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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
…………. society was pastoral. |
| A. | rig vedic |
| B. | harappan |
| C. | eglish |
| D. | mauryan |
| Answer» B. harappan | |
| 2. |
The …………. received offerings from the public known as ‘bali’. |
| A. | mantri |
| B. | raja |
| C. | senani |
| D. | priests |
| Answer» C. senani | |
| 3. |
The term ‘Vis’ in the ………… refers to the tribal unit or clan. |
| A. | rig veda |
| B. | ramayana |
| C. | mahabharatha |
| D. | upanishads |
| Answer» B. ramayana | |
| 4. |
Several tribal assemblies like Sabha and Samiti are mentioned in the …………. |
| A. | upanishads |
| B. | rig veda |
| C. | ramayana |
| D. | mahabharatha |
| Answer» C. ramayana | |
| 5. |
The term ‘Shudra’ is mentioned in the ………… book of Rigveda, whichwas a later addition. |
| A. | first |
| B. | third |
| C. | seven |
| D. | tenth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
……… fought in the wars claimed a senior lineage within the society. |
| A. | the priests |
| B. | the warriors |
| C. | the common people |
| D. | weavers |
| Answer» C. the common people | |
| 7. |
………… mentions the names of learned women like Apala, Ghoshala,Lopa mutra, Vishwara etc.who had even composed hymns. |
| A. | the rig veda |
| B. | mahabharatha |
| C. | ramayana |
| D. | mahabharatha |
| Answer» B. mahabharatha | |
| 8. |
The term used for cattle during the ……… period was ‘gavishti’, whichmeans to search for cows. |
| A. | rigvedic |
| B. | sangam literature |
| C. | mahabharatha |
| D. | ramayana |
| Answer» B. sangam literature | |
| 9. |
The ‘Battle of Ten Kings’ mentioned in the …………. was fought amongdifferent tribes like the Bharata, Purus, Yadus etc. |
| A. | rig veda |
| B. | upanishads |
| C. | sangam literature |
| D. | ramayana |
| Answer» B. upanishads | |
| 10. |
The ………….. Society was a tribal society. |
| A. | gupta |
| B. | harappan |
| C. | msopotamian |
| D. | rig vedic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
The ……………. were dark-complexioned, snub-nosed, worshippers ofthe phallus, rich in cattle and lived in fortified strongholds; pura. |
| A. | visigoths |
| B. | aryans |
| C. | dasas |
| D. | kurichias |
| Answer» D. kurichias | |
| 12. |
The Kiratas, Kikatas, Chandalas, Parnakas, and Simyus were Dasatribes who inhabited the …………. valley. |
| A. | gangetic |
| B. | assam |
| C. | u.p |
| D. | delhi |
| Answer» B. assam | |
| 13. |
In their migration to the east and south-east the …………. came into |
| A. | aryans |
| B. | dravidians |
| C. | sudras |
| D. | vaisyas |
| Answer» B. dravidians | |
| 14. |
The Bharatas were settled in the region between the Sarasvati and theYamuna while the Purus remained in the ………….. region. |
| A. | harappa |
| B. | madras |
| C. | rupar |
| D. | lothal |
| Answer» B. madras | |
| 15. |
The Bharatas utterly routed the confederacy of Visvamitra on the |
| A. | ravi |
| B. | indus |
| C. | periyar |
| D. | kuppam |
| Answer» B. indus | |
| 16. |
………………. led a tribal confederacy of ten kings against theBharatas, the federation consisting of the five well-known tribes Puru, Yadu, Turvasa, Adu and Druhya along with five others namely -Alina, Paktha, Bhalanas, Siva and Vishanin. |
| A. | visvamitra |
| B. | vasishtha |
| C. | sri narayan guru |
| D. | turvasa |
| Answer» B. vasishtha | |
| 17. |
Visvamitra was the priest of Sudas who, however, dismissed theformer and appointed ………….as his priest. |
| A. | ullur |
| B. | sri narayan guru |
| C. | vishanin |
| D. | vasishtha |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
The …………. mentions one outstanding historical event, i.e. thevictory of King Sudas over the Ten-king confederacy. |
| A. | rigveda |
| B. | mahabharata |
| C. | samaveda |
| D. | atharva veda |
| Answer» B. mahabharata | |
| 19. |
………………, suggests the region of the river Devika in Multan as theoriginal home of the Aryans. |
| A. | r.s. sharma |
| B. | ganganath jha |
| C. | l.c. kalla |
| D. | d.s. trivedi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
There is good archaeological evidence to show that in the centuries following 2000 B.C, north-west India was invaded by some tribes fromthe west.They were called …………... |
| A. | aryans |
| B. | dravidians |
| C. | huns |
| D. | ostrogoths |
| Answer» B. dravidians | |
| 21. |
The ……………. describes the war between the Pandavas and theKauravas. According to tradition, Vyasa was its compiler. |
| A. | mahabharata |
| B. | ramayana |
| C. | upanishads |
| D. | sangam literature |
| Answer» B. ramayana | |
| 22. |
…………… deals with the conflict between the Aryan and non-Aryancivilizations. |
| A. | ramayana |
| B. | mahabharata |
| C. | atharva veda |
| D. | upanishads |
| Answer» B. mahabharata | |
| 23. |
The Ramayana was composed by the great saint …………... |
| A. | kumaranasan |
| B. | vallathol |
| C. | sri narayan guru |
| D. | valmiki |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
…………… called the Upanishads as, “the most wonderful compositionof human mind”. |
| A. | james mill |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | william johnes |
| D. | max muller |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
The ………….. contains both hymns and commentaries. It describesthe performance of sacrifices. |
| A. | atharva veda |
| B. | rigveda |
| C. | samaveda |
| D. | yajurveda |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
In Alangirpur and Hasthinapuri, …………. is found associated withPGW, the characteristic feature of Black and Red Ware is the black colour inside and near the rim on the outside and over the rest of the body red colour. |
| A. | pgw |
| B. | wrb |
| C. | brw |
| D. | bwr |
| Answer» D. bwr | |
| 27. |
Black and Red Ware (BRW) have been found at ……… in between OCPand PGW levels during the excavations conducted in the early 1960’s. |
| A. | atranjikhera |
| B. | alangirpur |
| C. | hasthinapuri |
| D. | lothal |
| Answer» B. alangirpur | |
| 28. |
The word Veda is derived from …… word ‘vid’ which means ‘to know’. |
| A. | hindi |
| B. | malayalam |
| C. | sanskrit |
| D. | telugu |
| Answer» D. telugu | |
| 29. |
The OCP was discovered in the archaeological sites of …….. in 1950’s. |
| A. | u.p |
| B. | delhi |
| C. | bengal |
| D. | madhya pradesh |
| Answer» B. delhi | |
| 30. |
The …………. are also ‘samhitas’ in the sense that they represent theoral tradition of that period.They were not recorded when they were first composed. |
| A. | vedas |
| B. | sangam literature |
| C. | mahabharatham |
| D. | periyapuranam |
| Answer» B. sangam literature | |
| 31. |
…………… are essentially a compilation of prayers and hymns, offeredby different families of poets and sages to various Gods. |
| A. | the vedas |
| B. | sangam literature |
| C. | periyapuranam |
| D. | ramayanam |
| Answer» B. sangam literature | |
| 32. |
According to ……………., “Perhaps the discovery of some bilingual inscriptions in those areas with which the Indus people had close trade relations might give us the right clue to the decipherment of the Indus script”. |
| A. | r.d. banerji |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | dr. a.d. pusalkar |
| D. | dr. s.r. rao |
| Answer» D. dr. s.r. rao | |
| 33. |
………… believes that the Indus script can be read from right to left. |
| A. | dr. prem nath |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | r.d. banerji |
| D. | dr. s.r. rao |
| Answer» B. mortimer wheeler | |
| 34. |
………………. in his research work ‘Decipherment of the Indus Script’ says that the Indus people used the phonetic script in the beginningwhich slowly and slowly in the late Harappan period assumed the alphabetic pattern. |
| A. | dr. s.r. rao |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | r.d. banerji |
| D. | sir john marshall |
| Answer» B. mortimer wheeler | |
| 35. |
………………. is of the view that the Indus script was read from left toright. |
| A. | sir john marshall |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | r.d. banerji |
| D. | dr. s.r. rao |
| Answer» B. mortimer wheeler | |
| 36. |
………………in ‘The History and Culture of Indian People’, Vol. 1remarks, “The large number of signs precludes the possibility of the script being alphabetic.It was mainly phonetic, most of signs standing for open or close syllables and the remainder functioning as determinates or ideograms”. |
| A. | dr. a.d. pusalkar |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | r.d. banerji |
| D. | dr. s.r. rao |
| Answer» B. mortimer wheeler | |
| 37. |
……………. in his book Ancient India says,” The Harappan script is notalphabetical but mainly pictographic”. |
| A. | ram sharan sharma |
| B. | dr. a.d. pusalkar |
| C. | mortimer wheeler |
| D. | r.d. banerji |
| Answer» B. dr. a.d. pusalkar | |
| 38. |
The Indus people had developed the art of writing and even developed |
| A. | brahmi |
| B. | pictographic |
| C. | sanskrit |
| D. | malayalam |
| Answer» C. sanskrit | |
| 39. |
The Indus people were highly interested in arts and crafts. The bronzefigure of the dancing girl found at …………… was an excellent piece of art. |
| A. | lothal |
| B. | mohenjodaro |
| C. | rupar |
| D. | banwali |
| Answer» C. rupar | |
| 40. |
There was a male god with three faces in Yogic pose surrounded byfour animals depicted on the ………….. seals. It is identified as the pre-historic Siva or Pasupati. |
| A. | harappan |
| B. | rajasthan |
| C. | punjab |
| D. | kerala |
| Answer» B. rajasthan | |
| 41. |
The Indus people had a fairly advanced type of religion. Their chiefdeity was the Mother Goddess …………. |
| A. | sakti |
| B. | vayu |
| C. | agni |
| D. | varunan |
| Answer» B. vayu | |
| 42. |
Many Harappan seals have been discovered in ……………. |
| A. | america |
| B. | mesopotamia |
| C. | japan |
| D. | china |
| Answer» C. japan | |
| 43. |
The Harappans conducted trade both within the northern and westernarea of the sub continent and with Persian Gulf and …………….. regions. |
| A. | chinese |
| B. | rajasthan |
| C. | sumeria |
| D. | mesopotamian |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
The ……………… culture was essentially an urban culture. |
| A. | vedic |
| B. | harappan |
| C. | buddhist |
| D. | jain |
| Answer» C. buddhist | |
| 45. |
………….. was in charge of the excavations of the Harappan sites inGujarat. |
| A. | s.r.rao |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | dayaram sahni |
| D. | r.d. banerji |
| Answer» B. mortimer wheeler | |
| 46. |
Lothal in ………….. is another important city excavated. |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | rajasthan |
| C. | delhi |
| D. | haryana |
| Answer» B. rajasthan | |
| 47. |
Kalibangan site was excavated by …………… in the 1960’s which havethe evidences of pre-Harappan and Harappan habitations. |
| A. | b.k.thapar |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | dayaram sahni |
| D. | s.r. rao |
| Answer» B. mortimer wheeler | |
| 48. |
Kalibangan in …………… along the dried up bed of the river Ghaggeris another important Harappan city. |
| A. | rajasthan |
| B. | u.p |
| C. | delhi |
| D. | bomby |
| Answer» B. u.p | |
| 49. |
The excavations at …………… was first started in 1922 by Sir JohnMarshall with R.D. Banerji. |
| A. | kalibangan |
| B. | lothal |
| C. | mohenjodaro |
| D. | banwali |
| Answer» D. banwali | |
| 50. |
……………. was the large city of the Harappan civilization. |
| A. | mohenjodaro |
| B. | lothal |
| C. | kalibangan |
| D. | rupar |
| Answer» B. lothal | |