R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | UPSC,PCS,CDS,NDA Ancient Indian History [Nation

The early Satavahana kings appeared in which of the following regions?

1. Andhra
2. South Maharashtra
3. North Maharashtra
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following periods saw the regular use of fire-baked bricks and perforated roof tiles?

1. Kanvas
2. Shungas
3. Satavahanas
4. Kushans

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following tribe originated from the steppes of north Central Asia?

1. Kanvas
2. Shungas
3. Satavahanas
4. Kushans

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Under which of the following kings the Kushana empire reached its zenith?

1. Kadphises I
2. Kanishka
3. Vasudeva II
4. Vima Kadphises

✅ Correct Answer: 2

During which of the following period, social and economic status of the Shudras improved?

1. Maurya empire
2. Gupta Empire
3. Magadha Empire
4. Kushana Empire

✅ Correct Answer: 2

“Gapata Sarah” refers to which of the following?

1. Waste land
2. Jungle or forest land
3. Habitable land
4. Pasture land

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The minting of silver coins was first started in the reign of which of the following Gupta kings?

1. Chandragupta I
2. Chandragupta II
3. Kumaragupta I
4. Skandagupta

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In which of the following temples, the pyramidal roof can be found?

1. Bhitargaon temple
2. Dasavatar Temple
3. Shiva Temple of Bhumara
4. Shiva Temple of Koh

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following kings along with Chandragupta II defeated the Shaka satraps of Malwa and Kathiawar?

1. Prithvisena I
2. Pravarasena II
3. Rudrasena II
4. Narendrasena

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following kings was the son of Prithvisena I?

1. Prithvisena II
2. Rudrasena II
3. Rudrasena I
4. Pravarasena II

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following rulers ruled the Vakataka Nandivardhana branch after the death of Rudrasena II?

1. Prabhavatigupta
2. Pravarasena II
3. Damodarasena
4. Divakarasena

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The largest number of Vakataka inscriptions belongs to which of the following kings?

1. Prabhavatigupta
2. Pravarasena II
3. Divakarasena
4. Damodarasena

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following was the court poet of Harsha?

1. Kalidasa
2. Banabhatta
3. Harishena
4. Bhasa

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The famous monastery at Otantapura was built by which of the following Pala ruler?

1. Gopala
2. Dharmapala
3. Devapala
4. Ramapala

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following refers to the royal share of merchandise brought into a town or harbour by merchants?

1. Shulka
2. Bhaga
3. Bhoga
4. Kara

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following kings was defeated by Rashtrakuta king, Dhruva?

1. Vatsaraja
2. Harichandra
3. Nagabhatta II
4. Nagabhatta I

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following were employed for the execution of criminals?

1. Kshtriyas
2. Vaishyas
3. Shudras
4. Chandalas

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following kings founded the Vikramasilavihara?

1. Gopala
2. Dharmapala
3. Devapala
4. Mahendrapala

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Kandarya Mahadeva temple was constructed during which of the following period?

1. 6th century AD
2. 7th century AD
3. 9th century AD
4. 10th century AD

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The temple of Virupaksha was constructed during the reign of which of the following king?

1. Vikramaditya I
2. Pulakesin I
3. Vikramaditya II
4. Pulakesin II

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Shivaskandavarman ruled during which of the following periods?

1. 3rd Century A.D.
2. 4th Century A.D.
3. 6th Century A.D.
4. 7th Century A.D.

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Simhavishnu was succeeded by which of the following kings?

1. Narasimhavarman I
2. Mahendravarman I
3. Shivaskandavarman
4. Simhavarman

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following kings succeeded Nandivarman II?

1. Nandivarman III
2. Virakurcha
3. Dantivarman
4. Aparajita

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following succeeded Dantivarman?

1. Paramesdhvaraman II
2. Nandivarman III
3. Aparajita
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following Chola king captured Madurai and took the title of Madurantaka and Maduraikonda?

1. Vijayalaya
2. Aditya I
3. Parantaka I
4. Parantaka II

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following Chola King assumed the title of Gangaikondachola?

1. Rajendra I
2. Rajadhiraja
3. Rajendra II
4. Virarajendra

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The Venetian traveller Marco Polo visited Kerala in which of the following centuries?

1. 13th century
2. 14th century
3. 15th century
4. 16th century

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The Chola provinces were further divided into which of the following?

1. Kottams
2. Nadu
3. Nagaram
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following Pandyan King succeeded Prantaka Viranayana?

1. Maravarman Rajasimha II
2. Sundara Pandya
3. Sundara Pandya II
4. Varagunavarman II

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Mohammad Ghori was first defeated by which of the following rulers?

1. Prithviraja Chauhan
2. Jayachandra
3. Vidyadhara Chandella
4. Bhima II

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Ibn Batuta was a traveler from which among the following current nations?

1. Algeria
2. Morocco
3. Tunisia
4. Libya

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate is called so because__?

1. Its founder and his successors adopted the title Sayyid
2. Its founder and his successors belonged to the Sayyid tribe of eastern Turkistan
3. Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
4. Its founder was a scholar of Islamic theology

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate abolished the Iqtas?

1. Alauddin Khilji
2. Muhammad Tughlaq
3. Firozshah Tughlaq
4. Balban

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The ambassador of Emperor James I, who reached in the court of Jahangir in 1615 was __:

1. Sir James Hay
2. Sir Thomas Roe
3. Sir Thomas Howard
4. Sir John Digby

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who among the following was the founder of Bijapur state ?

1. Yusuf Adil Shah
2. Murad II
3. Mehmood II
4. Ibrahim Zubayri

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following rulers died in the Kalinjar Fort situated in the Bundelkhand region of central India?

1. Mahmud of Ghazni
2. Sher Shah Suri
3. Humayun
4. Jahangir

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Akbarnama was written originally in which among the following languages?

1. Chagtai Turkic
2. Persian
3. Arabic
4. Urdu

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Shivaji had formed a council of eight ministers that administered the Maratha empire. The council was named as:

1. Nyaya Pradhan
2. Ashta Sena
3. Ashta Siddhi
4. Ashta Pradhan

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Manyakheta (modern Malkhed) on the banks of Kagina River in Gulbarga district, Karnataka state was the capital of ______?

1. Satvahanas
2. Rastrakutas
3. Hoysalas
4. Kakatiyas

✅ Correct Answer: 2

1526 AD is significant in India’s History because of __

1. Foundation of Mughal empire in North India
2. Arrival of Ibn batuta
3. Arrival of Vasco Di Gama
4. Establishment of East India Company

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who among the following built the mosque Quwal-ul-lslam at Delhi?

1. Alauddin Khilji
2. Iltutmish
3. Qutubuddin Aiabak
4. Babur

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which among the following is incorrect regarding Buland darwaja?

1. It was built by Akbar in 1602
2. It was built in Fatehpur Sikri
3. It was built to commemorate Akbar’s victory on Gujarat only
4. All are correct

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which among the following Mughal Emperor was also known as “Ali Gauhar”?

1. Bahadur Shah Zafar
2. Shah Aalam II
3. Muhammad shah
4. Aurangzeb

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Mirza Ghalib was a contemporary of which among the following Mughal Emperors?

1. Alamgir II
2. Muhammad Shah
3. Bahadur Shah Zafar
4. Farrukhsiyar

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In the name of which among the following Mughal emperors, the East India Company struck the first coins in India?

1. Jahangir
2. Farrukhsiyar
3. Muhammad Shah
4. Jahandar Shah

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which type of coins were issued by the king of Vijayanagar empire, Tirumala Raya ?

1. Varaha
2. Garuda
3. BalaKrishna
4. Hanuman

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Gatka is an ancient martial art from which state of India?

1. Punjab
2. Maharashtra
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Andhra Pradesh

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Miftah-ul-Futuh also known as “Key to the Victories” was composed by Amir Khusro in honour of _?

1. Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji
2. Muhammad bin Tughluq
3. Ibrahim Lodhi
4. Iltutmish

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following rulers introduced “Rupee” in India?

1. Akbar
2. Alauddin Khilji
3. Shershah Suri
4. Shah Jahan

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which among the following division of a Veda has been said to suit the last (Sanyas) of the four stages in a man’s life?

1. Mantra Samhita
2. Brahamana
3. Aranyaka
4. Upanishada

✅ Correct Answer: 4