ANCIENT HISTORY ART AND CULTURE QUIZ

Economy of Vedic period was based on?

Pastureland

Cotton Cultivation

Mining

Agriculture

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Study of inscription is called

Palaeography

Epigraphy

Numismatic

Archaeology

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Which museum houses the largest collection Kushan sculptures?

Madras Museum

Bombay Museum

Delhi Museum

Mathura Museum

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Which of the following Pallava rulers invaded the Chalukya Kingdom and captured Badami ?

Vishnuvardhan

Kirtivarman

Narsimhavarman I

Mahendravarnan I

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Which one of the following pairs does not belong to the same category?

Kanvas - Susaraman

Mauryas - Brihadratha

Sungas - Devabhuti

Satavahanas - Simuka

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Which of the following rock-cut caves at Ajanta are Chaitya Grihas?1) Cave number 92) Cave number 123) Cave number 19Select the correct option from the codes given below:

Only 1 & 3

Only 2 & 3

Only 2

Only 1 & 2

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Under which of the following Jain saints Chandragupta Maurya adopted Jainism?

Mahavir

Sthulabhadra

Bhadrabahu

Kautilya

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Which statement (s) is/are correct about Aryankas?I. It is a treatise of forest which explain the rituals while dwelling into the philosophical discussions of the Brahmanas.II. They record the transitions between ritualistic symbolism of Brahmanas and philosophical aspects of Upanishads

Only I

Neither I nor II

Only II

Both I & II

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Nagarjuna is known as the Einstein of India because

He was a great dialectician

He was one of the greatest physicists of all time

He propounded the theory of Shunyavada similar to Einstein's theory of Relativity

Like Einstein he had a rare insight into the nature of the universe

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Who was the last great ruler of Gupta dynasty?

Kumaragupta I

None Of these

Chandragupta Ii

Skandagupta

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