Indian History - Mock Test 168

Question 1671

The Gandhara-Mathura School of Art, which flourished during the Kushana period and the foreign influence of?

A) Greece B) Rome C) Both a and b above D) China

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Question 1672

The first image of the Buddha-was carved out during the reign of?

A) Ashoka B) Pusyamitra Shunga C) Kanishka I D) Menander

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Question 1673

The fourth and the last Buddhist Council was convened by?

A) Ashoka B) Menander C) Kanishka D) Huvishka

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Question 1674

The greatest Kushana ruler whose contribution to Buddhism was even greater than that of Ashoka, was?

A) Kadphises B) Kanishka I C) Vasishka D) Huvishka

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Question 1675

Which social evil was conspicuously absent in ancient India?

A) Polygamy B) Sati system C) Devadasi system D) Purdah system

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Question 1676

The principles of Ashoka's Dharma ( Dhamma ) were taken from?

A) Buddhism B) Jainism C) Brahmanism D) The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period

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Question 1677

The one most important feature of the Mauryan Administration was?

A) wide powers enjoyed by the provincial governors B) the presence of a 'council of ministers' C) the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy D) an extensive network of spy-system

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Question 1678

Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because?

A) he fell ill B) he suffered defeat in India C) his forces refused to go further D) he did not like India

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Question 1679

The first Persian ruler who occupied part of Indian territory was?

A) Cyrus B) Cambyses C) Darius D) Xerxes

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Question 1680

Who wrote Ashtadhyayi?

A) Panini B) Katyayana C) Jayadeva D) Bharatha

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