Prince Ellara conquered Sri Lanka in the second century BC. With which of the following dynasties of Dravida ruler was he associated?
(1) Chera                                                   (2) Chola
(3) Pandya                                                (4) Pallava

Harshavardhana organized his religious assembly at
(1) Mathura                               (2) Prayag
(3) Varanasi                              (4) Tamralipt

Which of the following domesticated animals was absent in the terracottas of the Indus civilization?

(1) Buffalo                                          (2) Sheep
(3) Cow                                              (4) Pig

Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?
(1) Upanishad                              (2) Vedas
(3) Tripitaka                                  (4) Jatakas

The greatest development in the Kushana period was in the field of
(1) religion                                    (2) art
(3) literature                                 (4) architecture

Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
(1) Sri Gupta
(2) Chandragupta \(\mathrm{I}\)
(3) Ghatotkacha
(4) Kumaragupta \(\mathrm{I}\)

Which was the only Indus city without a citadel?
(1) Kalibangan                        (2) Harappa
(3) Mohenjodaro                     (4) Chanhudaro

Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at
(1) Pataliputra                         (2) Magadha

(3) Kalinga                               (4) Sarnath

The tutor of Alexander, the Great was
(1) Darius                     (2) Cyrus
(3) Socrates                 (4) Aristotle

Which of the following literary works belongs to classical Sanskrit literature?

(1) Dhammapada
(2) Vedas
(3) Meghadutam
(4) Dighanikaya

Who propounded the ‘Eight-Fold Path’ for the end of the misery of
mankind?
(1) Mahavir
(2) Gautam Buddha
(3) Adi Shankaracharya
(4) Kabir