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Problems, Perspectives and Debates in Early Indian History | Set 1

1. Gadudhama Buddha was born in 563 B. C in which Kshatriya family

Correct : A. shakya kshatriya family

2. Romila Taper is a …........ historian

Correct : A. indian

3. Kushana belongs to the tribe of….………..

Correct : A. yuchi

4. Who established Kushana dynasty?

Correct : D. kujula kadphies

5. Who issued the first gold coins in India?

Correct : C. vima kadphises

6. The place were Bhudha was enlightened

Correct : C. gaya

7. What was the title of Kanishka?

Correct : B. devaoutra

8. Where was public bath and granaries found in Harappa during excavations?

Correct : A. mohenjodaro

9. .The earliest of the Vedas

Correct : A. rig

10. The Tripitakas are written in the language of

Correct : C. pali

11. The Mahabharata war was fought on the plains of …......

Correct : C. kurushetra

12. The word derived from the word

Correct : D. vid

13. The Ramayana was composed by the great saint

Correct : D. valmiki

14. The 23rd Thrithankara was

Correct : A. parswanath

15. What does the term used to denote the term used to denote the wooden plough by Rigvedic Aryans

Correct : C. langal

16. Who Coined the term hydraulic Society

Correct : B. karl august wittfogel

17. Who among the following Scholar declared that 'Sapt Sadidhava” region was the home land of Aryans

Correct : A. dr a c das

18. Mahabharata contains how many slokas ?

Correct : A. 50000

19. Geneology, mythology, and historical narratives are the three main constituence of …................ tradition

Correct : D. samhitas

20. How many Puranas are there in India

Correct : A. 12

21. In which purana contains the information about

Correct : B. eighth century

22. Who was the founder of Vedic Culture

Correct : B. arya

23. Who is the most important God in Rigveda?

Correct : B. indra

24. During whose time period was the Iron pillar in Delhi erected?

Correct : B. chandragupta ll

25. Who wrote the book ‘Return of the Aryans’?

Correct : C. avinash chandra d.

26. The Rigvedic Aryans governed by a

Correct : A. tribal republic

27. In the early Vedic period Varna System was based on

Correct : D. talents

28. Dasarajana was :

Correct : C. battle of ten kings

29. Which of the following raw material was not used by the Indus Valley Civilization?

Correct : C. bronze

30. The Capital of the Mauryan Kingdom was located at?

Correct : A. patali putra

31. The specimens of Mauryan art are represented by their?

Correct : A. stupas

32. Which of the following technique used for making bronze status during Harappan civilization?

Correct : A. lost wax casting

33. Chandra Gupta Maurya was …. …………………

Correct : B. autocrat

34. Most of the Asokan Edicts are in ………….. language?

Correct : A. pali

35. Which Pre-State society in ancient India is considered as lineage society?

Correct : B. capitalistic

36. The Director -General of Archaeological department of India at the beginning of excavations at Harappan was

Correct : B. mortimer wheeler

37. Dayaram Sahini, M S Vats and Mortimer wheeler excavated the city?

Correct : A. harappa

38. In this Migration to the east and south east to the……………. Conflict with the Dasus or Dasyus

Correct : A. aryans

39. Janapada derived from

Correct : C. janaka

40. When did Mahajanapadas were flourishing in north India?

Correct : A. buddha period

41. Digambara and Svedambara are sections in the

Correct : A. hinduism

42. The eight fold path of………….. is also called the middle path

Correct : A. bali bahu

43. Who is the author of from lineage to State?

Correct : A. romila thaper

44. The learned women Apala, Ghosala, Lopamutra, Viswapara etc. are mentioned in

Correct : D. jatakas

45. ……………culture was essentially an Urban Culture.

Correct : A. harappan

46. Harappan seals have been discovered in?

Correct : A. america

47. The…………. Culture was essentially in urban culture

Correct : A. vedic

48. Black and Red ware (BRW) have been found bat

Correct : B. alangiripas

49. K P Jayaswal wrote book entitled …………………

Correct : D. india today

50. The port city of the Harappan Culture ?

Correct : B. lothal

51. The city of Harappa had existed on the banks of the river?

Correct : B. narmada

52. Kalibangan site was excavated by…. …………….

Correct : A. b k thaper

53. The term used for the tribal unit or clan?

Correct : A. vis

54. The male god with three faces in yogic pose surrended by four animals depicted on the Harappan seals is defined as ?

Correct : A. pasupati

55. The local name of Mohenjodaro is?

Correct : A. mound of living

56. The people of Indus Valley Civilization were almost

Correct : C. mediterranean

57. Which metal was unknown to Indus Valley Civilization?

Correct : C. copper

58. Which of the following artefact of the Harappan civilization was mainly used for commercial purposes?

Correct : C. seal

59. Indus valley civilization was discovered in

Correct : C. 1931

60. Who is the author of the Book “Asoka and decline of the Mauryas?

Correct : B. romila thaper

61. D D Kosambi (1907-66) is a pioneer of

Correct : B. marxist historiography

62. Which one of the following inscriptions makes a reference to Chandragupta Maurya?

Correct : B. brahnafiri inscription of asoka

63. Which of the following does not belong ti Jainism

Correct : C. patimokkha

64. Which Gupta inscription records the gift of a village in favour of a Vishnu temple?

Correct : C. bilsad pillar inscription of kumaragupta

65. Who convened the 4th Buddhist Council?

Correct : D. kalashoka

66. Who founded the ‘Asiatic Society “?

Correct : A. sir william jones

67. Who wrote the book ‘select inscriptions bearing on Indian History Civilization “?

Correct : A. d. c sircar

68. The Upanishads are a series of books deviated to

Correct : A. yoga

69. Which of the following Veda deals with magic spells and witchcraft?

Correct : D. athravaveda

70. The famous poet Kalidasa lived in the court of………..

Correct : D. kumaragupta

71. The first one among the following to deal with music was

Correct : B. yajurveda

72. The family of the Rigvedic Aryans was

Correct : C. matriarchichal

73. The word Veda has been derived from the root word ‘Vid’ which means?

Correct : B. sacredness

74. The first grammarian of the Sanskrit language was

Correct : D. panini

75. Who was the writer of the book “Hind Swaraj”3

Correct : D. jawaharlal nehru

76. There were similarities between the seals found at Mohenjodaro and

Correct : C. sumeria

77. The organic relationship between the ancient culture of the Indus valley and Hinduism of today is proved by the worship of……….

Correct : C. vishnu and lakshmi

78. Mohenjodaro is situated in

Correct : A. montgomery district

79. Name of the oldest civilization?

Correct : B. chinese

80. How many layers of Mohenjodaro were found?

Correct : C. 8

81. The Script of the Indus Valley Civilization was

Correct : A. dravidian

82. Who wrote Ramayana?

Correct : D. panni