Indian History best important quiz with answers and pdf

Q.1 The great Hindu law giver was

1. Manu
2. Banabhatta
3. Kapil
4. Kautilya

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Q.2 During whose reign did Buddhism become the state religion?

1. Chandragupta Maurya
2. Skandagupta I
3. Samudragupta
4. Ashoka

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Q.3 The correct chronological order of the four Buddhist councils held Is

1. Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Pataliputra, Vaishali
2. Vaishali, Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Pataliputra
3. Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir or Jullandhar
4. Pataliputra, Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Vaishali

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Q.4 The fourth Buddhist council had compiled an encyclopaedia of Buddhist philosophy, called

1. Sutralankara
2. Madhyamika Sutra
3. Jatakas
4. Mahavibhasha Sutra

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Q.5 Who had converted Kanishka to Buddhism?

1. Parsva
2. Nagarjuna
3. Asvaghosha
4. Vasumitra

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Q.6 Buddhism was first propagated outside India In

1. China
2. Cambodia
3. Thailand
4. Ceylon

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Q.7 The language adopted for preaching In Mahayana Buddhism was

1. Pali
2. Brahmi
3. Sanskrit
4. Prakrit

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Q.8 Who is said to have both been born and shed his body on the Vaishakha Purnima day?

1. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
2. Mahavira
3. Shankaracharya
4. The Buddha

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Q.9 The Indus Valley civilisation was discovered in the year

1. 1917
2. 1921
3. 1927
4. 1932

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Q.10 During the Gupta period, the village affairs were managed by the village headman with the assistance of the

1. Amatya
2. Mahattara
3. Vishyapati
4. Gopa

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