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Q1. In ancient times which Indian city was known as Avantika?
प्राचीन काल में कौन सा भारतीय शहर अवंतिका के नाम से जाना जाता था?
(a) Ayodhya/अयोध्या
(b) Patna/पटना
(c) Bhopal/भोपाल
(d) Ujjain/उज्जैन
Sol. It is an ancient city situated on the eastern bank of the Kshipra River, Ujjain was the most prominent city on the Malwa plateau of central India for much of its history. It was the capital of the ancient Avanti kingdom, one of the sixteen mahajanapadas.
Q2. King Kharvela was the greatest ruler of?
राजा खरावेला किस राजवंश का महान शासक था?
(a) Maurya Dynasty/ मौर्य राजवंश
(b) Gupta Dynasty/गुप्ता राजवंश
(c) Chedi Dynasty / चेडी राजवंश
(d) Kushan Dynasty/ कुशन राजवंश
Sol. Kharavela was a king of Kalinga in present-day Odisha, India. He is the best known king of the Mahameghavahana dynasty (which is also termed as “Chedi dynasty” by some scholars, based on a misreading of his father’s name “Cheta-raja”).
Q3. Which ruler murdered his father, Bimbisara to ascend the throne?
किस शासक ने सिंहासन के लिए अपने पिता बिंबिसारा की हत्या कर दी थी?
(a) Ashoka /अशोका
(b) Ajatshatru/अजातशत्रु
(c) Kanishka /कनिष्क
(d) Simukha/सिमुखा
Sol. Ajatashatru was a king of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha in East India. He was the son of King Bimbisara and was a contemporary of both Mahavira and Gautama Buddha. He forcefully took over the kingdom of Magadha from his father and imprisoned him.
Q4. Elephants first used in wars by which kingdom in India?
भारत के किस साम्राज्य द्वारा युद्धों में हाथियों का पहली बार प्रयोग किया गया था?
(a) Kosala / कोसल
(b) Magadha/ मगध
(c) Champa / चंपा
(d) Avanti/ अवंती
Sol. Magadha was an ancient Indian kingdom in southern Bihar, and was counted as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas of ancient India.
Q5. Whose army did Alexander the Greek ruler confront on the banks of the river Jhelum?
ग्रीक शासक अलेक्जेंडर ने किस सेना का झेलम नदी के तट पर सामना किया था?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya/चन्द्रगुप्त मौर्या
(b) Ambi/अम्बी
(c) Dhanananda / घनानंद
(d) Porus/पोरस
Sol. The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought in 326 BC between Alexander the Great and King Porus of the Paurava kingdom on the banks of the river Jhelum (known to the Greeks as Hydaspes) in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent (modern-day Punjab, Pakistan).
Q6. Arrange the following Magadhan dynasties in chronological order:
निम्नलिखित मगध राजवंशों को कालानुक्रमिक क्रम में व्यवस्थित करें:
I. Shunga/शुंग
II. Nanda/नंदा
III. Satavahana/ सातवाहन
IV. Haryanka /हर्यंका
(a) IV, II, III and I
(b) II, I, IV and III
(c) IV, II, I and III
(d) III, I, IV and II
Sol. Haryanka Empire> Nanda Empire> Shunga Empire> Satavahana Empire
Q7. Which one of the following scholar, challenged Invincible Yajnavalkya for debate?
निम्नलिखित विद्वानों में से किसने, अजेय यज्ञवल्क्य को बहस के लिए चुनौती दी?
(a) Ghosha /घोष
(b) Apala/अपला
(c) Maitreyi / मैत्रेयी
(d) Gargi/गार्गी
Sol. Yajnavalkya was a Hindu Vedic sage. Gargi Vachaknavi was an ancient Indian philosopher.
Q8. ‘Magadha’ ruled over by which dynasty after Mauryan Dynasty?
मौर्य वंश के बाद किस राजवंश ने ‘मगध’ पर शासन किया?
(a) Satavahan /सातवाहन
(b) Shunga/शुंगा
(c) Nanda /नंदा
(d) Kanva/ कण्व
Sol. The Shunga Empire was an ancient Indian dynasty from Magadha that controlled areas of the central and eastern Indian subcontinent from around 187 to 78 BCE. The dynasty was established by Pushyamitra Shunga, after the fall of the Maurya Empire.
नालंदा महावीर साइट कहाँ है?
(a) Rajasthan /राजस्थान
(b) Assam/असम
(c) Bihar /बिहार
(d) Gujarat/गुजरात
Sol. Nalanda was a Mahavihara, a large Buddhist monastery, in the ancient kingdom of Magadha (modern-day Bihar) in India.
Q10. Alexander the great was tutored by?
महान सिकंदर किसके द्वारा प्रशिक्षित किये गये थे?
(a) Darius / डैरियस
(b) Cyrus/ साइरस
(c) Socrates / सोक्रेटस
(d) Aristotle/ अरस्तू
Sol. Alexander was tutored by Aristotle until age 16.
बौद्ध धर्म ने समाज के दो वर्गों को अपने तहत अनुमति देकर एक महत्वपूर्ण प्रभाव डाला. वह थे?
(a) Merchants and Priests/ व्यापारी और पुजारी
(b) Moneylenders and Slaves/ धन उधारदाता और गुलाम
(c) Warriors and Traders/ योद्धा और विक्रेता
(d) Women and Sudras/ महिला और सुद्र
Sol. Buddhism made an important impact by allowing Women and Sudras sections of society into its fold.
Q12. Which one of the following is the Buddhist scriptures?
निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा बौद्ध ग्रंथ है?
(a) Tripitakas / त्रिपिटक
(b) Upanishads/उपनिषद
(c) Angas /अंगा
(d) Aranyakas/ आरण्यक
Sol. The Tripiṭaka or Tipiṭaka is the traditional term for the Buddhist scriptures.
शुरुआती बौद्ध ग्रंथ किस लिपि में बनाये गए थे?
(a) Prakrit texts / प्राकृत लिपि
(b) Pali texts/ पाली लिपि
(c) Sanskrit texts /संस्कृत लिपि
(d) Pictographical texts/ चित्रमय लिपि
Sol. The Tripiṭaka or Tipiṭaka is the traditional term for the Buddhist scriptures. The version canonical to Theravada Buddhism is generally referred to in English as the Pali Canon.
गौतम बुद्ध किस वंश से संबंधित थे?
(a) Gnathrika / गनतरिक
(b) Maurya/मौर्या
(c) Shakya /शाक्य
(d) Kuru/कुरु
Sol. The Buddha was born into a noble family of the kshatriya varna in Lumbini, Nepal in 563 BCE. He was called Siddhartha Gautama in his childhood. His father was king Suddhodana, leader of the Shakya clan in what was the growing state of Kosala, and his mother was queen Maya Devi.
महावीर की माता कौन थी?
(a) Yasoda /यसोदा
(b) Anojja/अनोज्जा
(c) Trishala /त्रिशला
(d) Devanandi/देवआनंदी
Sol. Trishala, Trishala Devi, Priyakarini, or Trishala Mata (Mother Trishala) was the mother of Mahavira.
