Objective Anicent history part 1
1 :- The famous Gayatrimantra is addressed to savita
2 :- The later Vedic Age means the age of the compilation of
(a) Samhitas
(b) Brahmanas
(c) Aranyakas
(d) All the above
Ans: (d)
3 :- The Vedic religion along with its Later (Vedic) developments is actually known as Brahmanism
4 :- Which of the following contains the famous Gayatrimantra?
(a) Rigveda
5 :- The Vedic Aryans first settled in the region of sapasindhu
6 :- Which of the following Vedas deals with magic spells and witchcraft?Atharvaveda
7 :- Two highest ,gods in the Vedic religion were Indra and Varuna
8 :- Division of the Vedic society into four classes is clearly mentioned in the Purusa-sukta of Rigveda
9 :- This Vedic God was 'a breaker of the forts' and also a 'war god'
(a) Indra
10 :- The Harappan or Indus Valley Civilisation flourished during the ___Chalcolithic_ age.
11 :- The first metal to be extensively used by the people in India was copper
12 :- Which of the following civilisations is net associated with the Harappan Civilisation? Chinese
13 :- Of the following scholars who was the first to discover the traces of the Harappan
Civilisation? Daya Ram Shahani
14 :- The Harappan Civilisation achieved far greater advancement than Sumer, Elam etc. on
account of its
(a) town planning
15 :- The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distinguished from the other contemporary
civilisations by its underground drainage system
16 :- Match the location of the following Harappan sites:
List-1 List-2
(Sites) (States)
A. Ropar (i) Uttar Pradesh
B. Alamgirpur (ii) Punjab
C. Kalibangan (iii) Gujarat
D. Dholavira (iv) Rajasthan
E. Banawali (v) Haryana
Codes:
A B C D E
(a) ii i iv iii v
(b) i ii iii iv v
(c) ii i iii iv v
(d) ii iii I v iv
Ans: (a)
17 :- The date of the Harappan Civilisation (2300-1750 BC) has been fixed on the basis of Radio carbon14 dating
18 :- The town planning in the Harappan Civilisation was inspired by a regard for sanitation and public health
19 :- Most of the large Harappan towns had for fortifications which served the purpose of
(a) safety from robbers
(b) protection against cattle raiders
(c) protection against floods
(d) All the above
Ans: (d)
20 :- Cereal(s) grown by the people of the Harappan Civilisation was/were
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Millet
(d) All the above
Ans: (d)
21 :- The utensils of the Indus Valley people were mainly made of
(a) clay
22 :- Which of the following metals was not known to the Indus valley people?
(a) gold
(b) silver
(c) copper
(d) iron
Ans: (d)
23 :- Which of the following objects was not worshipped by the Indus valley people
(a) Mother Goddess
(b) Pashupati Shiva
(c) Trees such as Peepal and Acacia
(d) Trimurti
Ans: (d)
24 :- At which of the following Harappan sites has a supposed dockyard been found? Lothal
25 :- The economy of the Indus Valley people was based on?
(a) Agriculture
(b) Trade and Commerce
(c) Crafts
(d) All the above
Ans: (d)
26 :- The Harappan Civilisation declined as a result of
(a) Aryan invasion
(b) Decline in foreign trade
(c) Ecological factors
(d) Not definitely known factors
Ans: (d)
27 :- The most common animal figure found at all the Harappan sites is
(a) unihorn bull
28 :- The term Aryan, Indo-Aryan or Indo-European denotes a _____concept?
(a) Linguistic
29 :- According to the most widely accepted view, the Aryans originally came from
Central Asia
30 :- Which of the following Vedas was compiled first?
(a) Rigveda
(b) Samaveda
(c) Yajurveda
(d) Atharvaveda
Ans: (a)
31 :- The Vedic economy was based on
(a) trade and commerce
(b) crafts and industries
(c) agriculture and cattle rearing
(d) all the above
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32 :- The normal form of government during the Vedic period was monarchy
33 :- Two popular Assemblies of the Vedic period were Sabha and Samiti
34 :- The Indo-Greek Kingdom set up in north Afghanistan in the beginning of the second century BC was
(a) Scythia
35 :- The beat specimens of Mauryan art are represented by their
Pillars
36 :- Which of the following does not represent an important source material for the
Mauryan period?
(a) Literary works
(b) Foreign accounts
(c) Numismatic evidence
(d) Epigraphic sources
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37 :- According to Strabo, the Tamil kingdom to first send emissaries to meet Augustin in
Athens in 20 BC, was pandaya
38 :- Who among the following was the founder of the Nanda dynasty?
(a) Mahapadma Nanda
39 :- The word 'Veda' has been derived from the root word 'Vid' which means knowledge
40 :- The Kushan rule was brought to an end by
The Hindu Shahi Dynasty
41 :- Ashoka has been particularly Influenced by the Buddhist monk upagupata
42 :- During Kanishka's reign, the centre of political activity shifted from Magadha to Purushapura (Peshawar)
43 :- Which of the following Sanskrit language?
(a) Kushanas
(b) Mauryas
(c) Guptas
(d) Indo-Greeks
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44 :- Who had got the Konark Sun Temple constructed?
Narasimha Deva II
45 :- Which one of the following sculptures invariably used green schist as the medium?
Bharhut sculptures
46 :- Who among the following is known for his work on medicine during the Gupta period?
Susrutha
47 :- In the context of ancient Indian society, which one of the following terms does not
belong to the category of the other three?
(a) Kula
(b) Vamsa
(c) Kosa
(d) Gotra
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48 :- Who wrote Mrichchhakatika (Clay Cart)?
Sudraka
49 :- After the partition of India, the largest number of Harappan towns and settlements
have been found In
Gujarat
50 :- The Indus Valley civilisation can be said to belong to the bronze age
51 :- Who among the following used to hold a religious assembly at Prayag every five year?
Harshvardhana
52 :- Gautam Buddha as a prince was known as Siddhartha
53 :- The Jatakas are a collection of stories Pertaining to several different earlier births of the Buddha
54 :- Architectural developments In India manifested themselves In their full glory during
the period of the
(a) Guptas
55 :- The deep transforming effect that the Kalinga War had on Ashoka has been described
in
Rock edicts
56 :- The proud title of 'Vikramaditya' had been assumed by
Chandragupta II
57 :- In which region was the first metallic coin used In India?
(a) The Indo-Gangetic plain of central India
58 :- Which of the following was the first metal to be discovered and used as tools by
humans? Copper
59 :- The philosophy propounded in the Upanishads is known as
Vedanta
60 :- After the growth of the Vedic religion the most important development in the history of
the so-called Hinduism was the development of
Bhagavatism
61 :- Bhagavatiam refers to worship of
(a) Vasudeva Krishna
62 :- Vaishnavism, a later development of Bhagavatism, advocates the worship of
Vishnu and his incarnations
63 :- The Hindu social sacraments such as marriage etc. are performed on the basis of the
rituals described in the Grihyasutras
64 :- The founder of Jainism was
Parsvanatha
65 :- Vardhamana Mahavira the 24
th Tirthankar of Jainism was born at ____ and died at
____.
Kundagrama and Pava
66 :- The 'Three Jewels' (Triratnas) of Jainism are
(a) right faith or intentions, right knowledge and right conduct
67 :- Of the five vows (Panch Anuvratas) of Jainism, four existed before Mahavira. The one
which he added was
(a) not to kill (non-injury)
(b) not to steal
(c) non-attachment to worldly things
(d) celibacy
Ans: (d)
68 :- In Jainism the aim of life is to attain Nirvana or Moksha for which one has to
(a) follow three jewels and five vows
69 :- Jainism was divided into two sects - Swetambaras (White-clad) and Digambaras (Skyclad or naked) - During the reign of the
Mauryas
70 :- The name Buddha means
(a) enlightened
71 :- Match the events of the Buddha's life with the place a of their occurrence:
List-1 List-2
A. Birth (i) Kusinagar
B. Attainment of knowledge (ii) Sarnath
C. First Sermon (iii) Bodh-Gaya
D. Death (iv) Lumbini
Codes:
A B C D
(a) i ii iii iv
(b) ii i iv iii
(c) iii ii i iv
(d) iv iii ii i
Ans: (d)
72 :- Buddhism was divided into Mahayana and Hinayana during the reign of
Kanishka
73 :- The great exponent of Mahayana Buddhism was
Nagarjuna
74 :- Jatakas are the stories of
Buddha's previous lives
75 :-Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in Sri Lanka
76 n the sixth century BC northern India was divided into
(a) sixteen great states
(b) eight republican states
(c) both (a) and (b) above
(d) Anga and Magadha
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77 :- Of all the states in northern India in 6th century BC which of the following states
emerged as the most powerful? Magadha
78 :- When Alexander invaded India, Magadha was being ruled by the Nandas
79 :- Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas
because the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the
people
80 :- The decline of the Nandas at the hands of Kautilya and Chandragupta Maurya has
been vividly portrayed in the Sanakrit play written by Kalidasa
Malavikagnimitram
81 :- Kautilya (also known as Vishnugupta and Chanakya) is the author of Arthasastra
which has been compared with
Machiavelli's Prince
82 :- Megasthanes, the ambassador of Selucus at the Mauryan court in Pataliputra, wrote
an account of the period in his book Indika
83 :- Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
(a) Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa
(b) Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana
(c) Inscriptions of Ashoka
(d) Archaeological Sources and the Puranas
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84 :- After the Kalinga War, Ashoka decided never to wage any war because?
He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and non-
combatants in the war
85 :- n his inscriptions Ashoka called himself
(a) Devanampriya Priyadarshi King
86 :- Ashoka’s claim to be one of the greatest rulers in world history life in the fact that
after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
87 :- The moat important official post with vast responsibilities created by Asoka was
Dharamamahamatya
88 :- The Mauryan sculptors had attained the highest perfection in the carving of
animal figures
89 :- The most striking feature of the Ashokan pillars is their
polish
90 :- Which of the following was not one of the actual cause for the decline of the Mauryan
empire?
(a) Ashoka's pacifist policies
91:- Who usurped power from the Mauryas after killing the last Mauryan ruler
Brihadratha?
(a) Pushyamitra Sunga
92 :- The most famous Indo-Greek ruler of India, famous for his sense of Justice and
dialogues with a Buddhist monk Nagasena (as described in the Buddhist work Milinda
Panho) was
Menander
93 :- The first great empire to the south of the Vindhayas was of the
Satavahanas
94 :- The greatest claim to fame of the Satavahanas is on account of
Great economic prosperity and brisk inland and foreign trade
95 :- Mohenjo-Daro is situated in
Larkana district
96 :- Which of the following is the oldest of the Vedas?
(a) Sama Veda
(b) Atharva Veda
(c) Yajur Veda
(d) Rig Veda
Ans: (d)
97 :- The family of the Rig Vedic Aryans was
Patriarchal
98 :- Gautama Buddha was brought up by
(a) Mahaprajapati
99 :- Mahavira was
(a) the 20th Tirthankara
(b) the 21st Tirthankara
(c) the 23rd Tirthankara
(d) the 24th Tirthankara
Ans: (d)
100 :- The Eight-fold path was enunciated by
(a) The Buddha
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