General awareness of Indian History
1.
The Indus Valley civilization type was found in
a) Sumer
b) China
c) Egypt
d) All
these
2.
The Indus Valley Civilization specialized in
a) Town
planning
b) Architecture
c) Craftsmanship
d) All
these
3.
The people of the Indus Valley civilization
worshipped
a) Pashupati
b) Indra
and Varuna
c) Brahma
d) Vishnu
4.
Lothal and Kalibangan are associated with
a) Harappan
culture
b) Egyptian
civilization
c) Babylonian
civilization
d) Chinese
civilization
5.
Which is the port town of the Valley
civilization ?
a) Lothal
b) Kalibangan
c) Ropar
d) Mohenjodaro
6.
The script used by the Indus Valley people
a) Has
not yet been deciphered
b) Was
the Vedic language
c) Was
depicted through pictures and diagrams
d) Was
none of these
7.
Indus Valley civilization was spread over
a) Punjab,
Sind, Baluchistan
b) Punjab,
Sind, Rajasthan, Gujarat
c) alone
River Indus
d) Sind,
Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, UP, Rajasthan, Gujarat
8.
Which of the following presents the most
significant feature of the Indus Valley civilization?
a) burnt
brick buildings
b) first
true arches
c) buildings
of worship
d) art
and architecture
9.
Upanishads are books on
a) religion
b) yoga
c) philosophy
d) law
10.
the Rigveda contains
a) rituals
to be adopted by people
b) hymns
in honour of the gods
c) yagnas
to be performed
d) history
of the vedic period
11.
the major difference between varna and jati is
that
a) varna
was formed after jati
b) jati
was derived from varna
c) varna
are only four but jati are many
d) they
are unrelated
12.
Buddha preached his first sermon at
a) Lumbini
b) Sarnath
c) Sanchi
d) Gaya
13.
The village community got a lot of power during
the reign of the
a) Cholas
b) Mughals
c) British
d) Palas
14.
Which Indian ruler conquered Java and Sumatra?
a) Rajaraja
Chola 1
b) Rajendra
Chola 1
c) Samudragupta
d) Vikramaditya
15.
The Saka era began in the year
a) 58
BC
b) 78
BC
c) 58
AD
d) 78
AD
16.
Megasthenes was the ambassador of
a) Seleucus
b) Alexander
c) Darius
d) The
Greeks
17.
In which language as the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita
originally written?
a) Sanskrit
b) Apabharamsa
c) Prakrit
d) Pali
18.
Mahabalipuram was established by the
a) Pallavas
b) Pandyas
c) Cholas
d) Chalukyas
19.
The Saka era was started by
a) Ashoka
b) Chandragupta
II
c) Kanishka
d) Harsha
20.
Name the rules of the Kushana dynasty
a) Pushyamitra
b) Ugrasena
c) Vikramaditya
d) Kadphises
1
21.
Choose the correct pair
a) Ellora
caves __ Saka
b) Mahabalipuram __ Rashtrakutas
c) Meenakshi
temple __ pallavas
d) Khajuraho __ Chandellas
22.
Who founded four matthas in the four corners of
India?
a) Shankaracharya
b) Ramanujacharya
c) Bhaskaracharya
d) Madhvacharya
23.
The paintings of Ajanta depict stories of the
a) Ramayana
b) Mahabharata
c) Jatakas
d) Panchatantra
24.
Which of the following Harappan sites are not in
India ?
a) Mohenjodaro
and Harappa
b) Lothal
and Kalibangan
c) Bhanwali
and Ropar
d) Lothal
and Ropar
25.
The word Buddha means
a) A
conqueror
b) A
liberator
c) An
enlightened one
d) A
wanderer
Answer :
1) a 2) d 3) a
4) a 5)
a
6) c 7) b 8) a
9) c 10)
b
11) c 12) b 13) a 14)
b 15) d
16) a 17) a 18) a 19)
c 20) d
21) d 22) a 23) c 24)
a 25) c
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