HISTORY 200-250 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

 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