UPSC Ki Taiyari

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari: Q_. गुप्त किसके सामंत थे ? [A] मौर्यों के [B] कुषाणों के✓ [C] सातवाहनों के [D] इनमें से कोई नहीं व्याख्या: * इतिहासकारों के बीच इस बात पर बहस चल रही है कि गुप्त साम्राज्य की शुरुआत किसके अधीन हुई थी।  * कुछ इतिहासकारों का मानना है कि गुप्त कुषाणों के सामंत थे,  * जबकि अन्य का मानना है कि वे स्वतंत्र शासक थे जिन्होंने कुषाणों से अपना राज्य स्थापित किया था। **हालांकि, उपलब्ध साक्ष्यों से पता चलता है कि गुप्तों ने शुरुआत में कुषाणों के अधीनस्थता स्वीकार की थी।**  * प्रयाग प्रशस्ति, जो समुद्रगुप्त (गुप्त वंश के सबसे प्रसिद्ध शासक) की उपलब्धियों का वर्णन करती है, में यह उल्लेख है कि उन्होंने "कुषाणवंश" (कुषाण वंश) को हराया था।  * इससे पता चलता है कि गुप्तों ने कुषाणों पर अपनी शक्ति स्थापित करने से पहले उनके अधीन काम किया था। कुछ महत्वपूर्ण बातें: * गुप्तों ने कुषाणों से कई प्रशासनिक और सैन्य प्रथाओं को अपनाया था।  * उदाहरण के लिए, उन्होंने सोने और चांदी के सिक्के जारी किए,  * जो कुषाण सिक्कों के समान थे।  * उन्होंने सेना को भ...

  Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari: Q_. पुष्यमित्र शुंग मौर्य सम्राट वृहद्रथ की राजकीय सेना में किस पद पर आसीन था ? [A] सेनापति✓ [B] प्रधानमंत्री [C] गवर्नर [D] इनमें से कोई नहीं व्याख्या:   पुष्यमित्र शुंग मौर्य सम्राट वृहद्रथ की राजकीय सेना में सेनापति के पद पर आसीन था। * सेनापति सेना का सर्वोच्च कमांडर होता था और वह राजा को सैन्य मामलों में सलाह देता था। * पुष्यमित्र शुंग एक कुशल सेनापति था और उसने मौर्य साम्राज्य की सेना को कई विजयों तक पहुंचाया था। उसने 185 ईसा पूर्व में वृहद्रथ की हत्या कर दी थी और शुंग राजवंश की स्थापना की थी। अन्य विकल्प: प्रधानमंत्री: मौर्य साम्राज्य में प्रधानमंत्री का पद नहीं होता था। गवर्नर: पुष्यमित्र शुंग किसी प्रांत का गवर्नर नहीं था। इनमें से कोई नहीं: यह विकल्प गलत है क्योंकि पुष्यमित्र शुंग सेनापति था।

 Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari Q-1. Up to where did Chandragupta Maurya’s empire  extend in the north west? (A) Ravi river  (B) Indus river (C) Satluj river  (D) Hindukush range✓ Q-2. Which of the following could be the most  accurate description of the Mauryan monarchy  under Ashoka? (A) Enlightened despotism✓ (B) Centralised autocracy (C) Oriental despotism  (D) Guided democracy Q-3. The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta  Maurya’s Court was : (A) Kautilya  (B) Seleucus Nicator (C) Megasthenes✓ (D) Justin Q-4. Arthashastra was written by : (A) Ohanananda  (B) Kautilya✓ (C) Bimbisara  (D) Pushyamitra Q-5. Who among the following foreigners was the first  to visit India? (A) Hiuen Tsang  (B) Magasthenese✓ (C) I-Tsing  (D) Fahien

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari Q-1. The greatest Kushana ruler whose contribution to Buddhism was even greater than that of Ashoka, was A) Kadphises B) Kanishka I✓ C) Vasishka D) Huvishka Q-2. The fourth and the last Buddhist Council was convened by A) Ashoka B) Menander C) Kanishka✓ D) Huvishka Q-3. The first image of the Buddha-was carved out during the reign of A) Ashoka B) Pusyamitra Shunga C) Kanishka I✓ D) Menander Q-4. The Gandhara-Mathura School of Art, which flourished during the Kushana period and the foreign influence of A) Greece B) Rome C) Both (a) and (b) above✓ D) China Q-5. During the reign of Kanishka, Buddhism for the first time went to China and from China it went to A) Burma and Tibet B) Thailand and Cambodia C) Korea and Japan✓ D) Indonesia and Vietnam

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari Q-1. Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because A) he fell ill B) he suffered defeat in India C) his forces refused to go further✓ D) he did not like India Q-2. The one most important feature of the Mauryan Administration was A) wide powers enjoyed by the provincial governors B) the presence of a 'council of ministers' C) the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy✓ D) an extensive network of spy-system Q-3. The principles of Ashoka's Dharma (Dhamma) were taken from A) Buddhism B) Jainism C) Brahmanism D) The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period✓ Q-4. Which social evil was conspicuously absent in ancient India? A) Polygamy B) Sati system C) Devadasi system D) Purdah system✓ Q-5. The greatest Saka ruler of India, who was a great conqueror, is said to have gained fame by being well-versed in grammar, polity, logic, music etc. and had taken a vow not to kill men except in...

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari Q-1. The proceedings of the Third Buddhist Council led to the issue of Edict? A) Sanchi B) Sarnath✓ C) Bhabra D) Kalinga Q-2. Which of the following is not the name of Kautilya? A) Chanakya B) Vishnugupta C) Dramindacharya D) Devaputra✓ Q-3. Kautilya hailed from ______. A) Taxila✓ B) Srinagar C) Pataliputra D) Nepal Q-4. Buddha has been described as 'an ocean of wisdom and compassion' In A) The Light of Asia B) Amarakosa✓ C) Buddhacharita D) Jatak Tales Q-5. The most important Pahlava ruler was ______. A) Mues B) Gondophemes✓ C) Menander D) Darius

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari Q-1. Which of the following is not included in triratna of Jainism? A) Right Knowledge B) Right Conduct C) Right Faith D) Creator✓ Q-2. The Harappans did not know the use of A) Copper B) Bronze C) Gold D) Iron✓ Q-3. Ajivikas were _____. A) A monastic sect✓ B) A sect to Barbarians C) Soldiers D) Spies Q-4. Dharmamahamatras were ______ during the Mauryans. A) Officials✓ B) Buddhist Monks C) Jain Monks D) Soldiers Q-5. During the period of Sungas there was a revival of ______. A) Jainism B) Buddhism C) Brahminism✓ D) Zoroastrianism

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari Q-1. The Vishnu Purana, gives an account of _____. A) Mauryan Dynasty✓ B) The Andhras C) The Vardhanas D) Life in Indus Valley Q-2. A well-organised State machinery was Introduced for the first time by A) the Vedic Aryans B) Alexander C) the Guptas D) the Mauryas✓ Q-3. The last Mauryan king was A) Pushyamitra Sunga B) Ashoka C) Harsha D) Brihadratha✓ Q-4. Bimbisara was succeeded by A) Ashoka B) Ajatasatru✓ C) Vesudeva D) Chandragupta Maurya Q-5. The Upanishads are separated from the Brahmanas by treatises called _______. A) Vedas B) Aranyakas✓ C) Epics D) Puranas

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari Q-1. Which of the following Minor Rock Edicts of Ashoka describes the Conquest of Kalinga by Ashoka? A) No. XIII✓ B) No. X C) No. XI D) No. XII Q-2. Which of the following Vedas is rendered musically? A) Rig Veda B) Yajur Veda C) Sama Veda✓ D) Atharva Veda Q-3. Of the following who was the hero of a famous drama Malvlkagnimitra written by Kalidasa? A) Vasumitra B) Vajramitra C) Pushyamitra D) Agnimitra✓ Q-4. The duties of Dharmamahamatras are explained in the Minor Rock Edict No___. A) X B) IV C) XII D) V✓ Q-5. Which of the following subjects is not dealt with in the Puranas? A) Primary creation B) Secondary creation C) Genealogies of gods D) Arithmetic✓

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari Q-1. Ashoka was much influenced by Buddhist monk called A) Upagupta✓ B) Vasubandhu C) Ambhi D) Asvagosha Q-2. Megasthanes visited India during the period of A) Chandragupta II B) Ashoka C) Chandragupta Maurya✓ D) Harsha Q-3. Megasthanes was the Ambassador of A) Selukos Nikator✓ B) Alexander C) Darius D) The Persians Q-4. “The Indica" was written by A) Kautilya B) Patanjali C) Megasthanes✓ D) Panini Q-5. Mauryan Dynasty was founded by A) Ashoka B) Chandragupta Maurya✓ C) Pushyamitra D) Ajatasatru

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari Q-1. Ashoka’s claim to be one of the greatest rulers in world history life in the fact that A) his aims covered both the religious and secular aspects of life B) he worked for the material moral and spiritual uplift of the people C) after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace✓ D) he attempted to unify the people of different castes and communities into a bound of common moral ideal Q-2. The moat important official post with vast responsibilities created by Asoka was A) Rajuka B) Yukta C) Dharamamahamatya✓ D) Prativedaka Q-3. The Mauryan sculptors had attained the highest perfection in the carving of A) floral designs B) pillars C) animal figures✓ D) yaksha figures Q-4. The most striking feature of the Ashokan pillars is their A) monolithic structure B) carving C) polish✓ D) uniformity of workmanship Q-5. Which of the following was not one of the actual cause for the d...

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari Q-1. Kautilya (also known as Vishnugupta and Chanakya) is the author of Arthasastra which has been compared with (a) Plato's State (b) Machiavelli's Prince✓ (c) Karl Marx's Das Kapital (d) Hitler's Mein Kampf Q-2. Megasthanes, the ambassador of Selucus at the Mauryan court in Pataliputra, wrote an account of the period in his book A) Travels of Megasthanes B) Indika✓ C) Indicoplecusts D) Both (B) and (C) Q-3. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka? A) Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa B) Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana B) Inscriptions of Ashoka✓ D) Archaeological Sources and the Puranas Q-4. After the Kalinga War, Ashoka decided never to wage any war because? A) After the conquest of Kalinga the political unity of Mauryan India had been achieved B) Ashoka felt apologetic about the destruction of men and material on both sides in the war C) He was...

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari Q-1. In the sixth century BC northern India was divided into A) sixteen great states B) eight republican states C) both (a) and (b) above✓ D) Anga and Magadha Q-2. Of all the states in northern India in 6th century BC which of the following states emerged as the most powerful? A) Anga B) Magadha✓ C) Kashi C) Kosala Q-3. When Alexander invaded India, Magadha was being ruled by the A) Haryankas B) Sisunagas C) Nandas✓ D) Mauryas Q-4. Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas because A) Chanakya had been humiliated by the Nandas B) the Nandas were low-born C) the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people✓ D) Chanakya wanted to restore the ideal of Kshatriya rule Q-5. The decline of the Nandas at the hands of Kautilya and Chandragupta Maurya has been vividly portrayed in the Sanakrit play written by Kalidasa A) Mudrarakshas B...

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari Q-1. Ashoka has been particularly Influenced by the Buddhist monk A) Ambhi B) Upagupta✓ C) Asvaghosha D) Vasubandhu 2. During Kanishka's reign, the centre of political activity shifted from Magadha to A) Delhi B) Ayodhya C) Kannauj D) Purushapura (Peshawar)✓ Q-3. Which of the following Sanskrit language? A) Kushanas B) Mauryas C) Guptas✓ D) Indo-Greeks 4. Who had got the Konark Sun Temple constructed? A) Kanishka B) Ashoka C) Narasimha Deva II✓ D) Rajendra Chola Q-5. Which one of the following sculptures invariably used green schist as the medium? A) Maurya sculptures B) Mathura sculptures C) Bharhut sculptures✓ D) Gandhara sculptures

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari Q-1. Which of the following does not represent an important source material for the Mauryan period? A) Literary works B) Foreign accounts C) Numismatic evidence✓ D) Epigraphic sources Q-2. According to Strabo, the Tamil kingdom to first send emissaries to meet Augustin in Athens in 20 BC, was A) Pallava B) Chola C) Pandya✓ D) Chera Q-3. Who among the following was the founder of the Nanda dynasty? A) Mahapadma Nanda✓ B) Ashoka Nanda C) Dhana Nanda D) None of the above Q-4. The word 'Veda' has been derived from the root word 'Vid' which means A) Divinity B) Sacredness C) Doctrine D) Knowledge✓ Q-5. The Kushan rule was brought to an end by A) The Nagas B) The Britishers C) Samudragupta D) The Hindu Shahi Dynasty✓

Daily Quiz For UPSC Ki Taiyari Q-1. The Vedic economy was based on A) trade and commerce B) crafts and industries C) agriculture and cattle rearing✓ D) all the above Q-2. The normal form of government during the Vedic period was A) democracy B) republics C) oligarchy D) monarchy✓ Q-3. Two popular Assemblies of the Vedic period were A) Sabha and Mahasabha B) Mahasabha and Ganasabha C) Sabha and Samiti✓ D) Ur and Kula Q-4. The Indo-Greek Kingdom set up in north Afghanistan in the beginning of the second century BC was A) Scythia✓ B) Zedrasia C) Bactria D) Aria Q-5. The beat specimens of Mauryan art are represented by their A) Stupas B) Pillars✓ C) Chaityas D) Caves