General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Shaiva, Bhagavata Religion | Part 1
1. Ardhanarisvara, a figure of half Shiva and half Parvati, represents [UPPCS (Pre) 1997] (A) Union of male and female (B) Union of God
Ancient History
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – 6th Century B.C. : Political Condition | Part 1
1. What was the ancient name of Ujjain? [MPPCS (Pre) 1993 UPPCS (Pre) 2009] (A) Taxila (B) Indraprastha (C) Avantika (D) None of the
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Shaiva, Bhagavata Religion | Part 2
14. The earliest archival evidence related to Bhagavat Religion is [UPPCS (Spl) (Mains) 2008] (A) Allahabad’s inscription of Samudragupta (B) Besnagar’s inscription of Heliodorus
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Jain Religion | Part 1
1. Parshvanatha, the Jain ‘Tirthankara’ was associated mainly with which of the following places? [UPPCS (Mains) 2016] (A) Varanasi (B) Kaushambi (C) Giribraja (D)
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Buddhism | Part 2
16. Where did Buddha reside during the last rainy season of his life? [UPPCS (Mains) 2015] (A) Shravasti (B) Vaishali (C) Kushinaga (D) Sarnath
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – 6th Century B.C. : Political Condition | Part 2
17. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013] (A) Parsvanath – Janatrika (B) Bindusara – Shakya (C) Skandagupta – Maurya
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Maurya Dynasty | Part 1
1. Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in the book of [46th BPSC (Pre) 2004] (A) Bhasa (B) Sudraka (C) Vishakhadatta (D) Ashvaghosha 2. Who recognized
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Maurya Dynasty | Part 2
16. The remains of which ancient city have been found at the Kumrahar site? [UPPCS(Mains) 2011] (A) Vaishali (B) Pataliputra (C) Kapilavastu (D) Shravasti
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Maurya Dynasty | Part 3
31. Rajjuka’s were [UPPCS (Pre) 1996] (A) Traders in the Chola Kingdom (B) Officers in the Mauryan administration (C) Feudal Lords in the Gupta
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Maurya Dynasty | Part 4
46. Who of the following had first decipher the edicts of Emperor Ashoka? [IAS (Pre) 2016] (A) George Buhler (B) James Prinsep (C) Max