Chanakya (also known as Kautilya or Vishnugupta) wrote the Arthashastra an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft economic policy and military strategy during the Mauryan period.
Q2. Who wrote the Panchatantra?
Correct Answer: B
Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra
Q3. Alexander defeated _________ in the battle of Hydaspes.
Correct Answer: A
Alexander the Great defeated King Porus (Purushottama) in the Battle of Hydaspes in 326 BC fought on the banks of the Jhelum River in present-day Pakistan.
Q4. Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem written in which language?
Correct Answer: C
Ramcharitmanas was written by Tulsidas in Awadhi language in the 16th century. It is an epic poem retelling the story of Rama based on the Sanskrit Ramayana.
Q5. From which monument Gautama Buddha propagated his divine knowledge of Buddhism to the world?
Correct Answer: B
Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon at the Deer Park in Sarnath where the Dhamek Stupa stands today. This event is known as Dharmachakra Pravartana (turning the wheel of dharma).
Q6. Alexander the Great was born in ________.
Correct Answer: A
Alexander the Great was born in 356 BC in Pella the capital of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He became king at age 20 and created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Q7. Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western _____ sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries.
Correct Answer: B
Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings in western Afghanistan particularly in the Bamiyan region where ancient murals in caves show the earliest known use of oil-based paints.
Q8. Kalinga War was fought in the year _______
Correct Answer: B
The Kalinga War was fought in 261 BC between the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka and the state of Kalinga. The massive loss of life led Ashoka to embrace Buddhism and renounce warfare.
Q9. Chandragupta Maurya was born in _______.
Correct Answer: A
Chandragupta Maurya was born around 340 BC. He founded the Mauryan Empire in 322 BC and unified most of the Indian subcontinent under a single administration.
Q10. Ashoka was an emperor of the __________ Dynasty.
Correct Answer: C
Ashoka was the third emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty ruling from approximately 268 BC to 232 BC. He was the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya.
