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The first Persian ruler who occupied part of Indian territory was

  1. Cyrus

  2. Cambyses

  3. Darius

  4. Xerxes


Correct Option: A

Which among the following was not affected by the invasion of the Persians on India?

  1. Script in the North-West

  2. Coinage

  3. Court Ceremonies

  4. Sculpture


Correct Option: D

The Indo-Greek Kingdom set up in northern Afghanistan at the beginning of the second century BC was _____.

  1. Scythia

  2. Zedrasia

  3. Bactria

  4. Aria


Correct Option: A

Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because

  1. he fell ill

  2. he suffered defeat in India

  3. his forces refused to go further

  4. he did not like India


Correct Option: C

Alexander the Great died at ______. 

  1. Susa

  2. Babylon

  3. Macedonia

  4. Kabul


Correct Option: B

Alexander was trained by 

  1. Socrates

  2. Aristotle

  3. Plato

  4. Homer


Correct Option: B

Whose general was Appolodotus?

  1. Euthydemus

  2. Demetrius

  3. Diodotus

  4. Antichos


Correct Option: B

Porus was defeated by Alexander at the battle of ______.

  1. Herat

  2. Kabul

  3. Hydaspes

  4. Arbela


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

  1. Demetrius

  2. Menander

  3. Eukratises

  4. Heliocles


Correct Option: B

The founder of the Achaemenian Empire was

  1. Cyrus

  2. Darius

  3. Xerxes

  4. Cambyses


Correct Option: A