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Ancient History Art and Culture : Top 100 GK MCQ With Free Exam History SET:-8

Q21. What is the ancient name of river Sutlej ?

(A) Askini
(B) Parushni
(C) Vitasta
(D) Shutudri

Answer: Shutudri

Q22. Who has given the treatise on the rule of the Pandyan kingdom by Pandala a daughter of Herakles ?

(A) Megasthenes
(B) Banabhatt
(C) Kalidas
(D) Kautilya

Answer: Megasthenes

Q23. Who among the following wrote commentaries on Harshavardhana’s administration and the court life in Kannauj ?

(A) AI-Beruni
(B) Hiuen-Tsang
(C) Fa-Hien
(D) Ibn Batutah

Answer: Hiuen-Tsang

Q24. The land measures of the Second Pandyan Empire was mentioned in

(A) Thalavaipuram Copper Plates
(B) Kasadudi Copper Plates
(C) Kudumiyammalai Inscription
(D) Uttirameru Inscription

Answer: Thalavaipuram Copper Plates

Q25. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched ?

(A) Chalukyas : Kalyani
(B) Pallavas : Devagiri
(C) Hoyasalas : Dwarasamudra
(D) Kakatiyas : Warangal

Answer: Pallavas : Devagiri

Q26. Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched ?

(A) Yajurveda Samhita – Origins of rituals
(B) Samaveda Samhita – Origins of Indian music
(C) Atharvaveda Samhita – Origins of Indian medicine
(D) Rigveda Samhita – Earliest prose

Answer: Rigveda Samhita – Earliest prose

Q27. Which of the following cities was founded by Krishnadevaraya ?

(A) Udayagiri
(B) Warangal
(C) Nagalpura
(D) Chandragiri

Answer: Nagalpura

Q28. The words Satyameva Jayate in the State Emblem adopted by the Government of India have been taken from which Upanishad ?

(A) Mundaka Upanishad
(B) Aitareya Upanishad
(C) Prasna Upanishad
(D) Adhyatma Upanishad

Answer: Mundaka Upanishad

Q29. Who established the four monasteries Sringeri, Badrinath, Dwarka & Puri ?

(A) Ashoka
(B) Ramanuj
(C) Madhav Vidhyaranya
(D) Shankaracharya

Answer: Shankaracharya

Q30. Which one of the following was an important Port of the eastern coast during Gupta period ?

(A) Tamralipti
(B) Baroch
(C) Kalyan
(D) Sopara

Answer: Tamralipti