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Which of the following Kushan kings, who assumed the title "the Lord of the Whole World"?
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Answer: Option B
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Vima Kadphises was a Kushan emperor from approximately 90–100 CE. According to the Rabatak inscription, he was the son of Vima Takto and the father of Kanishka. He assumed the title "the Lord of the Whole World".
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Which of the following metals was not known during the Indus Valley Civilization?
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Answer: Option A
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Iron was not discovered by the Harappan people. Since it was a bronze age civilisation, it had made many metallurgical advances in copper and bronze, but not in Iron.
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Which of the following is regarded by historians as a crucial stage in describing the progress of civilization?
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Answer: Option C
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Historians regarded agriculture as a crucial stage in describing the progress of civilization.
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Which of the following play is set in the ancient city of Ujjayini during the reign of the King Palaka?
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Answer: Option A
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Mrcchakatika, also spelled Mrcchakatika, Mrchchhakatika, Mricchakatika, or Mrichchhakatika is a ten-act Sanskrit drama attributed to Sudraka, an ancient playwright generally thought to have lived sometime between the 3rd century BC and the 5th century AD.
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Who was the ruler of the kingdom between the rivers Jhelum and Chenab?
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Answer: Option C
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Porus or Poros, was an ancient Indian king whose territory spanned the region between the Hydaspes and Acesines, in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. He is credited to have been a legendary warrior with exceptional skills.
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The daughter who milks animals in the Vedic period was known as
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Answer: Option B
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Duhitri was the term used for daughter because she used to milk the cow.
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Which one of the following dynasties was ruling at the time of Alexander's invasion?
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Answer: Option A
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Nanda Dynasty ruled India at the time when Alexander, the Great was trying to fight with the rulers in the north west part of India.To be specific, the ruler was Dhannand, the last ruler of this dynasty .
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The most important source of our information on ancient India's cultural history are
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Answer: Option C
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Mental and social conditions of the people are known from literary sources. The Religious Literature of India is too vast. It includes the Vedas, the Upanishads, the great epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata, and the Puranas of the Hindus. The most important source of our information on ancient India's cultural history are Literature and epics.
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Patanjali, the second great grammarian of Ancient India, was a contemporary of
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Answer: Option D
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Pushyamitra Shunga was the founder and first ruler of the Shunga Empire in East India. Pushyamitra was originally a Senapati "General" of the Maurya Empire. In 185 BCE he assassinated the last Mauryan Emperor, Brihadratha Maurya, during an army review, and proclaimed himself emperor. Patanjali, the second great grammarian of Ancient India, was a contemporary Pushyamitra Sunga.
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The queen with the title Didda ruled over which part of India between 980 - 1003?
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Answer: Option B
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Didda (floruit 1003 CE), was the ruler of Kashmir from 958 CE to 1003 CE, first as a Regent for her son and various grandsons, and from 980 as sole ruler and monarch. Most knowledge relating to her is obtained from the Rajatarangini, a work written by Kalhana in the twelfth century.