On This Page

This set of History of Early India Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on History Of Early India Set 3

Q1 | The first reference of varna system was found in
  • kavya
  • aranyaka
  • purana
  • purusha-sukta
Q2 | The …………. as priests and teachers claimed the highest status in society.
  • shudras
  • brahmins
  • kshatriyas
  • vyshyas
Q3 | The Jain tradition regards ………….. as the founder of Jainism.
  • rishaba
  • mahavira
  • sidharth
  • parswanath
Q4 | The 23rd Thirthankara was
  • parswanath
  • mahavira
  • sidharth
  • rishaba
Q5 | Parswanath was the fore- runner of
  • rishaba
  • mahavira
  • chandra gupta
  • sidharth
Q6 | Vardhamana Mahavira was born at
  • kundala
  • amaravati
  • rupar
  • pataliputra
Q7 | Vardhamana Mahavira was married to……
  • madhavi
  • yesodha
  • kannaki
  • saradha
Q8 | Vardhamana Mahavira attained Nirvana at
  • anga
  • pava
  • ujjain
  • kosala
Q9 | Who taught tri-ratnas.
  • mahavira
  • asoka
  • parswanath
  • sidharth
Q10 | Digambaras and Swethambaras are sections in the
  • hinduism
  • buddhism
  • jainism
  • zorastrianism
Q11 | After becoming a …….monk, Chandra Gupta Maurya attained Nirvana
  • jain
  • buddhist
  • hindu
  • parsi
Q12 | Gautama Buddha passed away at the age of 80 at
  • kapilavasthu
  • magadha
  • gaya
  • kusi nagara
Q13 | Buddha preached his followers the ……………. ‘Noble Truths’
  • 4
  • 6
  • 7
  • 9
Q14 | Buddhism spread far and wide under the patronage of ………
  • samudra gupta
  • chandra gupta maurya
  • bindusara
  • asoka
Q15 | The term ‘Gahapathi’ seen in the …………….. literature in the sense of the head of ahousehold.
  • vedic literature
  • sangam literature
  • buddhist
  • jain literature
Q16 | Magadha has risen to authority during the reigns of Bimbisara and Ajatashatru of ……. Dynasty.
  • shishunaga
  • nanda
  • mauryan
  • gupta
Q17 | Who overthrew the Nanda dynasty
  • chandragupta maurya
  • asoka
  • aswaghosha
  • nagarjuna
Q18 | ………………. is an important treatise on the administrationof the Mauryan times.
  • arthasastra
  • indica
  • harsha charitha
  • si yu ki
Q19 | ‘Indica’ is the accounts on India prepared by …………….
  • chandragupta maurya
  • megasthenese
  • seleucus nikethor
  • kautilya
Q20 | Megasthenese stayed at the …………… court of Pataliputra
  • mauryan
  • gupta
  • vijayanagara
  • bhamini
Q21 | The first attempt of Chandragupta towards political integration was his war with ………..
  • nagarjuna
  • aswaghosha
  • scleucus nikator
  • vasubandhu
Q22 | The institution of the Dharma Mahamatras was started by ………...
  • kumara gupta
  • megasthenes
  • samudra gupta
  • ashoka
Q23 | Policy of Dhamma is associated with
  • kumara gupta
  • chandragupta
  • samudra gupta
  • asoka
Q24 | Who appointed ‘Dharma Mahamatras’to propogate Dharma among the people
  • asoka
  • mortimer wheeler
  • megasthenes
  • bindusara
Q25 | Who conducted ‘Dharma Yathras’ to propagate Dharma.
  • asoka
  • megasthenes
  • chandragupta
  • samudra gupta