UPSC/SSC G.K. History Quiz 18

1.Where did the traveller Ibn Batuta come from ?
(a) Morocco
(b) Persia
(c) Turkey
(d) Central Asia

2. The Kingdom of Vijayanagar was founded by-
(a) Vijaya Raja
(b) Harihar II
(c) Harihar and Bukka
(d) Bukka II

3. Megasthenes was an envoy of which of the following kings ?
(a) Seleucus
(b) Alexander
(c) Darius
(d) Antiochus

4. Who among the following Bahmani rulers built the famous Gol Gumbaj at Bijapur ?
(a) Muhammad Adil Shah
(b) Mahmud Gawan
(c) Yusuf Adil Shah
(d) Ismail Adil Shah

5. Which one of the following places has no Ashokan edicts ?
(a) Girnar
(b) Kandhar
(c) Pataliputra
(d) Topra

 

6. Patanjali is well-known for the compilation of-
(a) Yoga Sutra
(b) Panchatantrea
(c) Brahma Sutra
(d) Ayurveda

7. By which ruler Pataliputra was chosen for the first time as a capital ?
(a) Ajatasatru
(b) Kalasok
(c) Udayin
(d) Kanishka

 

8. Which was the first capital of Magadha ?
(a) Pataliputra
(b) Vaishali
(c) Girivarja (Rajgriha)
(d) Champa

9. Which one of the periods marks th beginning of the Indian temple architecture ?
(a) Nanda
(b) Maurya
(c) Sunga
(d) Gupta

10. ………….assumed the title of ‘Vikramaditya’.
(a) Ashoka
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Kanishka
(d) Samudragupta

Answer- 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6.(a) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (d) 10. (b)