1. Who among the following used to hold a religious assembly at Prayag every five year?
a) Ashoka
b) Harshvardhana
c) Kanishka
d) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
2. Gautam Buddha as a prince was known as
a) Gautam
b) Siddhartha
c) Rahul
d) Suddhodhana
3. The Jatakas are a collection of stories
a) Meant for children
b) Based on pet Hindu myths
c) About Jains saints
d) Pertaining to several different earlier births of the Buddha
4. Architectural developments In India manifested themselves In their full glory during
the period of the
a) Guptas
b) Nandas
c) Mauryas
d) Cholas
5. The deep transforming effect that the Kalinga War had on Ashoka has been described
in
a) Archaeological excavations
b) Rock edicts
c) Coins
d) Pillar edicts
6. The proud title of 'Vikramaditya' had been assumed by
a) Harsha
b) Chandragupta II
c) Kanishka
d) Samudragupta
7. In which region was the first metallic coin used In India?
a) The Indo-Gangetic plain of central India
b) The Himalayas
c) Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh
d) The Deccan Plateau
8. Which of the following was the first metal to be discovered and used as tools by
humans?
a) Iron
b) Gold
c) Tin
d) Copper
9. The philosophy propounded in the Upanishads is known as
a) Advaita
b) Vedanta
c) Yoga
d) Samkhya
10. After the growth of the Vedic religion the most important development in the history of
the so-called Hinduism was the development of
a) Shaivism
b) Saktism
c) Bhagavatism
d) Tantricism