Answer : . literature and epics
2. The granary discovered at Harappa was located:
Answer : . near the river Ravi
3. In his inscriptions Ashoka calls himself:
Answer : . Devanampriya Priyadarshni king
4. Indus seaport lothal is in
Answer : . Gujarat
5. Which Indus city has houses with do ors on the main streets?
Answer : . Lothal
6. Which Harappan site has the most impressive drainage system?
Answer : Harappa
7. Which dynasty built Mahabalipuram?
Answer : . Pallava
8. Which was probably the most popular assembly in which even women en joyed an equal status with men in the Early Vedic period?
Answer : . Vidatha
9. Who gives detailed account of the mu nicipal administration of Mauryas?
Answer : . Megasthenes
10. The Mehrauli pillar inscription belongs to the period of the:
Answer : . Guptas
11. Which book deals with the history of Kashmir?
Answer : Rajatarangini
12. Which book mentioned division of the Mauryan Society into seven classes?
Answer : . Indica
13. The varnas came to be transformed into the hereditary castes during the:
Answer : . Later Vedic period
14. Important progress in Gupta Age of Indian History is ………
Answer : . Significant contribution to Indian astronomy by Aryabhatta
15. Who wrote commentaries on Harshavardhana’s administration and the court life in Kannauj?
Answer : . Hiuen-Tsang
16. The Jaina saint credited with the spread of Jainism in Karnataka (south India) was:
Answer : . Bhadrabahu
17. The greatest Chola king in the dynasty of the Cholas of Thanjavur was
Answer : . Rajaraja-I
18. The main focus of the Rigvedic culture was
Answer : . Indus Valley
19. The Veda, which is partly a prose work, is
Answer : . Yajurveda
20. Nagarjuna is known as the Einstein of India because:
Answer : . He propounded the theory of Shunyavada similar to Einstein’s theory of Relativity.
21. Angas means ?
Answer : . holy books of jains
22. In which sect was Bindusara interested?
Answer : . Ajivakas
23. The correct descending order of the Mauryan officers, at the district level, was
Answer : . Pradeshika, rajuka, yukta
24. The important tree worshipped by Harappans is weapons were made of
Answer : . pipal tree
25. Which one of the four varnas mentioned in the Purushasukta of the mandala X of the Rig Veda is referred in the other parts of RigVeda in the sense of a Varna?
Answer : . Shudras
26. Which of the following Gupta emperorsis represented his coins as playing the lute or Veena?
Answer : . Samudragupta
27. Who is the author of Vikramaka charita?
Answer : . Bilhana
28. With reference to the invaders in ancient India what is the correct chronological order?
Answer : . Greeks-Sakas-Kushanas
29. The system of philosophy with which the name of Kapila is prominently associated is:
Answer : . Sankhya
30. Varaha mihira’s encyclopedian work is
Answer : . Brihat Samhita
31. The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the
Answer : . Kathopanishad
32. The Badami rock inscription of Pulakesin-I is dated in Saka Year 465. If the same work to be dated in Vikram Samvat, the year would be
Answer : . 601
33. Vipas is also called as
Answer : . Jhelum
34. The origin of Indian music can be traced to which one of the Vedic Samhitas?
Answer : . Samaveda
35. The first elaborate description of Upanayana Sanskar is found in the
Answer : . Tandyamaha Brahmana
36. Stupa means
Answer : . A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
37. Which book states that Srinagar was built by Ashoka?
Answer : . Kalhana’s Rajatarangini
38. The founder of Satavahanas
Answer : . – Srimuka
39. Patanjali, the second great grammarian of Ancient India, was a contemporary of
Answer : . Pushyamitra Sunga
40. Who was famous king of the Satavahana dynasty?
Answer : . Goutami putra satakarni
41. Who was the founder of the Kanva dynasty?
Answer : . Vassudeva
42. Who started the Saka Era and when?
Answer : . Kanishka in 78 AD
43. The famous Buddhist scholar Ashvaghosha was a contemporary of ..…
Answer : . Kanishka
44. The Harappan civilizations do not have homogeneity or uniformity in
Answer : . burial practices
45. A prominent Harappan site, being surrounded by flood barriers in order to protect it with the aid of UNESCO funds, is
Answer : . Mohenjodaro
46. The people of Harappa and Mohenjo -Daro culture belonged to the
Answer : . Chalcolithic Age
47. The Kailasha temple is located in the caves of
Answer : . Ellora
48. The words Satyameva Jayate in the State Emblem adopted by the Government of India have been taken from which Upanishad?
Answer : . Mundaka Upanishad
49. Who is the first ruler to embrace Buddhism?
Answer : Ashoka
50. Gupta ruler who faced invasion of Hunas is …………..
Answer : . Budhagupta
51. How did the Maurya Empire finally end?
Answer : . The last Mauryan ruler was killed by his General
52. The building of the famous Kailasa temple at Ellora was executed under the Rashtrakuta king
Answer : . Krishna-I
53. The Rathas of Mahabalipuram, the rock- cut architecture, were built by a king of the dynasty of
Answer : . Pallava
54. The famous Harappan site of Dholavira is situated in
Answer : Gujarat
55. The Vedic term vrihi stands for
Answer : . Rice
56. Who was the patron of the 3rd Buddhist council?
Answer : . Kanishka
57. Which one of the following places has yielded earliest Stupa railing?
Answer : . Sanchi
58. Ashoka sent missionaries to
Answer : . Tibet and Ceylon
59. Which dynasty was ruling Magadha at the time of Alexander’s invasion?
Answer : . The Nanda
60. Chittannavasal cave paintings belong to ……… dynasty
Answer : . Pallava
61. What was the capital of the early Chalukyas?
Answer : . Badami
62. What was the purpose of the Indian visit of Hiuen Tsang?
Answer : . To visit the holy places connected with Buddhism
63. Harsha’s court poet is
Answer : . Bana
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