Early India State To Empire Set 7
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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