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UPSC CDS Indian History — practice questions — page 32

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The Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas became powerful in south India around how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Puhar or Kaveripattinam was the port of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Madurai was the capital of the:Read the answer and worked solution →The most important Satavahana ruler, known from his mother's inscription, was:Read the answer and worked solution →The Satavahana rulers were known as lords of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Techniques of making silk were first invented in China around how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →The best-known rulers who controlled the Silk Route around 2000 years ago were the:Read the answer and worked solution →The two major centres of Kushana power were Mathura and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Kushanas were among the earliest rulers of the subcontinent to issue:Read the answer and worked solution →The most famous Kushana ruler, who organised a Buddhist council about 1900 years ago, was:Read the answer and worked solution →Ashvaghosha, poet at Kanishka's court, wrote the Buddha's biography called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which new form of Buddhism, with Buddha statues and Bodhisattvas, developed around Kanishka's time?Read the answer and worked solution →Early Buddha statues were made in Mathura and:Read the answer and worked solution →The older form of Buddhism popular in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia was:Read the answer and worked solution →The Chinese pilgrim who came to the subcontinent about 1600 years ago was:Read the answer and worked solution →Xuan Zang came to India around how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Xuan Zang carried back over 600 manuscripts loaded on how many horses?Read the answer and worked solution →The idea of Bhakti is present in which sacred book included in the Mahabharata?Read the answer and worked solution →The Christians of Kerala, among the world's oldest Christian communities, are known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the southern powersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Kushana wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the years agoRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the trade-era wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Mahayana or TheravadaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the kingdomsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Traders and pilgrims bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Nayanars of the Tamil bhakti movement were saints devoted to:Read the answer and worked solution →How many Nayanars were there?Read the answer and worked solution →The songs of the Nayanars were compiled in the Tevaram and the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas became powerful in south India around how many years ago?

  1. 2500
  2. 2300
  3. 2000
  4. 1500
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Correct answer: B. 2300

1. Each chief had a centre inland and one on the coast. 2. They rose around 2300 years ago. 3. They collected gifts, not regular taxes. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 9, Traders, Kings and Pilgrims._

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Puhar or Kaveripattinam was the port of the:

  1. Pandyas
  2. Kushanas
  3. Cholas
  4. Cheras
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Correct answer: C. Cholas

1. The Kaveri valley was the most fertile. 2. Puhar was the Chola port. 3. Madurai was the Pandya capital. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 9, Traders, Kings and Pilgrims._

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Madurai was the capital of the:

  1. Cholas
  2. Cheras
  3. Kushanas
  4. Pandyas
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Correct answer: D. Pandyas

1. Sangam poets praised the chiefs. 2. Madurai belonged to the Pandyas. 3. Poets were rewarded with gold and elephants. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 9, Traders, Kings and Pilgrims._

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