Practice Test

Q1) Which of these Neolithic people were cattle herders? Show Answer

Q2) At which of the following sites the first evidence of the cultivation has been found? Show Answer

Q3) The majority of Lower Paleolithic artefacts recorded or collected in the subcontinent are made of Show Answer

Q4) Which of the following statements in the context of inscriptions is/are true in India?
1. Most of the inscriptions were engraved on stone pillars.
2. No inscription on a stone pillar has been deciphered.
3. The earliest Sanskrit inscription was on copper plate. Show Answer

Q5) Which of the following statements is/are true?
1. The earliest coins in India were known as the Punchmarked coins.
2. The oldest inscription to be deciphered is the Harappan inscription.
3.James Princep deciphered the Ashokan inscription. Show Answer

Q6) Which of the following sentence(s) is/are correct?
1. Langhanaj in Gujarat and Adamgarh in Madhya Pradesh testify to the presence of domesticated animals.
2. Chirand is in South Rajasthan. Show Answer

Q7) The ancient Indian play Mudrarakshasa of Visakhadutt has its subject on : Show Answer

Q8) The first metal to be used by man was Show Answer

Q9) All the bronze age civilisation were basically Show Answer

Q10) All the bronze age civilisation grew up in Show Answer

Q11) Iron was brought to many civilisation by the Show Answer

Q12) In India the iron age began in Show Answer

Q13) Discovery of iron led to the spread of Show Answer

Q14) The Megaliths of South India are mainly associated with Show Answer

Q15) Excellent cave paintings of Mesolithic age are found at Show Answer

Q16) Which of the following is not a principal tool of the Early Stone Age ? Show Answer

Q17) The earliest evidence of settled agriculture from the sub-content comes from Show Answer

Q18) Which Neolithic site shows evidence of dog burial alongwith human beings ? Show Answer

Q19) Which Neolithic site is not found in Belan vally of Uttar Pradesh ? Show Answer

Q20) The Mesolithic sites show evidence of Show Answer

Q21) Which of the following is not a feature of Neolithic cultures ? Show Answer

Q22) The Neolithic settlement of Mehrgarh is located on the bank of which river ? Show Answer

Q23) Archaeological evidence from which Chalcolithic site shows evidence of corporation, harvesting and irrigation ? Show Answer

Q24) Inamgaon is a chalcolithic site belonging to which culture ? Show Answer

Q25) Eran is a Chalcolithic site belonging to which culture ? Show Answer

Q26) Jorwe pottery type seen in the Chalcolithic period is predominantly of ? Show Answer

Q27) The pottery that is discovered from the Megalith burials is ? Show Answer

Q28) Pick out the wrong statement with respect to the Neolithic sites of Burzahom and Gufkral ? Show Answer

Q29) From among the following, which pair is not matched ? Show Answer

Q30) In some parts of India, people lived inside the land in pits. It is known through excavations in - Show Answer

Q31) Bori, which has been acclaimed as having the earliest artefacts of human presence in India, dating around 1.4 million years ago is in Show Answer

Q32) The only Neolithic settlement in the Indian subcontinent dating back to 7000 BC lies in Show Answer

Q33) 'The place of birth' is the English meaning of a prominent neolithic settlement in India, originally known as Show Answer

Q34) In the history of the earth, man is said to have appeared in the Show Answer

Q35) Burins and Scrapers are tools characteristic of Show Answer

Q36) Which of the following valleys is known for having a continuous succession of palaeolithic paintings of different periods ? Show Answer

Q37) Palaeolithic culture has been divided into three phases on the basis of Show Answer

Q38) The period of social evolution which represents the hunting-gathering stage is / are the Show Answer

Q39) The largest Mesolithic site in India is located on the banks of River Show Answer

Q40) Who among the following has defined the Neolithic- Chalcolithic culture as a 'self-sufficient food-producing economy' ? Show Answer

Q41) The economy of South Indian Neolithic culture seems to have been Show Answer

Q42) From which of the following hoards were four massive copper replicas - of a rhinoceros, an elephant, a chariot, and a buffalo -typical or a Chacolithic culture obtained ? Show Answer

Q43) The goddess of vegetative fertility, worshipped during the Chalcolithic period of Jorwe culture, was Show Answer

Q44) Millet was the main foodcrop of which of the following (pre-historic) civilisations ? Show Answer

Q45) Which one of the following species of fauna has been widely appreciated as pre-historic India's gift to the world ? Show Answer

Q46) In the Indian subcontinent, the Neolithic Age is believed to have begun by Show Answer

Q47) Consider the following statements -
1. Historians use the word source to refer to the information found from manuscripts inscriptions and archaeology.
2. Ramayana and Mahabharata are also important source of ancient Indian history.
Which of the above is / are correct ? Show Answer

Q48) With reference to Manuscripts consider the following statements -
1. Manuscripts are usually written on palm left or birch.
2. Manuscripts are available in Sanskrit, Prakrit and Tamil languages.
Which of the above is / are correct ? Show Answer

Q49) 1. Hunter gatherers were nomadic people.
2. Hunter gathered stayed at one place for their survival.
3. They used tools made up of stone, wood and lone.
4. Any kind of natural pebbles were, used to make stone tools.
Which of the above are correct ? Show Answer

Q50) Mrichchhakatika, written by Shudraka deals with -
1. The love affairs of a rich merchant with the daughter of a courtesan.
2. The military expedition of Samudragupta.
Which of the above is correct ? Show Answer

Q51) Which were the earliest cereals grown by human ?
1. Wheat
2.Barley
3. Maize
4. Millets Show Answer

Q52) With reference to the contents of Rig Veda, consider the following statements -
1. History of the Vedic Period
2. Yagnas to be performed
3. Hymns in honour of the gods
4. Rituals to be adopted by people
Which of the above is / are correct
Show Answer

Q53) With reference to the early Vedic Age, which of the following statements is correct ?
1. The Purohita or the priest had no special place in the society.
2. The Sabha and Samiti had no power in the selection of the Raja.
3. Religion was not based on magic ritual formulas
4.The goods were worshipped for the spiritual upliftment of the people.
Which of the above is / are correct ? Show Answer

Q54) Consider the statements -
1. Vinaya texts deal with the monastic discipline.
2. The Visuddhimagga is a part of colonial text.
3. Mahayana texts deal with prajna or wisdom.
4. Sutras in transmigration advocate the doctrine of twelve links of pratiya - samutpada.
Which of the above is / are correct. Show Answer

Q55) The following foreign travellers came to India and their books are considered as important literary sources -
1. Fa - Hien
2. I - Tsing
3. Megasthanese
4. Hiuen -Tsang
Arrange their visits in the correct chronological orders by using the given codes : Show Answer

Q56) Consider the following statements on Neolithic settlements in South India.
1. Lapidary art and domestication of animals are the remarkable features of the first phase of the South Indian Neolithic settlements.
2. The red coloured pottery were discovered in the Neolithic settlements.
3. Millet was main crop harvested by Neolithic farmers of south India.
4. Crop rotation technique was started in the field of agriculture.
Which of the above is / are not correct ? Show Answer

Q57) Consider the following statements -
1. The three literary academics of Sangam literature were at Madurai.
2. The akam genre of Tamil poetics dealt with the praise of kings.
3. The poems of the puran genre had their own tinais and turais.
4. Each akam poem had to follow the nation of turai which had its own deity, biological organisms,subsistence pattern, musical instruments and songs.
Which of these statements are correct ? Show Answer

Q58) According to Atharvaveda, the term Vratya implied an Aryan who had fallen from the faith and no longer respected the Vedas.
2. Katha and Svetasvatara Upanishads are the two Upnishads written in prose.
3. In the Verse Upanishads, the world spirit is described as a god rather than a cosmic essence.
4. The Katha Upanishad is one of the primary Upanishads commented upon by Shankara.
Which of the above is / are correct ? Show Answer

Q59) 1. The Stone Age ended between 4500 BC and 2000 BC with the advent of metals.
2. Flintknappers are craftsmen who use sharp tools to reduce Flintstone to a flint tool.
3. Mesolithic period starts from the end of the last ice age, 10,000 years ago to around 6000 years ago.
4. Neolithic age was described as a period of hunter gatherers.
Which of the above is / are correct ? Show Answer

Q60) With reference to archeological sources, consider the following statements -
1. The Archaeological sources include coins, monuments, inscriptions, sculptures etc.
2. The earliest archaeological site in the sub continent is the palaeolithic hominid site in the Soan River vealley.
Which of the above is / are correct ? Show Answer

Q61) Which one of the following statements is not found in megasthenes India ?
1. India produces fruit and grain twice a year.
2. Indians neither invade other men nor do the other men invade the Indians.
3. The Indian tribes number in all 118.
4. The skin of gold mining arts is like those of leopards. Show Answer

Q62) Consider the following inscriptions of Harsha -
1. Nalanda
2. Gaya
3. Banskheda
4. Damodar the inscriptions which record Harsha's land grants to religious institution would include - Show Answer

Q63) With reference to the Upavasatha, consider the statement -
1. It was the resting place of the Buddhist monks in caves or viharas during rainy period.
2. It was on act of confession of Buddhist monks when they assembled every fortnight on the evenings of full and new moons.
Which of the above is / are correct ? Show Answer

Q64) Consider the following -
At which of the following places has the largest belt of painted rock -shelters of pre - historic period been discovered ?
1. Bhaja, 2. Bhimbetka, 3. Jaora, 4. Ajanta
Select the correct answer using the code given below - Show Answer

Q65) With reference to Neolithic culture, consider the statement -
1. The earliest Neolithic settlement is at Mehrgarh, Baluchistan around 7000 BC.
2. V Gorden hilde defined the Neolithic chalcolithic culture as a self sufficient food economy.
Which of the above is / are correct ? Show Answer

Q66) 1. Numismatics was used for historiography as far back as the 12th century by Kalharna.
2.The earliest coins discovered in India are of gold and silver.
3. The earliest coins of India contain a few symbols.
4.History of Kushanas is known through their coins.
Which of the above is / are correct ? Show Answer

Q67) With reference to the Jambudvipa, consider the statements
1. Bharatvarsha was also called Jambudvipa
2. Early Buddhist evidence suggests that Jambudvipa was a territorial designation from the third century BC.
Which of the above is / are correct ? Show Answer

Q68) The buying of pet dogs in the graves of the masters did not seem to be a practice with Neolithic people in any part of India expect Show Answer

Q69) Who among the following cultures were the first to paint their pottery? Show Answer

Q70) Megaliths Show Answer

Q71) Assertion (A) Buddha Pushkar lake was an ideal region for Middle Paleolithic People.
Reason (R) Good stone was found in close proximity to a permanent sweet water source. Show Answer

Q72) Assertion (A) North-Western India does not have many Middle Paleolithic Age sites.
Reason (R) In Punjab and adjoining areas raw materials for middle Paleolithic tools are not available. Show Answer

Q73) Assertion (A) The Indian microlith industry is rooted in the Upper Paleolithic Industries.
Reason (R) The archaeological stratigraphy continued from the Upper Paleolithic to the Mesolithic. Show Answer

Q74) The Manu Smriti mainly deals with Show Answer

Q75) Assertion (A) The Aham and Puram Poems of the Padinen Kilukanskku group formed a continuation of the Sangam composition.
Reason (R) They were included under the post Sangam works as against the Sangam works proper. Show Answer

Q76) The Paditrupputtu is a collection of poems in the praise of which of the following Kings? Show Answer

Q77) Which one of the following is correctly matched? Show Answer

Q78) The first translator of Mahabharata into Tamil was Show Answer

Q79) With reference to the scientific progress of ancient times, which of the statements given below are correct?
1. Different kinds of specialised surgical instruments were in common use by AD 1st Century.
2. Transplant of internal organs in the human body had begun by the beginning of AD 3rd Century.
3. The concept of sine an angle was known in AD 5th century.
4. The concept of cyclic quadrilaterals was known in AD 7th century.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
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Q80) Assertion : In Buddhist texts of the early centuries AD, men of noble families were associated with agriculture and cattle rearing.
Reason : In the Buddhist society, identification was on the basic of occupation. Show Answer

Q81) Assertion : Rajshekhara's Prabandhkosha lists the subjects perused by various classes of people inth, 3th century.
Reason : The Apabhramsha forms the link between the old classical languages such as Sanskrit and Prakrit on the one hand and modern vernaculars on the other. Show Answer

Q82) Assertion : Katha and Svetasvatara Upanishads are the two Upanishads written in prose
Reason : In the verse Upanishads, the world spirit is described as a god rather than a cosmic essence. Show Answer

Q83) Assertion : Megasthenese said that there was no slavery in India at the time of his visit.
Reason : Megasthenese would not distinguish slaves from their master who treated them kindly. Show Answer

Q84) Assertion : Sir Alexander cunningham is known as the father of Indian Archaeology.
Reason : The credit for excavating the pre-Aryan past goes to sir Alexander cunningham. Show Answer

Q85) Assertion : The hunter gatherers move from one place to another.
Reason : People in earlier time move from one place to another in search of plant and animal resources. Show Answer

Q86) Assertion : In Paleolithic Age, people used stone tools.
Reason : Stone tools were used to cut meat and bone, scrape bark and chop fruits. Show Answer

Q87) The great law giver of ancient times was Show Answer

Q88) The term Yavanapriya mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted Show Answer

Q89) Which one of the following ancient Indian records is the earliest royal order to preserve foodgrains to be utilised during the crises in the country? Show Answer

Q90) which of the following was a Saivasect ancient India? Show Answer

Q91) Which site provides the earliest evidence of the domestication of animals?
1. Sohan river valley of Punjab
2. Bagor in Rajasthan
3. Belan valley in Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)
4. Adamgarh in Madhya Pradesh
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Q92) Which one of the following is not true about the differences between Varna and Jati? Show Answer

Q93) There was brisk commercial contact between Rome and Tamil Nadu during the Sangam period. Many articles were exported from Tamil Nadu to Rome. Which one of the following items was not included in the export? Show Answer

Q94) Assertion (A) Many Roman gold and silver coins belonging to the first and second countries have been discovered in South India.
Reason (R) Some parts of South India were under Roman occupation during this period. Show Answer

Q95) Which one of the following objects of Roman manufacture has been most abundantly found in India? Show Answer

Q96) Sudraka's Mrichhakatikam is a Show Answer

Q97) Daskumar Charitam was composed by Show Answer

Q98) Adi Shankaracharya established four Mathas. These are situated at Show Answer

Q99) Who among the following was the saint of the Varkari sect? Show Answer

Q100) Megasasthenes was the ambassador of the following— Show Answer

Q101) Who wrote ‘Rajtarangini’ ? Show Answer

Q102) All historic inscriptions contain- Show Answer

Q103) With reference to the The "Mesolithic," or "Middle Stone Age", consider the following statements:
1. The Mesolithic period began at the end of the Pleistocene epoch, some 10,000 BP,
and ended with the introduction of agriculture, the date of which varied by geographic region.
2. In some areas, such as the Near East, agriculture was already underway by the end
of the Pleistocene, and there the Mesolithic is short and poorly defined.
3. Regions that experienced greater environmental effects as the last ice age ended
have a much more evident Mesolithic era, lasting millennia.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Show Answer

Q104) The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the: Show Answer

Q105) Consider the following statements:
1. The primary factor behind the rise of Theistic religions in ancient India was Bhakti.
2. Bhakti is the single-souled devotion of the worshipper to a personal God with some moral link.
The correct statement(s) is/are: Show Answer

Q106) We can take pride of the fact that most of the contemporary theories dealing with the universe and its origin had already been propounded by ancient schools of philosophy in India. The atomic theory of the origin of universe was one of such theories. This theory was given by Show Answer

Q107) Consider the following statements regarding pre-historic art in India:
1. The paintings primarily depict wild animals and hunting scenes.
2. At some sites fish is a common theme.
3. There are scenes which show hunters wearing mask.
4. Women are portrayed as trapping mice.
Which of the statements given above is are correct? Show Answer

Q108) Which among the following can be said about the famous Shore Temple of Mamallapuram?
1. It was a work of the Cholas who succeeded Pallavas and their art work was an inspiration of Pallavas.
2. One of the earliest stone-built temples in the South it is a Shaivite shrine built in a manner to permit the first sunlight to the cell under Vimana (highest tower).
3. Sculpture of Vishnu Anantasayin is placed behind the main shrine. Courtyard is encircled by small sculptures of recumbent Nandi bulls.
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Q109) Consider the following statements abut Mnausmirtit-the ancient book of Hindu laws
1. Manusmriti projects an ideal society and ideal human conduct as the basis to establish an orderly society and divine centered life.
2. To promote those ideals and enforce divine will, it proposes numerous laws to minutely govern human life and conduct as applicable to each individual according to her or his social class, duties and responsibilities.
3. Manusmriti recognizes the corrupting and deluding influence of power over the mind and cautions the kings to exercise their judgment with great care to avoid sinful karma and harmful consequences for themselves and for the world
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Q110) Which of the following holds true with respect to Chola stone sculptures of Brahmani and Shiva Dakshinamurthi?
1. Dakshinamurthi is an aspect of Parvati in a slight tribhanga pose whereas Brahmani depicts Shiva as the Great Teacher.
2. Dakshinamurthi form is Shiva depicted to have taught shastras to seers whereas Brahmani represents feminine energy manifested by Brahma to Ambika against demon Sumba.
3. Dakshinamurthi is shown alongwith his consort Brahmani bestowing floral garland on Saint Chandesa.
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Q111) Consider the following statements:
1. Chalcolithic cultures are those which used both stone and copper for making tools and other objects.
2. Most of the places of Chalcolithic culture can be dated between 3000 and 1000 BC.
3. Daimabad in Maharashtra was the largest Chalcolithic site.
Which of the following is/are correct: Show Answer