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This set of Early India- State to Empire Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Early India State To Empire Set 7

Q1 | The Hinayanists followed the original teachings of ………….. withoutany fundamental change.
  • islam
  • jainism
  • hinduism
  • buddhism
Q2 | The ……………. are a collection of philosophical texts which form thetheoretical basis for theHindu religion.
  • upanishads
  • rigveda
  • yajuveda
  • samaveda
Q3 | The term ‘Gahapathi’ occurs in the …………….. literature in the senseof the head of a household.
  • vedic literature
  • sangam literature
  • buddhist
  • jain literature
Q4 | The …………… ‘Anguttara Nikaya’ describes the society consisting ofthree states; Brahmana, Kshatriya and Gahapathi.
  • budhist
  • vedic
  • sangam
  • jain
Q5 | The word ‘Gramani’ appears in both …………. and early Pali literature.
  • vedic
  • sangam literature
  • buddhist
  • jain literature
Q6 | ‘Vanik’ is the ………….. word for the traders in ancient India.
  • hindi
  • malayalam
  • urudu
  • sanskrit
Q7 | The French Revolution was in the year of ..................
  • 1789
  • 1798
  • 1879
  • 1898
Q8 | The original belief that one who is sick cannot cure others came to beradically transformed by the bodhisattva ideal, which appeared in the later phase of Buddhism known as …………….
  • mahayana buddhism
  • hinayana buddhism
  • swedambaras
  • digambaras
Q9 | Magadha has risen to authority during the reigns of Bimbisara (544 to491 BC) and his son Ajatashatru (491 to 460 BC) of ……. Dynasty.
  • shishunaga
  • nanda
  • mauryan
  • gupta
Q10 | Bimbisara ruled his domain from the city of Rajagriha, now known asRajgir, near Gaya in the state of ………………...
  • bihar
  • bengal
  • assam
  • orissa
Q11 | ……………..was the last powerful king of Shishunaga Dynasty whoestablished a fort at Pataliputra now known as Patna.
  • ajatashatru
  • dharmakirti
  • asoka
  • bindusara
Q12 | Udayan was the last noticeable but not so powerful king of ………..
  • magadha
  • kasi
  • kosala
  • vrjji
Q13 | The Nandas were the successors of the ……………...
  • sisunagas
  • nanda
  • pala
  • sena
Q14 | The founder of the …………. dynasty was Mahapadma Nanda.
  • pala
  • sisunagas
  • mauryan
  • nanda
Q15 | Mahapadma Nanda was described as the son of the last ……… kingMahanandin by a sudra woman.
  • sisunaga
  • nanda
  • gupta
  • sena
Q16 | The last of ruler of the Nanda dynasty was ………….., a contemporaryof Alexander.
  • chandragupta maurya
  • mahapadma nanda
  • dhana nanda
  • mortimer wheeler
Q17 | ……… who overthrew the Nanda dynasty with the help of a craftyBrahmin statesman, Kautilya.
  • chandragupta maurya
  • asoka
  • aswaghosha
  • nagarjuna
Q18 | Maurya Dynasty was ruled into the state of Magadha from the capital
  • nalanda
  • pataliputra
  • vidramasila
  • kapilavastu
Q19 | The Mauryan dynasty had disintegrated in ………… by PushyamitraSunga.
  • 175 bc
  • 185 bc
  • 189 bc
  • 195 bc
Q20 | ………………. is an important treatise on the polity and administrationof the Mauryan times written by Kautilya who was also known as Chanakya.
  • arthasastra
  • indica
  • harsha charitha
  • si yu ki
Q21 | ……… was a friend, guide and philosopher to Chandra Gupta Maurya.
  • kautilya
  • athula
  • nagarjuna
  • vasubandhu
Q22 | ‘Indica’ is the accounts on India prepared by …………….
  • chandragupta maurya
  • megasthenese
  • seleucus nikethor
  • kautilya
Q23 | Megasthenese stayed at the …………… court and noted down hisreflections on the then Indian society.
  • mauryan
  • gupta
  • vijayanagara
  • bhamini
Q24 | The Brahmi script which was a riddle for a long time was decipheredby ……………… in 1837.
  • james princep
  • mortimer wheeler
  • john marshal
  • w.c.banerji
Q25 | James Princep was a civil servant of the English East India Companyin ………….. and the secretary of the Asiatic society.
  • bengal
  • bihar
  • orissa
  • ahmmedabad