1. Who founded the mighty empire of Magadha?
2. What was the popular rule of Hindu inheritance according to the historians?
3. Which was the capital of the Shakyas?
4. Buddha’s mother Mahamaya died a week after his birth. Who did then bring him up?
5. What does the name ‘Budha’ literally mean?
6. Who found the linguistic affinity of Sanskrit with Latin and Greek.
7. Mahavira is also known as ‘Jina’. What does it mean?
8. Mahavira is believed to have been preceded by a number of other Tirthankaras. What is Mahavira’s rank in this line?
9. In which year did Alexander invade India?
10. Who ruled over Magadha when Alexander invaded India?
11. How many language families are identified among the multi-lingual society of India?
12. What is the biggest language family of these?
13.Who was Chandragupta Maurya’s Guru and Chief adviser?
14. Give the two other well-known names of Chanakya?
15. Chanakya authored which famous book?
16. Who is regarded as the first historical emperor of India?
17. Megasthenes describes that Chandragupta lived in a luxurious and splendid Palace in Patliputra. Was this Palace built
of white marble?
18. What was the main effect of Alaxender’s invasion?
19. How did Ashoka spread his message and instructions in a permanent way?
20. When was Kalinga attacked and conquered by Ashoka?
21. What was the last word spoken by William Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’?
22. The oldest extant dam, built in the 2nd century AD has been used till date to irrigate over a million acres of land on : Kaveri banks in Tamil Nadu. Who built this dam and what is its popular name?
23. Which dynasty ruled Bijapur from 1490 to 1686?
24. Which kingdoms did exist in the far south peninsular India during Ashoka’s reign?
25. Ashoka and his forefathers lived in palaces which surpassed the royal palaces of Persia, but nothing substantial has been found of these royal abodes in spite of extensive excavations at Patliputra. Why?
26. Where Ashoka is believed to have died?
27. Besides Mahinda or Mahendra, Ashoka had a few other sons. Chief of them were Jalauka and Samprati. The former ruled over Kashmir, while the latter ruled over Ujjain. But they both followed different religions than that of their father. What was their respective faith?
28. Who first established the Dravidian family of languages?
29. Who was Kanishka’s son and successor?
30. How many books make up the Hebrew Bible?
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