201. Who among the following was the court physician of Kanishka?
Answer: Charaka
202. Chachnama records the history of which conquest?
Answer: Arabs
203. The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
Answer: Ravi and Chenab
204. The first Iranian ruler who brought some parts of India under his sway was
Answer:Darius I
205. Gandhara School of art developed during the time of
Answer:Kushans
206. Kanishka's capital was at
Answer: Peshawar
207. In whose coins was the wheel found?
Answer: Menander
208. One of them was not conquered by Kanishka from China. Identify.
Answer: Kapisa
209. Who among the following is referred to as the "Sadhu from the west '?
Answer: St Thomas
210. What was the original name of Euthydemia?
Answer: Sakala
211. In whose reign did the visit of Saint Thomas take place?
Answer: Gondophernes
212. The Kushans ruled in
Answer: 1st century AD
213. When did the first Huna invasion take place?
Answer: 458 AD
214. Gandhara Art is the combination of -
Answer: Indo - Greek
215. Gandhara School of Art was established in
Answer: North-Western India
216. The school of Indian art which is also known as the Greco-Roman-Buddhist art is __school
Answer: Hala
218. Who built the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram?
Answer: Pallava Kings
219. After which of the following centuries, did the practice of donating land in South India go a long way?
Answer: Eighth century
220. The ruler of which dynasty of South India assumed the title of Dharmaraj?
Answer: Western Ganga
221. Where is the Brihadeshwar temple, built during the Chola period, located?
Answer: Tanjavur
222. Which of the following Pallava Kings assumed the title of "Vatapikonda" after defeating and slaying the great Chalukyan King Pulekesin II?
Answer: Narsimha Varman I
223.The Chola kingdom mostly ruled which region of India?
Answer: South
224. The new element of Gopuram had been encouraged in temples of southern India by the
Answer: Pallavas
225. Madurai had been the capital of the
Answer: Pandyas
226. India had a brisk foreign trade with the Roman world during_______ the period.
Answer: Sangam
227. The rulers of a dynasty of the Deccan who were supposed to be Brahmanas and staunch supporters of Brahmanism were
Answer: Satavahanas
228. The Pallava king who adopted the epithet Vichitrachitta or curious minded was
Answer: Mahendravarman I
229. Which of the following is called The Bible of Tamil?
Answer: Thirukkural
230. Where is Famous Virupaksha temple located?
Answer: Hampi
231. The official language of the Satvahanas was
Answer: Prakrit
232. Who was the founder of Vakatak dynasty?
Answer: Vindhya Shakti
233. Which one of the following Chola King conquered Ceylon (Srilanka) first?
Answer: Rajaraja I
234. Rath Temples at Mahabalipuram were built during the reign of which Pallava ruler?
Answer: Narasimahavarman I
235. The battle of Koppam was fought between
Answer: the Western Chalukyas and the Cholas
236. The Chalukya king Kumarapala is said to have instituted a Jaina reformation under the guidance of
Answer: Hemchandra
237. The fertile agrarian tract in the early Tamil country is denoted by the term
Answer: Marudam
238. The first Tamil Sangam is said to have been instituted by
Answer: Agastya
239. The Kalyana-mandapa was a notable feature of temple architecture in the kingdom of
Answer: Vijayanagara
240. Which emperor conquered and annexed the northern part of Sri Lanka and named it Mummadi Cholamandalam?
Answer: Rajaraja I
241. Sangam literature is
Answer: early Tamil literature attributed to the history of ancient Southern India.
242. At which of the following places were the third Sangam Literary Assemblies held?
Answer: Madurai
243. Group of Monuments at Hampi was built by?
Answer: Harihara and Bukka
244. The lowest unit of Chola administration was the
Answer: Kurram
245. The successors of the Satavahanas in the Deccan were the
Answer: Vakatakas
246. The ruler of which dynasty of South India assumed the title of Dharmaraj?
Answer: Western Ganga
247. According to the categories of land mentioned in the Chola inscriptions ___
was known as the land for the maintenance of schools?
Answer: Shalabhoga
248. According to the categories of land mentioned in the Chola inscriptions______
was known as the land of non-Brahmana peasant proprietors?
Answer: Halmidi inscription
249. According to the categories of land mentioned in the Chola inscriptions ___was known as the land donated to Jaina institutions?
Answer: Pallichchhandam
250. According to the categories of land mentioned in the Chola inscriptions___was known as the land gifted to Brahmanas?
Answer: Brahmadeya