ANCIENT HISTORY ART AND CULTURE QUIZ

Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

Askini - Chenab

Parushni - Ravi

Sutudri - Sutlej

Vipas - Jhelum

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Taxila was a famous site of

Gupta art

Early Vedic art

Mauryan art

Gandhara art

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Bhaga, Bhoga, Kara and Hiranya refers to which of the following?

Tax

Land

Crop produce

None of these

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Which of the following is/are poetry and drama?

Raghuvamsa

Abhijnanashakuntalam

Kumarasambhava

All of these

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Which is a treatise on the science of governance?

Ramayana

Kautilya's Arthshastra

Mahabharata

Chandrawati Ramayana

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The main contribution of Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to education and in particular to women education are

Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi

Both A and B

Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education

Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non-Brahmins

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Which of the following established the first empire of the Indian subcontinent?

Samudragupta

Vikramaditya

Harshavardhan

Chandragupta

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The famous rock-cut temple of Kailasa is at

Elephanta

Ajanta

Ellora

Badami

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Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem written in which language ?

Santali

Sanskrit

Awadhi

Munda

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The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli in Delhi is believed to record the achievements of

Chandragupta Maurya

Samudragupta

Chandragupta II

Ashoka

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