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1. |
Where do we find the three phases, viz. Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Cultures in sequence? |
A. | kashmir valley |
B. | godavari valley |
C. | belan valley |
D. | krishna valley |
Answer» D. krishna valley |
2. |
The earliest evidence of settled agriculture in the subcontinent comes from: |
A. | kalibangan |
B. | amri |
C. | mehrgarh |
D. | inamgarh |
Answer» C. mehrgarh |
3. |
Ochre Coloured Pottery is closely connected with: |
A. | aryans |
B. | early harappans |
C. | late harappans |
D. | mature harappans |
Answer» C. late harappans |
4. |
Which one of the following is the latest Indus city discovered in India? |
A. | manda |
B. | dholavira |
C. | daimabad |
D. | rangpur |
Answer» B. dholavira |
5. |
Majority of the Indus terracotta figurines were |
A. | hand-modelled |
B. | made in single moulds |
C. | cut with a saw |
D. | sculptured with a chisel |
Answer» A. hand-modelled |
6. |
The religious iconography of Indus people consists of
|
A. | i and ii |
B. | i,ii and iii |
C. | i,iii and iv |
D. | all of them |
Answer» D. all of them |
7. |
The majority of the Harappan pottery was |
A. | polychrome pottery |
B. | black-painted pottery |
C. | red-painted pottery |
D. | plain pottery |
Answer» D. plain pottery |
8. |
Bones of camel are discovered at: |
A. | kalibangan |
B. | lothal |
C. | harappa |
D. | mohenjodaro |
Answer» A. kalibangan |
9. |
For which one of the following crops there is no evidence of cultivation fromanyone of the Indus sites? |
A. | barley |
B. | sugarcane |
C. | rice |
D. | field peas |
Answer» B. sugarcane |
10. |
Which of the following were the most standardised products of the Harappans? |
A. | pottery |
B. | terracotta |
C. | bricks |
D. | statues |
Answer» C. bricks |
11. |
Which one of the following Indus cities has houses with doors on the main streets? |
A. | lothal |
B. | surkotada |
C. | chanhudaro |
D. | banawali |
Answer» A. lothal |
12. |
The whole area of Harappan culture represents a |
A. | circular area |
B. | square area |
C. | zigzag formation |
D. | triangle area |
Answer» D. triangle area |
13. |
Which has the earliest ploughed field in the world? |
A. | harappa |
B. | kalibangan |
C. | ropar |
D. | rangpur |
Answer» B. kalibangan |
14. |
The ruins of Harappa were first noticed by |
A. | charles mason |
B. | sahni |
C. | m wheeler |
D. | ms vats |
Answer» A. charles mason |
15. |
What was kharaj? |
A. | a tribute |
B. | booty |
C. | land tax |
D. | gift |
Answer» A. a tribute |
16. |
The most common materials used for the Harappan stone sculptures are
|
A. | ii and iv |
B. | i and iii |
C. | i, ii and iii |
D. | all the four |
Answer» A. ii and iv |
17. |
Of the all Harappan sites, which has the most impressive drainage system? |
A. | harappa |
B. | banawali |
C. | dholavira |
D. | mohenjodaro |
Answer» D. mohenjodaro |
18. |
The reason for the spread of Harappan culture and settlement of new colonies in far off places was |
A. | to meet their religious obligations |
B. | their desire to colonise |
C. | the population expansion |
D. | to safeguard their security concerns. |
Answer» C. the population expansion |
19. |
Which one of the following places had a culture, called Jhangar culture, in its late Harappan phase? |
A. | kalibangan |
B. | mohenjodaro |
C. | chanhudaro |
D. | amri |
Answer» D. amri |
20. |
Which one of the following Indus sites was destroyed by fire? |
A. | lothal |
B. | kalibangan |
C. | kotdiji |
D. | amri |
Answer» D. amri |
21. |
Which one of the following Vedic texts, apart from the Rig Veda Samhita, cites Indra as the destroyer of the Indus civilisation? |
A. | atharva veda samhita |
B. | taittiriya brahmana |
C. | aitareya brahmana |
D. | satapatha brahmana |
Answer» B. taittiriya brahmana |
22. |
Majority of the Indus beads meant for export to Mesopotamia were made of |
A. | steatite |
B. | terracotta |
C. | carnelian |
D. | jade |
Answer» C. carnelian |
23. |
What is Epigraphy? |
A. | study of coins |
B. | study of old writing used in inscriptions |
C. | study of inscriptions |
D. | study of material remains of the past |
Answer» C. study of inscriptions |
24. |
Indus civilisation belongs to which of the following periods? |
A. | historical period |
B. | prehistorical period |
C. | post-historical period |
D. | proto-historical period |
Answer» D. proto-historical period |
25. |
Which is the oldest age |
A. | bronze age |
B. | neolithic age |
C. | mesolithic age |
D. | palaeolithic age |
Answer» D. palaeolithic age |
26. |
What was Dasarajna? |
A. | ten incarnations of vishnu |
B. | a former slave turned into a ruler |
C. | battle of the ten kings |
D. | ten sacrifices to be performed by the son of a slave mother |
Answer» C. battle of the ten kings |
27. |
Which was probably the most popular assembly in which even women enjoyed an equal status with men in the early Vedic period? |
A. | sabha |
B. | samiti |
C. | gana |
D. | vidata |
Answer» D. vidata |
28. |
Which priest was responsible for the organisation of the confederacy of ten kings when he was dismissed by Sudas, the Tritsu ruler of the Bharata tribe? |
A. | vasishtha |
B. | visvamitra |
C. | yajnavalkya |
D. | uddalakaaruni |
Answer» B. visvamitra |
29. |
How many times is the word varna used in the Rig Veda in the sense of a birth-based social division? |
A. | ten |
B. | five |
C. | once |
D. | nil |
Answer» D. nil |
30. |
Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched? |
A. | sira—plough |
B. | sita—furrows |
C. | datra—sickle |
D. | surpa—axe |
Answer» D. surpa—axe |
31. |
According to the Rig Veda, Panis were indulged in |
A. | cultivation |
B. | trade and commerce |
C. | handicrafts |
D. | hunting and gathering |
Answer» B. trade and commerce |
32. |
The word kusidin used in the Satapatha Brahmana was a designation for the |
A. | usurer |
B. | bard |
C. | perfume-maker |
D. | outcaste |
Answer» A. usurer |
33. |
How many times does the term jana in the sense of a tribe occur in the Rig Veda? |
A. | 250 |
B. | 275 |
C. | 300 |
D. | 325 |
Answer» B. 275 |
34. |
The Rig, Yajur and Sama Vedas are together known as |
A. | samhitas |
B. | sruti |
C. | trijnana |
D. | trayi veda |
Answer» D. trayi veda |
35. |
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? |
A. | sama veda samhita—origins of indian music |
B. | atharva veda samhita—origins of indian medicine |
C. | rig veda samhita—earliest prose |
D. | yajur veda samhita—origins of rituals |
Answer» C. rig veda samhita—earliest prose |
36. |
Which one of the following Vedic texts deals with the ploughing rituals at length? |
A. | yajur veda samhita |
B. | satapatha brahmana |
C. | kausitaki upanishad |
D. | atharva veda samhita |
Answer» B. satapatha brahmana |
37. |
Who was the first to discover close affinities between Sanskrit and some of the principal languages of Europe? |
A. | max mueller |
B. | sir william jones |
C. | penka |
D. | filippo sasetti |
Answer» B. sir william jones |
38. |
The origin of Indian music can be traced to which of the following Vedic Samhitas? |
A. | rig veda |
B. | sama veda |
C. | yajur veda |
D. | atharva veda |
Answer» C. yajur veda |
39. |
Which of the following Vedic Samhitas is partly in verse and partly in prose? |
A. | rig veda |
B. | sama veda |
C. | yajur veda |
D. | atharva veda |
Answer» B. sama veda |
40. |
Which of the following does not come under sruti literature? |
A. | brahmanas |
B. | vedangas |
C. | aranyakas |
D. | upanishads |
Answer» C. aranyakas |
41. |
Which of the following animals was probably not known to the Vedic people? |
A. | elephant |
B. | lion |
C. | tiger |
D. | horse |
Answer» C. tiger |
42. |
Which of the following Rig Vedic gods is said to be the upholder of the Rta or cosmic order? |
A. | indra |
B. | agni |
C. | varuna |
D. | soma |
Answer» C. varuna |
43. |
Which of the following later Vedic gods is said to have evolved from the Harappan cult of Pasupati Mahadeva? |
A. | prajapati |
B. | rudra |
C. | vishnu |
D. | pushan |
Answer» B. rudra |
44. |
Which one of the following tribal assemblies is considered as the oldest of all? |
A. | sabha |
B. | samiti |
C. | vidata |
D. | gana |
Answer» C. vidata |
45. |
Which of the four Vedic Samhitas is considered as the least useful for the purpose of reconstruction of the history of the Aryans? |
A. | rig veda |
B. | sama veda |
C. | yajur veda |
D. | atharva veda |
Answer» B. sama veda |
46. |
Jaina philosophy is known as |
A. | pudgala |
B. | samkhya |
C. | samachari |
D. | syadvada |
Answer» D. syadvada |
47. |
Which one of the six traditional schools of Hindu philosophy closely resembles the Jaina philosophy? |
A. | nyaya |
B. | samkhya |
C. | mimamsa |
D. | vaisesika |
Answer» B. samkhya |
48. |
Which one of the following four Agnikula families was known for its patronage of Jainism. |
A. | chauhans |
B. | solankis |
C. | pawars |
D. | pariharas |
Answer» B. solankis |
49. |
Mahavira preached in the |
A. | magadhi |
B. | ardha-magadhi |
C. | suraseni |
D. | apabhramsa |
Answer» B. ardha-magadhi |
50. |
What is Mahabhinishkramana? |
A. | the renunciation of worldly life by mahavira |
B. | the ‘great going forth’ by mahavira |
C. | the renunciation of worldly life by buddha |
D. | the delivery of the first sermon by buddha |
Answer» C. the renunciation of worldly life by buddha |
51. |
Who is the author of the JainaKalpasutra, an invaluable source for the early history of Jainism? |
A. | sthulabahu |
B. | bhadrabahu |
C. | sambhutavijaya |
D. | devardhikshamasramana |
Answer» B. bhadrabahu |
52. |
Nandas, the rulers of Magadha, were probably patrons of |
A. | brahmanism |
B. | buddhism |
C. | jainism |
D. | ajivikas |
Answer» C. jainism |
53. |
Rummindei pillar of Asoka is put up to mark Buddha’s |
A. | birth |
B. | enlightenment |
C. | first sermon |
D. | death |
Answer» A. birth |
54. |
The Buddha can best be described as an |
A. | atheist |
B. | theist |
C. | materialist |
D. | agnostic |
Answer» D. agnostic |
55. |
Who is said to have destroyed the original pipal tree at Bodh Gaya? |
A. | bakhtiyar khalji |
B. | pushyamitra sunga |
C. | sasanka |
D. | mihirakula |
Answer» C. sasanka |
56. |
The first systematic exposition of Yoga is attributed to |
A. | patanjali |
B. | jaimini |
C. | kanada |
D. | gautama |
Answer» A. patanjali |
57. |
Who was the founder of the Haryanka dynasty? |
A. | ajatasatru |
B. | bindusara |
C. | bimbisara |
D. | kalasoka |
Answer» C. bimbisara |
58. |
Which Magadhan ruler is said to have shifted the capital from Rajgil to Pataliputra? |
A. | udayin |
B. | kakavarin |
C. | chandragupta maurya |
D. | bimbisara |
Answer» B. kakavarin |
59. |
Arrange the following Magadha dynasties in the chronological order
|
A. | ii, i, iv and iii |
B. | iv, ii, iii and i |
C. | iii, i, iv and ii |
D. | iv, ii, i and iii |
Answer» D. iv, ii, i and iii |
60. |
Which of the following is not correctly matched? |
A. | kalinga—jaugada |
B. | dakshinapatha—suvarnagiri |
C. | avantirattha—ujjain |
D. | uttarapatha—taxila |
Answer» A. kalinga—jaugada |
61. |
Sanchi stupa was said to be originally built by the following king of Mauryan empire |
A. | dasaratha |
B. | samprati |
C. | asoka |
D. | bindusara |
Answer» C. asoka |
62. |
Which of the following about the Arthasastra is/are incorrect?
|
A. | i, ii and iv |
B. | ii and iii |
C. | ii and iv |
D. | i and iv |
Answer» A. i, ii and iv |
63. |
Which of the following southern kingdoms were contemporaries of Asoka? (i) Keralaputras (ii) Cholas (iii) Pallavas (iv) Pandyas (v) Satyaputras Select the answer from the codes below: |
A. | i, ii, iii and iv |
B. | i, ii, iv and v |
C. | iii, iv and v |
D. | all of these |
Answer» B. i, ii, iv and v |
64. |
Didarganj in Bihar is known for: |
A. | stone figure of yakshi |
B. | stone figure of yaksha |
C. | stone figure of chauri-bearer |
D. | stone elephant |
Answer» C. stone figure of chauri-bearer |
65. |
The name of the currency which was in circulation in the Mauryan empire is: |
A. | pana |
B. | tola |
C. | kakini |
D. | dinar |
Answer» A. pana |
66. |
Kantakasodhanas of the Mauryan period were |
A. | royal treasuries |
B. | civil courts |
C. | criminal courts |
D. | police stations |
Answer» C. criminal courts |
67. |
Which one of the following was not a source of law in the Mauryan period? |
A. | dharma |
B. | prajavakya |
C. | rajasasana |
D. | vyavahara |
Answer» B. prajavakya |
68. |
Who is the queen of Asoka, mentioned in the Queen’s Edict, as making religious and charitable donations? |
A. | asandhimitta |
B. | padmavati |
C. | vidisamahadevi |
D. | karuvaki |
Answer» D. karuvaki |
69. |
Who among the following was not a Greek ambassador staying at the Mauryan court? |
A. | megasthenes |
B. | diodorus |
C. | deimachus |
D. | dionysius |
Answer» B. diodorus |
70. |
Who among the following Mauryan emperors entered into a marriage alliance with Seleucus Nikator, the Greek ruler of West Asia? |
A. | chandragupta maurya |
B. | asoka |
C. | bindusara |
D. | dasaratha |
Answer» A. chandragupta maurya |
71. |
When and by whom were the Asokan inscriptions deciphered for the first time? |
A. | 1787—john tower |
B. | 1810—harry smith |
C. | 1825—charles metcalfe |
D. | 1837—james prinsep |
Answer» D. 1837—james prinsep |
72. |
Which of the following classes is conspicuous by its absence in the list of seven classes given by Megasthenes for India? |
A. | cultivators |
B. | traders |
C. | philosophers |
D. | artisans |
Answer» B. traders |
73. |
Which material was extensively used in the construction work during theMauryan Age? |
A. | wood |
B. | burnt bricks |
C. | stone |
D. | sun-dried bricks |
Answer» A. wood |
74. |
Asoka was stationed as viceroy (governor) at the time of Bindusara’s death at |
A. | taxila |
B. | suiarnagiri |
C. | ujjain |
D. | tosali |
Answer» B. suiarnagiri |
75. |
Which among the following gives a graphic account of south Indian tradewith theRomans? |
A. | manimegalai |
B. | silappadigaram |
C. | purananuru |
D. | maduraikkanji |
Answer» B. silappadigaram |
76. |
According to the Periplus and Sangam texts, particularly Maduraikkanji, apearl fishery was located at |
A. | muziris |
B. | arikamedu |
C. | korkai |
D. | kaveripattinam |
Answer» C. korkai |
77. |
Who were the viralis and panars of the Sangam age? |
A. | classical singers and dancers |
B. | folk singers and dancers |
C. | dead soldiers and folk heroes |
D. | poets and scholars |
Answer» B. folk singers and dancers |
78. |
Which one of the following Sangam works deals exclusively with the Cherarulers? |
A. | purananuru |
B. | padirrupattu |
C. | paripadal |
D. | pannirupadalam |
Answer» B. padirrupattu |
79. |
Maduraikkanji, which contains a full-length description of the Pandyancapital of Madurai, was written by |
A. | nakkirar |
B. | gudalurkilar |
C. | mangudimarudan |
D. | paranar |
Answer» C. mangudimarudan |
80. |
The first sangam was presided over by |
A. | skanda |
B. | tolkappiyar |
C. | vasishta |
D. | agastya |
Answer» D. agastya |
81. |
Temple of Augustus was built at: |
A. | tondi |
B. | marakanam |
C. | kaveripattinam |
D. | muziris |
Answer» D. muziris |
82. |
The predominant burial practice of the Sangam age was: |
A. | cremation |
B. | partial burial |
C. | pit burial |
D. | inhumation |
Answer» D. inhumation |
83. |
On which of the following imports from India did the Roman Senate lay anembargo as it was a menace to the city’s morals? |
A. | saffron |
B. | wine |
C. | pepper |
D. | muslin |
Answer» D. muslin |
84. |
The main cause of conflict between the Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas duringthe Sangam age was |
A. | the desire to control the fertile deltas |
B. | the desire to control coastal region |
C. | the need for access to important trading centres |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. the desire to control the fertile deltas |
85. |
What is a prasasti? |
A. | royal charter |
B. | private endowment |
C. | eulogy of a king |
D. | copper plate |
Answer» C. eulogy of a king |
86. |
Which one of the following inscriptions is found on an iron pillar? |
A. | allahabad prasasti |
B. | mehrauliprasasti |
C. | eran prasasti |
D. | junagarh prasasti |
Answer» B. mehrauliprasasti |
87. |
Which of the following Gupta emperors is represented on his coins as playingthe lute or veena? |
A. | chandragupta i |
B. | chandragupta ii |
C. | samudragupta |
D. | skandagupta |
Answer» C. samudragupta |
88. |
Which of the following works tells us about the succession of Chandragupta Ito the throne? |
A. | devichandraguptam |
B. | kaumudimahotsava |
C. | mrichchhakatika |
D. | abhigyanasakuntalam |
Answer» B. kaumudimahotsava |
89. |
Who is the author of the famous Allahabad prasasti? |
A. | kalidasa |
B. | sudraka |
C. | harisena |
D. | ravikirti |
Answer» C. harisena |
90. |
Which of the following cities was regarded as the best silk cloth producer? |
A. | kausambi |
B. | ujjain |
C. | varanasi |
D. | pataliputra |
Answer» C. varanasi |
91. |
Debasement and disappearance of coins in late Gupta period indicates: |
A. | decline of agricultural production |
B. | cheapness of commodities |
C. | decline of trade and commerce |
D. | non-availability of metals |
Answer» C. decline of trade and commerce |
92. |
The Gupta charters contained royal seal with an emblem. What is the figurein the emblem? |
A. | garuda |
B. | varaha |
C. | lakshmi |
D. | bull |
Answer» A. garuda |
93. |
Which one of the following terms does not refer to a land measure? |
A. | hala |
B. | kalanju |
C. | karisa |
D. | kulyavapa |
Answer» B. kalanju |
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