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• 2025 · Question 14 · Ancient India

  Who among the following rulers in ancient India had assumed the titles ‘Mattavilasa’, ‘Vichitrachitta’ and ‘Gunabhara’?

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  (a)Mahendravarman I(b)Simhavishnu(c)Narasimhavarman I(d)Simhavarman

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  Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)

• 2025 · Question 15 · Ancient India

  Fa-hien (Faxian), the Chinese pilgrim, travelled to India during the reign of

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  (a)Samudragupta(b)Chandragupta II(c)Kumaragupta I(d)Skandagupta

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  Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)

• 2025 · Question 17 · Ancient India

  With reference to ancient India (600–322 BC), consider the following pairs : Territorial region | River flowing in the region I. | Asmaka | Godavari II. | Kamboja | Vipas III. | Avanti | Mahanadi IV. | Kosala | Sarayu How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

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  (a)Only one(b)Only two(c)Only three(d)All the four

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  Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)

• 2025 · Question 19 · Ancient India

  Ashokan inscriptions suggest that the ‘Pradeshika’, ‘Rajuka’ and ‘Yukta’ were important officers at the

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  (a)village-level administration(b)district-level administration(c)provincial administration(d)level of the central administration

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  Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)

• 2025 · Question 72 · Ancient India

  The famous female figurine known as ‘Dancing Girl’, found at Mohenjo-daro, is made of

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  (a)carnelian(b)clay(c)bronze(d)gold

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  Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)