By: D.K Choudhary
Question (1) Between which was the ancient town of Takshasila located?
Ans:- Indus and Jhelum.
Question (2) Where did Lord Buddha breathe hist last (Mahaparinirvan)?
Ans:- Kushinagar.
Question (3) Which historical personality of India is also known as Vishnugupta?
Ans:- Chanakya.
Question (4) Which was the most famous educational centre during the period of Mauryan age?
Ans:- Taxila.
Question (5) Who taught the doctrine of Shunyata (Shunyavad)?
Ans:- Nagarjuna.
Question (6) At which university did Chinese traveller Hiuen-Tsang studied?
Ans:- Nalanda University.
Question (7) The religious literature of the Jains at the early stage was written in which language?
Ans:- Ardhamagadhi.
Question (8) In which state was the Nalanda University located in India?
Ans:- Bihar.
Question (9) The people of the Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of which thing?
Ans:- pucca bricks.
Question (10) Which Indus Civilization site gives evidence of a dockyard?
Ans:- Lothal.
Question (11) The Government of India has decided to declare river as ‘National River’?
Ans:- Ganga.
Question (12) The battle of Mahabharata is believed to have been foughts at Kurukshetra for how many days?
Ans:- 18 days.
Question (13) In ancient India, at where was the earliest capital of Magadha kingdom?
Ans:- Rajgir.
Question (14) By the time of which ruler was Gautama Buddha elevated to the position of God?
Ans:- Kanishka.
Question (15) Who was a contemporary of Alexander, the Great?
Ans:- Chandragupt Maurya.
Question (16) Which was the monk who influenced ashoka to embrace Buddhism?
Ans:- Upa Gupta.
Question (17) Timur, the Lame invaded India during the reign of which ruler?
Ans:- Mohammad Shah Tughlaq.
Question (18) Where was the seat of the first Republic of the world in 6th century BC?
Ans:- Vaishali.
Question (19) By which ruler was Pataliputra chosen for the first time as a capital?
Ans:- Udayin.
Question (20) By whom was the first republic of the world established in Vaishali?
Ans:- Lichhavi.
Question (21) Lothal is a site where dockyard of which of the following civilization were found?
Ans:- Indus Valley.
Question (22) Panini, the first Grammarian of Sanskrit language in India, lived during which century?
Ans:- 6th-5th Century BC.
Question (23) Which is the God who is the most prominent in ‘Rigaveda’?
Ans:- Indra.
Question (24) In which language was the ‘Shrimad Bhagavad Gita’ originally written?
Ans:- Sanskrit.
Question (25) Who was the first European to designate Aryan as a race?
Ans:- Max Muller.
Question (26) Which Veda contains an account of magical charms and spells?
Ans:- Atharvaveda.
Question (27) In the kingdom of Satavahanas of ancient India, what was a district called?
Ans:- Ahara.
Question (28) The greatest development in the Kushana period was in which field?
Ans:- Art.
Question (29) A Buddhist Council during the reign of Kanishka was held at which place?
Ans:- Kashmir.
Question (30) Which dynasty was associated with Gandhara school of Art?
Ans:- Kushans.
Question (31) Which Sultan of Delhi was refused an audience by Nizamuddin Auliya?
Ans:- Jalaluddin Firoz Khalji.
Question (32) Which Indian king defeated Seleucus, the administrator of Sindh and Afghanistan appointed by Alexander?
Ans:- Chandragupta.
Question (33) Where was a copper chariot of Harappa times was discovered?
Ans:- At Daimabad.
Question (34) Where has Rock cut architecture in Harappan culture context been found?
Ans:- At Dholavira.
Question (35) Which Mahajanapada was situated on the bank of river Godawari?
Ans:- Assaka.
Question (36) Which dynasty was ruling over North India at the time of Alexander’s invasion?
Ans:- Nanda.
Question (37) Who presided over the Buddhist Council held during the reign of Kanishka at Kashmir?
Ans:- Vasumitra.
Question (38) The ‘Paditrupputtu’ is a collection of poems in the praise of which king?
Ans:- Chera.
Question (39) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi to which place?
Ans:- Daulatabad.
Question (40) Who was the first woman ruler of medieval India?
Ans:- Razia Sultan.
Question (41) Who deciphered the Brahmi inscription of Ashoka first time?
Ans:- James Princep.
Question (42) Kautilya’s ‘Arthashastra’ deals with the aspects of which policies?
Ans:- Political policies.
Question (43) By which was Yavanika (Curtain) introduced in Indian theatre?
Ans:- Greeks.
Question (44) At which place was the headless statue of Kanishka found?
Ans:- Mathura.
Question (45) In which year was the Harappan Civilization discovered?
Ans:- 1921
Question (46) Where has the largest concentration of Harappan sites been found?
Ans:- Ghaggar-Hakra.
Question (47) Where has the world’s largest monolithic statue of Buddha been installed?
Ans:- Bamiyan.
Question (48) Where is the Shrine of Hazarat Nizamuddin Auliya is situated?
Ans:- Delhi.
Question (49) Which were the patrons of Sangam, an assembly of Tamil poets?
Ans:- Pandya.
Question (50) Who was the author of ‘Kural’ or ‘Muppal’, a treatise on polity, ethics and social norms,?
Ans:- Tiruvalluvar.
Question (51) Which is called ‘The Bible of Tamil Land’?
Ans:- Kural.
Question (52) Which Chola ruler converted the Bay of Bengal into a ‘Chela lake’?
Ans:- Rajendra I
Question (53) Where is the famous Idol of Gomteshwar and famous jain temple situated?
Ans:- Sravanbelgola.
Question (54) Which one of the Chola kings conquered Ceylon (Sinhal) first?
Ans:- Rajaraja I
Question (55) By whom was the ‘Ramayan’ the Tamil version of the great epic Ramayana made?
Ans:- Kamban.
Question (56) Which one of the Chola Kings conquered Ceylon?
Ans:- Rajendra I
Question (57) Which sources of Islam is associated with the teachings of Prophet Mohammad?
Ans:- Quran.
Question (58) The decimal system was first known in India at the beginning of which century?
Ans:- 5th Century AD.
Question (59) The first major inscription in classical Sanskrit is that of which king?
Ans:- Rudradaman.
Question (60) Which is considered an encyclopedia of Indian Medicine?
Ans:- Charaka Samhita.
Question (61) In India, who was the first to put forward the theory that the earth revolves round the sun?
Ans:- Aryabhatta.
Question (62) Who constructed the world famous Jagannath Temple at Puri?
Ans:- Anantvarman.
Question (63) The Laxman Era was started (in 1119 AD) by which dynasty?
Ans:- Sens.
Question (64) Which Rajputa king defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first time?
Ans:- Prithviraj III
Question (65) Where did the Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval period?
Ans:- Bhubaneswar.
Question (66) Which religion was patronised by Rashtrakutas?
Ans:- Jainism.
Question (67) The Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti came to Rajasthan during the reign of which ruler?
Ans:- Prithviraj Chauhan.
Question (68) Amir Khusrau played a pioneer rule in the development of which thing?
Ans:- Khari Boli.
Question (69) Who was the founder of Pattini cult related to worship of goddess of chastity-Kannagi?
Ans:- Sengattuvan.
Question (70) Samudragupta has been given the title of ‘Indian Napolean’ by which historian?
Ans:- V. A. Smith.
Question (71) The decimal numeral system, including the concept of zero was invented in India during which dynasty?
Ans:- Gupta.
Question (72) In which century did the famous Chinese pilgrim Fahien visit India?
Ans:- 5th century AD.
Question (73) Who witnessed the reign of seven Sultans of Delhi?
Ans:- Amir Khusarau.
Question (74) Which Delhi Sultan is known for introducing market control mechanism?
Ans:- Alauddin Khalji.
Question (75) Who was known as Tuti-e-Hindustan (the parrot of India)?
Ans:- Amir Khusrau.
Question (76) Which Sultan of Delhi was known as Lakh Bakhsh (giver of Lakhs)?
Ans:- Qutubuddin Aibak.
Question (77) Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?
Ans:- Mahmud Shah Tughlaq.
Question (78) In whose court was a Chinese embassy sent by Tang emperor?
Ans:- Harshavardhana.
Question (79) Vikramasila Mahavihara was established by the ruler of which dynasty?
Ans:- Pal Dynasty.
Question (80) Who is well known for his contribution in the field of Algebra?
Ans:- Bhaskara.
Question (81) Who founded four mathas in the four comers of India?
Ans:- Shankaracharya.
Question (82) Which was the South Indian state famous for its naval power?
Ans:- Cholas.
Question (83) Rath temples at Mahabalipuram were built in the reign of which Pallava ruler?
Ans:- Narasinghvarman I
Question (84) Who were the ashta-diggaja in the court of Krishnadeva Raya?
Ans:- Eight telugu poets.
Question (85) Which philosophical system was founded by Vallabhacharya?
Ans:- Suddhadvaita.
Question (86) Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor?
Ans:- Jahangir.
Question (87) Who was the Hindu saint to have as disciple both Hindus and Muslims?
Ans:- Sri Chaitanya.
Question (88) Who was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message?
Ans:- Ramananda.
Question (89) Which sequence indicates the correct chronological order?
Ans:- Sankaracharya-Ramanuja-Chaitanya.
Question (90) Who was the most radia of the Bhakti Saints?
Ans:- Kabir.
Question (91) The Prayage Prasasti/Allahabad Pillar Inscription is associated with which dynasty?
Ans:- Samudragupta.
Question (92) The silver coins of the Gupta period were known by which name?
Ans:- Rupyaka.
Question (93) During which Gupta king’s reign did the chinese traveller Fahien visit India?
Ans:- Chandragupta II
Question (94) Which king of the Gupta Dynasty was called the’ Napolean of India’?
Ans:- Samudragupta.
Question (95) Which Bahmani ruler built the famous Gol Gumbaj at Bijapur?
Ans:- Muhammd Adil Shah.
Question (96) Sufi Kalam, a type of devotional music, is the characteristic of which state?
Ans:- Kashmir.
Question (97) Which ruler of Vijayanagar had sent his embassy to the emperor of China?
Ans:- Bukka I
Question (98) When Babur invaded India who was the ruler of Vijayanagara empire in South India?
Ans:- Krishnadeva Raya.
Question (99) The Bahmanis of the Deccan rose to prominence in which century?
Ans:- 14th century.
Question (100) Which region of India was ruled by Sultan Zainul Abidin?
Ans:- Kashmir.
