History Part 1, 2, 3, 4

1- The Indian king who opposed Alexander was ?

    a) Ambhi

    b) Porus

    c) Dhananand

    d) Chandragupt

2- Tha ancient name of north Bihar was?

    a) Vajji

    b) Wasta

    c) Avanti

    d) Surasena

3- In ancient India, The earliest capital of Magadha kingdom was ?

    a) Rajgir

    b) Patliputra

    c) Vaishali

    d) Varanasi

4- Who was the ruler of Magadha when Alexander invaded India ?

    a) Haryankas

    b) Shishunagas

    c) Mauryas

    d) Nandas

5- Where was the seat of the first republic of the world in 6th century BC ?

    a) Vaishali

    b) Sparta

    c) Athens

    d) Kanishka

6- By which ruler Pataliputra was choosen for the first time as a capital ?

    a) Ajatasatru

    b) Kalasok

    c) Udayin

    d) Kanishka

7- By whom the first republic of world was was established in Varanasi ?

    a) Maurya

    b) Nand

    c) Gupta

    d) Lichhavi

8- Which early ruler of Magadhan murdered his father to ascend the throne and, in turn, was murderd by his own son ?

    a) Bimbisara

    b) Ajatasatru

    c) Nagadashak

    d) Udayan

9- Who was the founder of Nanda dynasty ?

    a) Bimbisara

    b) Mahapadmananda

    c) Ajatashatru

    d) Dhanand

10- Between which of the following was the ancient town of takshasila located ?

    a) Indus and Jhelum

    b) Chenab and Ravi

    c) Jhelam and Chinab

    d) Ravi and Beas

1- The staple food of the Vedic Aryan was

    a) Barley and Rice

    b) Milk and its product

    c) Rice and Pulse

    d) Vegetables and Fruits

2- The battle of Mahabharata is believed to have been fought at Kurukshetra for ?

    a) 14 days

    b) 16 days

    c) 18 days

    d) 20 days

3- Which river has no mention in Rigaveda ?

    a) Sindhu

    b) Saraswati

    c) Yamuna

    d) Periyar

4- Purushasukta is founded in the ?

    a) Bhagavad Gita

    b) Manusmriti

    c) Atharvaveda

    d) Rigaveda

5- The God who is the most prominent in 'Rigveda' is ?

    a) Indra

    b) Agni

    c) Pasupati

    d) Vishnu

6- Panini, the first Grammarian of Sanskrit language in India, lived during the ?

    a) 2nd Century BC

    b) 2nd Century AD

    c) 6th-5th Century BC

    d) 6th-5th Century AD

7- Upanishad & Manu Smrit are books on ?

    a) Religion

    b) Yoga & Law

    c) Law & Philosophy

    d) Philosophy & Law

8- The word Gotra occurs for the first time in ?

    a) Rigaveda

    b) Samaveda

    c) Yajarveda

    d) Atharvaveda

9-Naya Darshan was propagated by ?

    a) Kanada

    b) Kapil

    c) Gautam

    d) Jaimini

10- The religion of early Vedic Aryans was primarily of?

    a) Bhakti

    b) Image worship and Yajnas

    c) Worship of nature and Yajnas

    d) Worship of nature and Bhakti

1- The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year?

    a) 1901

    b) 1921

    c) 1935

    d) 1942

2- The people of Indus valley civilization usually built their houses of ?

    a) Stone

    b) Pucca Brick

    c) Wood

    d) All of these

3-The local name of Mohenjodaro is ?

    a) Mound of the Living

    b) Mound of the Dead

    c) Mound of the Great

    d) Mound of the Survivor

4- The famous figure of  dancing girl found in the excavation of Mohenjodaro was made up of ?

    a) Terracotta

    b) Steatite

    c) Bronz

    d) Red Limestone

5- Which of the following animals was not known in the Indus valley civilization ?

    a) Bull
    b) Horse
    c) Elephant
    d) Giraffe

6- The Earliest city discovered in India was ?
    a) Rangpur
    b) Harappa
    c) Mohenjodaro
    d) Sindh

7- An advanced water management system of Harappa times has been unearthed at ?
    a) Lothal
    b) Kalibangan
    c) Alamgirpur
    d) Dholavira

8-The Archaeological find from Alamgirpur in Ghaziabad  district reflects the ?
    a) Harappa Culture
    b) Vedic Culture
    c) Gupta Period Culture
    d) Mauryan Culture

9- Cotton for textile was first cultivated in ?
    a) Egypt
    b) India
    c) Mesopotamia
    d) Central America

10- Which one of the following was not known to the Harappans ?
    a) Construction of Wells
    b) constructions of Pillars
    c) Construction of Arches
    d) Constructions of Drains

11- Who discovered the Indus valley civilization ?

    a) Dayaram Sahni
    b) Sir Leonard Wooley
    c) V. S. Agrawal
    d) A. L. Basham

1- The Mehrauli Pillar inscription belongs to the period of ?

    a) Guptas

    b) Kushanas

    c) Sungas

    d) Mauryas

2- Which one of the following works deals with the history of Kashmir ?

•     a) Gaudavaha
      b) Harshacharita
      c) Rajtarangini
      d) Vikramankadevacharita

3- Which was first to start Sea trade with India ?

    a) England
    b) France
    c) Netherland
    d) Portugal

4- Who was the advocate of  'radical humanism' ?

    a) Annie Besant
    b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    c) M. N. Roy
    d) V. D. Savarkar

5- In Delhi, The Moti Masjid in  Red Fort was constructed by ?
    a) Shershah
    b) Kushanas
    c) Aurangzeb
    d) Bahadursah Jafar

6- 'Khudai Khidmadmatgar' moment was organised by ?
    a) Maulana Mohammad Ali
    b) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
    c) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
    d) Zakir Husain

7- "Principle of Doctrine of Lapse" was introduced by ?

    a) Clive

    b) Cornwallis

    c) Hastings

    d) Dalhousie

8- Which one of the following dynasty was ruling at the time of Alexander's invasion?

    a) The Nanda Dynasty

    b) The Maurya Dynasty

    c) The Sunga Dynasty

    d) The Kanva Dynasty

9- Brahman is the central theme of which of the following?

    a) The Vedas

    b) The Brahmanas

    c) The Upanishads

    d) The Sutras

10- The Moplah Rebellion broke out in ?

    a) Uttarakhand

    b) Malabar

    c) Telangana

    d) Chauri Chaura