The caste system of India was created for :
(1) immobility of labour
(2) recognition of the dignity of labour
(3) economic uplift

(4) occupational division of labour

Gautama Buddha was born at
(1) Kusinagar              (2) Sarnath
(3) Bodh Gaya            (4) Lumbini

Who was the mother of Mahavira?
(1) Yasoda                    (2) Anojja
(3) Chetaka                  (4) Devanandi

Of the following scholars, who was the first to discover the traces of the Harappan Civilisation?
(1) Sir John Marshall
(2) R. D. Baneji
(3) A. Cunningham
(4) Daya Ram Sahani

“Monolithic Rathas” of the Pallavas are found at
(1) Kanchipuram
(2) Puri
(3) Mahabalipuram
(4) Agra

The paintings of Ajanta depict the stories of
(1) Ramayana                         (2) Mahabharta
(3) Jataka                                (4) Panchatantra

Which is the port-town of Indus valley civilization?
(1) Kalibangan                           (2) Lothal
(3) Ropar                                   (4) Mohenjodaro

Poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
(1) Chandragupta Maurya
(2) Samudragupta
(3) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(4) Harsha

Which was the oldest University?
(1) Gandhara             (2) Kanauj
(3) Nalanda                (4) Vaishali

Who is called as the ‘Second Ashoka’?
(1) Samudra Gupta
(2) Chandra Gupta Maurya
(3) Kanishka
(4) Harshavardhana

The famous Kailasanath Temple at Kanchi was built by—
 1) Mahendravarman \(\mathrm{I}\)
(2) Narasimhavarman \(\mathrm{II}\)
(3) Nandivarman \(\mathrm{II}\)
(4) Dantivarman