Ancient History


1.   The  book that  advices the king to devote a part of his  time everyday for hearing the narration of History – Arthashasthra
2.   What is the number of main Puranas – 18
3.   The Greek ambassador Megathenes came in the court of- Chandragupta Maurya
4.   The Harappan Civilization was discovered in – 1920-21
5.   The Harappan Civilization’s known extent in the west was upto – Sutkagan Dor
6.   The Harappan Civilization is referred to as – Bronze Age Civilization
7.   Who was the author of the book “A History of Ancient India” –K.A. Nilkant Shastri
8.   Which of the following are called “limbs of Vedas”?-Vedangas
9.   The Jain literature was written in – Prakrit
10. The Buddhist literature was written in – Pali
11.  Fragments of cotton cloth have been found at – Mohanjodaro
12.  Teracotta models of the plough have been found at – Banawali & Mohanjodaro
13.  Which  animal has not been depicted on the seals – Camel
14.  Who was the author of the book “ Navasahashankacharita”? – Padmagupta
15.  Al-Beruni was the contemporary of – Mahmud Ghazni
16.  The study of inscriptions called- Epigraphy
17.  The study of coins called – Numismatics
18.  Veda means – Knowledge
19. Rig Veda is a collection of – Hymns
20. The Nadistuti shukta of Rig Veda mentions – 21 rivers
21. Kailasa temple curved out of rocks was found in- Ellora
22. The first definite mention of Bharata as a region was found in the writings of – Panini
23. The earliest human fossils were found in  - Africa
24. The term “Aghanya” was used for – cow
25. The term “ gaur” was used for – buffalo
26. The lower Paleolithic famous site of Attirampakkam was found in – TAMILNADU
27. The economy of the earliest Neolithic culture was based on – Agricultural economy
28. The river “sadanira” has been identified with – Gandak
29.  In the vedic period, Varnas came to be – birth based
30.  “Niska”and “Satnama” were the units of – currency
31. The people in chalcolithic cultures worshipped of- Bull, Mother Goddess & Lingas
32.  Mahavira accepted four doctrines of Parsva and added a fifth one- celibacy
33.  After enlightenment Buddha gave his first sermon at- Sarnath
34. The shathapatha brahmana was related to- Yajurveda



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