R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | History MCQ Questions on Ancient History Art And Culture Set 1

Which of the following Kushan kings, who assumed the title “the Lord of the Whole World”?

1. Kadphises I
2. . Kadphises II
3. Kanishka
4. Huvishka

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following metals was not known during the Indus Valley Civilization?

1. Iron
2. Gold
3. Copper
4. Silver

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following is regarded by historians as a crucial stage in describing the progress of civilization?

1. Writing
2. The discovery of fire
3. Agriculture
4. The use of internet

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following play is set in the ancient city of Ujjayini during the reign of the King Palaka?

1. Mrcchakatika
2. Raghuvansa
3. Sri Adi Kala
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who was the ruler of the kingdom between the rivers Jhelum and Chenab?

1. Alexander the Great
2. Darius III
3. King Porus
4. Chandragupta Maurya

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which among the following is a place in Larkana district of Sind province in Pakistan?

1. Alamgirpur
2. Harappa
3. Rangapur
4. Mohenjo-Daro

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who was the author of Telugu Work Amuktamalyada?

1. Harihara
2. Devaraya
3. Krishnadevaraya
4. Bukka

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which among the following is a place in Larkana district of Sind province in Pakistan?

1. Alamgirpur
2. Harappa
3. Rangapur
4. Mohenjo-Daro

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which among the following is a place in Larkana district of Sind province in Pakistan?

1. Alamgirpur
2. Harappa
3. Rangapur
4. Mohenjo-Daro

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who was the author of Telugu Work Amuktamalyada?

1. Harihara
2. Devaraya
3. Krishnadevaraya
4. Bukka

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The greatest Chola king in the dynasty of the Cholas of Thanjavur was

1. Parantaka
2. Rajaraja-I
3. Rajendra-I
4. Kulottunga

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Idol of dancing girl (Bronze) is found in which of the following civilzation?

1. Mesopotamian Civilization
2. Indus Valley Civilization
3. Persian Civilization
4. Egyptian Civilization

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the historical literary sources of Ancient India?, I. The ‘Puranas’ serves as a source of historical facts of ancient India. There are eighteen Puranas. They provide historical information of various dynasties., II. According to Dr. R.C. Majumdar, the war occurred in 1000 B.C. Apart from the Kurukshetra war, the Mahabharata contains various accounts of social life and religious thinking of the people of ancient India

1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Both I and II
4. Neither I nor II

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The words Satyameva Jayate in the State Emblem adopted by the Government of India have been taken from which Upanishad?

1. Aitareya Upanishad
2. Mundaka Upanishad
3. Adhyatma Upanishad
4. Prasna Upanishad

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the Dharmasutras and the Smritis? ,I. Texts were considered as the rules and regulations for the general public and for the rulers.,II. Dharmasutras and the Smritis can also be termed in the modern concept as the constitution and law books for the ancient Indian polity and society

1. Only I
2. I and II
3. Both I ; II
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who established the four monasteries Sringeri, Badrinath, Dwarka & Puri?

1. Ramanuj
2. Ashoka
3. Shankaracharya
4. Madhav Vidhyaranya

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who established the four monasteries Sringeri, Badrinath, Dwarka & Puri? Ashoka

1. Ramanuj
2. Ashoka
3. Shankaracharya
4. Madhav Vidhyaranya

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one of the following was an important Port of the eastern coast during Gupta period?

1. Kalyan
2. Devaraya
3. Krishnadevaraya
4. Bukka

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The greatest Chola king in the dynasty of the Cholas of Thanjavur was

1. Parantaka
2. Rajaraja-I
3. Rajendra-I
4. Kulottunga

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Idol of dancing girl (Bronze) is found in which of the following civilzation?

1. Mesopotamian Civilization
2. Indus Valley Civilization
3. Persian Civilization
4. Egyptian Civilization

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the historical literary sources of Ancient India?, I. The ‘Puranas’ serves as a source of historical facts of ancient India. There are eighteen Puranas. They provide historical information of various dynasties., II. According to Dr. R.C. Majumdar, the war occurred in 1000 B.C. Apart from the Kurukshetra war, the Mahabharata contains various accounts of social life and religious thinking of the people of ancient India

1. Only I
2. . Only II
3. Both I and II
4. Neither I nor II

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The words Satyameva Jayate in the State Emblem adopted by the Government of India have been taken from which Upanishad?

1. Aitareya Upanishad
2. Mundaka Upanishad
3. Adhyatma Upanishad
4. Prasna Upanishad

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following Indian literature is the earliest known works?

1. Puranas
2. Rig Vedas
3. Sama Vedas
4. Rajtrangini

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In India, Ancient Iron Age is attached with

1. Gray pottery
2. Black and Red Pottery
3. Ocher Coloured Pottery
4. Northern Black Polish Pottery

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Ashoka sent missionaries to

1. China and Kashmir
2. Tibet and Ceylon
3. Tibet and China
4. Kashmir and Ceylon

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which among the following is the oldest dynasty?

1. Maurya
2. Gupta
3. Kushan
4. Kanva

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which among the following is the oldest dynasty?

1. Maurya
2. Gupta
3. Kushan
4. Kanva

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which among the following book based on the exploits of Yasovarman of Kanauj?

1. Rajatarangini
2. Gaudavaho
3. Malavikagnimitram
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who was the founder of the Kanva dynasty?

1. Suserman
2. Vishnusarma
3. Vassudeva
4. Vasumitra

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who was the founder of Vikramshila Vihar?

1. Dharmapala
2. Gopala
3. Nagpala
4. Mahipala

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Bagh painting of Gupta Empire was found in which of the following Indian states?

1. Bihar
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Chattisgarh
4. Maharashtra

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which emperor wrote the play ‘Nagananda’ in Sanskrit language?

1. Prabhakara vardhana
2. Harshavardhana
3. Chandragupta II
4. Bindusara

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following books is based on Astrology?

1. Romak Siddhanta
2. Aryabhattiya
3. Hora Shastra
4. Brahma Siddhanta

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which Veda deals with magical hymn or charms of spell?

1. Rigveda
2. Samveda
3. Atharvaveda
4. Yajurveda

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Harihara Raya I who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1336-1356 belonged to which dynasty?

1. Sangama Dynasty
2. Saluva Dynasty
3. Tuluva Dynasty
4. Aravidu Dynasty

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Tuluva Narasa who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1491-1503 belonged to which dynasty?

1. Sangama Dynasty
2. Saluva Dynasty
3. Tuluva Dynasty
4. Aravidu Dynasty

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the

1. Chhandogyopanishad
2. Mundakopanishad
3. Kathopanishad
4. Kenopanishad

✅ Correct Answer: 3

How many spokes are there in the Dharma Chakra of the National flag?

1. 22
2. 18
3. 24
4. 14

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Champa was the capital of which one of the following Mahajanapadas in Ancient India?

1. Anga
2. Magadha
3. Vajji
4. Kasi

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Satavahana dynasty originated from?

1. South of Arawali
2. South of Vindhya
3. South of Satpura
4. South of Satmola

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Satavahana dynasty originated from?

1. South of Arawali
2. South of Vindhya
3. South of Satpura
4. South of Satmola

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The Ajanta Paintings belong to the

1. Harappan period
2. Mauryan period
3. Buddhist period
4. Gupta period

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following statement is/ are correct?,I. In the 326 BC Alexander invaded India.,II. Ambhi, king of Taxila welcomed Alexander and his men,III. Alexander died in 332 BC

1. All are correct
2. Only I III
3. Only I II
4. II III

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Whose achievements are recorded in the Allahabad Pillar inscription?

1. Chandragupta Maurya
2. Samudra Gupta
3. Vikramaditya
4. Skand Gupta

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The land measures of the Second Pandyan Empire was mentioned in

1. Thalavaipuram Copper Plates
2. Uttirameru Inscription
3. Kudumiyammalai Inscription
4. Kasadudi Copper Plates

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

1. Hoyasalas : Dwarasamudra
2. Kakatiyas : Warangal
3. Pallavas : Devagir
4. Chalukyas : Kalyani

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched?

1. Samaveda Samhita – Origins of Indian music
2. Atharvaveda Samhita – Origins of Indian medicine
3. Rigveda Samhita – Earliest prose
4. Yajurveda Samhita – Origins of rituals

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched?

1. Samaveda Samhita – Origins of Indian music
2. Atharvaveda Samhita – Origins of Indian medicine
3. Rigveda Samhita – Earliest prose
4. Yajurveda Samhita – Origins of rituals

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following cities was founded by Krishandevaraya?

1. Warangal
2. Nagalpura
3. Udayagiri
4. Chandragiri

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which Rashtrakuta ruler built the famous Kailash temple of Shiva at Ellora?

1. Dantidurga
2. Amoghvarsha
3. Krishna I
4. Vatsraja

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who composed the Allahabad Pillar inscription?

1. Harisena
2. Mahasena
3. Veerasena
4. Vishnusena

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The eighth-century tripartite power struggle was among which of the following?

1. Cholas Rastrakutas and Yadavas
2. Chalukyas Pallavas and Pandyas
3. Cholas Pandyas and Chalukyas
4. Chalukyas Pallavas and Yadavas

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is the ancient name of river Satulaj?

1. Askini
2. Vitasta
3. Shutodri
4. Parushni

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who has given the treatise on the rule of the Pandyan kingdom by Pandala a daughter of Herakles?

1. Megasthenes
2. Kautilya
3. Banabhatt
4. Kalidas

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who among the following wrote commentaries on Harshavardhana’s administration and the court life in Kannauj?

1. AI-Beruni
2. Fa-Hien
3. Hiuen-Tsang
4. Ibn Batutah

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Assertion (A): The Kushanas issued a large number of gold coins. ,Reason (R): The period was marked by flourishing trade

1. Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
2. Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
3. A is true but R is false
4. A is false but R is true

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who wrote the famous Kural which in verse deals with many aspects of life and religion?

1. Bhartrihari
2. Bana
3. Magha
4. Thiruvalluvar

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who among the following wrote the Kural, which deals with many aspects of life and religion?

1. Thiruvalluvar
2. Ayaikar
3. Shankracharya
4. Rishi Agasta

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following Gupta emperors is represented his coins as playing the lute or Veena? A. B. Chandragupta-II C. D.

1. Chandragupta-I
2. Chandragupta-II
3. Samudragupta
4. Skandagupta

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The system of philosophy with which the name of Kapila is prominently associated is

1. Purva Mimamsa
2. Sankhya
3. Nyaya
4. Uttara Mimamsa

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following Vedas is not a part of Vedatrayi?

1. Rig Veda
2. Yajur Veda
3. Sama Veda
4. Atharva Veda

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Choose the correct option,I. Dharmpala was the founder of the Pala Empire.,II. Mihir Bhoja belongs to Pratihar dynasty.,III. Mihir bhoja was the devotee of Lord KRISHNA

1. Only I II
2. Only I III
3. Only II
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who was the founder of Pataliputra?

1. Bimbisara
2. Ajatashatru
3. Udayin
4. Kanishka

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Taxila University was located between which two rivers?

1. Indus and Jhelum
2. Jhelum and Ravi
3. Beas and Indus
4. Satluj and Indus

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Bimbisara was succeeded by

1. Ashoka
2. Ajatashatru
3. Vasudeva
4. Chandragupta Maurya

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following statement is/are correct?,I. Panini’s Ashtadhyayi, book on grammar in eight chapters is the final culmination of this excellent art of writing in sutra (precepts) in which every chapter is precisely interwoven.,II. The Brahmanas elaborates vedic caste system of the society

1. Only I .
2. . Both I ; II
3. . Both I ; II
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Chola Empire was divided into

1. Mandalams Nadu Kurram ; Valanadu
2. Mandalams Nadu Malkhand ; Avanti
3. Mandalams Bhoomi Avanti ;Valanadu
4. Mandalams Nadu Kurram ; Malkhand

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which is known as book of Melody?

1. Rigveda
2. Samveda
3. Atharvaveda
4. Yajurveda

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The Veda, which is partly a prose work, is

1. Atharvaveda
2. Samaveda
3. Yajurveda
4. Rigveda

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which symbol shows renunciation of Gautam Buddha?

1. Lotus
2. Bull
3. Elephant
4. Horse

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The famous rock-cut temple of Kailasa is at

1. Ajanta
2. Badami
3. Ellora
4. Elephanta

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which statement (s) is/are correct about Ancient Indian literature? ,I. Brahmanas and Aryankas followed by philosophical doctrines of Upanishads,II. Brahmanas are contains detailed explanation about Vedic literature and instructions

1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Both I ; II
4. Neither I nor II

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which museum houses the largest collection Kushan sculptures?

1. Mathura Museum
2. Bombay Museum
3. Madras Museum
4. Delhi Museum

✅ Correct Answer: 1

On which of the following systems of Hindu Philosophy , Shankaracharya wrote commentary in 9th century AD?

1. Sankhya
2. Vaisheshika
3. Yoga
4. Uttarmimansa

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is true regarding the Aryan Economy?,I. Aryans, crossed the nomadic stage.,II. Lion, elephants, & Boar were not known to them.,III. Coins were known to them

1. Only I
2. II III
3. I III
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1