Objective Anicent history part 1

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
Ans: ©

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
Ans: ©

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
Ans: ©

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
Ans: ©

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
Ans: ©

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
Ans: ©

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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