1) The god of war of the Rigvedic Aryans was

a) Varuna
b) Indra
c) Mitra
d) Rudra

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Answer d) Rudra.

2) Which, among the following, is the oldest dynasty?

a) Maurya
b) Gupta
c) Vardhana
d) Kushan

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Answer a) Maurya.

3) Swetambara and Digambara are the sects of which religion

a) Hinduism
b) Buddhism
c) Jainism
d)Zorastrians

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Answer c) Jainism

4) Monuments containing relics of Buddha are called

a) Viharas
b) Chaityas
c) Stupas
d) Sanghas

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Answer c) Stupas

5) Charak was the court physician of

a) Chandragupta
b) Kanishka
c) Harsha
d) Ashoka

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Answer b) Kanishka

6) The Buddhist Sangha was divided into two sects-the Hinayana and the Mahayana during the reign of

a) Harsha
b) Ashoka
c) Dharampala
d) Kanishka

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Answer d) Kanishka

7) Megasthenes was at the court of

a) Kanishka
b) Ashoka
c) Chandragupta Maurya
d)Harsha

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Answer c) Chandragupta Maurya

8. Which is the oldest known civilization in India?

a) Vedic
b) Eipc
c) Puranic
d) Indus Valley

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Answer d) Indus Valley

9. Which of the following states was not annexed to British Empire by Dalhousie under the doctrine of Lapse?

a) Baghat
b) Nagpur
c) Sambalpur
d) Benaras

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Answer d) Benaras

10. Which of the following rebellions is associated with Sidhu and Kanhu?

a) Baghat
b) Nagpur
c) Sambalpur
d) Benaras

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Answer d) Benaras

11. Brutus assassinated Julius Caesar in the year

a) 44 B. C.
b) 55 B. C.
c) 80 B. C.
d) 63 B. C.

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Answer a) 44 B. C.

12. Plato was born in the year

a) 480 B. C.
b)490 B. C.
c) 427 B. C.
d) 430 B. C.

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Answer c) 427 B. C.

13. Great Wall of China was built in the year

a)214 B. C.
b) 356 B. C.
c) 305 B. C.
d) 326 B. C.

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Answer a) 214 B. C.

14. At Lucknow the revolt of 1857 broke out on

a) May 30, 1857
b) June 4, 1857
c) May 15, 1857
d) June 15, 1857

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Answer b) June 4, 1857

15. Charles Metcalf was the Governor General of India during

a) 1835-36
b) 1839-40
c) 1837-38
d) 1832-33

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Answer a) 1835-36

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