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1. What symbol represents nirvana of Gautama Buddha?




2. Who presided First Buddhist Council?




3. The last Mauryan ruler, who was killed by his Commander in Chief was ?




4. Which of the following Chola kings was the first to capture Maldives?




5. What was the other name of Harshavardhana?




6. What was the ruling period of Chalukyas of Badami ?




7. The Bhamala Stupa, a ruined Buddhist Stupa, is located in which one of the following countries?




8. At which among the following places, the Dharma-Chakra Jina Vihara was constructed by Gahadavala Queen Kumaradevi?




9. Vidhushaka, a common character in Sanskrit drama is ?




10. Which among the following was the main occupation of Palaeolithic (Old stone) people?




11. In context of Mauryan administration, who was regarded as the ‘Chief treasury officer ?




12. Which of the following ancient Tamil Kingdoms came to be known from Sangam Literature?




13. Which among the following places in India where all the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic sites are found?




14. Who was the founder of Yoga philosophy?




15. Who among the following was contemporary of Pushyamitra Sunga?




16. Who wrote Malvikagnimitra?




17. Who among the following foreign traveller came to India during the reign of Chandragupta II?




18. Which of the following are the famous temples of Gupta empire?




19. Which of the following Pala Kings founded the Vikramshila University?




20. Yavanpriya in ancient Hindu Texts refers to which among the following?




21. Aihole is called the cradle of Indian temple architecture. Which among the following dynasty is related to the construction of magnificent temples in Aihole?




22. Shatapatha Brahmana belongs to which of the following Vedas?




23. What were the names of Asokas mother, wife & daughter?




24. which among the following sentence is incorrect about Rajadhiraja Chola I?




25. Who among the following was the most important divinity during the early Vedic era?




26. Who was the creator of Ravanabadha?




27. The ancient city of Raj Griha which is modern Rajgir near Patna was built by which of the following kings?




28. Who among the following belonged to Sakya clan of Kshatriyas?




29. Which of the following era or communities represent Jorwe culture?




30. Who among the following are not mentioned in Asokan Inscriptions?




31. At which of the following places Aphsad inscription has been found which gives account of later Guptas?




32. Who among the following had written Rajavalipataka ?




33. Which among the following best suits to Vajrasana?




34. The Bijak Inscription is related to which among the following kings?




35. Which among the following emperors introduced the two laws of Vyavahar Samta and Danda Samata?




36. Gandhara School of art is related to which of the following dynasties?




37. The Jorwe culture of ancient India has been named after site of the same name in which of the following states?




38. Which of the following is a correct statement about Indus Valley Civilization?




39. Which of the following terms describe the meaning of the term Aryan ?




40. Which of the following contains the procedure for the performance of sacrifices?




41. Which of the following were the religious sectarian literature of around 4th to 6th centuries?




42. In which year Chandragupta Maurya was born?




43. In which year, Ashoka, the Great was born?




44. According to Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa which of the following captured power after killing his ninety nine brothers?




45. Which of the following was the treasurer in the Mauryan administration?




46. The provinces of the Mauryan empire were further divided into divisions and were headed by which of the following?




47. Which of the following refers to tax paid only in cash during the Mauryan period?




48. On which of the following, the new material culture of the Gangetic basin was based?




49. Which of the following was a great center for the manufacturing of Shataka in the post-Mauryan times?




50. According to Mahavamsa and Dipavamsa, Ashoka was converted to Buddhism by which of the following?




51. In which Rock Edict Bheri Ghosha (war drum) replaced by Dhamma Ghosha?




52. Which of the following pillar edict is popularly known as the Delhi Topra pillar edict?




53. Which of the following is an example of rock cut architecture of the Mauryan period?




54. Which of the following kings founded the Shunga empire?




55. Which of the following was the second ruler of the Shunga dynasty?




56. The achievements of Gautamiputra Satkarni were described and eulogised after his death in which of the following inscriptions?




57. Which of the following period saw the emergence of rock-cut architecture?




58. In the Nashik inscription which of the following has been described as ekabamhana?




59. Which of the following kings integrated central Asia with north India as a part of a single empire?




60. Ramagupta was the son of which of the following kings?




61. Which of the following mentions fifteen types of slaves?




62. Which of the following poets described Harisena as powerful, truthful and bountiful, glorious, lofty, and a penetrating critic of ethical and economic compendia ?




63. Which of the following kings was the successor of the king Sarvavarmana?




64. Which of the following was the year of accession of Harsha Vardhana?




65. Which of the following kings usurped the throne of Kanauj after the death of Harsha?




66. The Pala kings were the followers of which of the following religions?




67. Which of the following Buddhist writer, was patronised by Dharmapala?




68. Which of the following kings founded the Thakuri dynasty?




69. Which of the following was the term used for those persons who sold themselves as slaves in times of famines to maintain themselves?




70. Which of the following Jain leader and author inaugurated a new era in Yoga literature?




71. Which of the following kings sent an expedition against the kingdom of Srivijaya?




72. During which period the beautiful temple of Surya at Modhera in the former Baroda state was constructed?




73. Which of the following kings made Haribhadra his spiritual preceptor?




74. Kandarya Mahadeva temple was constructed during which of the following period?




75. Which of the following authors wrote Dasavatara-charitam?




76. Which of the following probably meant extra cess over and above the fixed revenue of the state during the early medieval period?




77. Krishna II was succeeded by which of the following kings?




78. Vijayaditya II was succeeded by which of the following kings?




79. The temple of Virupaksha was constructed during the reign of which of the following king?