1. The earliest specimen of ‘Kavya’ style is found in the inscription of [UPPCS (Pre) 1997]
(A) Rudradaman of Kathiawar
(B) Ashoka
(C) Rajendra I
(D) None of the above
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Rudradaman of Kathiawar
2. Which inscription tells about the various achievements of Rudradaman-I? [53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011]
(A) Junagarh
(B) Bhitari
(C) Nasik
(D) Sanchi
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Junagarh
3. Which one of the following Indo- Greek rulers issued lead coins? [UPPSC (RI) 2014]
(A) Strato-II
(B) Strato-I
(C) Demetrius
(D) Menander
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Strato-II
4. Who among the following was not a contemporary of the other three? [IAS (Pre) 2005]
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Gautama Buddha
(C) Milinda
(D) Prasenjit
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Milinda
5. Who renovated Sudarshan lake without using forced labour? [UPPCS (Pre) 2014]
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Bindusar
(C) Ashoka
(D) Rudradaman-I
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Rudradaman-I
6. The largest number of copper coins in Northern and North-Western India were issued by [Punjab PSC (Pre) 2019 UPPCS (Pre) 2005]
(A) Indo-Greeks
(B) Kushans
(C) Sakas
(D) Pratiharas
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Kushans
7. Who amongst following issued gold coins regularly in ancient India? [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004]
(A) Satavahana
(B) Saka
(C) Kushan
(D) Parthian
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Kushan
8. Buddha is depicted on the coins of [UPPCS (Pre) 2010]
(A) Vima Kadphises
(B) Kanishka
(C) Nahpaad
(D) Budhagupta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Kanishka
9. Which of the following Kings is credited to have issued gold coins for the first time? [UPPCS (Mains) 2009]
(A) Kujula Kadphises
(B) Vima Kadphises
(C) Kanishka
(D) Huvishka
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Vima Kadphises
10. Who among the following introduced gold coins for regular use in India? [UPPCS (Pre) 2015]
(A) Vima Kadphises
(B) Kujul Kadphises
(C) Kanishka
(D) Hermwes
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Vima Kadphises
11. Which God is found depicted on Yaudheya coins? [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008]
(A) Vasudeva
(B) Shiva
(C) Indra
(D) Kartikeya
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Kartikeya
12. What is the date of Sarnath Buddhist image inscription of Kanishka? [UPPCS (Pre) 2014]
(A) 78 A.D.
(B) 81 A.D.
(C) 98 A.D.
(D) 121 A.D.
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) 81 A.D.
13. In which year, the coronation of Kushan King Kanishka was held? [UPPCS (Pre) 1991]
(A) 178 B.C.
(B) 101 A.D.
(C) 58 B.C.
(D) 78 A.D.
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) 78 A.D.
14. When was Saka Samvat initiated? [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013 UPPCS (Pre) 1990]
(A) 58 A.D.
(B) 78 A.D.
(C) 320 A.D.
(D) 606 A.D.
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) 78 A.D.
15. How much is the year difference between the Saka Samvat and Vikram Samvat? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006]
(A) 57 years
(B) 78 years
(C) 135 years
(D) 320 years
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) 135 years
16. Chaitra 1 of the national calendar based on the Saka Era corresponds to which one of the following dates of the Gregorian calendar in a normal year of 365 days? [IAS (Pre) 2014]
(A) 22nd March (or 21st March)
(B) 15th March (or 16th May)
(C) 31st March (or 30th March)
(D) 21st April (or 20th April)
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) 22nd March (or 21st March)
17. When was Vikram Samvat started? [UPPCS (Pre) 1992]
(A) 78 A.D.
(B) 57 B.C.
(C) 72 B.C.
(D) 56 B.C.
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) 57 B.C.
18. Which one of the following will be the year of Saka Samvat in December, 2009? [UPPCS (Mains) 2007]
(A) 1931
(B) 1952
(C) 2066
(D) 2087
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) 1931
19. Ashvaghosha was contemporary of [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010 UPPCS (Mains) 2008]
(A) Ashoka
(B) Chandragupta-II
(C) Kanishka
(D) Harshvardhan
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Kanishka
20. Which one of the following is not associated with the Court of Kanishka? [UP Lower Sub. (Spl)(Pre) 2008]
(A) Ashvaghosha
(B) Charaka
(C) Nagarjuna
(D) Patanjali
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Patanjali
21. Who of the following did not adorn the court of Kanishka-I? [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
(A) Ashvaghosha
(B) Parshva
(C) Vasumitra
(D) Vishakhadatta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Vishakhadatta
22. Which of the following cities is not mentioned in the Rabatak inscription of Kanishka? [UP RO/ARO (Mains) 2014]
(A) Shravasti
(B) Kaushambi
(C) Pataliputra
(D) Champa
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Shravasti
23. Who among the following Ayurvedacharyas was educated at Taxila University? [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015]
(A) Sushruta
(B) Jivaka
(C) Charaka
(D) Both (B) and (C)
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Both (B) and (C)
24. Which dynasty ruled over India after Shunga dynasty? [45th BPSC (Pre) 2001]
(A) Satvahana
(B) Kushana
(C) Kanva
(D) Gupta
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Kanva
25. Who among the following rulers is stated as protector of ‘Varna System’? [Haryana PSC (Pre) 2019 Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2013]
(A) Pushyamitra Sunga
(B) Kharvela
(C) Gautamiputra Satkarni
(D) Vasudeo
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Gautamiputra Satkarni
26. Which dynasty was most powerful after Maurya in Southern India? [UPPCS (Pre) 1993]
(A) Satvahana
(B) Pallava
(C) Chola
(D) Chalukya
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Satvahana
27. Simuka was the founder of which of the following dynasties? [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008]
(A) Chera
(B) Chola
(C) Pandya
(D) Satavahana
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Satavahana
28. Which Chinese general had defeated Kanishka? [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2003]
(A) Pan Chao
(B) Ban Yong
(C) She Huang Ti
(D) Ho-Ti
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Pan Chao
29. Which of following dynasty empire was expanded even outside of India? [Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Mains) 2006]
(A) Gupta dynasty
(B) Maurya dynasty
(C) Kushan dynasty
(D) None of the above
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Kushan dynasty
30. The institution of child marriage started in which period? [RAS/RTS (Pre) (Re. Exam) 2000]
(A) Maurya period
(B) Kushan period
(C) Gupta period
(D) In the time of Harshavardhan
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Kushan period
31. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? [IAS (Pre) 2001 Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2008]
(A) Harappan Civilisation - Painted Grey Ware
(B) The Kushans - Gandhara School of Art
(C) The Mughals - Ajanta Paintings
(D) The Marathas - Pahari School of Painting
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) The Kushans - Gandhara School of Art
32. Art of Gandhara style flourished during the reign of [38th BPSC (Pre) 1992]
(A) Kushans
(B) Guptas
(C) Akbar
(D) Mauryas
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Kushans
33. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016]
List - I List - II
(Dynasties) (Metals of coin)
(A) Kushanas - Gold and Copper
(B) Gupta - Gold and Silver
(C) Satavahanas - Gold
(D) Kalachuris - Gold, Silver and Copper
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Satavahanas - Gold
34. Bamiyan of Afghanistan was famous for [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008]
(A) Hindu temple
(B) Work of elephant teeth
(C) Gold coin of coinage
(D) Buddha statue
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Buddha statue
35. The art style which combines Indian and Greek feature is called [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993, 2008]
(A) Sikhar
(B) Vera
(C) Gandhara
(D) Nagara
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Gandhara
36. The Gandhara School of art is the synthesis of [UPPCS (Pre) 1996]
(A) Indian and Persian Art
(B) Indian and Chinese Art
(C) Indian and Turk-Afghan Art
(D) Indian and Greek Art
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Indian and Greek Art
37. Which one of the following sculptures invariably used green schist as the medium? [IAS (Pre) 1996]
(A) Mauryan sculptures
(B) Mathura sculptures
(C) Bharhut sculptures
(D) Gandhara sculptures
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Gandhara sculptures
38. With reference to the invaders in ancient India, which one of the following is the correct chronological order? [IAS (Pre) 2006]
(A) Greeks - Sakas - Kushanas
(B) Greeks - Kushanas - Sakas
(C) Sakas - Greeks - Kushanas
(D) Sakas - Kushanas - Greeks
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Greeks - Sakas - Kushanas
39. First Persian ruler who captured some part of India was [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1994]
(A) Cyrus
(B) Cambyses
(C) Darius-I
(D) Shaharsh
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Darius-I
40. Which among the following was the earliest dynasty? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001]
(A) Chalukya
(B) Pallava
(C) Rashtrakut
(D) Satavahana
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Satavahana
41. Which Purana consists of the longest list of Andra Satavahana Kings? [Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Mains) 2006]
(A) Vayu Purana
(B) Vishnu Purana
(C) Matsya Purana
(D) None of the above
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Matsya Purana
42. The capital of the Satavahanas was located at [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
(A) Amaravati
(B) Nanded
(C) Naldurg
(D) Durg
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Amaravati
43. Which of the following places was the capital of Satvahanas? [UP Lower (Spl)(Pre) 2008]
(A) Pratisthan
(B) Nagarjuna Konda
(C) Shakal or Sialkot
(D) Pataliputra
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Pratisthan
44. For which of the following rulers ‘Ekabrahmana’ has been used? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016]
(A) Pushyamitra Shunga
(B) Kharavela
(C) Gautamiputra Shatakarni
(D) Susharman
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Gautamiputra Shatakarni
45. King Kharavela is related to [43rd BPSC (Pre) 1999]
(A) Piller inscription of Girnar
(B) Piller inscription of Junagarh
(C) Hathigumpha inscription
(D) Sarnath inscription
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Hathigumpha inscription
46. Which of the following Kings was a Patron of Jainism? [UPPSC (RI) 2014]
(A) Ashoka
(B) Harsha
(C) Pulakeshin II
(D) Kharavela
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Kharavela
47. The King of Kalinga Kharavela was related to which of the following dynasty? [UPPCS (Mains) 2015 UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008]
(A) Chedi
(B) Kadamba
(C) Kalinga
(D) Haryanka
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Chedi
48. Kalinga’s King Kharvel was associated with [Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019 60th to 62nd BPSC (Pre) 2016]
(A) Mahameghvahana dynasty
(B) Chedi dynasty
(C) Satvahana dynasty
(D) Rath-Bhojak dynasty
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Mahameghvahana dynasty
49. Who among the following kings had heavily leaned towards Jainism? [48th to 52nd BPSC (Pre) 2008]
(A) Dashratha
(B) Brihadratha
(C) Kharavela
(D) Huvishka
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Kharavela
50. Which field was mostly contributed by Eastern Roman ruler Justinian? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1994]
(A) Law
(B) Architecture
(C) Science
(D) Literature
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Law
51. Consider the following name of contemporaries of Kanishka and select the correct answer from code given below. [UPPCS (Pre) 1994]
1. Ashvaghosha
2. Vasumitra
3. Kalidas
4. Kamban
Code
(A) 1 and 4
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 2
(D) All of these
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) 1 and 2
52. Read these statements. Assertion (A): Kushans traded through Gulf of Persian and Red sea.
Reason (R): Their well organised naval force base was highly qualified.
In context to the above which is the correct answer? [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998]
Code
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
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