History interview questions – page 4

The earliest example of rock cut architecture is evident for the time of

1. Gupta
2. Post-Mauryan
3. Pre-Mauryan
4. Mauryan

The book Indica was written by

1. Pliny
2. Megasthanes
3. Seleucas
4. Kalidas

The Delhi Sultan who wrote his memoir was

1. Alauddin Khalji
2. Balban
3. Iltutmish
4. Firoz Tughlaq

Who of the following was a contemporary of Chinghiz Khan?

1. Alauddin Khalji
2. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
3. Mahmud ghazanvi
4. Iltutmish

Ashoka’s contemposary Greek King of Syria mentioned in his edicts was

1. Antriochus II Theos
2. Alexander
3. Ptolemy II
4. Antigonas

Which temple is known as the ‘temple of the rising sun’?

1. The Great Temple of Abu Simbel
2. The temple at Konark
3. The great Pyramid at Gizeh
4. None of these

Who among the following was the first Satavahana king to introduce the ruler’s head on coins?

1. Vasishthiputra Pulumavi
2. Gautamiputra Satakarni
3. Yojna Satakarni
4. Satakarni I

In which royal family, the men usually followed the Brahmanical religion and women were Buddhist?

1. Ikshvakus
2. Yaudheyas
3. Lichchhavis
4. Pallavas

Nanaghata inscription belong to

1. Yajansri Satakarni
2. Vashistiputra Pulumavi
3. Satakarni I
4. Gautamiputra Satakarni

Who among the following is credited to have performed four Asvamedha sacrifices?

1. Pushyamitra Sunga
2. Samudragupta
3. Nandivarman
4. Pravarasen I

Gondophernes belonged to

1. The Parthian dynasty
2. The Kushan dynasty
3. The Satavahan dynasty
4. The Saka dynasty

Which of the following animals was not known to the Indus Valley Civilization?

1. Elephant
2. Giraffe
3. Horse
4. Bull

A copper chariot of Harappa times was discovered at

1. Banawali
2. Daimabad
3. Rakhigarthi
4. Kuntal

One of the following sites from where the famous Bull- seal of Indus Valley Civilization was found

1. Harappa
2. Chanhudaro
3. Mohenjodaro
4. Lothal

Which among the following states is a leading industralised state in India?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Maharashtra
3. Orissa
4. West Bengal

Who among the following was the Railway Minister during the Interim Government (1946)?

1. Abdul Rab Nistar
2. Asaf Ali
3. T.T. Chundrigar
4. Baldev Singh

After the Mauryas, the most important kingdom in deccan and central India was

1. Pallava
2. Vakataka
3. Satavahana
4. Cholas

The only ruler of India who ruled over territories in central Asia beyond the Pamirs was

1. Chandragupta Maurya
2. Ashoka
3. Harsha
4. Kanishka

Which of the following dynasties introduced the combined ruling system?

1. Maurya
2. Kushana
3. Sunga
4. Saka

Who was Rudradaman I?

1. Saka ruler of Takshashila
2. Saka ruler of Mathura
3. Saka ruler of Nasika
4. Saka ruler of Ujjain

The practice of land grants to Brahmins and Buddhist was initiated by

1. Vakatakas
2. Satavahanas
3. Guptas
4. Sungas

Which of the following languages is used in the inscription of Ashoka?

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

Who among the following said that Chandragupta Maurya over ran and subdued the whole of India with an army of six lacs?

1. Deimachus
2. Strabo
3. Justin
4. Plutarch

Who among the following witnessed the reign of seven Sultans of Delhi?

1. Khwaja moinuddin Chisti
2. Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
3. Amir Khusarau
4. None of these

Who introduced the Iqta system?

1. Ghiyasuddin Balban
2. Iltutmish
3. Qutubuddin Aibak
4. Muhammad Gori

With reference to Delhi Sultanate, who was the founder of Sayyid Dynasty?

1. Alauddin Alam Shah
2. Muhammad Shah
3. Mubaraq Shah
4. Khizr Khan

The term Aryan denotes

1. A superior race 
2. A speech group
3. An ethnic group
4. A nomadic group

Which of the following Sultans founded a town where now stands Agra?

1. Mohammad-bin- Tughlaq
2. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
3. Sikandar Lodi
4. Bahlol Lodi

The practice of military governorship was first introduced in India by the

1. Mughals
2. Parthians
3. Sakas
4. Greeks

Bhagavatism centred around the workship of

1. Skanda
2. Siva
3. Bhagavati
4. Vishnu