored by—
(A) Arrian (B) Pliny
(C) Strabo (D) Nearchus
24. ‘Indica’, a reliable source for the history of Chandrag 1pta Maurya, was written by—
(A) Sky lax (B) Selyukes
(C) Megasthanes (D) Plutarch
25. Extracts from Indica were compiled and published in 1846 as ‘Megasthanese Indica’. Who did this job?
(A) Cunningham (B) Prinsep
(C) Swanbeck (D) Wilson Jones
26. Match the Vedas of List-I with. Brahmans of List-II. Choose the correct answer from those given below—
List-I
(a) Rigveda (b) Yajurveda
(c) Samveda (d) Atharvaveda
List-II
1. Kaushitiki Brahman
2. Satpath Brahman
3. Panchvimsh Brahman
4. Gopath Brahman
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 1 3 2 4
(D) 3 4 2 1
27. Match the works of List-I with the authors given in choose correct answer from those given below—
List I
(a) Malvikaggnimitra (b) Harshacharit
(c) Mudrarakshas (d) Neetishastra
List II
1. Kalidas 2. Vishakhadutt
3. Banabhatt 4. Kamandak
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 1 3 2 4
(D) 2 3 4 1
28. List-I
(a) Rajtarangini   (b) Gaudvaho
(c) Navsahasankcharit (d) Prithviraj Vijay List-II
1. Kalhan 2. Jayanak
3. Vakpatiraj 4. Padmagupta
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 4 3 1 2 29. List-I
(a) History of war
(b) Historica
(c) Natural History
(d) Alexander’s invasion
List-II
1. Arrian
2. Pliny, the elder
3. Herodotus
4. Aristoboulous
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 2 4 3 1
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 1 2 3 4
30. List-I
(a) Sariputra Prakaran
(b) Arthashastra
(c) Samparigrah
(d) Mahabhasya
List-II
1. Asang 2. Kautilya
3. Patanjali 4. Asvaghosh
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 2 4
(B) 2 3 4 I
(C) 4 2 1 3
(D) 1 2 3 4
31. List-I
(a) Pratigya Yogandharayan
(b) Rasmala
(c) Astadhyayi
(d) Devichandraguptam
List-II
1. Bhas 2. Someswar
3. Panini 4. Visakhadutt
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 1 3 4 2
(D) 2 1 3 4
32. List-I
(a) Vikramankcharit
(b) Kumarpalcharit
(c) Hamir Kavya
(d) Bhoj Prabandh
List-II
1. Bilhan
2. Ballal
3. Hemchand
4. Nayachand Suri Code
(A) 1 4 3 2 (B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 2 4 1 3 (D) 1 2 3 4
33. Of the following Chinese travellers who did not visit India in the 7th century A.D. ?
(A) Fa-hien (B) Yuan-Chwang
(C) It-sing (D) None of the above
34. Which is not a work on history of Ceylone ?
(A) Deepvansh (B) Mahavansh
(C) Raghuvansh (D) None of above
35. Which of the following works of Kalidas gives information about history of Sunga dynasty?
(A) Meghdoot
(B) Abhigyanshakuntalam
(C) Kumarsambhav
(D) Malvikagnimitram
36. Who has written about India at the time of Mahmud’s invasion?
(A) Taranath (B) Sulaiman
(C) Alberuni (D) Ibnbatuta
37. Which of the following pair is matching one?
(A) Taranath—Mahavarnsh
(B) Fa-hien—Rehla
(C) Alberuni—Kitab-ul-Hind
(D) Bilhan—Rajtarangini
38. Who authored ‘Rajtarangini’ the famous history of Kashmir?
(A) Bilhan (B) Kalhan
(C) Kalhan (D) Jaganik
39. Who was the Chinese traveller whose travelogue tells us about Harsha?
(A) Fa-hien (B) Yuan Chwang
(C) Itsing (D) None of the above
40. Coins are the most important source for the history of—
(A) Mauryas (B) Indo-Greek rulers
(C) Satvahans (D) Cholas
Answers
1. (D) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (B)
6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (A)
11. (C) 12. (A) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (D)
16. (A) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (B) 20. (D)
21. (A) 22. (D) 23. (A) 24. (C) 25. (C)
26. (A) 27. (C) 28. (B) 29. (C) 30. (C)
31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (A) 34. (C) 35. (D)
36. (C) 37. (C) 38. (C) 39. (B) 40. (B)
41. (C) 42. (B) 43. (A) 44. (C) 45. (B)
41. (C)