INDIAN HISTORY QUESTION AND ANSWER PART 3

1)Who was the contemporaries of Kanishka:
a)Kalidasa
b)Banabhatta
c)Kamban
d)Asvaghosha

2)Who composed the Gayatri Mantra:
a)Vishwamitra
b)Gautam
c)Kanad
d)Badrayan

3)When Alexander invaded India, who was the ruler of Magadha:
a)Chandragupta Maurya
b)Dhanananda
c)Ajatsatru
d)Kanishka

4)Mahavira was born at:
a)Lumbini
b)Vaishali
c)Sarnath
d)Bodh Gaya

5)The capital of satvahanas:
a)Paithan
b)Purushpur
c)Rajgriha
d)None of these

6)Who is known as 'Vikramaditya':
a)Samudragupta
b)Chandragupta II
c)Chandragupta I
d)Kumargupta

7)'Mrichhakatika' was written by:
a)Sudraka
b)Banbhatta
c)Ashvaghosha
d)Nagarjuna

8)Who was the Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya:
a)Chanakya
b)Kautilya
c)Patanjali
d)Vishwamitra

9)Who constructed Sanchi Stupa:
a)Kautilya
b)Chanakya
c)Ashoka
d)Chandragupta Maurya

10)Who started the Saka Era:
a)Kanishka
b)Ashoka
c)Chandragupta Mauray
d)Srigupta

ANSWER:

1)Asvaghosha (d)

2)Vishwamitra (a)

3)Dhanananda (b)

4)Vaishali (b)

5)Paithan (a)

6)Chandragupta II (b)

7)Sudraka (a)

8)Kautilya (b)

9)Ashoka (c)

10)Kanishka (a)