Ancient Indian History MCQs
Multiple Choice Quiz Questions (MCQs) on Ancient Indian History for General Studies and GK preparation of SSC, NDA, CDS, UPSC, UPPSC and State PSC Examinations.
31. Which Major Rock Edict expresses Ashoka’s wish that all religious sects should dwell everywhere?
[A] Seventh Edict
[B] Eighth Edict
[C] Ninth Edict
[D] Tenth Edict
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Correct Answer: A [Seventh Edict]
Notes:
Major Rock Edict VII expresses Ashoka’s desire that all sects should live everywhere and stresses self-control and purity of mind.
32. Which of the following Rock Edict mentions the Ithijika Mahamatta?
[A] Eleventh Edict
[B] Twelfth Edict
[C] Ninth Edict
[D] Thirteenth Edict
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Correct Answer: B [Twelfth Edict]
Notes:
Major Rock Edict XII mentions officials concerned with women, known as Ithijika Mahamattas. It urges respect for other sects and gives greater importance to the growth of essential virtues than to gifts and honours.
33. Which of the following period saw the emergence of trade between India and the Roman Empire?
[A] Mauryan Period
[B] Post Mauryan period
[C] Pre-vedic period
[D] Vedic period
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Correct Answer: B [Post Mauryan period]
Notes:
The most important economic development of the post-Mauryan period was the thriving trade between India and the Roman Empire. The trade between India and Rome mostly consisted of luxury goods.
34. Which of the following was a tax imposed on temporary tenants during the Gupta period?
[A] Uparikara
[B] Mahapratihara
[C] Udranga
[D] Vata-Bhuta
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Correct Answer: A [Uparikara]
Notes:
During the Gupta period, two new agricultural taxes appear in Gupta inscriptions which are known as Uparikara and Udranga. ‘Uparikara’ was probably a tax imposed on temporary tenants and ‘Udranga’ was probably a water tax or a sort of police tax.
35. Which of the following poet wrote Karpuramanjari?
[A] Sauda
[B] Rajashekhar
[C] Yashovarmana
[D] Banabhatta
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Correct Answer: B [Rajashekhar]
Notes:
Rajashekhara wrote Karpuramanjari, a play in Prakrit. He was associated with the Pratihara court. His Kavyamimamsa is a work on poetics, not a play.
36. Jejakabhukti was the ancient name of which of the following places?
[A] Ujjain
[B] Mathura
[C] Bundelkhand
[D] Rajasthan
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Correct Answer: C [Bundelkhand]
Notes:
Jejakabhukti was the ancient name of Bundelkhand. It was a part of the Pratihara empire of Kanauj. The Chandelas ruled much of the Bundelkhand region between the 9th and the 13th centuries.
37. Which Pratihara ruler is named in connection with the composition of the Jain work Kuvalayamala at Jalor in 778 CE?
[A] Lakshmanaraja
[B] Vatsaraja
[C] Raja Bhoja
[D] Upendra
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Correct Answer: B [Vatsaraja]
Notes:
Uddyotanasuri’s Kuvalayamala was completed at Jalor during Vatsaraja’s rule. It provides evidence of the region’s literary activity and political setting.
38. Which of the following authors wrote Raghava-Pandaviya?
[A] Padmagupta
[B] Kaviraja
[C] Kumaradas
[D] Sanmitracharita
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Correct Answer: B [Kaviraja]
Notes:
Raghava-Pandaviya is an epic which is written by Kaviraja. It narrated the stories of Rama and the Pandavas. Kaviraja was the court poet of Kamadeva of the Kadamba dynasty who ruled between 1182 to 1187 AD.
39. During the reign of which of the following kings the Rashtrakuta empire became a pan-Indian power?
[A] Dhruva
[B] Dantidurga
[C] Krishna I
[D] Govind II
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Correct Answer: A [Dhruva]
Notes:
The Rashtrakuta Dynasty ruled parts of South India from the 8th to the 10th century CE. The rise of Rashtrakuta Kingdom began when Dantidurga defeated King Kirtivarman II in 753 CE but the Rashtrakutas became a pan- Indian power during the rule of the king Dhruva.
40. The Chola empire ruled during which of the following periods?
[A] c. 830 – 1000 CE
[B] c. 840 – 1100 CE
[C] c. 850 – 1150 CE
[D] c. 850–1279 CE
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Correct Answer: D [c. 850–1279 CE]
Notes:
The medieval imperial Chola period is generally dated from about 850 to 1279 CE, from Vijayalaya’s rise to the end of Rajendra III’s rule. The dynasty’s earlier history extends back to ancient times.
