241 .With which religion is Jivaka Chintamani, the glorious treatise in Tamil, related?
Answer:-Jainism
242 .Gautam Buddha was born in:
Answer:-Lumbini
243 .People of the Indus Civilization were unacquainted with:
Answer:-Iron
244 .Among the Indus Valley Civilization cities of Harappa, Mohenjodaro, and Lothal, which one is located in India?
Answer:-Lothal
245 .Why is Sanchi famous?
Answer:-Largest Buddhist Stupa
246 .Which ruler constructed the Iron Pillar near the Qutb Minar?
Answer:-Chandragupta II
247 .Patanjali, the great grammarian of ancient India, was a contemporary of:
Answer:-Pusyamitra Sunga
248 .Where did Buddha deliver his first sermon ?
Answer:-Sarnath
249 .Many among the Greek, Kushana and Saka rulers adopted Buddhism in place of the Hindu religion because:
Answer:-they were not attracted towards Hinduism which was marked by caste system
250 .In which metals were maximum coins circulated during the Gupta period?
Answer:-Gold
251 .The social structure of the Harappan people was that of:
Answer:-fairly egalitarian
252 .The court language of the Gupta rulers was:
Answer:-Sanskrit
253 .The Harappan people were the first in the production of:
Answer:-Cotton
254 .Who had faith in the belief in action, change of soul into body and attainment of Nirvana (salvation)?
Answer:-Gautam Buddha
255 .Among Samudragupta, Chandragupta, Kumara-gupta and Skandagupta, who was the Gupta ruler to thwart the Huns from invading India?
Answer:-Skandagupta
256 .Who drove the Greeks out of India?
Answer:-Chandragupta Maurya
257 .Who began the famous ‘Silk Route’ for the Indians?
Answer:-Kanishka
258 .By which name were the religious teachers opposed to Vedas and Brahmanism known as in the post-Vedic period?
Answer:-Shramanas
259 .During whose rule did both Buddha and Mahavira preach their discourses?
Answer:-Bimbisara
260 .In which ancient text can the origin of Indian Music be traced?
Answer:-In Sama Veda literature
