1. Who was the founder of the Sunga( Shunga) dynasty?
a) Pushyamitra
b) Vasumitra
c) Agnimitra
d) Devabhuti
Answer. a) Pushyamitra Sunga was the founder of the Shunga dynasty. he was the army chief of the last Mauryan king Vrihadratha.
2. Who was the last king of the Sunga( Shunga) dynasty?
a) Ghosa
b) Vasumitra
c) Agnimitra
d) Devabhuti
Answer. d) Devabhuti Sunga was the last king of the Shunga dynasty. His minister Vasudeva Kanva killed him and established the Kanva Dynasty.
3. Which king of the Shunga dynasty is mentioned in Kalidasa's most famous poem "Malavikagnimitram"
a) Ghosa
b) Vasumitra
c) Agnimitra
d) Devabhuti
Answer. c) Agnimitra was the son of Shunga founder Pushyamitra.
4. Which was the capital of earlier Shunga rulers?
a) Ujjain
b) Vidisha
c) Pataliputra
d) Mathura
Answer. c) Pataliputra
5. Which was the capital of later Shunga rulers?
a) Ujjain
b) Vidisha
c) Pataliputra
d) Mathura
Answer. b) Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
6. The ancestors of Shunga originated from?
a) Magadha
b) Prayag
c) Ujjain
d) Saurashtra
Answer. c) Ujjain.
7. Which of the following rulers did not belong to the Sunga dynasty?
a) Vasudeva
b) Devabhuti
c) Agnimitra
d)Bhagvata
Answer. a) Vasudeva is the founder of the Kanva dynasty, he killed the last king of Devabhuti
8. Which of the following inscriptions gives information about two Ashwamegha Yajnas performed by King Pushyamitra Shunga?
a) Sarnath Inscription
b) Basnagar Inscription
c) Ayodhya Inscription
d) Hathigumpha Inscription
Answer. c) Ayodhya Inscription
9. Which dynasty ruled over India after the Shunga dynasty?
a) Satvahana
b) Kushana
c) Kanva
d) Gupta
Answer. c) Kanva
The last ruler of Shunga king was Devabhuti. Vasudeva Kanva ( his minister) killed Devabhuti and ended the Shunga dynasty.
10. Match the following:
List-I List-II
A. Shunga i. Mahoba
B. Satvahana ii. Banvasi
C. Kadamb iii. Paithan
D. Chandel iv. Pataliputra
Choose the correct code:
A B C D
a) iv iii ii i
b) iv ii iii I
c) I iv ii iii
d) I ii iii iv
Answer. a) iv iii ii i
11. The ancestors of Shungas originated from. (MPPSC 2018)
a) Magadha
b) Prayag
c) Ujjain
d) Saurashtra
Answer. c) Ujjain
12. Which of the following inscriptions gives information about two Ashwamedha Yajnas performed by King Pushyamitra Shunga? (UPPSC 2018)
a) Saranath inscription
b) Besnagar inscription
c) Ayodhya inscription
d)Hathigumpha inscription
Answer. c) Ayodhya inscription
Pushyamitra founded the Shunga empire and assassinated the last Mauryan emperor "Brihadratha Maurya". He did Ashwamedha Yaz to legitimate his power.
13. Which one of the following books of ancient India has the love story of the son of the founder of the Shunga dynasty? (UPSC 2016)
a) Swapnavasavadatta
b) Malavikagnimitra
c) Meghadoota
d) Ratnavali
Answer. b) Malavikagnimitra written by Kalidasa.
14. The famous grammarian Patanjali was a contemporary of which dynasty?
a) Maurya
b) Gupta
c) Sunga
d) Kushana
Answer. c) Sunga dynasty.
15. The famous grammarian Patanjali was a contemporary of which king?
a) Pushyamitra Sunga
b) Agnimitra Sunga
c) Vasudeva
d) gautamiputra Satakarni
Answer. a) Pushyamitra Sunga
16. Who wrote Mahabhashya?
a) Panini
b) Patanjali
c) Kalidas
d) Ashvaghos
Answer. b) Patanjali
17. Who wrote Ashtadhyayi?
a) Panini
b) Patanjali
c) Kalidas
d) Ashvaghos
Answer. a) Panini
18. The founder of the Sunga dynasty, Pushyamitra Sunga performed how many Ashvamedha Sacrifices?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
Answer. b) 2
The founder of the Sunga dynasty, Pushyamitra Sunga performed two Ashvamedha Sacrifices. Patanjali was the Purohit of the Ashvamegha Sacrifices.
19. Heliodorus, the Greek Ambassador came to the court of which Sunga King?
a) Pushyamitra Sunga
b) Agnimitra Sunga
c) Bhagavat
d) Devabhuti
Answer. c) Bhagavat
Heliodorus, the Greek Ambassador came to the court of King Bhagavat. This information came from Kasipura Bhagabhadra of Vidisha pillar inscription ( Garuna Stambh).
20. The Vishnu temple at Vidisha ( Madhya Pradesh ] was built by a dynasty?
a) Maurya
b) Kushana
c) Kanva
d) Sunga
Answer. d) Sunga
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