Combined Defence Service Exam Model Paper

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Q1 Which was the first metal used by man?

(a) Copper

(b) Silver

(c) Bronze

(d) Brass

Answer: (a) Copper

Q2 The Indus valley civilization flourished during:

(a) 5000 – 3500 BC

(b) 3000 – 1500 BC

(c) 2500 – 1750 BC

(d) 1500 – 500 BC

[NDA 1992]

Answer: (c)

Q3 The Indus valley civilization is known as Pre Aryan civilization because of the evidence of:

(a) Art

(b) Copper

(c) Pottery

(d) Script

[CDSE 1989]

Answer: (b)

Q4 Which of the following is not an Indus Valley civilization site?

(a) Lothal

(b) Patliputra

(c) Rangpur

(d) Suktagendor

[NDA 1991]

Answer: (b)

Q5 The Indus valley people knew the use of:

(a) gold, silver, copper, bronze but not iron

(b) copper, iron, gold but not bronze

(c) silver, lead, iron but not gold

(d) gold, tin, bronze but not copper

[CDSE 2000]

Answer: (a)

Q6 Mohenjo-Daro is also known as:

(a) mound of the great

(b) mound of the survivors

(c) mound of the living

(d) mound of the dead

Answer: (d)

Q7 The Vedic deity Indra was the God of:

(a) Wind

(b) Eternity

(c) Rain and Thunder

(d) Fire

[NDA 1991]

Answer: (c)

Q8 Which one of the following is the main characteristic of later Vedic age?

(a) Varna System

(b) Tribal Polity

(c) Caste System

(d) Food gathering practice

[NDA 1990]

Answer: (c)

Q9 Which of the following were the Yajnas that were performed during the Vedic age?

1. Vratyastama Yajna

2. Asvamedha Yajna

3. Rajsuya Yajna

[CDSE 1992]

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 2 and 3

(c) 1 and 3

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (d)

Q10 Purushukta is a part of:

(a) Rig-Veda

(b) Yoga – sutra

(c) Ramayana

(d) Bhagvad Gita

[CDSE 1995]

Answer: (a)

Q11 Nivi, Paridhan and Adhivasa were the:

(a) Different types of garments of the Aryans

(b) Government officials of the Aryan Kings

(c) Tribal people of Ancient India

(d) Musical instruments of ancient Indians

[CDSE 2005]

Answer: (a)

Q12 Consider the following statements:

1. Parshvanatha preached the Jain ideas of Satya, Ahimsa, Asateya and Aparigraha.

2. Mahavira introduced Brahmacharya.

3. Mahavira’s teachings were first collected in the third century BC

Which of the following statements are correct?

(a) 1, 2 and 3

(b) 1 and 3

(c) 2 and 3

(d) 1 and 2

[CDSE 1999]

Answer: (a)

Q13 Consider the following statements:

1. Jainism in ancient India condemned the Varna System

2. Jain religious literature was written in Ardhamagadhi

3. Mahavira admitted in the order of his followers

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(a) 1, 2 and 3

(b) 1 and 2

(c) Only 3

(d) 2 and 3

[NDA 2003]

Answer: (d)

Q14 Jainism was divided in to two sects known as:

(a) Kapalika and Kalamukha

(b) Mahayana and Hinayana

(c) Ajivika and Nyaya vasesika

(d) Svetambara and Digambara

[NDA 1995]

Answer: (d)

Q15 The fourth Buddhist council was held by:

(a) Ashoka

(b) Kanishka

(c) Chandragupta

(d) Harshavardhana

[CDSE 1991]

Answer: (b)

Q16 During the time of Harshavardhana a great Buddhist assembly was held at:

(a) Patliputra

(b) Nalanda

(c) Prayag

(d) Purushapura

[CDSE 1994]

Answer: (c)

Q17 Which of the following places was famous as a seat of Mahayana learning?

(a) Nalanda

(b) Taxila

(c) Varanasi

(d) Sarnath

[CDSE 1992]

Answer: (a)

Q18 The triratnas were stressed by:

(a) Buddha

(b) Mahavira

(c) Manu

(d) Gaudapada

[CDSE 1993]

Answer: (b)

Q19 In Buddhism, what does Patimokkha stand for?

(a) A description of Mahayana Buddhism

(b) A description of Hinayana Buddhism

(c) The rules of the Sanghai

(d) The questions of King Menander

[CDSE 2009]

Answer: (a)

Q20 Who of the following was a contemporary of Gautama Buddha?

(a) BhadraBahu

(b) Chandragupta Maurya

(c) Parshvanatha

(d) Vardhamana Mahavira

Answer: (d)

Q21 In ancient India, the earliest capital of Magadha Kingdom was of:

(a) Pataliputra

(b) Rajgir

(c) Vaishali

(d) Varanasi

[NDA 2002]

Answer: (b)

Q22 Consider the following Kings:

1. Ajatshatru

2. Bindusara

3. Prasenjit

Who of these was/were the contemporary/contemporaries of Gautama Buddha?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 and 3

(c) 1 and 3

(d) 1, 2 and 3

[CDSE 2003]

Answer: (c)

Q23 Before ascending the Maurya throne, Ashoka served as a viceroy of:

(a) Pataliputra

(b) Taxila

(c) Tosali

(d) Kaushambi

[CDSE 1992]

Answer: (b)

Q24 The Ashokan inscription which gives an account of the Kalinga war and its effects is:

(a) Gimar rock edict

(b) Minor rock edict III

(c) Minor rock edict IV

(d) Minor rock edict XIII

[CDS 1994]

Answer: (d)

Q25 In Ashoka’s administration, Rajukas looked after:

(a) religious matters

(b) collection of taxes

(c) municipal administration

(d) administration of justice

[CDSE 1992, NDA 2003]

Answer: (d)

Q26 Consider the following with reference to the disintegration and decline of the Mauryan Empire:

1. Brahmanical Revolt

2. King Ashoka’s pacifist policies

3. Invasion from outside

4. Weakness of Ashoka’s successors

Which of the above reasons lead to the disintegration and decline of the Mauryan Empire?

[NDA 2004]

(a) 1, 2 and 4

(b) 2 and 4

(c) 1 and 3

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer: (d)

Q27 ‘Sangam Literature’ is:

(a) Classical Sanskrit Literature Patronised by the Guptas

(b) Pali literature dealing with the history of the Buddhist Sanghas

(c) early Tamil literature attributed to the first three centuries of the Christian era

(d) Sanskrit work of Puranic nature dealing with the sanctity of the place where there is confluence of rivers in Prayaga

[CDS 1993]

Answer: (c)

Q28 The Sangam literature is a major source of information of the social, economic and political life of the people living in the present day:

(a) Northern Tamil Nadu

(b) South and western Tamil Nadu

(c) South and western Tamil Nadu and parts of Kerala

(d) Coastal parts of Kerala, South Karnataka and northern Tamil Nadu

[CDSE 1999]

Answer: (d)

Q29 The head of a district (Ahara), the principal coordinator of the revenue and the officer in charge of the General and military functions in his jurisdiction in the Mauryan empire was known as:

(a) Krori

(b) Rajuka

(c) Faujdar

(d) Chirastadar

[CDSE 2009]

Answer: (d)

Q30 The notion of Saptanga that was introduced in Arthashashtra includes:

(a) Kings, territory, administration and treasury

(b) music, dance, rages and wrestling

(c) ministers, civil servants subalterns and those involved in espionage

(d) aristocrats, acharyas, traders and monks

[NDA 2010]

Answer: (a)

Q31 After the Mauryas the most important kingdoms in Deccan and Central India was that of the:

(a) Vakatakas

(b) Cholas

(c) Satavahanas

(d) Pallavas

[CDSE 1992]

Answer: (c)

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