Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to
(1) Vishnu                (2) Shiva
(3) Brahma               (4) Durga

In the Gupta period, the largest number of coins were issued in
(1) gold                    (2) silver
(3) copper                (4) iron

The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called–
(1) Bali                                                                  (2) Vidatha
(3) Varman                                                            (4) Kara

Buddha preached his first sermon at–

(1) Gaya                    (2) Sarnath
(3) Pataliputra            (4) Vaishali

‘Charak’ was the famous court physician of
(1) Harsha
(2) Chandra Gupta Maurya
(3) Ashoka                           (4) Kanishka

Great Stupa at Sanchi is in
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Arunachal Pradesh
(4) Andhra Pradesh

Which one of the following stages of the life of man in Aryan Society, in ascending order of age, is correct?
(1) Brahmacharya – Grihastha –Vanaprastha – Sanyasa                                                                    (2) Grihastha – Brahmacharya –Vanaprastha – Sanyasa
(3) Brahmacharya – Vanaprastha– Sanyasa – Grihastha
(4) Grihastha – Sanyasa –Vanaprastha – Brahmacharya

Harappa is situated on the bank of the river :
(1) Ganga                           (2) Ravi
(3) Yamuna                         (4) Sindhu

Who was the Chola king who brought Ganga from North to South?
(1) Raja Raja Chola
(2) Mahendra
(3) Rajendra Chola
(4) Parantaka

What was Chandragupta II also known as?
(1) Samudra Gupta
(2) Skanda Gupta
(3) Vikramaditya
(4) Ranaa Gupta

That the Rig-Vedic Aryans were a pastoral people is borne out by the fact that
(1) There are many references to the cow in the Rig Veda
(2) Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows.
(3) Gifts made to priests were usually cows and not land
(4) All of the above