Question : Who discovered the Sanchi Stupa?
Option 1: Alexander Cunningham
Option 2: James Prinsep
Option 3: Sir John Marshall
Option 4: General Taylor
Correct Answer: Alexander Cunningham
Solution : General Alexander Cunningham is credited with the discovery of the Sanchi Stupa in the 19th century.
Question : Who played a key role in deciphering the Brahmi script used in Ashokan inscriptions?
Option 3: William Jones
Option 4: John Marshall
Question : Who discovered the North Pole?
Option 1: Amundsen
Option 2: Robert Peary
Option 3: John Cabot
Option 4: Captain James Cook
Question : Which British archaeologist recognised in the 1940s that it was necessary to follow the stratigraphy of the mound rather than mechanically excavate it along a uniform horizontal line?
Option 1: R. E. M. Wheeler
Option 2: Alexander Cunningham
Option 3: John Marshall
Option 4: E. Hultzsch
Question : Who discovered Penicillin?
Option 1: Edward Jenner
Option 2: Niels Bohr
Option 3: Sir Alexander Fleming
Option 4: Heinrich Hertz
Question : Who among the following built the Sanchi Stupa?
Option 1: Ashoka
Option 2: Gautam Buddha
Option 3: Cholas
Option 4: Pallavas
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