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Chaitra 1 of the national calendar based on the Shaka Era corresponds to which one of the following dates of the Gregorian calendar in a normal year of 365 days?
(a) 22nd March (or 21st March)
(b) 15th May (or 16th May)
(c) 31st March (of 30th March)
(d) 21st April (or 20th April)
Option a – 22nd March (or 21st March)
The period of the Parthian Empire was
(a) 247 BC-224 AD
(b) 247 BC-224 BC
(c) 224 BC-247 AD
(d) 224 BC-147 AD
Option a – 247 BC-224 AD
What language did Parthians speak?
(a) Prakit
(b) Iranian
(c) Greek
(d) None of these
Option b – Iranian
Who among the following issued gold coins regularly in ancient India?
(a) Satavahana
(b) Saka
(c) Kushan
(d) Parthian
Option c – Kushan
The largest number of copper coins in India Northern and North-Western issued were
(a) Indo-Greeks
(b) Kushans
(c) Sakas
(d) Pratiharas
Option b – Kushans
Which of the following dynasty empire was expanded even outside of India?
(a) Gupta dynasty
(b) Maurya dynasty
(c) Kushan dynasty
(d) None of these
Option c – Kushan dynasty
Art of Ganghara style flourished during the reign of
(a) Kushans
(b) Guptas
(c) Akbar
(d) Mauryas
Option a – Kushans
Who among the following was the ruler of the Kushan dynasty?
(a) Vikramaditya
(b) Danti Durga
(c) Khadphises I
(d) Pushyamitra
Option c – Khadphises I
Who among the following introduced gold coins for regular use in India?
(a) Vima Kadphises
(b) Kujula Kadphises
(c) Kanishka
(d) Hermwes
Option a – Vima Kadphises
The greatest development in the Kushan period was in the field of
(a) religion
(b) art
(c) literature
(d) architecture
Option a – religion
In which year, the coronation of Kushan king Kanishka was held?
(a) 178 BC
(b) 101 AD
(c) 58 BC
(d) 78 AD
Option d – 78 AD
Which one of the following is not associated with the Court of Kanishka?
(a) Ashvaghosha
(b) Charaka
(c) Nagarjuna
(d) Patanjali
Option d – Patanjali
Who of the following did not adorn the court of Kanishkal?
(a) Ashvaghosha
(b) Parshva
(c) Vasumitra
(d) Vishakhadatta
Option d – Vishakhadatta
Who among the following was the court physician of Kanishka?
(a) Vasumitra
(b) Nagarjuna
(c) Charaka
(d) Patanjali
Option c – Charaka
What is the date of the Sarnath Buddhist image inscription of Kanishka?
(a) 78 AD
(b) 81 AD
(c) 98 AD
(d) 121 AD
Option b – 81 AD
Ashvaghosha was a contemporary of
(a) Ashoka
(b) Chandragupta-ll
(c) Kanishka
(d) Harshvardhan
Option c – Kanishka
The women of which Indian tribe or kingdom had taken up arms against Alexander after a large number of its soldiers had been killed or wounded on the battlefield?
(a) Abhisara
(b) Glausai
(c) Katha
(d) Massaga
Option d – Massaga
Who started the Shaka era and when?
(a) Kadphises in 58 BC
(b) Vikramaditya in 58 BC
(c) Rudradaman I in AD 78
(d) Kanishka in AD 78
Option d – Kanishka in AD 78
Which inscription tells about the various achievements of Rudradaman-l?
(a) Junagadh
(b) Bhitari
(c) Nasik
(d) Sanchi
Option a – Junagadh
Who renovated Sudarshan lake without using forced labor?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Bindusar
(c) Ashoka
(d) Rudradaman-l
Option d – Rudradaman-I
The earliest specimen of the ‘Kavya’ style is found in the inscription of
(a) Rudradaman of Kathiawar
(b) Ashoka
(c) Rajendra I
(d) None of the above
Option a – Rudradaman of Kathiawar
How much is the year difference between the Shaka Samvat and Vikram Samvat?
(a) 57 years
(b) 78 years
(c) 135 years
(d) 320 years
Option c – 135 years
Which one of the following will be the year of Shaka Samvat in December 2009?
(a) 1931
(b) 1952
(c) 2066
(d) 2087
Option a – 1931
When was Shaka Samvat initiated?
(a) 58 AD
(b) 78 AD
(c) 320 AD
(d) 606 AD
Option b – 78 AD
Buddha is depicted on the coins of
(a) Vima Kadphises
(b) Kanishka
(c) Nahpaad
(d) Budhagupta
Option b – Kanishka
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