Miscellaneous (Ancient India)

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41.Which foreign traveler visited India first?
 
A. Huansang
 
B. Megasthenes
 
C. Itsing
 
D. Fahyan
 
Option “B” is correct.
42.Which of the following was not a center of learning in ancient India?
 
A. Takshshila
 
B. Vikramshila
 
C. Nalanda
 
D. koshambi
 
Option “D” is correct.
43.Who discovered zero?
 
A. Varahamihira
 
B. Aryabhata
 
C. Bhaskar
 
D. None of these
 
Option “B” is correct.
44.The megalithic culture (1500 BC-1000 BC) introduces us to the historical era of South India, when the megaliths were used-
 
A. stone weapons
 
B. stone tools and equipment
 
C. mausoleums (graves) surrounded by large stones
 
D. daily use material made of stone
 
Option “C” is correct.
45.Which book has been translated into 15 Indian and 40 foreign languages?
 
A. Proverb
 
B. Abhijnana Shakuntala
 
C. Panchatantra
 
D. The story ocean
 
Option “C” is correct.
46.What is Numismatics?
 
A. Study of ancient manuscripts
 
B. Study of coins and metals
 
C. Study of rhythm sheets
 
D. Study of copper sheets
 
Option “B” is correct.
47.The author of ‘Hitopadesh’ was?
 
A. Banabhatta
 
B. Bhavabhuti
 
C. Narayan Pandit
 
D. Vishnu Sharma
 
Option “C” is correct.
48.Who composed ‘Natyashastra’?
 
A. Vasumitra
 
B. Ashwaghosh
 
C. Bharata Muni
 
D. Vatsyayan
 
Option “C” is correct.
49.Vikram Samvat started in?
 
A. 58 B.C.
 
B. 78 A.D.
 
C. 57 B.C.
 
D. 73 B.C.
 
Option “A” is correct.
50.Where is Angkor Wat located?
 
A. Vietnam
 
B. Tibet
 
C. Indonesia
 
D. Cambodia
 
Option “D” is correct.