Q. Which of the following is not a religious text?
A)Sangam B)Rigveda C)Upanishad D)None of the above
Answer: Sangam
Q. Which one of the following Indus cities has houses with doors on the main streets?
A)Surkotada B)Lothal C)Chanhudaro D)Banawali
Answer: Lothal
Q. Which queen of the Kakatiya dynasty ruled over Warangal, part of modern Andhra Pradesh?
A)Ahilyadevi B)Rudramadevi C)Bhagwati D)Bhanumati
Answer: Rudramadevi
Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct about Ancient Indian literature? I. Brahmanas and Aryankas followed by philosophical doctrines of Upanishads. II. Brahmanas are contains detailed explanation about Vedic literature and instructions.
A)Only II B)Only I C)Both I & II D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the historical literary sources of Ancient India? I. The ‘Puranas’ serves as a source of historical facts of ancient India. There are eighteen Puranas. They provide historical information of various dynasties. II. According to Dr. R.C. Majumdar, the war occurred in 1000 B.C. Apart from the Kurukshetra war, the Mahabharata contains various accounts of social life and religious thinking of the people of ancient India
A)Only II B)Only I C)Both I and II D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and 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 of the following is regarded by historians as a crucial stage in describing the progress of civilization?
A)The discovery of fire B)Writing C)Agriculture D)The use of internet
Answer: Agriculture
Q. The main contribution of Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to education and in particular to women education are
A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non-Brahmins C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi D)Both A and B
Answer: Both A and B
Q. Who wrote ‘Nyaya Sutra’?
A)Gautam B)Vyasa C)Kapila D)Charaka
Answer: Gautam
Q. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
Q. What is the correct chronological sequence of the under mentioned Pallava kings? I. Nandivarman II II. Mahendravarman I III. Narasimhavarman I IV. Simhavishnu
A)IV, II, III, I B)I, II, III, IV C)III, I, IV, II D)II, III, I, IV
Answer: IV, II, III, I
Q. Taxila University was located between which two rivers?
A)Jhelum and Ravi B)Indus and Jhelum C)Beas and Indus D)Satluj and Indus
Answer: Indus and Jhelum
Q. The art style which combines Indian and Greek features is called
