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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) .
| 1. |
A ………………society is characterised as a formal organized group of people who trace their ancestry from a common ancestor. |
| A. | socialist |
| B. | lineage |
| C. | capitalist |
| D. | dalit |
| Answer» B. lineage | |
| 2. |
A …………………. society in its early stage of development would mainly be pastoral. |
| A. | later vedic |
| B. | harappan |
| C. | lineage |
| D. | capitalist |
| Answer» C. lineage | |
| 3. |
The merger of different ……………. societies in due course may lead to the emergence of a land-bonded society. |
| A. | lineage |
| B. | vedic |
| C. | socialist |
| D. | mercantalist |
| Answer» A. lineage | |
| 4. |
In the course of its growth, ……………… society become de-stabilized and marks the transition from the stage of pre-state to the stage of state. |
| A. | lineage |
| B. | medieval |
| C. | modern |
| D. | post-modern |
| Answer» A. lineage | |
| 5. |
A …………. society could be considered as a pre-state society, but not a tribal one as common ancestry is not a binding factor in a tribal society. |
| A. | lineage |
| B. | harappan |
| C. | aryan |
| D. | vaisya |
| Answer» A. lineage | |
| 6. |
The …………….. pre-state society in ancient India is generally considered as a lineage society, which was mainly pastoral and mobile. |
| A. | rig vedic |
| B. | capitalistic |
| C. | socialistic |
| D. | utopian |
| Answer» A. rig vedic | |
| 7. |
The concept of the ……………. society in the ancient Indian sub continent is derived from the historical reading of the Itihasas and puranas. |
| A. | mercantalist |
| B. | brahmin |
| C. | lineage |
| D. | socialist |
| Answer» C. lineage | |
| 8. |
The ……………… war was fought between the two major segments of the lineage on the plains of Kurukshetra and most of the segments were destroyed in the battle. |
| A. | first world |
| B. | second world |
| C. | mahabharata |
| D. | ramayana |
| Answer» C. mahabharata | |
| 9. |
Like elsewhere, in ancient India the myth related to the origin of the world is related with the great flood as depicted in the ………… tradition. |
| A. | itihasa-purana |
| B. | lineage |
| C. | buddhist |
| D. | jain |
| Answer» A. itihasa-purana | |
| 10. |
According to the tradition, ………….. the primeval man was the only one to survive the deluge, who returns to Jambu dweep (Indian sub continent), where he laments on his loneliness. |
| A. | manu |
| B. | ikshaku |
| C. | ila |
| D. | druhyu |
| Answer» A. manu | |
| 11. |
Due to his loneliness Manu performs a sacrifice, which resulted in the birth of his eldest son, ……………. with whom started the Suryavamsa or Solar Lineage and daughter Ila with whom started the Chandravamsa or the Lunar Lineage. |
| A. | ila |
| B. | ikshaku |
| C. | druhyu |
| D. | turvasa |
| Answer» B. ikshaku | |
| 12. |
Due to his loneliness Manu performs a sacrifice, which resulted in the birth of his eldest son, Ikshaku with whom started the ………….. and daughter Ila with whom started the Chandravamsa or the Lunar Lineage. |
| A. | suryavamsa |
| B. | ikshaku |
| C. | ila |
| D. | druhyu |
| Answer» A. suryavamsa | |
| 13. |
The ……………… tradition traces the lineage of all kings and royal families of ancient India either to the Suryvamsa or to the Chandravamsa. |
| A. | itihasa – purana |
| B. | ikshaku |
| C. | ila |
| D. | turvasa |
| Answer» A. itihasa – purana | |
| 14. |
The descent groups of ………….. described in the geneaological section of the early Indian historical tradition. |
| A. | yadu |
| B. | turvasa |
| C. | puru |
| D. | manu |
| Answer» D. manu | |
| 15. |
The various Puranic texts have this geneaological section or Vamsaaucharita. |
| A. | turvasa |
| B. | manu |
| C. | puru |
| D. | yadu |
| Answer» B. manu | |
| 16. |
………………… had three sons whose lineages are given in the form of listing only the eldest son of the eldest son. |
| A. | ikshaku |
| B. | manu |
| C. | puru |
| D. | yadu |
| Answer» A. ikshaku | |
| 17. |
The two main groups tracing their ancestry to …………. are the eldest Yadu and the youngest Puru. |
| A. | ikshaku |
| B. | druhyu |
| C. | turvasa |
| D. | ila |
| Answer» D. ila | |
| 18. |
Ila given birth to ………….., whose great grand son is Yayati who had five sons. |
| A. | pururavan |
| B. | yadu |
| C. | puru |
| D. | anu |
| Answer» A. pururavan | |
| 19. |
……………., the rightful successor displeased his father and hence is banished to the South-West and Puru, the youngest inherits the Madhyadesa. |
| A. | yadu |
| B. | ikshaku |
| C. | ila |
| D. | yadu |
| Answer» A. yadu | |
| 20. |
The descents of ……………. line is geographically concentrated and related to the Indo-Gangetic divide and the Ganga-Yamuna doab and its environs. |
| A. | ikshaku |
| B. | ila |
| C. | puru |
| D. | yadu |
| Answer» C. puru | |
| 21. |
The decents of ………… spread out over the Aravalli region, Gujarat, Malwa, Narmada Valley, northern Deccan and eastern Ganga Valley. |
| A. | ila |
| B. | ikshaku |
| C. | yadu |
| D. | yadu |
| Answer» C. yadu | |
| 22. |
According to the texts, the line of …………. had merged with Purus at an ealy stage. |
| A. | turvasa |
| B. | ila |
| C. | ikshaku |
| D. | yadu |
| Answer» A. turvasa | |
| 23. |
The line of …………. is said to have become Mlechas after few generations. |
| A. | ila |
| B. | ikshaku |
| C. | druhyu |
| D. | yadu |
| Answer» C. druhyu | |
| 24. |
The descendents of …………. survived in Central Punjab and Sind and one branch of it is said to have been migrated to the extreme East. |
| A. | yadu |
| B. | ikshaku |
| C. | anu |
| D. | zailsing |
| Answer» C. anu | |
| 25. |
Only the lineages of Puru and Yadu are listed in detail and at great length in the …………………. |
| A. | vamsacharitas |
| B. | ikshaku |
| C. | yadu |
| D. | zailsing |
| Answer» A. vamsacharitas | |
| 26. |
The migration of various segments taken from …………. spread over a large area of northern, western and central India. |
| A. | ila |
| B. | ikshaku |
| C. | yadu |
| D. | punjab |
| Answer» A. ila | |
| 27. |
The lunar lineage and its distribution were incorporated substantially into the area where the …………… war was fought. |
| A. | afghanistan |
| B. | kurukshetra |
| C. | mahabharata |
| D. | punjab |
| Answer» C. mahabharata | |
| 28. |
The event of the …………. focuses on the last part of the Puru lineage. |
| A. | mahabharata |
| B. | kurukshetra |
| C. | afghanistan |
| D. | punjab |
| Answer» A. mahabharata | |
| 29. |
The Puru lineage seems to have three distinct stages.The first stages is from Puru to …………. |
| A. | bharata |
| B. | ikshaku |
| C. | ila |
| D. | rama |
| Answer» A. bharata | |
| 30. |
By now relations between Kurus and Panchalas were established through lineage connections.Soon after, one of the Kuru kings, Vasu branched off and occupied Chedi on the southern fringe of Yamuna and Magadha in …………, both earlier occupied by Yadavas. |
| A. | lothal |
| B. | maghada |
| C. | meerut |
| D. | bihar |
| Answer» D. bihar | |
| 31. |
Vasu’s five sons established new kingdoms- Brihadratha at …………., Kusa at Vatsa and the other three in Chedi, Karusa and Matsya. |
| A. | meerut |
| B. | maghada |
| C. | lothal |
| D. | kalinga |
| Answer» B. maghada | |
| 32. |
A glorious civilization flourished in the valley of the river Indus and its neighbouring regions prior to the rise of the Chalcolithic Age.This civilization known as the …………. culture. |
| A. | harappan |
| B. | maghadan |
| C. | vedic |
| D. | later vedic |
| Answer» A. harappan | |
| 33. |
…………………, Director-General of the Archaeological Department of the Government of India. |
| A. | sir john marshal |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | dayaram sahni |
| D. | r.d. banerji |
| Answer» A. sir john marshal | |
| 34. |
Harappan Culture spread over various parts of Northern and Central India like Rupar and Bara in the east Punjab, Alamgirpur near Meerut in U.P. and Ragpur and Lothal in ……………. |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | delhi |
| C. | haryana |
| D. | assam |
| Answer» A. gujarat | |
| 35. |
Sir John Marshall has assigned …………… culture to the period 3150- 2750 B.C. |
| A. | mauryan |
| B. | vedic |
| C. | sumarian |
| D. | harappan |
| Answer» D. harappan | |
| 36. |
But in recent years, archaeologists have made use of scientific tests like carbon test and fixed the period of ……………. civilization from 2300 to 1750 B.C. |
| A. | harappan |
| B. | vedic |
| C. | chinese |
| D. | buddhist |
| Answer» A. harappan | |
| 37. |
………….. were the indivisible factors of the Harappan Culture. |
| A. | rivers |
| B. | villages |
| C. | mountains |
| D. | planned cities |
| Answer» D. planned cities | |
| 38. |
The ………….. city excavated of Indus civilization was Harappa. |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» A. first | |
| 39. |
The city of Harappa had existed on the banks of the river …………. in western Punjab. |
| A. | ravi |
| B. | narmada |
| C. | bharathapuzha |
| D. | periyar |
| Answer» A. ravi | |
| 40. |
The city of ……………. was excavated by archaeologists like Dayaram Sahni, M.S.Vats and Mortimer Wheeler from the early 1920’s onwards. |
| A. | harappa |
| B. | madras |
| C. | bombay |
| D. | bengal |
| Answer» A. harappa | |
| 41. |
The city of Harappa had existed on a trade route stretching from Jammu to Central Asia through ……………. |
| A. | afghanistan |
| B. | lothal |
| C. | punjab |
| D. | nepal |
| Answer» A. afghanistan | |
| 42. |
……………. was the large city of the Harappan civilization. |
| A. | mohenjodaro |
| B. | lothal |
| C. | kalibangan |
| D. | rupar |
| Answer» A. mohenjodaro | |
| 43. |
………….. is located in the Larkana district of Sind on the banks of the river Indus. |
| A. | mohenjodaro |
| B. | lothal |
| C. | kalibangan |
| D. | rupar |
| Answer» A. mohenjodaro | |
| 44. |
The excavations at …………… was first started in 1922 by Sir John Marshall with R.D. Banerji. |
| A. | kalibangan |
| B. | lothal |
| C. | mohenjodaro |
| D. | banwali |
| Answer» C. mohenjodaro | |
| 45. |
Kalibangan in …………… along the dried up bed of the river Ghagger is another important Harappan city. |
| A. | rajasthan |
| B. | u.p |
| C. | delhi |
| D. | bomby |
| Answer» A. rajasthan | |
| 46. |
Kalibangan site was excavated by …………… in the 1960’s which have the evidences of pre-Harappan and Harappan habitations. |
| A. | b.k.thapar |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | dayaram sahni |
| D. | s.r. rao |
| Answer» A. b.k.thapar | |
| 47. |
Lothal in ………….. is another important city excavated. |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | rajasthan |
| C. | delhi |
| D. | haryana |
| Answer» A. gujarat | |
| 48. |
………….. was in charge of the excavations of the Harappan sites in Gujarat. |
| A. | s.r.rao |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | dayaram sahni |
| D. | r.d. banerji |
| Answer» A. s.r.rao | |
| 49. |
The ……………… culture was essentially an urban culture. |
| A. | vedic |
| B. | harappan |
| C. | buddhist |
| D. | jain |
| Answer» B. harappan | |
| 50. |
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 | |
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