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Q1. Relate rice cultivation with the Harappan site given....?
Correct answer : 4
Q2. Which metal was not known to the Indus valley people?
Correct answer : 2
Q3. Among the following which Harappan site is not in India?
Correct answer : 2
Q4. What was the port town of the Indus Valley civilization?
Correct answer : 4
Q5. The Indus Vallely civilization people mainly worshipped
Correct answer : 4
Q6. Lothal and Kalibangan are places associated with the civilization of ..............
Correct answer : 2
Q7. The Indus Valley civilization type was found in
Correct answer : 4
Q8. The Indus Valley civilization people specialized in....
Correct answer : 3
Q9. Which of the following was used by the Mesolithic age people
Correct answer : 3
Q10. Paleolithic people were mainly engaged with
Correct answer : 1
Q11. What helped the transition from Paleolithic to the Neolithic age
Correct answer : 4
Q12. What were the earliest cereals grown by man...
Correct answer : 3
Q13. Primitive man first learnt to make..........
Correct answer : 3
Q14. Relating to the later Vedic period, which of the following statement is wrong? A)It is impossible to say that the Vedic Society shifted eastwards. B)Iron technology was mostly used for weapons of war. C)Only labour intensive agriculture was practised.D)People married outside their gotra.
Correct answer : 4
Q15. Among the following statements, select the correct one:A) Private property in the form of animals, land and its produce had emerged by 6th BC. B)By 6th BC a class of free peasants and merchants had emerged. C)The people in the 6th BC did not know the use of iron. D)The Mahajanapadas bear the name of the dominant Kshatriya lineage in most of the cases.
Correct answer : 1
Q16. Swapanvasadatta' is an immortal play by Bhasa about the love affair between Udayan,King of Vatsa and Vasavadatta the princess of .........................
Correct answer : 4
Q17. Among the following vedas only three were canonical. Pick the odd one out.
Correct answer : 3
Q18. The question of granting of land and its merits and demerits are debated for the first time in the .....
Correct answer : 2
Q19. Related to the early Vedic society, which one of the following statement is wrong?
Correct answer : 4
Q20. Related to the primary scriptures of Hinduism, the Vedas, which of the following statement is not correct?
Correct answer : 3
Q21. Which of the following statements is/are correct? A.The Vedas are essentially compilations or prayers and hymns to various gods. B.The Avesta was the oldest Iranian Text C.The linguistic similarities between the Rigveda and the Avesta are enough grounds to validate the theory of 'Aryan' migration to the Indian subcontinent. D.Our knowledge of early vedic period is based only on literary sources.
Correct answer : 2
Q22. Which of the following was an important eastern coast port during the Gupta period?
Correct answer : 2
Q23. Among the following who defeated Harshavardhana?
Correct answer : 3
Q24. Which one of the following was a major town of the Satavahana Kingdom?
Correct answer : 4
Q25. The Ashoka pillar at Allahabad provides insight into the reign of which of the following emperors?
Correct answer : 3
Q26. "The Western classical element resides in the style, in the treatment of the robe, and in the physiognomy of the Buddha". Relate this statement to the correct Indian school of Sculputre....
Correct answer : 3
Q27. Assign the largest 'Stupa' at Sanchi to the correct period/empire?
Correct answer : 3
Q28. Which color used in the paintings at Ajanta was obtained from 'Lapis Lazuli' an imported material?
Correct answer : 4
Q29. Find the incorrect pair?
Correct answer : 3
Q30. Among the following who stressed the 'triratnas'?
Correct answer : 2
Q31. Which of the following is an example of the Nagara style of architecture?
Correct answer : 3
Q32. Relating to the socio-economic life in ancient South India during 200BC to 300 AD, which of the following statement is correct?
Correct answer : 3
Q33. Which of the following statement is wrong?
Correct answer : 2
Q34. At which place idols related to Brahmanical religion have been discovered?
Correct answer : 2
Q35. Among the following which sculpture depicts 'nature' the most?
Correct answer : 1
Q36. Who were the principal patrons of Ghandara art?
Correct answer : 1
Q37. Buddha's images are generally seen in two postures - standing and sitting. The one found at Katra is among the oldest. Which of the following is not a characteristic of this idol?
Correct answer : 3
Q38. Point out the one statement that is incorrect with regard to Ashoka's Dhamma.... .
Correct answer : 4
Q39. Which one was not the important cause for the downfall of Mauryan Empire?
Correct answer : 2
Q40. Which of the following statement is wrong?
Correct answer : 3
Q41. With reference to the later Vedic period, which of the following statement is wrong?
Correct answer : 3
Q42. Which of the following statement is wrong with reference to the Later Vedic period....?
Correct answer : 4
Q43. From the 'Atharvaveda' we can understand.....
Correct answer : 4
Q44. Which of the following statement is correct with regard to the early Vedic age?
Correct answer : 1
Q45. Regarding the earliest surviving Buddhist art, what cannot be said to have particularly appealed to the Europeans is that it was.......
Correct answer : 4
Q46. The early Buddhist are incorporated pre-Buddhist elements as is best demonstrated .....
Correct answer : 3
Q47. Which is the earliest inscription that is the first official record in Sanskrit .........
Correct answer : 3
Q48. The 150 BC Pillar inscription of Besnagar refers to the great theistic cult of ........
Correct answer : 1
Q49. Who founded the city of Aurangabad in 1610?
Correct answer : 2
Q50. Who was the Chief Minister of the United Provinces at the time of independence?