1. The first Persian ruler who occupied part of Indian territory was
(a) Cyrus
(b) Cambyses
(c) Darius
(d) Xerxes
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. Which social evil was conspicuously absent in ancient India
(a) Polygamy
(b) Sati system
(c) Devadasi system
(d) Purdah system
6. The greatest Saka ruler of India, who was a great conqueror, is said to have gained
fame by being well-versed in grammar, polity, logic, music etc. and had taken a vow not
to kill men except in battle. Who was he?
(a) Chastana
(b) Nahapana
(c) Rudrasimha
(d) Rudradaman
7. 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
8. The fourth and the last Buddhist Council was convened by
(a) Ashoka
(b) Menander
(c) Kanishka
(d) Huvishka
9. The first image of the Buddha-was carved out during the reign of
(a) Ashoka
(b) Pusyamitra Shunga
(c) Kanishka I
(d) Menander
10. 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