ANCIENT INDIA TEST PAPER
1. The themes of the murals of the Ajanta Caves are
1. decorative designs which includes a variety of animals, trees and flowers.
2. portraits of various Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
3. narrative scenes portraying Jataka stories.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
d) All of these
2. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Karpuramanjari : Harsha
b) Malavikagnimtra : Kalidas
c) Mudrakshasa : Visakhadatta
d) Saundarananda : Asvaghosha
3. Ram Saran Sharma, who died in 2011 was an
a) Chemist
b) Economist
c) Ideologist
d) Archaeologist
4. India is a land of many beautiful ancient temples. Which one among the following temples displays the most extensive and sumptuous rock cut shrines and in the most marvelous architectural in India?
a) The Rath temple at Mamallapuram
b) The Kailash temple at Ellora
c) The Chaturbhuja Vishnu temple at Khajuraho
d) The Kaibsu temple at Kanchi
5. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The Ajanta Caves have been painted with scenes from Jainism
2. The crowning achievement of Ellora Caves is the colossal monolithic Kailasanath temple.
3. The Ajanta Caves have been built over a period of eight centuries by different rulers.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
a) 2 and 3
b) 1 and 3
c) Only 2
d) All of these
6. Which among the following is the oldest dynasty?
a) Maurya
b) Gupta
c) Kushan
d) Kanva
7. What do the painting of Ajanta depict?
a) Ramayana
b) Mahabharata
c) Jatakas
d) Panchatantra
8. The subject-matter of Ajanta painting pertains of
a) Jainism
b) Buddhism
c) Vaishnavism
d) Shavism
9. Where did the game of Chess originate?
a) India
b) Persia
c) Arabia
d) Europe
10. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are
a) Hindu and Buddhist
b) Buddhist and Jain
c) Hindu and Jain
d) Hindu, Buddhist and Jain
11. When was the 'Panchtantra' written?
a) Maurya period
b) Kanishka period
c) Gupta period
d) Harsha period
12. Which one of the following sources of Islam is associated with the teachings of Prophet Mohammad?
a) Quran
b) Hidaya
c) Fiqah
d) Sunah
13. Match List I with list II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List I List II
(Placement of Park/Monument) (State)
A. Kazhugumalai 1. Gujarat
B. Palitana 2. Madhya Pradesh
C. Mandu 3. Tamil Nadu
D. Ranakpur 4. Karnataka
5. Rajasthan
Codes:
A B C Da) 3 1 2 5
b) 4 2 1 3
c) 3 2 1 5
d) 4 1 2 3
14. Bhagavatism centred around the worship
a) Shiva
b) Bhagavati
c) Skanda
d) Vishnu
15. Fa-hien and Huen-Tsang visited the king kingdom of
a) Chandragupta Maurya and Harsha respectively
b) Harsha and Chandragutpa Vikramaditya respectively
c) Chandragupta Vikramaditya and Krishnadeva respectly
d) Chandragutpa Vikramaditya and Harsha respectively
16. The decimal system was first known in India at the beginning of
a) AD 2nd century
b) AD 3rd century
c) AD 4th century
d) AD 5th century
17. Which one of the following is considered an encyclopedia of India Medicine?
a) Charaka Samhita
b) Lokayata
c) Brihat Samhita
d) Surya Siddhanta
18. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Kautilya : Arthashastra
b) Hala : Gathasaptasati
c) Banbhatta : Buddhacharita
d) Kalidasa : Abhijnanashakuntalam
19. Consider the following foreign visitors to India
1. Al-Beruni
2. Fa-hien
3. Hiuen-Tsang
4. Megasthenese
The correct chronological order in which these persons visited India is
a) 4, 3, 1, 2
b) 2, 4, 3, 1
c) 4, 2, 3, 1
d) 1, 2, 4, 3
20. The first major inscription in classical Sanskrit is that of
a) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
b) Kanishak I
c) Rudradaman
d) Samudragupta
21. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
Ruler Dynasty
a) Bimbisar Magadha
b) Bindusar Mau rya
c) Agnimitra Sunga
d) Sasanka Kanva
22. What is the correct chronological order in which the following kings ruled in India?
1. Bimbisar
2. Mahapadmananda
3. Kanishka I
4. Skandagupta
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
a) 1, 2, 3, 4
b) 4, 3, 2, 1
c) 2, 3, 4, 1
d) 3, 1, 4, 2
23. 'Use of white marble, long legs and slender frames, human being as central characters and prominence of kings, princess and places' were the characteristic features of which one of the following ancient art forms of India?
a) Amravati School of Art
b) Gandhara School of Art
c) Mathura School of Art
d) Pahari School of Art
24. Which one of the following was known as Chalcolithic Age?
a) Paleolithic Age
b) Neolithic Age
c) Copper-stone Age
d) Iron Age
25. Match List with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I List II
(Finding/Invention Calculation) (Indian Scholar)
A. Time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun 1. Aryabhata
B. Calculation of the value of Pi 2. Bhaskaracharya
C. Invention of the digit zero 3. Bodhayana
D. The game of snakes and ladders 4. Gyandev
26. The cultivation of cereals first started in
a) Neolithic Age
b) Mesolithic Age
c) Paleolithic Age
d) None of these
27. Carbon-dating is used to determine the age of
a) fossils
b) plants
c) rocks
d) None of these
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