The astronomical work ‘Aryabhatiya’, composed in 499 CE, was written by whom?
Correct answer B. Aryabhata
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Ancient India MCQs
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Who wrote the ‘Harshacharita’, a biography of King Harshavardhana?
Correct answer D. Banabhatta
Harsha’s defeat on the banks of the Narmada by Pulakeshin II is recorded in which inscription?
Correct answer B. Aihole inscription
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Which Chinese pilgrim visited India during Harsha’s reign and studied at Nalanda?
Correct answer D. Xuanzang
The Sangam assemblies of Tamil poets are traditionally said to have been held at Madurai under the patronage of which dynasty?
Correct answer D. Pandyas
Who deciphered the Brahmi script of Ashoka’s inscriptions in 1837?
Correct answer C. James Prinsep
According to Buddhist texts such as the Anguttara Nikaya, how many Mahajanapadas existed in the sixth century BCE?
Correct answer B. 16
Which was the only Mahajanapada located south of the Vindhya mountains?
Correct answer D. Assaka
Which Magadhan king of the Haryanka dynasty was a contemporary of the Buddha and was succeeded by his son Ajatashatru?
Correct answer C. Bimbisara
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Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon at which place?
Correct answer A. Sarnath
The First Buddhist Council was held at Rajagriha under the patronage of which king?
Correct answer D. Ajatashatru
The Fourth Buddhist Council, held in Kashmir under Kanishka, was presided over by whom?
Correct answer D. Vasumitra
Vardhamana Mahavira attained nirvana at which place in present-day Bihar?
Correct answer D. Pawapuri
Chandragupta Maurya founded the Mauryan Empire after overthrowing which dynasty?
Correct answer B. Nanda
Megasthenes, who wrote ‘Indica’, was the ambassador of Seleucus Nicator at the court of which ruler?
Correct answer B. Chandragupta Maurya
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Ashoka’s remorse after the Kalinga war is recorded in which of his edicts?
Correct answer C. Major Rock Edict XIII
Who is regarded as the first Tirthankara in Jainism?
Correct answer C. Rishabhanatha
The structure known as the Great Bath was unearthed at which Harappan site?
Correct answer D. Mohenjo-daro
Which Harappan site in Gujarat is famous for a brick basin often identified as a dockyard?
Correct answer A. Lothal
The ancient city of Harappa, which gave its name to the civilisation, stood on the bank of which river?
Correct answer C. Ravi