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Q1. Chola Empire was divided into
(i) Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Valanadu
(ii) Mandalams, Nadu, Malkhand & Avanti
(iii) Mandalams, Bhoomi, Avanti &Valanadu
(iv) Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Malkhand
(i) Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Valanadu
Q2. Which one of the following is not a part of early Jains literature?
(i) Acaranga sutra
(ii) Therigatha
(iii) Sutrakritanga
(iv) Brihat kalpasutra
(ii) Therigatha
Q3. Which of the following place of Andhra Pradesh is well known for a Buddhist Stupa?
(i) Amaravati
(ii) Srikakulam
(iii) Rajahmundry
(iv) Chittoor
(i) Amaravati
Q4. Who is hailed as the “God of Medicine” by the practitioners of Ayurveda?
(i) Susruta
(ii) Chyavana
(iii) Dhanwantari
(iv) Charaka
(iii) Dhanwantari
Q5. Bimbisara was succeeded by
(i) Ashoka
(ii) Ajatashatru
(iii) Vasudeva
(iv) Chandragupta Maurya
(ii) Ajatashatru
Q6. The famous Vedic saying, “War begins in the minds of men”, is stated in the :
(i) Atharvaveda
(ii) Upanishad
(iii) Samaveda
(iv) Yajurveda
(iv) Yajurveda
Q7. Which among the following was the most important grain grown in the Vedic Age?
(i) Wheat
(ii) Barley
(iii) Maize
(iv) Rice
(ii) Barley
Q8. Which of the following Craftsmanship was not practised by the Aryans?
(i) Pottery
(ii) Jewellery
(iii) Carpentry
(iv) Blacksmith
(iv) Blacksmith
Q9. Who was the founder of Pataliputra?
(i) Bimbisara
(ii) Ajatashatru
(iii) Udayin
(iv) Kanishka
(ii) Ajatashatru
Q10. The Third Tamil Sangam was held at
(i) Madurai
(ii) Tanjore
(iii) Kanjeevaram
(iv) Mahabalipuram
(i) Madurai
Q11. The railings of the Sanchi Stupa were made during ?
(i) Maurya Period
(ii) Sunga Period
(iii) Kushana Period
(iv) Gupta Period
(ii) Sunga Period
Q12. Which of the following Vedas provides information about the civilization of the Early Vedic Age?
(i) Rig-veda
(ii) Yajur-veda
(iii) Atharva-veda
(iv) Sama-veda
(i) Rig-veda
Q13. Which of the following Vedas is not a part of Vedatrayi?
(i) Rig Veda
(ii) Yajur Veda
(iii) Sama Veda
(iv) Atharva Veda
(iv) Atharva Veda
Q14. The earliest evidence of agriculture in the Indian Sub-continent has been obtained from
(i) Brahmagiri
(ii) Burzahom
(iii) Koldihwa
(iv) Mehrgarh
(iv) Mehrgarh
Q15. Who among the following Kushan Emperors was the first to introduce the gold coinage in India?
(i) Vima Kadphises
(ii) Vima Taktu
(iii) Vasishka
(iv) Kujula Kadphises
(i) Vima Kadphises
Q16. The queen with the title Didda ruled over which part of India between 980 – 1003?
(i) Avadh
(ii) Kashmir
(iii) Sindh
(iv) Bengal
(ii) Kashmir
Q17. Which of the following Gupta emperors is represented his coins as playing the lute or Veena?
(i) Chandragupta-I
(ii) Chandragupta-II
(iii) Samudragupta
(iv) Skandagupta
(iii) Samudragupta
Q18. An upper Palaeolithic Mother Goddess made of bone has been obtained from
(i) Narmada valley
(ii) Godavari valley
(iii) Son valley
(iv) Belan valley
(iv) Belan valley
Q19. In context of Sangam Age, which among the following was the ruling class in society?
(i) Arasar
(ii) Kadaisiyar
(iii) Enadi
(iv) Pandyas
(i) Arasar
Q20. Taxila University was located between which two rivers? (
(i) Indus and Jhelum
(ii) Jhelum and Ravi
(iii) Beas and Indus
(iv) Satluj and Indus
(i) Indus and Jhelum
Q21. Who wrote the famous Kural which in verse deals with many aspects of life and religion?
(i) Bhartrihari
(ii) Bana
(iii) Magha
(iv) Thiruvalluvar
(iv) Thiruvalluvar
Q22. The Ochre-coloured Pottery (O.C.P.) was christened at
(i) Hastinapur
(ii) Ahichhatra
(iii) Noh
(iv) Red Fort
(i) Hastinapur
Q23. Which one of the following archaeologists discovered the Harappa site of the Indus Valley civilisation?
(i) Rakhal Das Bannerjee
(ii) Sir William Jones
(iii) Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar
(iv) Daya Ram Sahini
(iv) Daya Ram Sahini
Q24. Who wrote ‘Nyaya Sutra’?
(i) Vyasa
(ii) Gautam
(iii) Kapila
(iv) Charaka
(ii) Gautam
Q25. Which Rashtrakuta ruler built the famous Kailash temple of Shiva at Ellora?
(i) Dantidurga
(ii) Amoghvarsha-I
(iii) Krishna-I
(iv) Vatsraja
(iii) Krishna-I
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