Indian History Quiz (Focus - - Magadha and related)

Q 1:Magadha Empire was established by ..................
Jarasandh
Vrihadratha
Bimbisar

Q 2:Magadha was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas or states in ancient India. ............ was capital of Magadha.

Champa
Girvraj
Banaras

Q 3:The first king of Magadha dynasty was Bimbisar and and he was founder of.........dynasty.
Gupta
Maurya
Haryaka

Q 4:His son Ajatsatru succeeded him............ was a nick name of Ajatshatru.
Aruna
Kunik
Opal

Q 5:Ajatshatru was succeeded by his son Udayin. Udayin was a patron of ........
Buddhism
Jainism
Vaishnav

Q 6:Click the wrong pair regarding Mahajanpadas and its capital.
Matsya : Bairath
Kuru : Indra Prastha
Avanti :Takshshila

Q 7:Chandragupta Maurya defeated whom and laid the foundation of Mauryan Dynasty?
Dhan Nand
Ajatashatru
Kaipart

Q 8:The last ruler of Haryak Dynasty was ?
Udai Bhadra
Nagdashak
Anurudd

Q 9:Clcik wrong option
Haryak Dynasty-Bimbisar
Shishunag Dynasty-Anirudhdha
Nanda Dynasty-Govindshank

Q 10:His first wife Kosla devi was daughter of king Kosal and sister of Prasenjit. His second wife Chellana was a lichchhavi princes of Vaishali. Third wife was Vaidehi and fourth wife was Khema who ws a daughter of chief of Madra.Whose wives are we talking of?
Ajatashatru
Bimbisar
NagDasak

Q 11:Buddha was born in BC 560 and died at the age of ..... in BC 480.
80
75
105

Q 12:Udayabhadra succeeded his father, Ajatashatru, under him ............. became the largest city in the world.

Vaishali
Patliputra
Kasi

Q 13:In ......... BC, Alexander invaded India, after crossing the river Indus he advanced towards Taxila. He then challenged king Porus , ruler of the kingdom between the rivers Jhelum and Chenab.
352
376
326

Q 14:Which Mahajanpada lies between present day Kabul and Rawalpindi?
Gandhara
Avanti
Kambhoj

Q 15:Click wrong option regarding the Mahajanpada and their present day location?
Kosala-Eastern UP
Kamboj-Near Paithan in Maharashtra
Magadh-Patna and Gaya

Q 16:The first reference to the Angas is found in the .............. where they find mention along with the Magadhas, Gandharis and the Mujavats, apparently as a despised people.
Rigveda
Samveda
Atharva-Veda

Q 17:After Aornos, Alexander crossed the Indus and fought and won an epic battle against a local ruler Porus, who ruled a region in the Punjab, in the Battle of ............... in 326 BC.
Hydaspes
Kalinga
Tarain

Q 18:Indian sources record that Parvata (Porus) was killed by mistake by the magadhan chief adviser Rakshasa, who was trying to assassinate ............. instead.
Bindusara
Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka

Q 19:Kalashoka, Mahapadam, Panduk, Pandumati, Bhutpal, Rastrapal are kings from which dynasty?
Haryak
Shishunag
Nanda

Q 20:The Iranian ruler, ............, penetrated into north-west India in 518 BC and annexed Punjab, west of the Indus, and Sindh.
Darius
Nadir Shah
Mardonius

Q 21:Click wrong option?
500BC-Pahalavas invaded India
90BC-Sakas invaded India
45AD-Kushanas or Yue-chis invaded India

Q 22:Alexander returned from India in 325 BC.On his way he died at?

Vergina
Babylon
Nysa

Q 23:Alexander became king of Greece at the age of ..... following the death of his father King Philip II.
33
35
20

Q 24:..........was the ruler of Taxila who surrendered Alexander rather than fighting with him?
Ambhi
Adraistai
Selukose

Q 25:Who was the last ruler of Nand Dynasty?
Das Siddhak
Dhan Nand
Rashtra Pal