[MCQ]INDIAN HISTORY MCQs For WBCS Exam||Set 09

INDIAN HISTORY MCQs For WBCS Exam

Q.1

Puranas date back to the age of

a) Guptas 

b) Cholas

c) Mauryas 

d) Mughals

Ans.a

Q.2

Eighfold Path (Ashtmarg) for elimination of human misery was prescribed by

a) Mahavira 

b) Buddha

c) Jesus Christ 

d) Krishna

Ans.b

Q.3

Which language did Buddha preach in?

a) Pali 

b) Magadhi

c) Prakrit 

d) Sauraseni

Ans.a

Q.4

Original name of Lord Buddha was

a) Vardhamana 

b) Sidhartha

c) Kumara 

d) Bhodrabahu

Ans.b

Q.5

The last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha, was killed by

a) Pushuamitra 

b) Vishwamitra

c) Sangamitra 

d) Vishumitra

Ans.a

Q.6

Who is regarded as the greatest law giver of ancient India?

a) Megasthenes 

b) Panini

c) Manu 

d) Kautilya

Ans.c

Q.7

Buddha delivered his first sermon at which place

a) Sarnath 

b) Lumbini

c) Bodh Gaya 

d) Vaishali

Ans.a

Q.8

Ajanta caves were built during whose period?

a) Gupta 

b) Kushan

c) Maurya 

d) Chalukya

Ans.a

Q.9

Fa-Hein visited India during the reign of

a) Chandragupta II 

b) Ashoka

c) Chandragupta Maurya 

d) Harshvardhana

Ans.a

Q.10

The rock-cut temples of Mahabalipuram were built by 

a) Cholas 

b) Pallavas

c) Chalukyas 

d) Rastrakutas

Ans.b

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