Historical Sources MCQ: MCQ Test (25 questions)

Question 1 of 25

The name of composer of 'Mahabhashya' is -

AKautilya
BPatanjali
CKalidasa
DBharavi

Question 2 of 25

Among the following which can be comparable with Machiavell's 'Prince'?

AKalidasa 's 'Malvikagnimitra'
BKautilya's' Arthashastra'
CVatsayayan's' Kamasutra'
DTrivalluvar's' Tiruvakural'

Question 3 of 25

The muslim scholar ,who accompanied Mahmud of Ghazni, during the lndian expedition was-

AA1 Beruni
Blbn Batuta
CAmir Khusru
DFiristhta

Question 4 of 25

What is the language of pliny's original work ,the 'Natural History?

AGreek
BLatin
CFrench
DEnglish

Question 5 of 25

Who is called'the Father of lndian Archaeology '?

AAlexander Cunninghum
BJames Princep
CJohn Marshall
DMortimer Wheeler

Question 6 of 25

Which Chinese traveller came in lndia during the reign of Harshavardhana ?

AFahien
Bltsing
CMegasthenese
DHiuen Tsang

Question 7 of 25

ln which country is the Angkor-vat temple located ?

AVietnam
BTibbet
Clndonesia
DCombodia

Question 8 of 25

Who has written the ' Harshacharit '?

AKalidasa
BBanabhatta
CValmiki
DVed Vyas

Question 9 of 25

Ashokan bilingual (Greek and Aramaik) inscription has found from which place?

AShara-i-kuna
BManshera
CKalsi
DKalinga

Question 10 of 25

Which of the following texts claims : "What is present in the text that is present in the world amd what is not present in the text that is not present in the world "?

ARig Veda
BYajur Veda
CSam Veda
DMahabharata

Question 11 of 25

South African traveller lbn Batuta came lndia during the reign of-

AHumayun
BAkbar
CMuhammad Bin Tughlaq
DAlauddin Khalji

Question 12 of 25

Tripitaka' is the religious text of -

AJains
BBuddhists
CSikhs
DHindus

Question 13 of 25

What authored 'Ashtadhyayi'?

AVed Vyas
BPanini
CShukdeo
DValmiki

Question 14 of 25

When Archaeological survey of lndian established?

Ain 1784 AD
Bin 1800 AD
Cin 1857 AD
Din 1861 AD

Question 15 of 25

Among the following which inscription mentioned Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka both ?

AGautamiputra Shatakani 's Nasik inscription
BMahastrap Rudradaman's Junagarh inscription
CAshoka's Girnar inscription
DSkandagupta's Junagarh inscription

Question 16 of 25

The name of the book authored by pliny is -

AHistories
BNaturulis Historice
CGeographia
DGeography

Question 17 of 25

The first inscriptional evidence of the sati pratha has found from-

ABhitargaon inscription
BVilsad pillar inscription
CEran inscription
DBhita pillar inscription

Question 18 of 25

When the coins appeared first in lndia?

A600 BC
B300 BC
CDuring kanishka's reign
DDuring Harshavardhana's reign

Question 19 of 25

Fahien came ro lndia during whom reign?

AChandragupta-I
BAshoka
CHarshavardhana
DChandragupta-ll

Question 20 of 25

Which Samudragupta's inscription describes his military achievements?

AEran
BGaya
CNalanda
DPrayag

Question 21 of 25

Jataka ' is the text of -

AVaishnavites
BJains
CBuddhists
DShaivites

Question 22 of 25

Fahien was the resident of-?

ABhutan
BAmerica
CChina
DBurma

Question 23 of 25

Which has given information about struggle between Harsha and Pulkeshin-ll?

AAihole inscription
BBanskhera inscription
CHathigumpha inscription
DHiuen Tsang ,s description

Question 24 of 25

Which one of the following scripts of ancient lndia was written from right to left ?

ABrahmi
BNandnagari
CSharada
DKharosthi

Question 25 of 25

The most of Ashokan inscriptions are in which language and script?

APrakrit and Brahmi
BSanskrit and Brahmi
CPali and Brahmi
DHindi and Brahmi