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Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because

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  1. he fell ill

  2. he suffered defeat in India

  3. his forces refused to go further

  4. he did not like India

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Correct Option: C

Alexander the Great died at ______. 

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  1. Susa

  2. Babylon

  3. Macedonia

  4. Kabul

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Correct Option: B

Alexander was trained by 

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  1. Socrates

  2. Aristotle

  3. Plato

  4. Homer

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Correct Option: B

Whose general was Appolodotus?

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  1. Euthydemus

  2. Demetrius

  3. Diodotus

  4. Antichos

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Correct Option: B

Porus was defeated by Alexander at the battle of ______.

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  1. Herat

  2. Kabul

  3. Hydaspes

  4. Arbela

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Correct Option: C

The most famous Indo-Greek ruler of India, famous for his sense of Justice and dialogues with a Buddhist monk Nagasena (as described in the Buddhist work Milinda Panho) was

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  1. Demetrius

  2. Menander

  3. Eukratises

  4. Heliocles

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Correct Option: B

The founder of the Achaemenian Empire was

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  1. Cyrus

  2. Darius

  3. Xerxes

  4. Cambyses

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Correct Option: A

Megasthanese was a Greek Ambassador sent to the court of ______.

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  1. Ashoka

  2. Chandragupta Maurya

  3. Kanishka

  4. Porus

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Correct Option: B

When Alexander invaded India, Taxila was ruled by

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  1. Ambhi

  2. Porus

  3. Ashoka

  4. Bimbisara

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Correct Option: A

Which societal condition was basic to the development of Greek philosophy and Renaissance art?

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  1. Rigid social classes

  2. Religious uniformity

  3. Emphasis on individualism

  4. Mass education

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Correct Option: C