[MCQ]INDIAN HISTORY MCQs For WBCS Exam||Set 19

INDIAN HISTORY MCQs For WBCS Exam

Q.1

In which script were the edicts of Ashoka inscribed?

a) Brahmi 

b) Pali

c) Prakrit 

d) Sanskrit

Ans.b

Q.2

Pulakesin II was the most renowned king of

a) Cholas 

b) Chalukyas

c) Pallavas 

d) Cheras

Ans.b

Q.3

The Dilwara Temple was built by

a) Paramaras 

b) Palas

c) Chalukyas 

d) Chandellas

Ans.c

Q.4

The first sermon of Guatama Buddha was called

a) Turning of the Wheel of Law

b) Salvation through Meditation

c) Ascerticism was not the Path to Salvation

d) God was not essential to the Universe

Ans.a

Q.5

Kautilya’s ‘Arthasastra’ is a great treatise on

a) Economic Policy 

b) Ethics

c) Morality 

d) Statecraft

Ans.d

Q.6

Arrange the following places associated with Buddha’s life in the correct sequence:

a) Kapilvastu, Bodh Gaya, Sarnath,, Kushinagar

b) Bodh Gaya, Kapilvastu, Sarnath, Kushinagar

c) Sarnath, Kushinagar, Kapilvastu, Bodh Gaya

d) Kushinagar, Sarnath, Kapilvastu, Bodh Gaya

Ans.a

Q.7

Who built the stupa at Sanchi?

a) Kanishka 

b) Harshavardhana

c) Ashoka 

d) Samudragupta

Ans.c

Q.8

Who, among the following, was sent by Ashoka to Ceylon to preach Buddhism?

a) Pushmitra 

b) Kautilya

c) Mahendra 

d) Banabhatta

Ans.c

Q.9

Who, among the following, is credited with the invention of Algebra?

a) Bhaskra 

b) Apastamba

c) Aryabhatta 

d) Medhatithi

Ans.c

Q.10

Whose court did the Chinese pilgrim Huan Tsang visit?

a) Ashoka 

b) Harshvardhana

c) Chandragupta 

d) Vikramaditya

Ans.b

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