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1 Lothal is a site where dockyard of which of the following civilisation were found?
Indus valley
Mesopotamian
Egyptian
Persian
2 The people of the Indus Valley Civilisation usually built their houses of
Pucca bricks
Stone
Wood
All of these
3 The Indus-Valley Civilisation was Non-Aryan because –
It was urban
It has a pictographic script
It had an agricultural economy
It extended up to the Narmada Valley
4 The local name of Mohenjodaro is
Mound of the Living
Mound of the Great
Mound of the Dead
Mound of the Survivor
5 The famous figure of a dancing girl found in the excavation of Mohenjodaro was made up of
Terracotta
Steatite
Bronze
Red limestone
6 Cotton for textile wad first cultivated in
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Central America
India
7 Who discovered the Indus Valley Civilisation?
Sir Leonard Wooley
V.S. Agarwal
Dayaram Sahni
A.L. Basham
8 Who was the first European to designate Aryan as a race?
William jones
H.H. Wilson
Max Muller
General Cunningham
9 The Staple food of the Vedic Aryan was –
Barley and rice
Milk and its products
Rice and pulses
Vegetables and fruits
10 Who among the following wrote Sanskrit Grammar?
Kalidasa
Charaka
Panini
Aryabhatt
11 Which of the following is the major impact of Vedic Culture on Indian History?
Progress of philosophy
Development of culture
Rigidification of caste system
Perception of a new world
12 Patanjali is well-known for the compilation of –
Yoga sutra
Panchatantra
Brahma sutra
Ayurveda
13 The Rigvedic God Varuna was –
Harbinger of peace
Destroyer of foes
Guardian of the cosmic order
God of prosperity
14 The word ‘Satyameva Jayate’ in the State Emblem of India have been adopted from which one of the following?
Mundak Upanishad
Brahma Upanishad
Mudgala Upanishad
Maitreyi Upanishad
15 Who composed the Gayatri Mantra?
Vishwamitra
Vasishtha
Indra
Parikshit
16 The Author of ‘Nayaya Sutra’ and propagator of ‘Nyaya Darshan’ was –
Gautam
Kanad
Kapil
Badrayan
17 Which one of the following four vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells?
Rigveda
Samaveda
Yajurveda
Atharvaveda
18 The religion of early Vedic Aryans was primarily of
Bhakti
Image worship and Yajnas
Worship of nature and Yajnas
Worship of nature and Bhakti
19 The Indian king who opposed Alexander was –
Ambhi
Porus
Dhanananda
Chandragupta
20 In ancient India, the earliest capital of Magadha kingdom was at –
Pataliputra
Rajgir
Vaishali
Varanasi
21 Who founded Patliputra?
Udayin
Ashoka
Bimbisar
Mahapadmananda
22 Who among the following was NOT a contemporary of other given options?
Bimbisara
Gautama Buddha
Milinda
Pradenjit
23 Where did Lord Buddha breathe his last breath (Mahaparinirvan)?
Rajgir
Bodh Gaya
Sarnath
Kushinagar
24 Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?
Upanishad
Vedas
Tripitaka
Agams
25 Buddha means –
The enlightened one
The religious preacher
The genius
The powerful
26 In which state was the Nalanda University located in India?
Bengal
Bihar
Orissa
Uttar Pradesh
27 Who was the author of ‘Buddha Charita’?
Asvaghosha
Nagasena
Nagarjuna
Vasumitra
28 The principle that distinguishes Jainism from Buddhism is the –
Practice of the eight-fold path
Rejection of the infallibility of the vedas
Attribution of a soul to all beings and things
Belief in rebirth
29 Who of the following was a contemporary of Gautama Buddha?
Bhadrabahu
Chandragupta Maurya
Parsvanath
Vardhaman Mahavira
30 Which one of the following is NOT included in the eight-fold path of Buddhism?
Right speech
Right contemplation
Right desire
Right conduct
31 Among the following who is given the credit of carrying Jainism in South India?
Sudharmana
Indrabhuti
Bhadrabahu
Sthulabhadra
32 Gautama Buddha was elevated to the position of God by the time of –
Ashoka
Kanishka
Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Harsha
33 Buddha attained mahaparinirvana in the republic of the
Mallas
Lichhavis
Sakyas
Palas
34 Which one of the following propounded that ‘destiny determines everything, man is powerless’?
Jains
Buddhists
Ajivikas
Mimansakas
35 The Fourth Buddhist Council was convened during the regime of king –
Ashoka
Ajatasatru
Kanishka
Mahapadmananda
36 Which one of the following animals was not represented on the seals and terracotta art of the Harappan Culture?
Elephant
Rhinoceros
Tiger
Cow
37 Which one of the following statements regarding Harappan Civilisation is correct?
The standard Harappan seals were made of clay
The inhabitants of Harappa had neither knowledge of copper nor bronze
The Harappan Civilisation was rural-based
The inhabitants of Harappa grew and used cotton
38 Upanishad are books on –
Religion
Yoga
Law
Philosophy
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