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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
| 51. |
The ……………… culture was essentially an urban culture. |
| A. | vedic |
| B. | harappan |
| C. | buddhist |
| D. | jain |
| Answer» B. harappan | |
| 52. |
The Harappans conducted trade both within the northern and western area of the sub continent and with Persian Gulf and …………….. regions. |
| A. | chinese |
| B. | rajasthan |
| C. | sumeria |
| D. | mesopotamian |
| Answer» D. mesopotamian | |
| 53. |
Many Harappan seals have been discovered in ……………. |
| A. | america |
| B. | mesopotamia |
| C. | japan |
| D. | china |
| Answer» B. mesopotamia | |
| 54. |
The Indus people had a fairly advanced type of religion. Their chief deity was the Mother Goddess …………. |
| A. | sakti |
| B. | vayu |
| C. | agni |
| D. | varunan |
| Answer» A. sakti | |
| 55. |
There was a male god with three faces in Yogic pose surrounded by four animals depicted on the ………….. seals. It is identified as the pre-historic Siva or Pasupati. |
| A. | harappan |
| B. | rajasthan |
| C. | punjab |
| D. | kerala |
| Answer» A. harappan | |
| 56. |
The Indus people were highly interested in arts and crafts. The bronze figure of the dancing girl found at …………… was an excellent piece of art. |
| A. | lothal |
| B. | mohenjodaro |
| C. | rupar |
| D. | banwali |
| Answer» B. mohenjodaro | |
| 57. |
The Indus people had developed the art of writing and even developed |
| A. | brahmi |
| B. | pictographic |
| C. | sanskrit |
| D. | malayalam |
| Answer» B. pictographic | |
| 58. |
……………. in his book Ancient India says,” The Harappan script is not alphabetical but mainly pictographic”. |
| A. | ram sharan sharma |
| B. | dr. a.d. pusalkar |
| C. | mortimer wheeler |
| D. | r.d. banerji |
| Answer» A. ram sharan sharma | |
| 59. |
………………in ‘The History and Culture of Indian People’, Vol. 1 remarks, “The large number of signs precludes the possibility of the script being alphabetic.It was mainly phonetic, most of signs standing for open or close syllables and the remainder functioning as determinates or ideograms”. |
| A. | dr. a.d. pusalkar |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | r.d. banerji |
| D. | dr. s.r. rao |
| Answer» A. dr. a.d. pusalkar | |
| 60. |
………………. in his research work ‘Decipherment of the Indus Script’ says that the Indus people used the phonetic script in the beginning which slowly and slowly in the late Harappan period assumed the alphabetic pattern. |
| A. | dr. s.r. rao |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | r.d. banerji |
| D. | sir john marshall |
| Answer» A. dr. s.r. rao | |
| 61. |
………………. is of the view that the Indus script was read from left to right. |
| A. | sir john marshall |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | r.d. banerji |
| D. | dr. s.r. rao |
| Answer» A. sir john marshall | |
| 62. |
………… believes that the Indus script can be read from right to left. |
| A. | dr. prem nath |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | r.d. banerji |
| D. | dr. s.r. rao |
| Answer» A. dr. prem nath | |
| 63. |
According to ……………., “Perhaps the discovery of some bilingual inscriptions in those areas with which the Indus people had close trade relations might give us the right clue to the decipherment of the Indus script”. |
| A. | r.d. banerji |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | dr. a.d. pusalkar |
| D. | dr. s.r. rao |
| Answer» C. dr. a.d. pusalkar | |
| 64. |
The word Veda is derived from …… word ‘vid’ which means ‘to know’. |
| A. | hindi |
| B. | malayalam |
| C. | sanskrit |
| D. | telugu |
| Answer» C. sanskrit | |
| 65. |
…………… are essentially a compilation of prayers and hymns, offered by different families of poets and sages to various Gods. |
| A. | the vedas |
| B. | sangam literature |
| C. | periyapuranam |
| D. | ramayanam |
| Answer» A. the vedas | |
| 66. |
The …………. are also ‘samhitas’ in the sense that they represent the oral tradition of that period.They were not recorded when they were first composed. |
| A. | vedas |
| B. | sangam literature |
| C. | mahabharatham |
| D. | periyapuranam |
| Answer» A. vedas | |
| 67. |
The OCP was discovered in the archaeological sites of …….. in 1950’s. |
| A. | u.p |
| B. | delhi |
| C. | bengal |
| D. | madhya pradesh |
| Answer» A. u.p | |
| 68. |
Black and Red Ware (BRW) have been found at ……… in between OCP and PGW levels during the excavations conducted in the early 1960’s. |
| A. | atranjikhera |
| B. | alangirpur |
| C. | hasthinapuri |
| D. | lothal |
| Answer» A. atranjikhera | |
| 69. |
In Alangirpur and Hasthinapuri, …………. is found associated with PGW, the characteristic feature of Black and Red Ware is the black colour inside and near the rim on the outside and over the rest of the body red colour. |
| A. | pgw |
| B. | wrb |
| C. | brw |
| D. | bwr |
| Answer» C. brw | |
| 70. |
The ………….. contains both hymns and commentaries. It describes the performance of sacrifices. |
| A. | atharva veda |
| B. | rigveda |
| C. | samaveda |
| D. | yajurveda |
| Answer» D. yajurveda | |
| 71. |
…………… called the Upanishads as, “the most wonderful composition of human mind”. |
| A. | james mill |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | william johnes |
| D. | max muller |
| Answer» D. max muller | |
| 72. |
The Ramayana was composed by the great saint …………... |
| A. | kumaranasan |
| B. | vallathol |
| C. | sri narayan guru |
| D. | valmiki |
| Answer» D. valmiki | |
| 73. |
…………… deals with the conflict between the Aryan and non-Aryan civilizations. |
| A. | ramayana |
| B. | mahabharata |
| C. | atharva veda |
| D. | upanishads |
| Answer» A. ramayana | |
| 74. |
The ……………. describes the war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. According to tradition, Vyasa was its compiler. |
| A. | mahabharata |
| B. | ramayana |
| C. | upanishads |
| D. | sangam literature |
| Answer» A. mahabharata | |
| 75. |
There is good archaeological evidence to show that in the centuries following 2000 B.C, north-west India was invaded by some tribes from the west.They were called …………... |
| A. | aryans |
| B. | dravidians |
| C. | huns |
| D. | ostrogoths |
| Answer» A. aryans | |
| 76. |
………………, suggests the region of the river Devika in Multan as the original home of the Aryans. |
| A. | r.s. sharma |
| B. | ganganath jha |
| C. | l.c. kalla |
| D. | d.s. trivedi |
| Answer» D. d.s. trivedi | |
| 77. |
The …………. mentions one outstanding historical event, i.e. the victory of King Sudas over the Ten-king confederacy. |
| A. | rigveda |
| B. | mahabharata |
| C. | samaveda |
| D. | atharva veda |
| Answer» A. rigveda | |
| 78. |
Visvamitra was the priest of Sudas who, however, dismissed the former and appointed ………….as his priest. |
| A. | ullur |
| B. | sri narayan guru |
| C. | vishanin |
| D. | vasishtha |
| Answer» D. vasishtha | |
| 79. |
………………. led a tribal confederacy of ten kings against the Bharatas, the federation consisting of the five well-known tribes Puru, Yadu, Turvasa, Adu and Druhya along with five others namely -Alina, Paktha, Bhalanas, Siva and Vishanin. |
| A. | visvamitra |
| B. | vasishtha |
| C. | sri narayan guru |
| D. | turvasa |
| Answer» A. visvamitra | |
| 80. |
The Bharatas utterly routed the confederacy of Visvamitra on the |
| A. | ravi |
| B. | indus |
| C. | periyar |
| D. | kuppam |
| Answer» A. ravi | |
| 81. |
The Bharatas were settled in the region between the Sarasvati and the Yamuna while the Purus remained in the ………….. region. |
| A. | harappa |
| B. | madras |
| C. | rupar |
| D. | lothal |
| Answer» A. harappa | |
| 82. |
In their migration to the east and south-east the …………. came into |
| A. | aryans |
| B. | dravidians |
| C. | sudras |
| D. | vaisyas |
| Answer» A. aryans | |
| 83. |
The Kiratas, Kikatas, Chandalas, Parnakas, and Simyus were Dasa tribes who inhabited the …………. valley. |
| A. | gangetic |
| B. | assam |
| C. | u.p |
| D. | delhi |
| Answer» A. gangetic | |
| 84. |
The ……………. were dark-complexioned, snub-nosed, worshippers of the phallus, rich in cattle and lived in fortified strongholds; pura. |
| A. | visigoths |
| B. | aryans |
| C. | dasas |
| D. | kurichias |
| Answer» C. dasas | |
| 85. |
The ………….. Society was a tribal society. |
| A. | gupta |
| B. | harappan |
| C. | msopotamian |
| D. | rig vedic |
| Answer» D. rig vedic | |
| 86. |
The ‘Battle of Ten Kings’ mentioned in the …………. was fought among different tribes like the Bharata, Purus, Yadus etc. |
| A. | rig veda |
| B. | upanishads |
| C. | sangam literature |
| D. | ramayana |
| Answer» A. rig veda | |
| 87. |
The term used for cattle during the ……… period was ‘gavishti’, which means to search for cows. |
| A. | rigvedic |
| B. | sangam literature |
| C. | mahabharatha |
| D. | ramayana |
| Answer» A. rigvedic | |
| 88. |
………… mentions the names of learned women like Apala, Ghoshala, Lopa mutra, Vishwara etc.who had even composed hymns. |
| A. | the rig veda |
| B. | mahabharatha |
| C. | ramayana |
| D. | mahabharatha |
| Answer» A. the rig veda | |
| 89. |
……… fought in the wars claimed a senior lineage within the society. |
| A. | the priests |
| B. | the warriors |
| C. | the common people |
| D. | weavers |
| Answer» B. the warriors | |
| 90. |
The term ‘Shudra’ is mentioned in the ………… book of Rigveda, which was a later addition. |
| A. | first |
| B. | third |
| C. | seven |
| D. | tenth |
| Answer» D. tenth | |
| 91. |
Several tribal assemblies like Sabha and Samiti are mentioned in the …………. |
| A. | upanishads |
| B. | rig veda |
| C. | ramayana |
| D. | mahabharatha |
| Answer» B. rig veda | |
| 92. |
The term ‘Vis’ in the ………… refers to the tribal unit or clan. |
| A. | rig veda |
| B. | ramayana |
| C. | mahabharatha |
| D. | upanishads |
| Answer» A. rig veda | |
| 93. |
The …………. received offerings from the public known as ‘bali’. |
| A. | mantri |
| B. | raja |
| C. | senani |
| D. | priests |
| Answer» B. raja | |
| 94. |
………….. was the Sky god. a) Vayu b) Varuna c) Ushas d) Rudra |
| A. | rudra |
| B. | vayu |
| C. | ushas |
| D. | agni |
| Answer» B. vayu | |
| 95. |
…………. society was pastoral. |
| A. | rig vedic |
| B. | harappan |
| C. | eglish |
| D. | mauryan |
| Answer» A. rig vedic | |
| 96. |
A wealthy man who owned many cattle was called …………... |
| A. | ‘gomat’ |
| B. | janmi |
| C. | capitalist |
| D. | peasant |
| Answer» A. ‘gomat’ | |
| 97. |
When the Rig Vedic people settled in the western part of the sub |
| A. | delhi |
| B. | rajastan |
| C. | hastinapura |
| D. | madras |
| Answer» B. rajastan | |
| 98. |
The ………… was the act of giving or granting, irrespective of what and when given. |
| A. | dana |
| B. | sutlej |
| C. | dakshina |
| D. | bali |
| Answer» A. dana | |
| 99. |
The ………… was a specific gift giving to the performer of the sacrifice. |
| A. | dakshina |
| B. | sutlej |
| C. | bali |
| D. | dana |
| Answer» A. dakshina | |
| 100. |
The earliest reference of Dana and Dakshina is seen in the ‘Dana Stuti’ hymns of ………….. |
| A. | budhist literature |
| B. | sangam literature |
| C. | rigveda |
| D. | jain |
| Answer» C. rigveda | |
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