Ancient History TOP 50 most repeated MCQs

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

a) 22 

b) 18

c) 24

d) 14

 

22. From which modern State did the Alwar saints originate ?

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Kerala

c) Karnataka

d) Maharashtra

 

23. What is ‘Milindapanho’ ? –

a) A Buddhist place

b) One of the names of Buddha

c) A Buddhist Specimen of Art

d) A Buddhist text

 

24. Well preferred tree fossil supposed to be from Jurasic Age in India is reported from :

a) Pithauragarh

b) Chhattisgarh

c) Ramgarh

d) Bahadurgarh

 

25. What was Chandragupta II also known as ?

a) Samudra Gupta

b) Skanda Gupta

c) Vikramaditya

d) Ranaa Gupta

 

26. That the Rig-Vedic aryans were a pastoral people is borne out by the fact that

a) There are many references to the cow in the Rig Veda

b) Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows.

c) Gifts made to priests were usually cows and not land

d) All of the above

 

27. The Aryans succeeded in their conflicts with the pre-Aryans because

a) they used elephants on a large scale

b) they were taller and stronger

c) they were from an advanced urban culture

d) they used chariots driven by horses

 

28. The Chola kings were ruling over

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Andhra

c) Kerala

d) (4) Bengal

 

29. Coins made of metal first appeared in

a) Harappan Civilisation

b) Later Vedic Age

c) Age of the Buddha

d) Age of the Mauryas

 

30. Arrange the following Magadhan dynasties in chronological order:

I. Nandas II. Sisunagas

III.Mauryas IV. Haryankas

a) IV, II, III and I

b) II, I, IV and III

c) IV, II, I and III

d) III, I, IV and II