ROUND 3: HISTORY

IN WHICH YEAR DID ALEXANDER OF MACEDONIA INVADE INDIA?

• 321 B.C.E

• 326 B.C.E

• 262 B.C.E

• 260 B.C.E

WHICH CHINESE TRAVELLER CAME TO INDIA DURING THE REIGN OF HARSHAVARDHANA?

• Fa Hien

• Sung Yan

• I Tsing

• Hiuen Tsang

Who founded Buddhism?

• the Dalai Lama

• Sarawati

• Lakshmi

• Siddhartha Gautama

Who wrote the Ramayana?

• Sage Vyasa

• Sage Vishwamitra

• Sage Valmiki

• Sage Veda

Who authored Arthashastra?

• Megasthenes

• Vishakadutta

• Kalidasa

• Kautilya

WHO FOUNDED THE NALANDA UNIVERSITY?

• CHANDRAGUPTA

• VISHNUGUPTA

• KUMARAGUPTA

• SAMUDRAGUPTA

How many hymns are there in the Rig Veda?

• 1026

• 1028

• 1029

• 1023

Who composed Mahabharatha?

• Valmiki

• Dandaka

• Dasaratha

• Viyasa

WHO FOUNDED THE MAURYAN EMPIRE?

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Bindusara

• Ashoka

• BINDUSARA

WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF JAINISM?

• GAUTAM BUDDHA

• VARDHAMAN MAHAVIR

• CHANAKYA

• ASHOKA