WBCS Preliminary Ancient Indian History
Year-wise PYQ (2023-2000)
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2023 (11 Questions)
1. Name the king whose achievements were described in Nanaghat inscription.
(A) Satakarni I
(B) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(C) Vashishta Putra Pulamayi
(D) Yajnasri Satakarni
✅ Answer: (A) Satakarni I
2. Who was the first historical emperor of India?
(A) Dhanananda
(B) Chandragupta Mourya
(C) Bimbisara
(D) Bindusara
✅ Answer: (C) Bimbisara
3. Name the Chalukya king who defeated Harshavardana.
(A) Pulakeshin I
(B) Pulakeshin II
(C) Mangalesh
(D) Kirtivarmana
✅ Answer: (B) Pulakeshin II
4. Which state among the ‘Sixteen Mahajanapadas’ was successful ultimately in founding an empire?
(A) Koshala
(B) Kashi
(C) Magadha
(D) Panchala
✅ Answer: (C) Magadha
5. Name the Chola king who adopted the title of ‘Gangoikonda’.
(A) Rajendra Chola l
(B) Rajraj I
(C) Rajadhiraj Chola
(D) Rajendra Chola II
✅ Answer: (A) Rajendra Chola l
6. Who wrote ‘Kumarasambhavam’?
(A) Vishnusharma
(B) Dandin
(C) Kalidasa
(D) Somedeb
✅ Answer: (C) Kalidasa
7. Where did Chandragupta II establish his second capital?
(A) Bidisha
(B) Malava
(C) Valabhi
(D) Ujjayni
✅ Answer: (D) Ujjayni
8. Who was Mihirkula/Mihirgula?
(A) Saka king
(B) Kushana king
(C) Huna king
(D) Pahlava king
✅ Answer: (C) Huna king
9. Where was the first Buddhist Council held?
(A) Vaisali
(B) Pataliputra
(C) Rajagriha
(D) Malava
✅ Answer: (C) Rajagriha
10. Where was the capital of Kanishka?
(A) Purushpur
(B) Jalandhar
(C) Kashmir
(D) Pataliputra
✅ Answer: (A) Purushpur
11. Under the rule of which emperor Nalanda University was founded?
(A) Samudragupta
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Skandagupta
(D) Kumaragupta I
✅ Answer: (D) Kumaragupta I
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2022 (11 Questions)
12. Who is the composer of Allahabad Prasasti?
(A) Harishena
(B) Bishakhdutta
(C) Kalidasa
(D) Shudrak
✅ Answer: (A) Harishena
13. Earliest fossil remains of archaic Homo sapiens has been found in
(A) Siwalik hills
(B) Narmada valley
(C) Nallamalai hills
(D) Chotanagpur Plateau
✅ Answer: (B) Narmada valley
14. Arrange the list of foreign travellers in chronological order:
(a) Xuanzang (Hieun Tsang)
(b) Itsing
(c) Fa Tsien
(d) Megasthenes
(A) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(B) (a), (d), (b), (c)
(C) (d), (c), (a), (b)
(D) (d), (c), (b), (a)
✅ Answer: (C) (d), (c), (a), (b)
15. Match the Harappan site with its excavator:
(a) Kot Diji – 1. Luigi Pio Tessitori
(b) Harappa – 2. F.A. Khan
(c) Kalibangan – 3. Daya Ram Sahani
(d) Mohenjodaro – 4. Rakhal Das Bandyopadhyay
(A) (a-2), (b-3), (c-1), (d-4)
(B) (a-1), (b-3), (c-2), (d-4)
(C) (a-4), (b-1), (c-2), (d-3)
(D) (a-3), (b-2), (c-4), (d-1)
✅ Answer: (A) (a-2), (b-3), (c-1), (d-4)
16. Who among the following stated that there was no slavery in India?
(A) Strabo
(B) Ptolemy
(C) Megasthenes
(D) Xuanzang (Hieun Tsang)
✅ Answer: (C) Megasthenes
17. In which of the following inscriptions we find earliest reference to ‘Sati’?
(A) Asokan inscription of Girnar
(B) Aihole inscription
(C) Eran inscription
(D) Damodarpur inscription
✅ Answer: (C) Eran inscription
18. The Gupta King who destroyed Sakas was
(A) Samudra Gupta
(B) Chandra Gupta-I
(C) Kumara Gupta
(D) Chandra Gupta-II
✅ Answer: (D) Chandra Gupta-II
19. Earliest evidence of settled agriculture in the subcontinent comes from
(A) Utnur
(B) Burzahom
(C) Mehrgarh
(D) Bagor
✅ Answer: (C) Mehrgarh
20. The first sermon of Gautama Buddha is called
(A) Mahabhinishkraman
(B) Dharmachakra Pravartana
(C) Dhammaghos
(D) Mahaparinirvana
✅ Answer: (B) Dharmachakra Pravartana
21. Who among the following was the Greek king of Syria mentioned in Asokan edict?
(A) Antiochus II Theos
(B) Ptolemy II
(C) Antigonus
(D) Alexander
✅ Answer: (A) Antiochus II Theos
22. Match List-I with List-II:
List-I (Clan) – List-II (Capital)
(a) Moriyas – 1. Pippalivana
(b) Videhas – 2. Mithila
(c) Licchavis – 3. Vaishali
(d) Mallas – 4. Kapilavastu
Which of the above is/are not properly matched?
(A) (a-1), (b-2), (c-3)
(B) (d-4)
(C) (c-3), (d-4)
(D) All of the above
✅ Answer: (B) (d-4)
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2021 (2 Questions)
23. When did Sakabda commence?
(A) 78 A.D.
(B) 78 B.C.E.
(C) 178 B.C.E.
(D) 178 A.D.
✅ Answer: (A) 78 A.D.
24. Who is the author of Allahabad Pillar Inscription?
(A) Rudradaman
(B) Harisena
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Banabhatta
✅ Answer: (B) Harisena
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2020 (4 Questions)
25. Which among the following places has given the earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian Subcontinent?
(A) Pratapgarh
(B) Mehergarh
(C) Quetta
(D) Kalat
✅ Answer: (B) Mehergarh
26. Who among the following historians has written the book entitled ‘The wonder that was India’?
(A) A. L. Basham
(B) Alison Bashford
(C) R. C. Majumder
(D) Satish Chandra
✅ Answer: (A) A. L. Basham
27. What were the two assemblies during the early Vedic period?
(A) Samiti
(B) Sabha
(C) Samiti and Sangam
(D) Both (A) and (B)
✅ Answer: (D) Both (A) and (B)
28. Which of the following is a correct statement about Indus Valley civilization?
(A) Both Harappa and Mohenjodaro are located on the banks of river Ravi
(B) Both Chanhudaro and Kalibangan were located within the boundaries of present day Rajasthan
(C) Both Surkotada and Dholavira are located in the Kutchh region of Gujarat
(D) Lothal site was located on the bank of Narmada river
✅ Answer: (C) Both Surkotada and Dholavira are located in the Kutchh region of Gujarat
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2019 (5 Questions)
29. Where did Gautama Buddha attain Nirvana (enlightenment)?
(A) Lumbini
(B) Sarnath
(C) Kusinagar
(D) Bodh Gaya
✅ Answer: (D) Bodh Gaya
30. Who wrote Mrichhakatikam?
(A) Vishakhasdatta
(B) Shudrak
(C) Banabhatta
(D) Bhas
✅ Answer: (B) Shudrak
31. Who among the following succeeded Samudragupta as the next ruler of the Gupta dynasty?
(A) Chandragupta II
(B) Vishnugupta
(C) Chandragupta I
(D) Skandagupta
✅ Answer: (A) Chandragupta II
32. The inscriptions of Ashoka and the Brahmi scripts were deciphered by
(A) Alexander Cunningham
(B) James Princep
(C) Max Muller
(D) Mortimer Wheeler
✅ Answer: (B) James Princep
33. Which among the following places have given the earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian sub-continent?
(A) Pratapgarh
(B) Mehrgarh
(C) Quetta
(D) Kalat
✅ Answer: (B) Mehrgarh
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2018 (9 Questions)
34. Who was the writer of ‘Buddha Charita’?
(A) Buddhaghosha
(B) Ashvaghosha
(C) Nagarjuna
(D) Panini
✅ Answer: (B) Ashvaghosha
35. Which among the following Harappan sites is not located in Gujrat?
(A) Surkotada
(B) Lothal
(C) Dholavira
(D) Banwali
✅ Answer: (D) Banwali
36. Which kingdom covered the modern Patna and Gaya districts of Bihar?
(A) Anga
(B) Kosala
(C) Magadha
(D) Avanti
✅ Answer: (C) Magadha
37. Who came to India during the time of Chandragupta Maurya?
(A) Faxian (Fa Hien)
(B) Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang)
(C) Megasthenes
(D) Strabo
✅ Answer: (C) Megasthenes
38. Where did Gautama Buddha deliver his first sermon?
(A) Bodh Gaya
(B) Shravasti
(C) Sarnath
(D) Vaishali
✅ Answer: (C) Sarnath
39. Who was referred to as ‘Sandrocottus’ in the writings of the Greeks?
(A) Asoka
(B) Bindusara
(C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Dhanananda
✅ Answer: (C) Chandragupta Maurya
40. Which Gupta ruler repulsed Huna invasion?
(A) Samudragupta
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Skandagupta
(D) Kumaragupta
✅ Answer: (C) Skandagupta
41. Who was the author of “Brihatsamhita”?
(A) Aryabhatta
(B) Varahamihira
(C) Amarasimha
(D) Brahmagupta
✅ Answer: (B) Varahamihira
42. Which historian is famous for his research on Ancient Indian History?
(A) Sathis Chandra
(B) Bipan Chandra
(C) Ram Sharan Sharma
(D) Amalesh Tripathi
✅ Answer: (C) Ram Sharan Sharma
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2017 (6 Questions)
43. Which of the following is a Harappan site located in Rajasthan?
(A) Mohenjo Daro
(B) Suktagen Dor
(C) Kalibangan
(D) Lothal
✅ Answer: (C) Kalibangan
44. The Mauryan ruler who used the name ‘Piyadasi’ in his official declaration was
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Ashoka
(C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Brihaddrata
✅ Answer: (B) Ashoka
45. Which Magadha ruler was known as ‘Seniya’?
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Ajatshatru
(C) Mahapadma Nanda
(D) Chandragupta Maurya
✅ Answer: (A) Bimbisara
46. The famous physician during Buddha’s time was
(A) Kautilya
(B) Nachiketa
(C) Charaka
(D) Jivaka
✅ Answer: (D) Jivaka
47. The author of ‘Kadambari’ was
(A) Kshemendra
(B) Kalhana
(C) Bhababhuti
(D) Banabhatta
✅ Answer: (D) Banabhatta
48. The Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang came to India during the reign of
(A) Samudra Gupta
(B) Ashoka
(C) Harshavardhan
(D) Kulotunga
✅ Answer: (C) Harshavardhan
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2016 (6 Questions)
49. Who is considered as the father of Indian Archaeology?
(A) Alexander Cunningham
(B) Gordon Child
(C) Mortimer Wheeler
(D) John Marshall
✅ Answer: (A) Alexander Cunningham
50. The decline of the Nandas at the hands of Kautilya and Chandragupta Maurya has been vividly portrayed in the Sanskrit Play
(A) Mrichhakatika
(B) Devi Chandragupta
(C) Mattavilasa
(D) Mudrarakshasa
✅ Answer: (D) Mudrarakshasa
51. The most famous Indo-Greek ruler of India was
(A) Demetrius
(B) Antiochus I
(C) Menander
(D) None of the above
✅ Answer: (C) Menander
52. Rice cultivation is associated with the Harappan site of
(A) Kalibangan
(B) Lothal
(C) Kot Diji
(D) Ropar
✅ Answer: (B) Lothal
53. The Upanishadas were compiled around
(A) 600 BC
(B) 800 BC
(C) 1000 BC
(D) 1600-600 BC
✅ Answer: (D) 1600-600 BC
54. According to Buddhism the cause of all sorrows is
(A) Maya
(B) Kama
(C) Trishna
(D) Krodh
✅ Answer: (C) Trishna
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2015 (3 Questions)
55. Who was the court poet of Harsha?
(A) Khemendra
(B) Kalhana
(C) Bhababhuti
(D) Banabhatta
✅ Answer: (D) Banabhatta
56. Which was the ancient port of Indus Civilization?
(A) Harappa
(B) Lothal
(C) Dholavira
(D) Surkotada
✅ Answer: (B) Lothal
57. Which of the following was not a Buddhist genealogical text?
(A) Suttapitaka
(B) Vinayapitaka
(C) Abhidharnmapitaka
(D) Dipavansa
✅ Answer: (D) Dipavansa
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2014 (9 Questions)
58. Which ruler was contemporary of both Buddha and Mahavira?
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Chandragupta
(C) Pradyot
(D) Ajatasatru
✅ Answer: (A) Bimbisara
59. Which was a major port of the Indus valley?
(A) Lothal
(B) Kalibangan
(C) Chanhudaro
(D) Mehargarh
✅ Answer: (A) Lothal
60. Chandragupta Maurya was succeeded by
(A) Bindusara
(B) Ajatasatru
(C) Ashoka
(D) Harsha
✅ Answer: (A) Bindusara
61. What was the policy of Samudragupta in the south?
(A) Conquest
(B) Dharma Vijaya
(C) Digvijay
(D) None of the above
✅ Answer: (B) Dharma Vijaya
62. The oldest Veda is
(A) Atharvaveda
(B) Rigveda
(C) Yajurveda
(D) Samveda
✅ Answer: (B) Rigveda
63. Sasanka belonged to the
(A) Pal dynasty
(B) Sen dynasty
(C) Gauda dynasty
(D) Kamrup dynasty
✅ Answer: (C) Gauda dynasty
64. Alexander fought against Porus on the Banks of the river
(A) Indus
(B) Jhelum
(C) Ravi
(D) Iravati
✅ Answer: (B) Jhelum
65. Who is the author of ‘Indica’?
(A) Herodotus
(B) Megasthenes
(C) Strabo
(D) Plutarch
✅ Answer: (B) Megasthenes
66. Taxila was the famous site of
(A) Early Vedic Age
(B) Gandhara Art
(C) Gupta Art
(D) Mauryan Art
✅ Answer: (B) Gandhara Art
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2013 (5 Questions)
67. The great Bath was found in
(A) Lothal
(B) Harappa
(C) Mohen-jo-daro
(D) Kalibangan
✅ Answer: (C) Mohen-jo-daro
68. Who composed ‘Ai-hole prasasti’?
(A) Kautilya
(B) Rabikirti
(C) Harisena
(D) Nayanikar
✅ Answer: (B) Rabikirti
69. The time of birth of Buddha was
(A) 523 B.C.
(B) 563 B.C.
(C) 623 B.C.
(D) 602 B.C
✅ Answer: (B) 563 B.C.
70. The first permanent home of the Aryans in India was
(A) Punjab
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Sindh
(D) Gujarat
✅ Answer: (A) Punjab
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2012 (3 Questions)
71. Who composed the Allahabad Prasasti of Samudragupta?
(A) Kalhana
(B) Bilhana
(C) Banabhatta
(D) Harisena
✅ Answer: (D) Harisena
72. In which ancient text you will find the earliest reference to the Varna System?
(A) Manu Samhita
(B) Rigveda
(C) Atharva Veda
(D) Satapatha Brahmana
✅ Answer: (B) Rigveda
73. Who among the Gupta rulers was known as ‘Lichchavi-dauhitra’?
(A) Samudragupta
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Kumargupta
(D) Skandagupta
✅ Answer: (A) Samudragupta
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2011 (7 Questions)
74. The first metal discovered by man was
(A) Iron
(B) Aluminium
(C) Zinc
(D) Copper
✅ Answer: (D) Copper
75. The main Buddhist religious texts are written in
(A) Prakrit
(B) Sanskrit
(C) Pali
(D) Ardha magadhi
✅ Answer: (C) Pali
76. Alexander stayed in India for
(A) 16 months
(B) 19 months
(C) 20 months
(D) 24 months
✅ Answer: (B) 19 months
77. An important port in the time of Satavahanas was
(A) Sopara
(B) Tamralipta
(C) Calicut
(D) Cochin
✅ Answer: (A) Sopara
78. Who was known as Amitraghata?
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Bindusara
(C) Ashoka
(D) Kalasoka
✅ Answer: (B) Bindusara
79. Who issued the Nasik Prasasti (Inscription)?
(A) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(B) Samudragupta
(C) Harshavardhan
(D) Dharmapala
✅ Answer: (A) Gautamiputra Satakarni
80. The Lion capital of currency notes was discovered from
(A) Bharat
(B) Sanchi
(C) Bodh Gaya
(D) Sarnath
✅ Answer: (D) Sarnath
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2010 (4 Questions)
81. To which period of Indian history did Aryabhatta and Varahamihira belong?
(A) Maurya period
(B) Gupta period
(C) Pala period
(D) Delhi Sultanate
✅ Answer: (B) Gupta period
82. With the people of which country Harappan people carried trade?
(A) China
(B) Iran
(C) Russia
(D) Sumer
✅ Answer: (D) Sumer
83. The oldest school of Indian Philosophy is
(A) Yoga
(B) Samkhya
(C) Vaisesika
(D) Karma Mimansa
✅ Answer: (B) Samkhya
84. Who was Megasthenes?
(A) Ambassador of Seleucus
(B) Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya
(C) A Greek pilgrim
(D) A Chinese traveller
✅ Answer: (A) Ambassador of Seleucus
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2009 (14 Questions)
85. Who discovered the Indus Valley Civilization?
(A) Sir Leonard Wooley
(B) V. S. Agarwal
(C) Rakhaldas Banerjee
(D) A. L. Basham
✅ Answer: (C) Rakhaldas Banerjee
86. Which metal was unknown to the Indus people?
(A) Copper
(B) Iron
(C) Bronze
(D) Gold
✅ Answer: (B) Iron
87. During which period the Vedic Literature was composed?
(A) 1000 B.C.
(B) 3000 B.C. – 2500 B.C.
(C) 1500 B.C – 1000 B.C.
(D) 1200 B.C. – 1000 B.C.
✅ Answer: (C) 1500 B.C – 1000 B.C.
88. The word Aryan denotes
(A) Cultivation
(B) A race
(C) Pastoral society
(D) Linguistic group
✅ Answer: (D) Linguistic group
89. The “Tripitaka” was written in
(A) Brahmi
(B) Kharioti
(C) Pali
(D) Sanskrit
✅ Answer: (C) Pali
90. How many Tirthankars were there in ancient India?
(A) 16
(B) 22
(C) 23
(D) 24
✅ Answer: (D) 24
91. Name the last Tirthankara
(A) Parsvanath
(B) Mahavira
(C) Siddhartha
(D) Silbhadra
✅ Answer: (B) Mahavira
92. Who was the founder of the Nanda dynasty?
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Mahapadmananda
(C) Ajatasatru
(D) Dhananda
✅ Answer: (B) Mahapadmananda
93. Who in ancient India assumed the title ‘amitraghata’?
(A) Ajatasatru
(B) Chandragupta Maurya
(C) Bindusara
(D) Asoka
✅ Answer: (C) Bindusara
94. Who introduced the Saka era?
(A) Bhumaka
(B) Nahapana
(C) Rudradaman
(D) Kanishka
✅ Answer: (D) Kanishka
95. When did the Mathura School of Art flourish?
(A) Sunga period
(B) Satavahana period
(C) Saka period
(D) Kushana period
✅ Answer: (D) Kushana period
96. Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty?
(A) Chandragupta I
(B) Srigupta
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Skanuagupta
✅ Answer: (B) Srigupta
97. Which emperor has been called ‘Napoleon of India’?
(A) Asoka
(B) Kanishka
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Chandragupta II Vikramaditya
✅ Answer: (C) Samudragupta
98. Where was the capital of Sasanka?
(A) Samatata
(B) Tamralipta
(C) Karnasuvarna
(D) Lakhnawati
✅ Answer: (C) Karnasuvarna
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2008 (2 Questions)
99. Chandra Gupta Maurya defeated
(A) Poros
(B) Alexander
(C) Seleucus
(D) Ambhi
✅ Answer: (C) Seleucus
100. Who was the Court poet of Samudra Gupta?
(A) Asvaghosha
(B) Nagarjuna
(C) Aryabhatta
(D) Harishena
✅ Answer: (D) Harishena
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2007 (2 Questions)
101. In which year was “Sakabda” started?
(A) 78 A.D.
(B) 58 B.C.
(C) 273 B.C.
(D) 420 A.D.
✅ Answer: (A) 78 A.D.
102. Which rulers introduced gold coins in India for the first time?
(A) Sakas
(B) Mauryas
(C) Guptas
(D) Kushanas
✅ Answer: (D) Kushanas
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2006 (5 Questions)
103. Indus-valley civilization is called
(A) Urban
(B) Rural
(C) Stone Age
(D) Iron Age
✅ Answer: (A) Urban
104. According to Ceylonese tradition Buddha’s Parinirvana took place in
(A) 483 B.C.
(B) 486 B.C.
(C) 543 B.C.
(D) 546 B.C.
✅ Answer: (A) 483 B.C.
105. The Principal Sacred Book of the Buddhists is
(A) Tripitaka
(B) Astha
(C) Panchapatika
(D) Astanga Marga
✅ Answer: (A) Tripitaka
106. Charvaka was the name of a
(A) Religious School of thoughts
(B) Doctor
(C) Science Scholar
(D) Wrestler
✅ Answer: (A) Religious School of thoughts
107. The ‘Ratha temples’ of Mahabalipuram were constructed in the reign of
(A) Pulakeshin II
(B) Narasingha Varman I
(C) Raja Raja
(D) Rajendra Chola
✅ Answer: (B) Narasingha Varman I
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2005 (4 Questions)
108. Who is known as ‘Kunik’ in the history of India?
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Ajatashatru
(C) Bindusara
(D) Ashoka
✅ Answer: (B) Ajatashatru
109. Surya-Siddhanta was authored by
(A) Aryabhatta
(B) Varahamihira
(C) Bararuchi
(D) Sushruta
✅ Answer: (A) Aryabhatta
110. Who among the following kings performed ‘Asvamedh Yajna’?
(A) Pulakesin I
(B) Kirtivarman
(C) Pulakesin II
(D) Mangalesh
✅ Answer: (C) Pulakesin II
111. Who was the founder of the Satavahana dynasty?
(A) Simuka
(B) Krishna
(C) Satakarni I
(D) Gautamiputra Satakarni
✅ Answer: (A) Simuka
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2004 (4 Questions)
112. Who was the first historical emperor of India?
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Mahapadmananda
(C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Vikramaditya
✅ Answer: (C) Chandragupta Maurya
113. ‘Fo-Kuo-King’ was authored by whom?
(A) It-Tsing
(B) Fa-Hien
(C) Hiuen Tsang
(D) Megasthenes
✅ Answer: (B) Fa-Hien
114. Who was popularly known as “Indian Machiavelli”?
(A) Chanakya
(B) Nana Farnabis
(C) Abul Fazl
(D) Alivardi Khan
✅ Answer: (A) Chanakya
115. Who was the first independent King of Bengal?
(A) Sasanka
(B) King Ganesh
(C) Gopala
(D) Mahasengupta
✅ Answer: (A) Sasanka
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2003 (3 Questions)
116. Asokan Brahmi was first read by
(A) Cunningham
(B) Princep
(C) R.L. Mitra
(D) Burgess
✅ Answer: (B) Princep
117. Sandhyakara Nandi was the court poet of the
(A) Pratiharas
(B) Rashtrakutas
(C) Senas
(D) Palas
✅ Answer: (D) Palas
118. ‘Divya’ was the leader of the
(A) Kaivarta Rebellion
(B) Kol Rebellion
(C) Munda Rebellion
(D) Santal Rebellion
✅ Answer: (A) Kaivarta Rebellion
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2002 (8 Questions)
119. Which of the following was not a part of the Tripitaka (three baskets)?
(A) Jatakas
(B) Vinaya
(C) Sutta
(D) Abhidhamma
✅ Answer: (A) Jatakas
120. According to Buddhist tradition Chandragupta Maurya belonged to the Moriya tribe of
(A) Shudras
(B) Vaishyas
(C) Brahmanas
(D) Kshatriyas
✅ Answer: (D) Kshatriyas
121. Which of the following are true with regard to the Gandhara School of Art?
(i) Buddha’s figure appears here for the first time
(ii) Its craftsmen used white stone to make images
(iii) It was also known as Greco Buddhist Art
(iv) Its figure were superior to Mathura School of Art
(A) i, ii and iii
(B) i and ii
(C) i and iv
(D) iii and iv
✅ Answer: (A) i, ii and iii
122. Whom does the Gayatri mantra in the Rig Veda address?
(A) Indra
(B) Agni
(C) Savitri
(D) Ushas
✅ Answer: (C) Savitri
123. The original name of the Sect which later came to be known as ‘Jaina’ was
(A) Tirthankaras
(B) Jina
(C) Nigranthas
(D) Arhant
✅ Answer: (C) Nigranthas
124. The Kalinga war is mentioned in the
(A) 13th Rock Edict
(B) 12th Rock Edict
(C) Bhabru Rock Edict
(D) 8th Rock Edict
✅ Answer: (A) 13th Rock Edict
125. Who of the following were the first rulers to make land grants to the Brahmanas?
(A) Shungas
(B) Kanvas
(C) Satavahanas
(D) Shakas and Kushanas
✅ Answer: (D) Shakas and Kushanas
126. The Indus Valley Civilization belongs to the
(A) Neolithic Period
(B) Paleolithic period
(C) Mesolithic period
(D) Chalcolithic period
✅ Answer: (D) Chalcolithic period
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2001 (7 Questions)
127. The finest specimen of Pallava architecture are
(A) Temples at Madurai
(B) Temples at Tanjore
(C) Kailashnath Temple at Ellora
(D) Rock-cut Ratha temples at Mahabalipuram
✅ Answer: (D) Rock-cut Ratha temples at Mahabalipuram
128. The greatest scholar of Medical Science during Gupta Age
(A) Bhatta
(B) Bana
(C) Charaka
(D) Bhagabhatta
✅ Answer: (D) Bhagabhatta
129. Buddhist doctrines are contained in
(A) Jatakas
(B) Satapaths
(C) Upanishads
(D) Dhammapadas
✅ Answer: (D) Dhammapadas
130. The most important source of information for the municipal administration of the city of Pataliputra in the Mauryan empire is
(A) Indra
(B) Arthasastra
(C) Mudrarakshasa
(D) Asokan inscriptions
✅ Answer: (B) Arthasastra
131. Which of the following Gods does not belong to the Rigvedic period?
(A) Indra
(B) Maruts
(C) Shiva
(D) Aditi
✅ Answer: (C) Shiva
132. Whose contemporary was famous grammarian Patanjali?
(A) Agnimitra Sunga
(B) Pushyamitra Sunga
(C) Vasudeva Kanva
(D) Gautamiputra Satakarni
✅ Answer: (A) Agnimitra Sunga
133. Chalukyas established their empire in
(A) Gujarat
(B) Malwa
(C) Deccan
(D) Far South India
✅ Answer: (C) Deccan
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2000 (6 Questions)
134. ‘Sabha’ & ‘Samiti’ are two democratic institutions of
(A) Rigvedic Aryan
(B) Dravidians
(C) Hilly Tribes of India
(D) Indus valley people
✅ Answer: (A) Rigvedic Aryan
135. ‘Indica’ was written by
(A) Gondopharneres
(B) Megasthenes
(C) Vincent Smith
(D) William
✅ Answer: (B) Megasthenes
136. ‘Allahabad Pillar’ inscription was penned by
(A) Harisena
(B) Ravikirti
(C) Rudradaman
(D) Banabhatta
✅ Answer: (A) Harisena
137. ‘Si-U-Ki’ was authored by
(A) Hiuen-Tsang
(B) Fa-Hien
(C) Megasthenes
(D) I-Tsing
✅ Answer: (A) Hiuen-Tsang
138. ‘Ankorvat’ was built by
(A) Chandragupta II
(B) Aryabhatta
(C) Suryavarman
(D) Kanishka
✅ Answer: (C) Suryavarman
139. The famed mathematician of ancient India was
(A) Kalhana
(B) Aryabhatta
(C) Rudrasena
(D) Abul Fazal
✅ Answer: (B) Aryabhatta
Total Questions: 139
Years Covered: 2000-2023 (24 years)
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