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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS on Ancient History of J&K


MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS on Ancient History of J&K





 1 According to Mahabharata evidences, who

ruled over the region during the epical times

and had Republican System of Government?

(a) Peer Zada Hassan (b) Kamboj

(c) Gonanda (d) None of these



2 The first historian of Kashmir was

(a) Kalhana (b) Lalitaditya

(c) Durlabhvardhan (d) Jayapida


3 Which of the following is the earliest source

of Kashmir?

(a) Spanda-Karika (b) Vartika

(c) Rajatarangini (d) Sivadrishti



4 The lower Karewas points to which age?

(a) Neolithic age

(b) Megalithic age

(c) Pleistocene age

(d) None of the above



5 The earliest archeological site of India is

(a) Begagund (b) Gofkral

(c) Pampur (d) Burzahom



6 Seeds of which crop has been found at

Burzahom?

(a) Lentils (b) Wheat

(c) Barley (d) All of these



7 Which of the following are a few major

invention of the Neolithic Era found in

Kashmir?

(a) Needles (b) Harpoons

(c) Hunting tools (d) All of these



8 The Neolithic Skull has been found at which

place of Jammu and Kashmir, which reveals

that people of that period knew about the

surgical practice of human trepanation?

(a) Burzahom (b) Begagund

(c) Pampur (d) Gofkral




9 Pandrethan, the old city of Srinagar was

founded by

(a) Ashoka (b) Gautam

(c) Gonanda l (d) Yudhistira



10 Which Mauryan ruler appointed a Buddhist

missionary to spread Buddhism in Kashmir?

(a) Chandragupta (b) Ashoka

(c) Bindusara (d) Samprati




11 During whose rule Buddhism was

introduced in Kashmir?

(a) Ashoka (b) Kanishka

(c) Bashanas (d) None of these



12 The Turushka kings, mentioned by Kalhana

in his book was

(a) Hushka (b) Jushka

(c) Kanishka (d) All of these



13 The city of Kanishkapura was built by

(a) Ashoka (b) Nagarjuna

(c) Kanishka (d) Vasugupta




14 Which ruler held the 4th Buddhist Council

at Kundalvana in Kashmir that divided

Buddhism into two sects?

(a) Kanishka (b) Ashoka

(c) Meghavahana (d) Lalitaditya



15 The 4th Buddhist Council was held where in

Kashmir?

(a) Hushkapura (b) Kundalvana

(c) Pandrethen (d) Jushkapura



16 Which invader from Central Asia

conquered north India including Kashmir

and Gandhar around 5th century?

(a) Mihirakula (b) Toramana

(c) Yasodharman (d) Gonanda-I



17 According to Kalhana’s Rajatarangini,

the first ruler of Kashmir was

(a) Gonanda I (b) Gonanda II

(c) Damodara I (d) Lalitaditya



18 Which of the following king founded the

Pravarasenpura City of Srinagar?

(a) Pravarasena I (b) Pravarasena II

(c) Ashoka (d) None of these



19 Yudhishthira-II, Narendraditya-I,

Ranaditya-I, etc belonged to which

dynasty of Kashmir?

(a) Kushan (b) Gonanda

(c) Mauryan (d) None of these



20 Which among the following was the

founder of Karkota Dynasty?

(a) Lalitaditya

(b) Durlabhavardhana

(c) Kanishka

(d) None of the above



21 Which of the following traveller visited

Kashmir during the reign of

Durlabhavardhana?

(a) Hiuen Tsang (b) Fa-Hien

(c) Yijing (d) Zhu-Zixing




22 Who is known as the ‘Samudragupta of

Kashmir’?

(a) Gunavarman (b)

Durlabhavardhana

(c) Lalitaditya (d) Sanghbuti




23 Which of the following states were

conquered by Lalitaditya?

(a) Punjab (b) Ladakh

(c) Kannauj (d) All of these




24 Who built the world famous Sun Temple

(Martand) in Jammu and Kashmir?

(a) Ashoka (b) Gonanda-I

(c) Lalitaditya (d) Jayatida



25 Who started Kashmiri Shaivism?

(a) Kshemraja (b) Kallata

(c) Abhinavgupta (d) Vasugupta



26 Spanda-Karika, the Kashmir Shaivism

literary source was written by

(a) Kallata (b) Vasugupta

(c) Somananda (d) Utpaladeva



ANSWERS

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

11. (a) 12. (d) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (b) 20. (b)

21. (a) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (d) 26. (a)


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