Ancient India Quiz - 1

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1. Which river is mentioned for the largest number of times in Rig Veda?
(a) Ganga (b) Indus (c) Narmada (d) Kaveri

2. Which river was known as ‘Vitasta’ during the Vedic age?
(a) Jhulum (b) Chenab (c) Ravi (d) Beas

3. During the Vedic age the river Beas was known as:
(a) Vipasa (b) Jhulum  (c) Chenab (d) Sutlej


4. Which river was known as ‘Askini’ during the Vedic age:
(a) Jhulum (b) Chenab (c) Ravi (d) Beas

5. Sutlej was known as ..... during the Vedic age:
(a) Vipasa (b) Vitasta (c) Satadru (d) Chandrabhaga

6. Who converted Chandragupta Maurya into Jainism?
(a) Bhadrabahu (b) Mahavira  (c) Jamali (d) Sthulabahu

7. Who authored ‘Arthasastra’?
(a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Chanakya  (c) Kalidas (d) Megasthenes

8. Who authored ‘Indica’?
(a) Fahien (b) Seleucus Nicator  (c) Megasthenes (d) Chanakya

9. Chandragupta Maurya was succeeded by
(a) Ajatasatru (b) Bimbisara  (c) Bindusara (d) Asoka

10. The battle of Kalinga was in:
(a) 268 BC (b) 232 BC  (c) 261 BC (d) 269 BC

11. The main port of Cholas during sangam age:
(a) Puhar (b) Muziris  (c) Bunder (d) Uraiyur

12. The most important chera king:
(a) Nedumchelian (b) Chenkuttuvan (c) Kulothungan (d) Karikalan

13. The capital of Pandyas:
(a) Uraiyur (b) Vanchi  (c) Madurai (d) Muziris

14. The greatest Pandya king:
(a) Senkuttuvan (b) Elara (c) Karikala (d) Nedumchelian

15. The oldest living language in India:
(a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil  (c) Hindi (d) Malayalam

16. Which is regarded as the masterpiece of Kalidas?
(a) Ritusamharam (b) Meghadoot  (c) Abhinjana Sakuntalam (d) Raghuvamsa

17. Which one of the following is not written by Kalidas?
(a) Kumarasambhavam. (b) Vikramorvaseeyam  (c) Sakuntalam (d) Kadambari

18. Who wrote ‘Mudrarakshasa’ and ‘Devichandraguptam’?
(a) Amarasimha (b) Kalidas  (c) Visakhadutta (d) Bhasa

19. Who authored ‘Panchatantra’?
(a) Vishnugupta (b) Vishnu Sharma  (c) Kalidas (d) Bhasa

20. Who is called ‘Indian Newton’?
(a) Brahmagupta (b) Varahamihira (c) Aryabhatta (d) Bhaskara

Answers: 1 (b) 2(a) 3 (a) 4 (b) 5(c) 6(a) 7(b) 8(c)
9(c) 10(c) 11(a) 12(b) 13(c) 14(d) 15(b)16(c)
17(d) 18(c) 19(b) 20(c)

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