Q. The daughter who milks animals in the Vedic period was known as
A)Duhitr B)Kubha C)Komi D)Sardha
Answer: Duhitr
Q. In India, Ancient Iron Age is attached with
A)Black and Red Pottery B)Gray pottery C)Ocher Coloured Pottery D)Northern Black Polish Pottery
Answer: Gray pottery
Q. Which of the following statements is/are not correct regarding the age of Vedic Civilisation? I. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, on astronomical grounds, dated Rig Veda to 6000 B.C. to Harmon Jacobi, Vedic civilization flourished between 4500 B.C. and 2500 B.C. and the Samhitas were composed in the latter half of the period. II. Famous Sanskritist, Winternitz felt that the Rig Veda was probably composed in the third millennium B.C.
A)Only II B)Only I C)Both I and II D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Neither I nor II
Q. The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli in Delhi is believed to record the achievements of
A)Chandragupta Maurya B)Ashoka C)Samudragupta D)Chandragupta II
Answer: Chandragupta II
Q. Which Rashtrakuta ruler built the famous Kailash temple of Shiva at Ellora?
Q. Which one of the following places has yielded earliest Stupa railing?
A)Bharhut B)Sanchi C)Amaravati D)Nagarjunkondas
Answer: Sanchi
Q. Who among the following wrote commentaries on Harshavardhana’s administration and the court life in Kannauj?
A)Fa-Hien B)AI-Beruni C)Hiuen-Tsang D)Ibn Batutah
Answer: Hiuen-Tsang
Q. Bimbisara was the founder of which one of the following dynasties?
A)Haryanka B)Nanda C)Maurya D)Shunga
Answer: Haryanka
Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/ are correct related to the Atharva Veda? I. The Atharva Veda basically consists of charms and spells that were prevalent at that time in the society. II. The Atharva Veda presents a portrait of the Vedic society. One can find an independent and parallel stream of knowledge and thought in the Atharva Veda
A)Only II B)Only I C)Both I & II D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
Q. Harihara Raya I who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1336-1356 belonged to which dynasty?
