1. With reference to the Puranas, which of the following statements is/are correct? (1) Vishnu Purana is considered more reliable for the history of Mauryans. (2) Matsya Purana is considered more reliable for the history of Andhras. Select the correct answer using the code given below-
2. Which of the following statements are correct regarding excavated sites in Gujarat? Site on the River/Or Else 1. Lothal - Saraswati 2. Rojdi - Bhadar 3. Dholavira - In the Desert of Kutch 4. Malvan - Tapi
3. Where are the prehistoric rock painting found in Madhya Pradesh?
4. Which one of the following ancient towns is well-known for its elaborate system of water harvesting and management by building a series of dams and channelizing water into connected reservoirs?
5. Which of the following statements are correct? 1. Harappa site was excavated in the year 1921. 2. At present, Harappa is in Pakistan. 3. Harappa was at the bank of River Beas. It was excavated by R.D. Bannerji. 4. Bronze chariot was found at Harappa.
6. Dadheri is a later Harappan site of:
7. With reference to the Puranas, which one of the following statements is correct? (a) Information about the Mauryan dynasty is found in the Vishnu Puran (b) Vayu Puran throws light on the Gupta's Code :
8. In which State of India is the Harappan Civilization site Mandi situated?
9. The grain used by human beings at first was :
10. Which of these sites of Indus Valley Civilization is located in present day Pakistan?
11. With reference to the prevalence of agricultural technologies in the Indus Valley Civilization, consider the following statements. A. The terracotta models of the plough have been found at the site of Banawali. B. The evidence of the ploughed field was found at Kalibangan. C. Traces of canals for irrigation have been found at the site of Shortughai in Afghanistan. Choose the correct answer :
12. In reference to the Mesolithic period, the place from where the evidence of animal husbandry is found?
13. Where is the word ‘Stupa’ first found?
14. I. From the inscriptions on the seals, pottery and other objects, it is clear that the Indus valley people did not know reading and writing. II. The use of weights and measures proves that the Indus valley people knew arithmetic
15. The bust of bearded man which was found in Mohenjo-Daro is made of...........
16. The port city of Indus Valley Civilization was:
17. The ancient most evidence of paddy cultivation in Indian sub-Continent is found from:
18. Which of the following is NOT a Vedanga?
19. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Indus Valley Civilization? (I) Mohenjodaro is on the right bank of the Indus River in Larkana District of Sind. (II) Lothal is situated on the Sabarmati River at the head of the Gulf of Cambay on the west coast of India. (III) Kalibangan lies in North-West of Delhi along the left bank of the now-dry Ghaggar. (IV) Harappa, usually identified with Hariyupiya of the Rigveda, is situated on an old bed of the Beas River.
20. Which one of the following statement(s) is not correct about the Indus Valley People? (i) The Indus valley People worshipped trees and animals (ii) The principal deity of Indus Valley People was Krishna (iii) The Indus Valley People worshipped fire and water (iv) The principal deity of Indus Valley People was mother goddess
21. Which of the followings cast light on Indus valley civilization?
22. Bhimbetka was discovered by
23. The main source of knowledge about Harappan civilization is:
24. Research was done at ______ with reference to the Middle Age and Copper Age in terms of human settlement in Maharashtra.
25. The shape of which tree is found in the seals from the Indus Civilization?
26. During the Indus Valley Civilization, the beads manufacturing industry was located at-
27. Which one of the following is the port city of Harappa?
28. Which of the following statements are correct? (1) The ceramics similar to the Anarta tradition was first reported from Surkotada. (2) The Anarta tradition or Anarta ware is a chalcolithic culture. (3) The Anarta ware found from Banaskantha and Sabarkantha districts of Gujarat.
29. Who is considered as the father of Indian Archaeology?
30. The most ancient evidence of Systematic farming in India is found from which place?
31. From where the earliest evidence of human being in India is found?
33. Rakhigarhi, which was seen in the news recently, is a Harappan site located in which State?
34. What is "Prajnaparamita"?
35. Consider the following statements about Vedic literature : (i) Vedic literature is broadly divide into two parts : Shruti and Smriti. (ii) The language used in four Vedas is classical Sanskrit. (iii) The Ramayana and the Mahabharata are two major important components of Vedic literature.
36. Findings from the recent excavations at Harappan site Sanauli:
37. From which archaeological site of Indus Valley Civilization, the figures or models of boat are found?
38. How the people of Maharashtra were cremating the dead bodies under the floor, in Chalcolithic era?
39. A Bronze statue of 'a dancing girl' was found at:
40. Which of the following centres related to Indus Valley are situated in Uttar Pradesh? I. Kalibangan II. Lothal III. Alamgirpur IV. Hulas Codes:
41. Dogs were cremated in human burials at
42. Human figurines found in Lakhudiyar near Almora depicted in red colour, are of which period?
43. Large stone monuments have been identified as:
44. In which state Navdatoli is located?
45. From which of the following site of middle stone age bone made ornaments are found?
46. As per excavation evidences cattle breeding started in-
47. At which of the following places in the northwestern region of the Indian sub continent in the Neolithic Age has the earliest evidence of the emergence of agriculture been found?
48. Name the site from where the evidence of ancient most permanent settlement of life is found?
49. Which of the following animals was not known to the people of the Indus Valley Civilization?
50. Lothal, a Harappan site is situated in
51. Who of the following had first deciphered the edicts of Emperor Ashoka?
52. Which statements regarding Periplus of the Erythraean Sea are true? (i) The text was written in Greek for traders involved in mercantile activities. (ii) The text survives in the form of 10th century manuscript. (iii) The manuscript has errors and omission. (iv) It is a work of multiple authors. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
53. Measuring scale of elephant tusk in Harappan context is found from:
54. Which one of the following sites contains the evidence of cemetery 'H' culture?
55. From where remains of trough residence, of Neolithic age, are found? 1. Burzahom 2. Gufkral 3. Kuchai 4. Mehrgarh Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
56. From the contents of the Copenhagen Museum a triangular division of the stone, Bronze and Iron Age was done by:
57. Which among the following sites provides evidence of domestication of animals in the Mesolithic period?
58. Archaeological site Sanghol is located in:
59. Arrange the following Mesolithic sites geographically in order from west to east- 1. Paisra 2. Lekhahia 3. Birbhanpur 4. Mahadaha Select the correct answer from the code given below Codes:
60. Who deciphered Brahmi script at first?
61. The earliest evidence of animal domestication and agriculture in India has come from -
62. Manu Smriti is basically related to:
63. Which of the following pairs (School of Thought – Proponent) is correctly matched?
64. Kalibangan was situated on the dried bank of the river...........
65. Which of the following is also called Chalcolithic age?
66. From which rock cave of India most paintings are found?
67. From which one of the following archaeological site, the Cultural remains from Stone age culture to Harappan civilization are found?
68. The main source of knowledge about Harappan civilization is:
69. According to Mortimer wheeler and Stuart Piggott, the date of Indus Civilization was
70. Garric Pottery (OCP) was named in:
71. Which of the following statements about the Indus Valley Civilization is/are correct? (I) Sites of the Indus Valley Civilization are not confined to the valley of the Indus river. (II) Typical pottery of the Indus Valley Civilization is red, as designs painted on it in black.
72. Which among the following Veda is partly prose work?
73. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Indus Valley Civilization? (I) Fire-altars were a special feature of the Vedic Age which were completely absent in the Indus Valley Civilization. (II) Gujarat has a large number of the Indus Valley Civilization sites whereas Rajasthan has comparatively fewer Harappan sites. (III) Indus Valley Civilization was primarily an urban civilization whereas Kunal has yielded evidence of rural setup.
74. Eastern boundary of the Harappa culture is indicated by which of the following?
75. Which one of the following is not a Harappan site?
76. Most of the Harappan Civilization's seals are made of
77. Who among the following discovered ‘Surkotda’, a site of Harappan culture?
78. From which rock formation of the Vindhya region most of the human skeletons are found?
79. Given below are two statements, one is labeled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R). Assertion (A): The Stone Age people of the Vindhyas migrated to the Ganga Valley in terminal Pleistocene period. Reason (R): Due to climatic change, it was dry phase in this period. Choose the correct answer from the code given below.
80. Which of the following statement is/are correct about Indus Valley civilization? (1) The civilization was first identified in 1921 at Harappa and then in 1922 at Mohenjo- Daro (2) The outstanding magnitude of both the cities suggests political centralization, either in two large states or in a single empire with alternative capitals. (3) The southern region of the civilization, on the Kathiawar Peninsula and beyond, appears to be of later origin than the major Indus sites.
81. Which of the following is a large Mesolithic site in Rajasthan?
82. The ancient most evidence of the practice of iron metal is found from the excavation of which site of India?
83. The Bronze figurines that were produced in the Harappan Civilization were made through a process known as _______.
84. Mound of ash is related to which Neolithic site?
85. With reference to the Indian History, Alexander Rea. A.H. Longhurst, Robert Sewell, James Burgess and Walter Elliot were associated with :
86. Which one of the following Harappan sites is in Gujarat?
87. Ashoka inscriptions were first deciphered by:
88. Scholars suggested that the Great Bath in Mohenjodaro was meant for:
89. Which is the most significant feature of Indus Valley civilization?
90. According to the report of IIT, Kharagpur study group, continuous low rainfall for how many years was the cause of fall of the Indus Valley Civilization?
91. From where, the ancient most evidence of paddy cultivation in Ganga valley is found?
92. To which of the following river the port area of Lothal was connected through a canal?
93. Which place of Indus Valley Civilization is located in India?
94. The cultivation of food grains started in -
95. From which of the following Harappan Civilization sites, we find evidences of water consecration?
96. Who among the following wrote the Aihole inscription?
97. What is name of the material with which the Harappan Seal is made of?
98. Three human Skeletons from the same grave is found from:
99. Arrange in correct chronological order- 1. Patpara sedimentation 2. Khetaunhi sedimentation 3. Bagor sedimentation 4. Sihawal sedimentation Codes:
100. One of the largest and most spectacular rock shelters is located in the Vindhya hills, full of Paleolithic and Mesolithic remains. It consists of the richest paintings of daily life events from hunting, dancing, and music to animal fighting, honey collection etc. Which of the following site is referred to above?
101. Which site of Indus Valley Civilization is located in Pakistan now?
102. Robert Bruce Foote, who discovered the first archaeological equipment in India, was a: