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  1. Correct chronological order of invaders in ancient India (IAS 2006):
    1. Greeks, Sakas, Kushanas
    2. Greeks, Kushanas, Sakas
    3. Sakas, Greeks, Kushanas
    4. Sakas, Kushanas, Greeks
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    Answer: (A) Greeks, Sakas, Kushanas

    Indo-Greeks (2nd c. BC) → Sakas (1st c. BC) → Kushanas (1st c. AD).

  2. Which sculptures used grey-green schist as their usual medium? (IAS 1996)
    1. Mauryan
    2. Mathura
    3. Bharhut
    4. Gandhara
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    Answer: (D) Gandhara

    Mathura used spotted red sandstone; Amaravati white marble.

  3. Which pairs are correct? 1. Mrichchhakatikam – Shudraka 2. Buddhacharita – Vasubandhu 3. Mudrarakshasa – Vishakhadatta 4. Harshacharita – Banabhatta (IAS 1998)
    1. 2 and 3
    2. 1, 3 and 4
    3. 1 and 4
    4. All four
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    Answer: (B) 1, 3 and 4

    Buddhacharita is by Ashvaghosha.

  4. Consider: 1. Pushyamitra killed the last Maurya, Brihadratha. 2. Vasudeva Kanva killed the last Sunga, Devabhuti. 3. The last Kanva was ousted by the Andhras. Correct? (IAS 2003)
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 2 only
    3. 3 only
    4. All three
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    Answer: (D) All three

    A neat chain of three dynastic changes.

  5. Correct order of these Satavahana kings:
    1. Gautamiputra, Yajna Sri, Hala, Pulumavi
    2. Pulumavi, Hala, Gautamiputra, Yajna Sri
    3. Hala, Gautamiputra, Pulumavi, Yajna Sri
    4. Pulumavi, Yajna Sri, Hala, Gautamiputra
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    Answer: (C) Hala, Gautamiputra, Pulumavi, Yajna Sri

    Hala (1st c. AD) → Gautamiputra → Pulumavi → Yajna Sri (late 2nd c.).

  6. The first rulers in India to issue coins bearing their own names were the —
    1. Mauryas
    2. Indo-Greeks
    3. Kushanas
    4. Satavahanas
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    Answer: (B) Indo-Greeks

    Gold on a large scale came later, with the Kushanas.

  7. Which statement about the Mathura school is correct?
    1. Greek influence was very strong in it
    2. It used grey schist
    3. It produced the earliest Buddha images, with shaven heads and halos
    4. Its chief patrons were the Satavahanas
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    Answer: (C) It produced the earliest Buddha images, with shaven heads and halos

    Mathura was purely Indian, used red sandstone and was patronised by the Kushanas.

  8. The Nasik inscription is linked with —
    1. Yajna Sri Satakarni
    2. Gautami Balashri
    3. Kharavela
    4. Rudradaman
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    Answer: (B) Gautami Balashri

    She recorded her son Gautamiputra’s achievements.

  9. The Greek envoy Heliodorus came to the court of —
    1. Pushyamitra
    2. Kharavela
    3. Bhagabhadra
    4. Kanishka
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    Answer: (C) Bhagabhadra

    He raised the Garudadhvaja at Besnagar.

  10. Which Kushana ruler called himself "Maheshvara"?
    1. Kujula Kadphises
    2. Vima Kadphises
    3. Kanishka
    4. Huvishka
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    Answer: (B) Vima Kadphises

    His coins show Shiva with trident and Nandi.

  1. Who built a great stupa at Purushapura and patronised Mathura art?
    1. Kujula Kadphises
    2. Rudradaman
    3. Kanishka
    4. Maues
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    Answer: (C) Kanishka

    Kanishka’s Peshawar stupa held relics of the Buddha.

  2. The capital of the Satavahanas was at (IAS 2005):
    1. Amaravati
    2. Paithan
    3. Naldurg
    4. Durg
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    Answer: (B) Paithan

    Pratishthana (Paithan) on the Godavari.

  3. Who among these were contemporaries of Kanishka? 1. Ashvaghosha 2. Nagarjuna 3. Vasumitra 4. Chanakya (IAS 2012)
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 3 and 4
    3. 2 and 4
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (D) 1, 2 and 3

    Chanakya belongs to the Mauryan age.

  4. In the Indian national calendar, 1 Chaitra in a leap year falls on —
    1. 22 March
    2. 21 March
    3. 23 March
    4. 14 April
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    Answer: (B) 21 March

    In other years it is 22 March.

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