Deck 1: Ancient Indian History and Civilization: Part A

Question 1

The Chalcolithic age was followed by

A)old stone age
B)new stone age
C)iron age
D)mesolithic age

Answer 1

iron age

Question 2

The port city of the Harappan culture

A)kalibangan
B)lothal
C)banawali
D)rupar

Answer 2

lothal

Question 3

The earliest of the Vedas

A)rig
B)yajur
C)sama
D)atharva

Answer 3

rig

Question 4

The Tripitakas are written in the language of

A)sanskrit
B)prakrit
C)pali
D)hindi

Question 5

Nanda dynasty was preceded by

A)mauryas
B)sisunagas
C)haryankas
D)guptas

Question 6

Most of the Asokan edicts are in ………language

A)pali
B)sanskrit
C)karoshti
D)brahmi

Question 7

Which pre-state society in ancient india is considered as lineage society

A)rig vedic
B)capitalistic
C)socialistic
D)utopian

Question 8

The myth about the origin of the world related with the great flood is depicted in the …………tradition.

A)itihasa-purana
B)lineage
C)buddhist
D)jain

Question 9

The ……………… tradition traces the lineage of all kings of ancient India either to the Suryvamsa or to theChandravamsa.

A)itihasa - purana
B)vedic
C)kavya
D)upanishad

Question 10

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

A)meerut
B)afghanistan
C)kurukshetra
D)lothal

Question 11

A glorious civilization flourished in the valley of the river Indus and its neighbouring regions prior to the rise of the Chalcolithic Age.

A)harappan
B)maghadan
C)vedic
D)later vedic

Question 12

Which was the indivisible factor of the Harappan Culture.

A)rivers
B)villages
C)mountains
D)planned cities

Question 13

The city of Harappa had existed on the banks of the river ………….

A)ravi
B)narmada
C)brahmaputhra
D)ganga

Question 14

Dayaram Sahni, M.S.Vats and Mortimer Wheeler excavated the city

A)harappa
B)madras
C)bombay
D)bengal

Question 15

The excavations at …………… was first started in 1922 by Sir John Marshall with R.D. Banerji.

A)kalibangan
B)lothal
C)mohenjodaro
D)banwali

Question 16

The dried up river in the Indus valley civilization

A)ganga
B)sindhu
C)ghagger
D)ravi

Question 17

The ……………… culture was essentially an urban culture.

A)vedic
B)harappan
C)buddhist
D)jain

Question 18

Harappan seals have been discovered in

A)america
B)mesopotamia
C)japan
D)china

Question 19

The male god with three faces in Yogic pose surrounded by four animals depicted on the harappan seals is identified as

A)pasupati
B)rudra
C)indra
D)brahma

Question 20

The word Veda is derived from the word

A)ved
B)dev
C)vid
D)vadam

Question 21

Black and Red Ware (BRW) have been found at

A)atranjikhera
B)alangirpur
C)hasthinapuri
D)lothal

Question 22

The ……… was the oldest and the most important book of the Aryans.

A)yajurveda
B)samaveda
C)rigveda
D)atharva veda

Question 23

………….. contains both hymns and commentaries. .

A)atharva veda
B)rigveda
C)samaveda
D)yajurveda

Question 24

The Ramayana was composed by the great saint …………...

A)brahma
B)vasisht
C)bana
D)valmiki