HISTORY
1. Which was the first metal used by man?
a) Copper b) Silver c) Bronze d) Brass 2. The Stone Age people had the first domestic:
a) Asses b) Dogs c) Horses d) Sheep 3. Man passed from the food gathering stage to the food producing stage in the:
a) Palaeolithic Age b) Mesolithic Age c) Neolithic Age d) Chalcolithic Age 4. The Indus Valley Civilisation flourished during:
a) 5000 – 3500 B.C. b) 3000 – 1500 B.C. c) 2500 – 1750 B.C. d) 1500 – 500 B.C. 5. Use of plough has been evidenced at:
a) Kalibangam b) Lothal c) Haryana d) Banwali 6. Which of the following Harappan sites had a dock?
a) Harappa b) Mohenjodaro c) Lothal d) Alamgirpur 7. Rice cultivation is associated with Harappan site of:
a) Kalibangam b) Harappa c) Ropar d) Lothal 8. The Indus Valley people had trade relations with:
a) Egypt b) Greece c) Ceylon d) Mesopotamia 9. At which Harappan site have traces of a horse been found?
a) Kalibangam b) Lothal c) Surkotda d) Suktagendor Ans. (c) 10. The famous figure of a dancing girl found in the excavations of Harappa was made up of:
a) Terracotta b) Steatite c) Bronze d) Red limestone Ans. (c) 11. The Great Bath of the Indus Valley Civilization was discovered in:
a) Harappa b) Lothal c) Mohenjodaro d) Ropar Ans. (c) 12. The script of Indus Valley Civilization was/in:
a) Persian b) Dravidian c) Sanskrit d) Undeciphered Ans. (d) 13. Which one of the following contains the Gayatri Mantra?
a) Rigveda b) Yajurveda c) Upanishad d) Samaveda Ans. (a) 14. The God not worshipped during the time of Rigvedic Aryans was:
a) Indra b) Agni c) Marut d) Shiva Ans. (d) 15. Who among the following popularised the theory of ‘Arctic Region’ as the original home of Aryans?
a) Macdonel b) Max Muller c) B.G. Tilak d) Keith Ans. (a) 16. The Aryans at first settled in:
a) Sindh b) Gujarat c) Kashmir d) Punjab Ans. (d) 17. Upanishads, also known as the Vedantas, are _____ in number.
a) 96 b) 105 c) 108 d) 112 Ans. (c) 18. Purushsukta is a part of:
a) Rigveda b) Yoga-Sutra c) Ramayana d) Bhagvadgita Ans. (a) 19. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Ayurveda – magic b) Shilpaveda – sculpture c) Gandharvaveda – music d) Dhanuveda – warfare Ans. (a) 20. The Painted Grey Ware (PGW) belongs to:
a) The Harappan civilization b) The Vedic age c) The Neolithic age d) None of these Ans. (b) 21. The meaning of ‘Buddha’ is: a) Anything beyond God b) Soul after death c) The Enlightened one d) The ultimate path for moksha Ans. (c) 22. Buddhism split up into the Hinayana and Mahayana sects at the Buddhist Council held during the reign of: a) Harsha b) Kanishka c) Ashoka d) Chandragupta Maurya Ans. (b) 23. Jainism was divided into two sects known as: a) Kapalika and Kalamukha b) Mahayana and Hinayana c) Ajivika and Nyaya Vaisesika d) Svetambara and Digambara Ans. (d) 24. Match the following: (Events related to (Places) Buddha) A. Birth of Buddha 1. Bodha Gaya B. Enlightenment 2. Lumbini C. First Sermon 3. Kusinagar (or kasia) D. Death of Buddha 4. Sarnath 5. Rajgriha A B C D A B C D a) 2 1 3 4 b) 1 3 4 5 c) 2 1 4 3 d) 4 2 5 3 Ans. (c) 25. Which one of the following is incorrectly matched? a) First Buddhist Council - Saptaparni Cave (near Rajagriha) b) Second Buddhist Council – Magadha c) Third Buddhist Council - Patliputra d) Fourth Buddhist Council – Kashmir Ans. (b) 26. Buddha and Mahavira died during the reign of: a) Ajatshatru b) Udayan c) Bimbisara d) None of these Ans. (a) 27. The triratnas were stressed by: a) Buddha b) Mahavira c) Manu d) Gaudapada Ans. (b) 28. The last of the 24th Jain Tirthankaras was: a) Parsvanath b) Mahavira c) Rishabha d) Arishtanemi Ans. (b) 29. The first discourse of Buddha at Deer Park in Sarnath is called: a) Mahabhiniskraman b) Mahaparinirvana c) Mahamastabhisheka d) Dharmachakrapravartan Ans. (d) 30. In which of the following languages were the original Buddhist religious texts written? a) Brahmi b) Sanskrit c) Magadhi d) Pali Ans. (d) 31. Buddha died in which Mahajanpada? a) Mael b) Chedi c) Magadh d) Avanti Ans. (a) 32. The first monarch of Magadh kingdom in the sixth century B.C. was: a) Bimbisara b) Prasenajit c) Ajatshatru d) Jarasandha Ans. (a) 33. In ancient India, the earliest capital of Magadha Kingdom was of: a) Pataliputra b) Rajgir c) Vaisali d) Varanasi Ans. (b) 34. Which of the following transferred his capital from Rajgir to Pataliputra? a) Bimbisara b) Ajatsatru c) Udayin d) Shishunaga Ans. (c) 35. Porus was defeated by Alexander at the Battle of _______. a) Buxar b) Heart c) Kabul d) Hydaspes Ans. (d) 36. Who among the following is considered as the first national ruler of India? a) Chandragupta Maurya b) Ashoka c) Chandragupta I d) Kanishka Ans. (a) 37. Ashoka, the Great conquered Kalinga in the year: a) 261 B.C. b) 58 B.C. c) 261 A.D. d) 78 A.D. Ans. (a) 38. The Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya was: a) Hiuen Tsang b) Fahien c) Megasthenes d) Seleucus Ans. (c) 39. The title ‘Devanam Piya’ was given to: a) Harsha b) Kanishka c) Ashoka d) Chandragupta Vikramaditya Ans. (c) 40. Sarnath’s Lion Capital is attributed to: a) Kanishka b) Harshavardhana c) Ashoka d) Chandragupta Ans. (c) 41. Which language was used in the literature of Sangam period? a) Sanskrit b) Tamil c) Telugu d) Kannada Ans. (b) 42. After the Mauryas the most important kingdom in the Deccan and Central India was that of the: a) Vakatakas b) Cholas c) Satavahanas d) Pallavas Ans. (c) 43. The earliest example of a land grant is provided by an inscription of: a) The Guptas b) The Mauryas c) The Satavahanas d) the Mahameghavahanas Ans. (c) 44. Saka era started from: a) 78 B.C. b) 78 A.D. c) 300 B.C. d) 124 A.D. Ans. (b) 45. Vikrama era started from: a) 57 B.C. b) 78 A.D. c) 57 A.D. d) 78 B.C. Ans. (a) 46. Who were the first to issue gold coins? a) Indo Greeks b) Shakas c) Parthians d) Kushans Ans. (a) 47. St. Thomas came to India in 1st century A.D. to propagate Christianity. He came during the reign of: a) Gondophernes b) Kanishka c) Rudradaman I d) Kadphises Ans. (a) 48. The Mathura school of art flourished during the reign of: a) Kanishika b) Kadphises – I c) Harsha d) Vasudeva Ans. (a) 49. ‘Panchatantra’ was written by: a) Kalidasa b) Vishnu Sharma c) Tulsidas d) Banabhatta Ans. (b) 50. The six distinct schools of Indian philosophy – Vedanta, Mimamsa, Sankhya, Toga, Nyaya, Vaisesika became fully articulated during the:
a) Vedic age b) Gupta age c) Kushana age d) Mauryan age |
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