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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

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

Answer: (b)

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

(a) Lothal

(b) Patliputra

(c) Rangpur

(d) Suktagendor

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

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

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

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

(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

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

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

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

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

Answer: (d)

Q15 The fourth Buddhist council was held by:

(a) Ashoka

(b) Kanishka

(c) Chandragupta

(d) Harshavardhana

Answer: (b)

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

(a) Patliputra

(b) Nalanda

(c) Prayag

(d) Purushapura

Answer: (c)

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

(a) Nalanda

(b) Taxila

(c) Varanasi

(d) Sarnath

Answer: (a)

Q18 The triratnas were stressed by:

(a) Buddha

(b) Mahavira

(c) Manu

(d) Gaudapada

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

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

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

Answer: (c)

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

(a) Pataliputra

(b) Taxila

(c) Tosali

(d) Kaushambi

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

Answer: (d)

Q25 In Ashoka’s administration, Rajukas looked after:

(a) religious matters

(b) collection of taxes

(c) municipal administration

(d) administration of justice

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?

(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

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

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
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

Answer: (a)