1. Who founded the Kushana dynasty?
a) Kujula Kadphises or Kadphises
b) Vima Taktu or Sadashkana
c) Vima Kadphises
d) Kanishka
Answer. a) Kujula Kadphises or Kadphises was the founder of the Kushana dynasty.
2. Concerning the invaders in Ancient India, which one of the following is the correct chronological order? ( UPSC)
a) Greeks-Sakas-Kushanas
b) Greek-Kushanas-Saka
c) Sakas-Greek-Kushana
d) Sakas-Kushana-Greek
Answer. a) Greeks-Sakas-Kushanas
3. Who was not a contemporary of Kanishka?
a) Kalidasa
b) Ashvaghosa
c) Nagarjuna
d) Vasumitra
Answer. a) Kalidasa
The name of scholars in the court of Kanishka was Parsva, Vashumitra, Ashvaghosa, Nagarjuna, Charaka, and Mathara. Charak was Rahyvaidh.
4. Charak was a member of which king's Court?
a) Kanishka
b) Rudradaman
c) Nahapana
d) Gautamiputra Satakarni
Answer. a) Kanishka;
5. Who was the king who introduced coins depicting Buddha?
a) Kanishka
b) Rudradaman
c) Nahapana
d) Gautamiputra Satakarni
Answer. a) Kanishka;
6. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I: List-II
A. Demetrius 1. Parthian
B. Rudradaman 2. Kushana
C. Gondophernes 3. Indo-Greek
D. Vim 4. Sythean
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 3 2 4
b) 4 3 1 2
c) 3 4 1 2
d) 3 4 1 2
Answer. c) 3 4 1 2
7. The largest number of copper coins in northern and northwestern India were issued by? ( UPSC)
a) Indo-Greeks
b) Kushans
c) Sakas
d) Pratiharas
Answer. b) Kushanas are known for a large number of issuers of gold and copper coins in India.
8. Who among the following issued gold coins regularly in ancient India?
a) Satavahana
b) Saka
c) Kushan
d) Parthian
Answer. c) Kushan
9. Which of the following was the capital of Kushana?
a) Peshawar
b) Ujjain
c) Taxila
d) Paithan
Answer. a) Peshawar ( Purushaputra) was the main capital of the Kushana empire, and Mathura was the second capital of Kushana.
10. Which of the following Kings is credited to have issued gold coins for the first time?
a) Kujula Kadphises
b) Vima Kadphises
c) Kanishka
d) Huvishka
Answer. b) Vima Kadphises was Kushana's ruler, who was the father of
Kanishka. He is known for a large number of gold coin issuers in India for the first time.
11. Read these statements-
Assertion ( A): Kushans traded through the Gulf of Persian and the Red Sea.
Reason ( R): Their well-organized naval force base was highly qualified
In context to the above which is the correct answer;
Code;
a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and ( R) is the correct explanation of (A).
b) Both ( A) and ( R) are true, but ( R) is not the correct explanation of ( A)
c) A is true, but R is false
d) Both false
Answer. c) A is true, but R is false
12. Which among the following Kushana kings adopted the "epithet Dharma-thida"?
a) Kujula Kadphises or Kadphises
b) Vima Taktu or Sadashkana
c) Vima Kadphises
d) Kanishka
Answer. a) Kujula Kadphises or Kadphises
13. Which God is found depicted on Yaudheya coins?
a) Yasudeva
b) Shiva
c) Indra
d) Kartikeya
Answer. d) Kartikeya
Yaudheya copper coins depicted the six-headed God Kartikeya along with a peacock on the right.
14. What is the date of the Sarnath Buddhist image inscription of Kanishka? ( UPSC)
a) 78 A. D.
b) 81 A.D
c) 98 A.D
d) 121 A.D
Answer. b) 81 A.D.
15. Which of the following dynasty empires was expanded even outside of India?
a) Gupta dynasty
b) Maurya dynasty
c) Kushana dynasty
d) None of the above
Answer. c) Kushana dynasty
16. The art style which combines Indian and Greek features called-
a) Sikhar
b) Vera
c) Gandhara
d) Nagara
Answer. c) Gandhara
17. The Gandhara School of Art is the synthesis of which arts?
a) Indian and Persian Art
b) Indian and Chinese Art
c) Indian and Turk-Afghan Art
d) Indian and Greek Art
Answer. d) Indian and Greek Art
18. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
a) Harappan Civilization-Painted Grey Ware
b) The Kushans-Gandhara School of Art
c) The Mughals-Ajanta Painting
d) The Marathas- Pahari School of Painting
Answer. b) The Kushans-Gandhara School of Art
Gandhara School of Art flourished under the Kushana period.
19. Bamiyan of Afghanistan was famous for
a) Hindu temple
b) Work of elephant teeth
c) Gold coin of coinage
d) Buddha statue
Answer. d) Buddha statue
20. Which of the following is not the ruler from Kushana Dynasty?
a) Nahapana
b) Vima
c) Vasishka
d) Vasudeva
Answer. a) Nahapana was Shaka ruler.
Kujula Kadphises or Kadphises ( 30 to 80 CE)
Vima Taktu or Sadashkana ( 80 to 95 CE)
Vima Kadphises ( 95 CE to 127 CE
Kanishka [ 128 CE to 150 ACE)
Vasishka
Huvishka
Kanishka II
Vasudeva I ( last king of Kushana)
21. Who was the last king of the Kushana Dynasty?
a) Nahapana
b) Vima
c) Vasishka
d) Vasudeva
Answer. d) Vasudeva
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