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1. Which Harappan site showed Concrete evidence of the use of cotton clothes by the Harappans?
[A] Kalibangan
[B] Mohenjodaro
[C] Dholavia
[D] Amri
Correct Answer: B [Mohenjodaro]
Notes:
Mohenjodaro shows Concrete evidence of the use of cotton clothes by the Harappans.
2. Which Indus city had houses with entrances on the main street?
[A] Lothal
[B] Kalibangan
[C] Dholavira
[D] Banawali
Correct Answer: A [Lothal]
Notes:
In Lothal almost every house had its entrance on the main street, unlike other Harappan cities where houses had side lanes for entry. This direct access indicates official regulation and a grid-like planned layout suiting its role as prominent trading center and port-town of the period.
3. Ancient Indian art prints In which of the following places earliest evidence of man in India is found?
[A] Nilgiris
[B] Nallamala Hills
[C] Siwalik Hills
[D] Narmada Valley
Correct Answer: C [Siwalik Hills]
Notes:
The earliest evidence of existence of human in India had been found the banks of the Narmada at Madhya Pradesh’s Hathnora village. Narmada Human also known as Narmada Man belongs to the category of Homo erectus, preceding Homo sapiens, the modern human species.
4. Which of the following was responsible for destruction of Kot Diji?
[A] fire
[B] floods
[C] earthquake
[D] All the above
Correct Answer: A [fire]
Notes:
The early Harappan settlement at Kot Diji dating back to 2800 BCE was ultimately destroyed by devastating fires that ravaged parts of the site. Archaeologists have found successive layers of fiery destruction indicating the settlement was attacked and set ablaze by fire on multiple occasions between 2600 BCE and 2400 BCE before being abandoned.
5. How many Upanishads are there?
[A] 100
[B] 104
[C] 106
[D] 108
Correct Answer: D [108]
Notes:
The literal meaning of ‘Upanishad’ is ‘to sit near someone’. There are in total 108 Upanishads, of which 13 are the most prominent. The Upanishads dwell into the topics of the ‘Atman’ and ‘Brahman’.
6. Which of the following god became supreme during the Later Vedic Age?
[A] Indra
[B] Agni
[C] Prajapati
[D] Vishnu
Correct Answer: C [Prajapati]
Notes:
During the Later Vedic period changes in the material life of people naturally resulted in a change in their attitude towards the gods and goddesses as well. The two most important Gods of the Rig Vedic times, Indra and Agni, lost their importance and instead of them, Prajapati also known as the creator became supreme.
7. Gautama or Siddhartha was born at which of the following places?
[A] Patliputra
[B] Vaishali
[C] Kundagram
[D] Lumbini
Correct Answer: D [Lumbini]
Notes:
Gautama or Siddhartha who is the founder of Buddhism, was born in 563 BC in Lumbini which is situated now in Nepal. He was born in the Sakya Kshatriya clan of Kapilavastu.
8. Which of the following is also known as Sakyamuni or Tathagata?
[A] Buddha
[B] Mahavira
[C] Upali
[D] Rishabhanatha
Correct Answer: A [Buddha]
Notes:
Gautama Buddha is also known as Sakyamuni or Tathagata. He was born as Siddhartha in 563 BCE at Lumbini (near Kapilavastu, Nepal) to the King Suddhodana (chief of republican Sakya clan).
9. Who among the following wrote the Buddhacharitra?
[A] Nagarjuna
[B] Dinnada
[C] Gautam Buddha
[D] Asvaghosha
Correct Answer: D [Asvaghosha]
Notes:
Asvaghosha is the author of the Buddhacharitra. He had compiled the Buddhacharitra in the Sanskrit language. He was contemporary to Kanishka. He was also a dramatist, musician, debater, and scholar.
10. Bimbisara belonged to which of the following dynasties?
[A] Shunga dynasty
[B] Haryanka dynasty
[C] Kushana dynaty
[D] Shishunaga dynasty
Correct Answer: B [Haryanka dynasty]
Notes:
Magadha came out to be the most powerful state and the centre of a vast empire. Bimbisara belonged to the Haryanka dynasty and ruled for 52 years starting from 544 to 492 BCE.
