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1. Which of the following coins were issued for bigger transactions in Ancient India?
(1) Gold Coins
(2) Silver Coins
(3) Copper Coins
(4) Cowries

2. As per Chinese Pilgrim Fa Hien, what was used for purchasing very cheap commodities?
(1) Gold Coins
(2) Silver Coins
(3) Copper Coins
(4) Cowries

3. Who among the following Scholars held the view that coins were not in circulation in India prior to the invasion of India by Alexander?
(1) Wilson and Princep
(2) Rapson
(3) Thomas
(4) Bhandarkar

4. Who gave the theory of Achaemenian Origin of Indian coins?
(1) Rapson
(2) Thomas
(3) Cunningham
(4) Decourdemanches

5. Bhandarkar advocates the –
(1) Theory of Greek Origin
(2) Theory of Achaemenian Origin
(3) Theory of Indigenous Origin
(4) Theory of Babylonian Origin

6. Silver Punch marked coins were known as
(1) Dharana
(2) Karshapana
(3) Both of the above
(4) None of the above

7. What do you mean by Karshapana?
(1) Silver Punch Marked Coins
(2) Copper Punch Marked Coins
(3) Gold Punch Marked Coins
(4) None of the above

8. What was the weight of one Karsha?
(1) 60 rattis
(2) 70 rattis
(3) 80 rattts
(4) 90 rattis

9. Which of the following has been mentioned in Arthashastra in the 4h Century B.C.?
(1) Pana
(2) Nishka
(3) Satamana
(4) Vimsatika

10. The tradition of inscribed coins was started in India by –
(1) Guptas
(2) Kushanas
(3) Scythians
(4) Greeks

11. Who were the first to stamp monograms on their coins?
(1) Parthians
(2) Scythians
(3) Greeks
(4) Guptas

12. The coins of which Indo-Greek ruler / rulers are made of cupro-nickel?
(1) Antimachus
(2) Pantaleon and Agathocles
(3) Apollodotus and Antimachus
(4) Menander

13. What was the weight of Siglos?
(1) 172 grains
(2) 86 grains
(3) 43 grains
(4) None of the above

14. Which among the following coins bears bull and tree in Railing Symbols?
(1) Kausambi Coins
(2) Ayodhya Coins
(3) Kanauj Coins
(4) None of the above

15. Who among the following kings has not issued the Ayodhya Coins?
(1) Dhenadeva
(2) Muladeva
(3) Vayudeva
(4) Jayamagha

16. What was the most common animal symbol depicted on Ayodhya Coins?
(1) Horse
(2) Bull
(3) Elephant
(4) None of the above

17. In which of the following metals all Panchala Coins were issued?
(1) Gold
(2) Silver
(3) Copper
(4) Lead

18. In which of the following metals, Satavahanas did not issue their coins?
(1) Gold
(2) Silver
(3) Copper
(4) Lead

19. At what place the earliest known Satavahana Silver coins of round shape and bearing the name of Satakarni-I were found?
(1) Vidarbha
(2) Coromondal Coast
(3) Nevasa
(4) Junnar

20. Which of the following languages are used on Indo-Greek coins?
(1) Greek
(2) Prakrit
(3) Both of the above
(4) None of the above

21. Which of the following scripts was not used in Indo-Greek Coins?
(1) Greek
(2) Kharoshthi
(3) Brahmi
(4) Prakrit

22. Basileus was the most common title used on the coins of
(1) Indo-Greeks
(2) Satavahanas
(3) Saka-Pahlavas
(4) None of the above

23. Which of the following weapons was not depicted on the coins of Saka-Pahlavas?
(1) Spear
(2) Whip
(3) Bow and arrow
(4) Sword

24. Who among the following kings of Western Kshatrapas used the Greek script on his silver coins?
(1) Chastana
(2) Bhumaka
(3) Yasodaman
(4) None of the above

25. What was the weight of the Gold Coins of Kushanas?
(1) 130 grains
(2) 122.9 grains
(3) 260 grains
(4) None of the above

26. Who among the following Kushana Kings issued the coins bearing title Dharmathika?
(1) Kajula Kadphises
(2) Kanishka-I
(3) Huvishka
(4) Kadphises-I

27. Who among the following Kushana Kings issued coins with Oesho?
(1) Kajyula Kadphises
(2) Kanishka-I
(3) Huvishka
(4) Kadphises-I

28. Who among the following dynasties was first to – issue Gold Coins in India?
(1) Indo-Greeks
(2) Kushanas
(3) Imperial Gupitas
(4) None of the above

29. Who among the Gupta kings depicted on Horse on the coins?
(1) Samudragupta
(2) Chandragupta-II
(3) Kumargupta-I
(4) None of the above

30. Who among the Gupta Kings depicted on Elephant on the coins?
(1) Chandragupta-I
(2) Samudragupta
(3) Chandragupta-II
(4) Kumaregupta-I

31. Who among the following Gupta Kings issued Asvamedha type coins?
(1) Samudragupta
(2) Chandragupta-I
(3) Chandragupta-II
(4) Skandagupta

32. Who among the following Gupta Kings issued Chakravikram type of Coins?
(1) Samudragupta
(2) Chandragupta-I
(3) Chandragupta-II
(4) Skandagupta

33. Which of the following goddesses was not depicted on the coins of Guptas?
(1) Lakshmi
(2) Durga
(3) Ganga
(4) Kali

34. Which of the following rulers were the first to imitate Roman coin types?
(1) Greeks
(2) Scythians
(3) Kushanas
(4) Guptas

35. Who is the first foreign ruler to show an Indian deity on his coins?
(1) Menander
(2) Kanishka
(3) Kadphises-II
(4) Maues

36. Name the Western-Kshatrapa ruler who issued dated silver coins.
(1) Nahapana
(2) Rudradaman
(3) Rudrasimha-I
(4) Rudrasena-I

37. Coins bearing trilingual legends were issued by :
(1) Eucratides
(2) Nahapana
(3) Gondophares
(4) Kanishka

38. Jogalathambi coin-hoard containing numerous coins of Nahapana, restruck by Gautami Putra Satakarni, has been found from :
(1) Nasik
(2) Bhrigukachchha
(3) Surparaka
(4) Pushkar

39. Kartikeya is represented by the names Skanda, Kumara, Visakha and Mahasena on the coins of
(1) Kadphises-II
(2) Kanishka
(3) Huvishka
(4) Vasudeva

40. When was earliest Silver Coin issued by Chandragupta-II?
(1) 320 AD.
(2) 409 AD.
(3) 275 A.D.
(4) None of the above
41. Who among the following Gupta Kings issued Swordsman type of Coins?
(1) Samudragupta
(2) Chandragupta-I
(3) Chandragupta-II
(4) Kumargupta-I

42. Who among the following Huna Kings was first to issue coins in India?
(1) Toranmana
(2) Muihirakula
(3) Khingila
(4) None of the above

43. Which of the following coins is frequently referred in the Jatakas?
(1) Karsapana
(2) Vimsatika
(3) Satamana
(4) Trimsatika

44. Who says in his commentary on the Vinaya Pitaka that during Bimbisara, a Kahapana was equal to twenty masakas?
(1) Panini
(2) Buddhaghosa
(3) Vachaghosa
(4) None of the above

45. Who was Laksanadhyaksa mentioned in Arthashastra?
(1) Silver Coins
(2) Superintendent of the Mint
(3) Gold Coins
(4) None of the above

46. What is the term used for coin in Arthashastra?
(1) Rupa
(2) Vimsatika
(3) Trimsatika
(4) None of the above

47. Which of the following coins was issued by Vasudeva the last Kushana King?
(1) Gold Coins
(2) Copper Coins
(3) Both of the above
(4) None of the above

48. Who among the following Gods was known as Oesho depicted on Kushan coins frequently?
(1) Shiva
(2) Vishnu
(3) Kartikeya
(4) None of the above

49. What was the name of the coins issued from Taxila?
(1) Negama
(2) Veddasa
(3) Uddehika
(4) Sudavapa

50. Which of the following coins was found at Ahichhatra?
(1) Mathura Coins
(2) Panchala Coins
(3) Vatsa Coins
(4) Kosala Coins