Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
In which city is the iron pillar of Mehrauli located?
(a) Bihar
(b) Mathura
(c) Delhi
(d) Chandigarh
Answer
Answer: (c) Delhi
Question 2.
What is height of the iron Pillar?
(a) 12 Mts
(b) 7.2 Mts
(c) 5.0 Mts
(d) 8.2 Mts
Answer
Answer: (b) 7.2 Mts
Question 3.
What does stupa mean?
(a) mound
(b) round
(c) tall
(d) short
Answer
Answer: (a) mound
Question 4.
Who are the God and Goddess whose statues are worshipped in Temples?
(a) Shiva, Vishnu and Durga
(b) Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi
(c) All of these
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Shiva, Vishnu and Durga
Question 5.
Name the hall where people could assemble.
(a) Mandapa
(b) Shikharas
(c) Garbhagriha
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Mandapa
Question 6.
Who composed Silappadikaram?
(a) Ilango
(b) Banbhatta
(c) Kalidasa
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Ilango
Question 7.
Who composed Meghaduta?
(a) Banbhatta
(b) Kalidasa
(c) Surdasa
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Kalidasa
Question 8.
In which language were the Puranas written?
(a) Hindi
(b) Tamil
(c) Sanskrit
(d) English
Answer
Answer: (c) Sanskrit
Question 9.
Which war was fought between the Kauravas and Pandavas?
(a) Ramayana
(b) Mahabharat
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Mahabharat
Question 10.
Which was the capital of Kosala?
(a) Hastinapur
(b) Ayodhya
(c) Kamal
(d) Delhi
Answer
Answer: (b) Ayodhya
Question 11.
Who was Aryabhatta?
(a) Mathematician
(b) Zoologist
(c) Archaeologist
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Mathematician