Ancient Indian History MCQs for Competitive Examination
Q. 181
The last Mauryan ruler was
(A) Ashoka
(B) Kunala
(C) Brihadratha
(D) Dasaratha
Answer: (C) Brihadratha
Explanation: N/A
Q. 182
Who established the Sunga dynasty?
(A) Agnimitra
(B) Pushymitra Sunga
(C) Vasumitra
(D) Devabhuti
Answer: (B) Pushymitra Sunga
Explanation: N/A
Q. 183
Agnimitra who is the hero of Kalidasa’s Malavikagnimitra was a king of which dynasty?
(A) Kanva
(B) Sunga
(C) Satvahana
(D) Gupta
Answer: (B) Sunga
Explanation: N/A
Q. 184
The last ruler of sunga dynasty was
(A) Devabhuti
(B) Bhagabhadra
(C) Vasumitra
(D) Vajramitra
Answer: (A) Devabhuti
Explanation: N/A
Q. 185
Who was the founder of Kanva dynasty?
(A) Vasumitra
(B) Vasudeva
(C) Devabhuti
(D) Satakarni
Answer: (B) Vasudeva
Explanation: N/A
Q. 186
Who was the founder of Satavahana dynasty?
(A) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(B) Simuka
(C) Hala
(D) Vasishthiputra Sri Satakarni
Answer: (B) Simuka
Explanation: N/A
Q. 187
Who was the greatest ruler of Satavahana dynasty?
(A) Simuka
(B) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(C) Satakarni I
(D) Hala
Answer: (B) Gautamiputra Satakarni
Explanation: N/A
Q. 188
‘Gondaphernes‘ belongs to which dynasty?
(A) Kushan dynasty
(B) Parthian dynasty
(C) Saka dynasty
(D) Satavahana dynasty
Answer: (B) Parthian dynasty
Explanation: N/A
Q. 189
Rudradaman was a famous ____________ ruler.
(A) Saka
(B) Parthian
(C) Kushan
(D) Satavahana
Answer: (A) Saka
Explanation: N/A
Q. 190
Who was the founder of Kushan dynasty?
(A) Kaniska
(B) Kujula Kadphises
(C) Vema Kadphises
(D) Rudradaman
Answer: (B) Kujula Kadphises
Explanation: N/A
Q. 191
Kanishka was the most famous ruler of which dynasty?
(A) Parthian
(B) Kushan
(C) Saka
(D) Kanva
Answer: (B) Kushan
Explanation: N/A
Q. 192
Who started the Saka era?
(A) Kanishka
(B) Kadphises
(C) Kadphises II
(D) Rudradamana
Answer: (A) Kanishka
Explanation: N/A
Q. 193
Saka era was founded in the year __________________.
(A) 57 BC
(B) 78 AD
(C) 58 AD
(D) 110 AD
Answer: (B) 78 AD
Explanation: N/A
Q. 194
Kanishka was a great patron of which sect of Buddhism?
(A) Hinayana
(B) Mahayana
(C) Vajrayana
(D) Theravada
Answer: (B) Mahayana
Explanation: N/A
Q. 195
Charak was the famous court physician of which king?
(A) Ashoka
(B) Kanishka
(C) Pushyamitra Sunga
(D) Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: (B) Kanishka
Explanation: N/A
Q. 196
Who was the founder of Gupta dynasty?
(A) Chandragupta I
(B) Sri Gupta
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Vikramaditya
Answer: (B) Sri Gupta
Explanation: N/A
Q. 197
Who was the first Gupta ruler to use the title, ‘Maharajadhiraja‘?
(A) Sri Gupta
(B) Chandragupta I
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Chandragupta II
Answer: (B) Chandragupta I
Explanation: N/A
Q. 198
Which Gupta ruler is known as the ‘Napoleon of India‘?
(A) Samudragupta
(B) Chandragupta I
(C) Chandragupta II
(D) Vikramaditya
Answer: (A) Samudragupta
Explanation: N/A
Q. 199
Which Gupta king assumed the title ‘Vikramaditya‘?
(A) Chandragupta I
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Ramgupta
(D) Samudragupta
Answer: (B) Chandragupta II
Explanation: N/A
Q. 200
The Chinese pilgrim who visited India during the reign of Chandragupta II was
(A) Fa-Hien
(B) Hiuen-Tsang
(C) Alberuni
(D) Marco polo
Answer: (A) Fa-Hien
Explanation: N/A
Q. 201
Which Guta ruler assumed the title ‘Devagupta‘?
(A) Chandragupta I
(B) Samudragupta
(C) Chandragupta II
(D) Skandagupta
Answer: (C) Chandragupta II
Explanation: N/A
Q. 202
Who has complimented Samudragupta as the Napoleon of India?
(A) R. D. Bannerji
(B) V. A. Smith
(C) R. C. Majumdar
(D) William Dalrymple
Answer: (B) V. A. Smith
Explanation: N/A
Q. 203
The official court language of Guptas was
(A) Pali
(B) Prakrit
(C) Sanskrit
(D) Brahmi
Answer: (C) Sanskrit
Explanation: N/A
Q. 204
The Gupta ruler who defeated Huns was
(A) Chandragupta II
(B) Samudragupta
(C) Skandagupta
(D) Chandragupta I
Answer: (C) Skandagupta
Explanation: N/A
Q. 205
Gupta dynasty was famous for
(A) Art and architecture
(B) Imperialism
(C) Revenue and land reform
(D) Patronage of literary work
Answer: (A) Art and architecture
Explanation: N/A
Q. 206
Kalidasa was the court poet of
(A) Chandragupta I
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Skandagupta
Answer: (B) Chandragupta II
Explanation: N/A
Q. 207
Dhanavantri, a renown physician of ancient India adorned the court of
(A) Samudragupta
(B) Skandagupta
(C) Chandragupta I
(D) Chandragupta II
Answer: (D) Chandragupta II
Explanation: N/A
Q. 208
The three sangams were held under the patronage of which kingdom?
(A) The Pandyas
(B) The Cheras
(C) The Cholas
(D) The Kushans
Answer: (A) The Pandyas
Explanation: N/A
Q. 209
Which Gupta ruler assumed the title Param Bhagavat?
(A) Chandragupta I
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Skandagupta
Answer: (C) Samudragupta
Explanation: N/A
Q. 210
The Ajanta paintings belong to the
(A) Maurya period
(B) Gupta period
(C) Buddhist period
(D) Harappan period
Answer: (B) Gupta period
Explanation: N/A