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Early India- State to Empire | Set 2

1. ……. was a tribute or booty which eventually became a tax on land.

Correct : C. bali

2. ……. means a share.It was normally applied to the produce of the land

Correct : D. bhaga

3. In the early period the ………… was often called as the ‘Bhagadugha’ which means those who milks the share.

Correct : A. king

4. The literary sources like the Sama, Yajur and the Atharva Vedas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, the Upanishads etc.throw light on the ………… life and culture of the later Vedic period.

Correct : C. aryan

5. The Kurus occupied ………… and the upper portions of doab,the area called Kurushetra or the land of the Kurus.

Correct : C. delhi

6. Gradually the Kurus merged with Panchalas,which occupied the

Correct : C. hastinapura

7. The ……….. period witnessed a transformation of the pastoral society to a sedentary agrarian society.

Correct : A. later vedic

8. The hymn in the later portion of the …………. for the first time describes the origin of the four varnas.

Correct : D. rig vedic literature

9. The ………………. formed the priestly class.

Correct : D. brahmins

10. The …………….. in trade and agriculture.

Correct : A. vyshyas

11. The ……………. formed the lowest section of the Varna society.

Correct : A. shudras

12. The later Vedic text Aitereya Brahmana mentioned the worst position

Correct : D. shudras

13. The term ‘Jana’ used in the …………….. age to denote the tribe or people, paved for the emergence of ‘Janapatha’ which meant the area where the tribe settled.

Correct : D. rig vedic

14. By the …………….. century B.C. the use of iron had become widespread in Eastern U.P. and Western Bihar which facilitated the formation of the large territorial state.

Correct : D. sixth

15. In the age of the ……………., 16 large states called Mahajanapadas were flourishing in North India.

Correct : A. buddha

16. The period from the 6th century B.C. onwards witnessed the emergence of the cities in ancient India for the second time, the first being the ……………. cities.

Correct : A. harappan

17. Magadha came into prominence under the leadership of Bimbisara who belonged to the …………… dynasty.

Correct : C. haryanka

18. The most notable achievement of Bimbisara was the annexation of the neighbouring kingdom of Anga which had its capital at Champa near ………..

Correct : A. bhagalpur

19. Magadha’s most serious rival was Avanti with its capital at ………….

Correct : A. ujjain

20. ……………. strengthened Rajagriha and built a small fort, Pataligrama

Correct : D. ajatasatru

21. Ajatasatru was succeeded by his son …………… (460-444 B.C.).

Correct : A. udayan

22. The …………. Ware culture is identified by its distinctive pottery.

Correct : A. nbp

23. The first NBP Ware was discovered from …………….. in 1930.

Correct : A. taxila

24. The ……………. have identified two phases of NBP culture, the first being the formative one and the second being the mature one.

Correct : A. archaeologists

25. The principle of Varnasrama Dharma is one of the basic principles of ….………..

Correct : A. hinduism

26. In Purusha-Sukta of the ………………, there is reference to the division of Hindu society into four classesnamely the Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas and the Sudras.

Correct : A. rig-veda

27. The 6th century B.C witnessed the rise of great spiritual leaders like Zoraster in Persia,Confucious and Leo-Tse in ………….., Isiah in Palestine and Heracletes in Greece.

Correct : B. china

28. The most important cause of the rise of new religions in the ………….. century B.C. was the decay of the Vedic religion.

Correct : A. 6th

29. The …………. as priests and teachers claimed the highest status in society.

Correct : B. brahmins

30. The Jain tradition regards ………….. as the founder of Jainism.

Correct : A. rishaba

31. The 23rd Thirthankara, ………………. was a historical figure.

Correct : A. parswanath

32. Parswanath was the fore- runner of ………., the founder of historical Jainism.

Correct : B. mahavira

33. Vardhamana Mahavira, the 24th Thirthankara of …… was a Kshatriya of high position.

Correct : B. jainism

34. Vardhamana Mahavira was born at Kundala grama at …… in 540B.C.

Correct : A. vaisali

35. Vardhamana Mahavira married …… and a daughter was born to him.

Correct : B. yesodha

36. Vardhamana Mahavira attained Nirvana at the age of 72 at Pava in

Correct : B. bihar

37. …………… taught that the Salvation is possible by the observance of the three Jewels (three ratnas) viz, Right knowledge, Right belief and Right conduct.

Correct : A. mahavira

38. By the end of the 4th century B.C. there appeared a great division among the followers of ………….. one section came to be known as ‘Digambaras’.The other section known as Swethambaras.

Correct : C. jainism

39. According to the Jain accounts a terrible famine ravaged North India in the time of ……………… and lasted for twelve years.

Correct : A. chandra gupta maurya

40. Half of the Jain community lead by their saints Badrabahu moved and

Correct : C. mysore

41. Chandra Gupta Maurya attained Nirvana by slow starvation and death, having become a …………… Monk.

Correct : A. jain

42. When the famine ended, the emigrants came back to the North and found that the Jains who remained in North India had given up their original strict Jain way of life.They were condemned by the followers of ………………. as heretics.

Correct : C. badrabhahu

43. Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism was the son of

Correct : A. kapilavasthu

44. One day as he was sitting under the Bodhi tree at ………….. and meditating, enlightenment dawned upon him and thus he became the Buddha or the enlightened one.

Correct : C. gaya

45. Gautama Buddha passed away at the age of 80 at Kusi nagara in …………..

Correct : C. u.p.

46. Buddha preached his followers the ……………. ‘Noble Truths’ concerning sorrow, the cause of sorrow, the destruction of sorrow and the ways removing of sorrow.

Correct : A. 4

47. According to ……………… the ‘Noble Eight fold path’ is the means to over come desire and get liberation from birth and rebirth.

Correct : A. buddha

48. The Eight Fold path of ………….. is also called the’ Middle path’.

Correct : D. buddha

49. Buddhism spread far and wide under ………….. patronage.

Correct : D. asoka’s

50. After the ………….. period reaction set in against Buddhism and it was divided into Hinayanism and Mahayanism.

Correct : A. mauryan

51. The Hinayanists followed the original teachings of ………….. without any fundamental change.

Correct : D. buddhism

52. The ……………. are a collection of philosophical texts which form the theoretical basis for theHindu religion.

Correct : A. upanishads

53. The term ‘Gahapathi’ occurs in the …………….. literature in the sense of the head of a household.

Correct : A. vedic literature

54. The …………… ‘Anguttara Nikaya’ describes the society consisting of three states; Brahmana, Kshatriya and Gahapathi.

Correct : A. budhist

55. The word ‘Gramani’ appears in both …………. and early Pali literature.

Correct : A. vedic

56. ‘Vanik’ is the ………….. word for the traders in ancient India.

Correct : D. sanskrit

57. The French Revolution was in the year of ..................

Correct : A. 1789

58. The original belief that one who is sick cannot cure others came to be radically transformed by the bodhisattva ideal, which appeared in the later phase of Buddhism known as …………….

Correct : A. mahayana buddhism

59. Magadha has risen to authority during the reigns of Bimbisara (544 to 491 BC) and his son Ajatashatru (491 to 460 BC) of ……. Dynasty.

Correct : A. shishunaga

60. Bimbisara ruled his domain from the city of Rajagriha, now known as Rajgir, near Gaya in the state of ………………...

Correct : A. bihar

61. ……………..was the last powerful king of Shishunaga Dynasty who established a fort at Pataliputra now known as Patna.

Correct : A. ajatashatru

62. Udayan was the last noticeable but not so powerful king of ………..

Correct : A. magadha

63. The Nandas were the successors of the ……………...

Correct : A. sisunagas

64. The founder of the …………. dynasty was Mahapadma Nanda.

Correct : D. nanda

65. Mahapadma Nanda was described as the son of the last ……… king Mahanandin by a sudra woman.

Correct : A. sisunaga

66. The last of ruler of the Nanda dynasty was ………….., a contemporary of Alexander.

Correct : C. dhana nanda

67. ……… who overthrew the Nanda dynasty with the help of a crafty Brahmin statesman, Kautilya.

Correct : A. chandragupta maurya

68. Maurya Dynasty was ruled into the state of Magadha from the capital

Correct : B. pataliputra

69. The Mauryan dynasty had disintegrated in ………… by Pushyamitra Sunga.

Correct : B. 185 bc

70. ………………. is an important treatise on the polity and administration of the Mauryan times written by Kautilya who was also known as Chanakya.

Correct : A. arthasastra

71. ……… was a friend, guide and philosopher to Chandra Gupta Maurya.

Correct : A. kautilya

72. ‘Indica’ is the accounts on India prepared by …………….

Correct : B. megasthenese

73. Megasthenese stayed at the …………… court and noted down his reflections on the then Indian society.

Correct : A. mauryan

74. The Brahmi script which was a riddle for a long time was deciphered by ……………… in 1837.

Correct : A. james princep

75. James Princep was a civil servant of the English East India Company in ………….. and the secretary of the Asiatic society.

Correct : A. bengal

76. Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan dynasty overthrew the last Nanda king and occupied his capital …………. in 321 B.C.

Correct : A. pataliputra

77. The first attempt of Chandragupta towards political integration was his war with ………….., the ruler of the area, west of the Indus.

Correct : C. scleucus nikator

78. The statement about the abdication of the throne by Chandragupta and his migration to Sravanabalgola in ………….. as a Jaina Monk, shows the influence of the Mauryas in the South.

Correct : C. karnataka

79. ………………, the son and successor of Chandragupta is said to have subjugated kings and Nobles of about 16 cities and became the master of the territory which lay between Eastern and Western sea.

Correct : C. bindusara

80. Since ………….. is credited to have conquered Kalinga only, extension of the Mauryan Empire beyond river Tungabadra is done by his predecessors.

Correct : C. asoka

81. The Mauryan control of Deccan and Mysore Plateau must have been made a reality by …………...

Correct : A. bindusara

82. The process of political integration was completed with the conquest of Kalinga by …………. and thus the Mauryan empire was formed.

Correct : B. asoka

83. ……………. (322-298 B.C.) was the founder of the Mauryan Empire.

Correct : C. chandragupta maurya

84. With the help of his Prime Minister Kautilya, ………… reorganized the whole administration.

Correct : A. chandragupta

85. As regards the legislative functions, the king has been described by ……………… as “Dharma Parivartak”.

Correct : A. kautilya

86. The Greek Ambassador ……… had given a very detailed description of the Mauryan Municipal arrangement, which was very excellent.

Correct : A. megasthenes

87. The institution of the Dharma Mahamatras was started by ………...

Correct : D. ashoka

88. The ‘Arthasastra’ of ………… and several other ancient Indian texts put forward the ‘Saptanga theory of state’.

Correct : A. kautilya

89. …………. policy of Dhamma or Dharma had earned him the credit of being considered as one of the greatest kings of the ancient world.

Correct : D. asoka’s

90. ………… had appointed a special group of officers called ‘Dharma Mahamatras’to propogate Dharma among the people including women.

Correct : A. asoka

91. ………….. conducted ‘Dharma Yathras’ in the empire along with his officials in order to propagate Dharma.

Correct : A. asoka

92. …………., the emissary said to have been sent by Asoka to Sri Lanka and converted the ruler of that country into Buddhism.

Correct : A. mahendra

93. Buddhist texts mentioned about the visit of …………., the daughter of Asoka to Sri Lanka for the spread of the principle of Dharma.

Correct : D. sangamitra

94. The last Mauryan ruler ………. was murdered by his Brahmin general Pushyamitra Sunga, who founded the Sunga dynasty in 184 B.C.

Correct : A. brihandratha

95. …………. were the huge stone slabes erected over the burials.

Correct : D. megalithic

96. The culture in which huge stone slabes were used encircle burial places was called the ……………… culture.

Correct : A. megalithic

97. In the ……………… age Kerala was a part of Tamilakam.

Correct : D. sangam

98. The Sangam literature divided the land into …………. regions or Tinai on the basis of soil formation and Topography.

Correct : A. 5

99. …………. was Hilly and Forest regions.

Correct : A. kurinchi

100. ………….. was pastoral and jungle areas.

Correct : A. mullai