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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