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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) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) .
| 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 | |
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