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MCQ on South Indian History for Students
Who is said to have started what is known as the Saka era in 78 AD?
1. Nahapana
2. Rudraman I
3. Vikramaditya
4. Kanishka
Option 4 – Kanishka
The earliest stratum of the history of the Tamils is known as the :
1. Chola Age
2. Pallava Age
3. Pandyan Age
4. Sangam Age
Option 4 – Sangam Age
Which of the following is considered a classic of the Sangam literature?
1. Tirrukkural
2. Silappadikaram
3. Tolkappiyam
4. Pattupattu
Option 2 – Silappadikaram
Which Gupta king has been called ‘an Indian Napoleon’ for having brought under his Sway a considerable portion of Indian territory?
1. Chandragupta
2. Samudragupta
3. Chandragupta
4. Skandagupta
Option 2 – Samudragupta
Who of the following was the foremost astronomer and mathematician of the Gupta period?
1. Varahamihira
2. Brahmagupta
3. Vagaghata
4. Aryabhata
Option 4 – Aryabhata
Which Gupta ruler’s court was adorned by numerous scholars including Kalidasa?
1. Chandragupta
2. Chandragupta II
3. Sri Gupta
4. Samudragupta
Option 2 – Chandragupta II
Which among the following is not a work of Kali dasa?
1. Sankhya Karika
2. Ritusamhara
3. Meghduta
4. Malavik agnimitra
Option 1 – Sankhya Karika
Harsha wrote all the following except :
1. Ratnavali
2. Nagananda
3. Kadambari
4. Priyadarshika
Option 3 – Kadambari
Who among the following was a poet at Harsha’s court?
1. Harisena
2. Banabhatta
3. Bhasa
4. Dandin
Option 2 – Banabhatta
The Chinese pilgrim who visited India during Harsha’s reign was :
1. Hiuen
2. I-tsing
3. Fa-hien
4. All three
Option 1 – Hiuen
When did Christianity come to India?
1. First century AD
2. Third century AD
3. Sixth century AD
4. Seventh century AD
Option 1 – First century AD
When was zero discovered by the Indians?
1. Second century BC
2. Sixth century BC
3. Second century BC
4. Fifth century BC
Option 1 – Second century BC
The first Muslim person to conquer Indian was
1. Ghori
2. Balban
3. Md.bin Kasim
4. Babar
Option 3 – Md.bin Kasim
Which is one of the earliest examples of a residential-cum-teaching Institution?
1. Kanchi
2. Taxila
3. Vikramsil
4. Nalanda
Option 4 – Nalanda
Which book is known as the encyclopedia of Indian medicine”?
1. Charakasamhita
2. Abhidarma Hridaya
3. Sushrutasamhita
4. Ashtangahridaya samhita
Option 1 – Charakasamhita
Which king founded the Vikramasila University?
1. Dhruva
2. Devapala
3. Dharmapala
4. Bhoja
Option 3 – Dharmapala
Where was the capital of the Rashtrakutas?
1. Vatapi
2. Malwa
3. Manyakhet
4. Vengi
Option 3 – Manyakhet
Kalhana’s Rajatarangini is a work on the history of :
1. Malwa
2. Gujarat
3. Kashmir
4. Vijayanagar
Option 3 – Kashmir
What was the main feature of Dravida style of temple architecture?
1. Mandapa
2. Gopuram
3. Vimana
4. Shikhara
Option 3 – Vimana
Kautilya’s Arthasastra has been compared to :
1. Karl Marx’s Das Kapital
2. Machiavelli’s Prince
3. Plato’s Dialogues
4. Hitler’s Mein Kampf
Option 2 – Machiavelli’s Prince
In his inscriptions Ashoka calls himself :
1. Priyadarshini
2. Dhammasoka
3. Daivaputra
4. Devanampriya Priyadarsin
Option 4 – Devanampriya Priyadarsin
Kautilya’s Arthasastra deals with :
1. Principles and practice of statecraft
2. Economic relations
3. Functions of the king
4. Foreign policy
Option 1 – Principles and practice of statecraft
Megasthenes visited India during the reign of :
1. Ashoka
2. Bindusara
3. Chandragupta II
4. Chandragupta Maurya
Option 4 – Chandragupta Maurya
Milinda-panho is the Pali work in the form of a dialogue between Menander and the Buddhist monk :
1. Nagabhushan
2. Nagasena
3. Asvaghosha
4. Ananda
Option 2 – Nagasena
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