All Questions page - 82

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

Kalibangan is situated in
(1) Uttar Pradesh           (2) Sindh
(3) Rajasthan                 (4) Gujarat

Bindusara sent Asoka to quell the rebellion in—
(1) Swarnagiri                 (2) Taxila
(3) Ujjain                         (4) Tosali

Mahabalipuram is an important city that reveals the interest in arts of
(1) Pallavas                                (2) Cheras
(3) Pandyas                               (4) Chalukyas

The Indus people knew the use of Weights and Measures, which is proved by the discovery of the

seal a —
(1) Kalibangan                    (2) Harappa
(3) Chanhudaro                  (4) Lothal

Which language was mostly used for the propagation of Buddhism?
(1) Sanskrit                           (2) Prakrit
(3) Pali                                  (4) Sauraseni

The Hoyasala’s capital was
(1) Warangal
(2) Devagiri
(3) Dwarasamudra
(4) Krishnagiri

Who, among the following, was not a part of the Mauryan dynasty?
(1) Ajatsatru
(2) Bindusara
(3) Chandragupta Maurya
(4) None of these

Sangam Age is associated with the history of
(1) Benaras             (2) Allahabad
(3) Tamil Nadu        (4) Khajuraho