Ancient Indian History

1. According to the experts the estimated cranial capacity of Hathnaura fossil is equal to that of which of these ?
(a) Homoerectus
(b) Ramapithecus
(c) Australopithecus
(d) None of the above
Answer (B)

2. The raw materials used for making stone tools in lower Palaeolithic were of which stone ?
(a) Quartzite and Chert
(b) Quartz (c) Besalt
(d) All of the above
Answer (D)

3. Kupruk in Afghanistan suggests that wild precursors of domesticated sheep, goat and cattle were being exploited by man about
(a) 5,000 years back
(b) 10,000 years back
(c) 16,000 years back
(d) 26,000 years back
Answer (C)

4. Which of the following settlements would have served as major centres of trade and exchange?
(a) Ahar, Gilund and Nagda
(b) Navdatoli, Eran and Prabhas
(c) Rangpur, Prakash and Daimabad
(d) All of the above
Answer (D)

5. The letters of the inscription are the largest example of writing ever discovered from any Harappan city. Fromwhich material it was made ?
(a) Chromiumpaste inlay
(b) Platinumpaste inlay
(c) Gypsumpaste inlay
(d) None of the above
Answer (C)

6. Terracotta piece having linga and yoni in one piece, like the ones in the historical period, showthat these were lings and yoni, meant for worship. From where they were found at ?
(a) Chanhundaro
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Harappa
(d) Alamgirpur
Answer (B)

7. There were rules which governed the debate in Sabha, Which of the following texts mention that erring members were rebuked?
(a) Aitareya Brahmana
(b) Kathopanisad
(c) Vajsaneyi Samhita
(d) Maitrayani Samhita
Answer (C)

8. The Rig Veda alsomentions of business and mercantile people to whomit calls vanik and panis respectively and refers to the Vedic people such as
(a) Bharat and Purus
(b) Purus and Sibis
(c) Vishanins and Yadus
(d) Yadus and Turvasa
Answer (D)

9. According to which of the following systems of philosophy there are four pramanas, namely perception (paratyaksha), inference (anuman), comparison (upamana) and verbal testimony i.e. words (sabda):
(a) Samkhya (b) Nyaya
(c) Vedanta (d) Mimamsa
Answer (B)

10. (In yoga) Throughwhich of the following things does the soul get released from the life cycle and joins the exalted soul i.e. the God?
(a) Dhyana (b) Dharana
(c) Asanas (d) Samadhi
Answer (D)

11. Who of the following convoked a council at Pataliputra in which the Jaina canon was arranged?
(a) Bhadrabahu
(b) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Sthulabhadra
(d) Mahavira
Answer (A)

12. Who of the following kings built, as ‘a defensive measure, a fortress at Pataligrama, a village at the junction of the Ganga and the Son?
(a) Udayi (b) Ajatasattu
(c) Ashoka (d) Bimbisara
Answer (B)

13. According to which of the following sources it seems that Chandragupta took advantage of the disturbances caused by the invasion of Alexander and his sudden death in 323 B. C. in Babylon
(a) Jain sources
(b) Buddhist sources
(c) Greek sources
(d) Both 'a' and 'c'
Answer (D)

14. Chandragupta established a vast empire, extended fromAfghanistan in the west to Assamin the east and from Kashmir in north to Karnataka in south, with the exception of
(a) Ujjain (b) Kalinga
(c) Koshala (d) None of these
Answer (B)

15. Who says ‘A full treasury is a guarantee of the prosperity of the state’ and it is the most important duty of the king to keep the treasury full at all the times for all works’?
(a) Narada (b) Brihaspati
(c) Kautilya (d) Manu
Answer (C)

16. Which of the following Smritis is not only the oldest work of this class, but is also the most well known and has its hold even today all over India?
(a) Narada Smriti (b) Vishnu Smriti
(c) Manu Smriti (d) All of the above
Answer (C)

17. Who of the following Chera kings conquered the Kadambas with their capital at Vanavasi. He fought a battle with Karikala?
(a) Eroumporai
(b) Nedunjliyan Adan
(c) Sengutturan
(d) None of the above
Answer (B)

18. Samudragupta was chosen by his father as his successor. Which of the following inscriptions give a detailed account of the career and personality of Samudragupta?
(a) Ayodhya inscription
(b) Junagarh inscription
(c) Allahabad inscription
(d) None of these
Answer (C)

19. The Bardic tradition of Rajasthan claims that the Gurjara Pratiharas were born out of a yajna done at
(a) Himalaya
(b) Vindhyachala
(c) Mount Abu
(d) None of these
Answer (C)

20. Who of the following kings wrote Kavirajamarga’?
(a) Dhruv
(b) Govinda III
(c) Krishna III
(d) Amoghavarsha
Answer (D)

21. Which of the following books was written by Bhoja of Paramara dynasty on astronomy?
(a) Rajmasiganka (b) Nitisara
(c) Kavikanthabharana
(d) None of these
Answer (A)

22. Which of the following texts enumerate eighteen titles of land and adds that fourteen of these have their origin in property and four in injury?
(a) Narada smriti
(b) Brihaspati smriti
(c) Vishnu smritl
(d) None of these
Answer (B)

23. Which of the following books contain special chapter on the study of plants and gardens, forest, crops and manure etc.?
(a) Brihat samhita
(b) Amarakosha
(c) Prakrista prakasa
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Answer (D)

24. Which of the following sects was raised into prominence by Basava, the prime minister of the Kalachuri King Bijjala?
(a) Vajrayana
(b) Virasaivas
(c) Jainism (Swetambar)
(d) None of these
Answer (B)

25. Several excellent Nagar style temples stil l stand at Khajuraho in Bundelkhand. These temples were built by the
(a) Kushanas
(b) Chandelas
(c) Rashtrakutas
(d) All of these
Answer (B)