The history of India is known by the Ancient Historians of India. All the the architectural monuments, vedas, puravas, spiritual monuments are built at the time of modern period by our historians. We all used to study about the ancient history of India in our schooldays. And after studying about the ancient history we all love to visit the historical places.
Each historical places has its own story. Because of their stories they became the history of India. You can test your knowledge about the ancient history with the help of given Objective Type Questions and Answers. So, lets start.
Indian Ancient History Quiz
Answers are in BOLD
#1. Who among the following succeeded Samudragupta as the next ruler of Gupta Dynasty ?
Chandragupta I
Chandragupta II
Mahendra
Vishnugupta
#2. Who among the following was the 23rd Jain Tirthankara ?
Parshvanath
Malinath
Nemi Natha
Mahavira
#3. The Satapatha Brahmana and Taitriya Brahmana are the Brahmana texts of ___
Samaveda
Atharavaveda
Yajurveda
Rigveda
#4. Which among the following is the most unique feature of Dholavira site of the Indus Valley Civilization?
Its cities were divided into 3 parts
Its cities were unevenly divided
Its cities were horizontally divided in multiple parts
None of these
#5. Which among the following Kushana king adopted the epithet Dharma-thida?
Kanishka the Great
Vima Kadaphises
Huvishka
Kuzul Kadaphises
#6. Which among the following Gupta emperors called himself “Lichchhavi-dauhitra”?
Chandragupta II
Samudragupta
Shrigupta
Chandragupta I
#7. At which among the following sites of Indus Valley Civilization, the rows of distinctive fire altars with provision of ritual bathing have been found ?
Lothal
Mohen-jo-daro
Kalibangan
Harappa
#8. Veda which is partly in prose and partly in verses is ___ ?
Yajurveda
Atharvaveda
Rigveda
Samaveda
#9. Among the five monolithic rathas of Pallavas at Mahabalipuram, the largest is ___?
Draupadi
Bhima
Arjuna
Dharmaraja
#10. Who among the following is known to have performed four Asvamedha sacrifices ?
Nandivarman Pallavamalla
Pravarasena I
Pushyamitra Sunga
Samudragupta
#11. Which of the following ruler of Satavahana Empire composed Gathasaptashati?
Gautamiputra Satkarni
Simuka
Hala
Pulumayi
#12. The reign of which of the following reigns was known as golden age for Mathura school of art?
Sakas
Gupta
Indo-Greeks
Kushanas
#13. The Aryans dedicated whole of a separate Mandala in Rig-Veda for the hymns dedicated to __?
Varuna
Soma
Agni
Indra
#14. Which among the following Buddhist scripture deals in the moral code of conduct?
Vinay Pitaka
Sutta Pitaka
Abhidhamma Pitaka
None of these
#15. The Vallabhi University was set up by which ruler?
Dharmapala
Gopala
Bhattarka
Kumargupta I
#16. Who among the following Pallava ruler built Vaikuntaperumal temple at Kanchi ?
Mahendrvarman I
Nandivarman II
Vikramadit
Aparajita
#17. Who was the founder of Nanda dynasty?
Dhanananda
Nandivardhan
Shisunaga
Mahapadmananda
#18. Which among the following major rock edicts of Ashoka are in Kharosthi script?
Mansehra and Sahbazgarhi
Sarnath
Bairut
Sanchi
#19. Which of the following are ritualistic teachings attached to the hymns of the Vedas?
Upanishads
Itihasas
Brahmanas
Aranyakas
#20. On which of the following systems of Hindu Philosophy , Shankaracharya wrote commentary in 9th century AD?
Yoga
Sankhya
Vaisheshika
Uttarmimansa
#21. Which king started the organization of Kumbh fair at Allahabad?
Dhruvasena Ii
Harshavardhana
Akabar
Narshimhvarman
#22. Upnishads are books on :
Philosophy
Social life
Medicine
Politics
#23. Who was the first Indian ruler who had territory outside India?
Chandragupta Maurya
Huvishka
Ashoka
Kanishka
#24. Who among the following was worshipped during Early Vedic Civilization?
Surya
Varuna
Indra
All the above
#25. Where were the hymns of Rigveda composed?
Gujarat
Uttar Pradesh
Punjab
Rajasthan
Article last re-published on August 1, 2020.