History Of India 1 - 50
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- 1.Primitive man first learnt to
- A.
Make fire
- B.
Tame animals
- C.
Make a wheel
- D.
Grow grain
- 2.
- A.
Wheat and barely
- B.
Rice
- C.
Millets
- D.
Maize
- 3.What made possible the transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic age ?
- A.
Making a fire
- B.
Growing grain
- C.
Making wheel
- D.
Learning a script
- 4.The main occupation of the Paleolithic people was
- A.
Agriculture
- B.
Animal husbandry
- C.
Fishing
- D.
Hunting and gathering food
- 5.The people of the Mesolithic age used
- A.
Copper tools
- B.
Iron tools
- C.
Quartzite
- D.
Small stone tools
- 6.The Indus Valley civilization type was found in
- A.
Sumer
- B.
China
- C.
Egypt
- D.
All these
- 7.The people of the Indus Valley civilization worshipped
- A.
Pashupati
- B.
Indra and Varuna
- C.
Brahma
- D.
Vishnu
- 8.
- A.
Mohenjodaro and Harappa
- B.
Lothal and Kalibangan
- C.
Bhanwali and Ropar
- D.
Lothal and Ropar
- 9.Rice cultivation is associated with which of the following Harappan sites ?
- A.
Kalibangan
- B.
Harappa
- C.
Kot Diji
- D.
Lothal
- 10.What was the staple food of Indus people ?
- A.
Rice
- B.
Wheat
- C.
Corn
- D.
Potatoes
- 11.Which of the following was not an important animal during the Indus civilization ?
- A.
Humped bull
- B.
Goat
- C.
Horse
- D.
Elephant
- 12.The script used by the Indus Valley people
- A.
Has not yet been deciphered
- B.
Was the Vedic language
- C.
Was depicted through pictures and diagrams
- D.
Was none of these
- 13.Indus Valley civilization was spread over
- A.
Punjab,Sind,Baluchistan
- B.
Punjab,Sind,Rajasthan,Gujarat
- C.
Along River Indus
- D.
Sind,Punjab,Jammu & Kashmir,UP,Rajasthan,Gujarat
- 14.
- A.
Burnt brick buildings
- B.
First true arches
- C.
Buildings of worship
- D.
Art and architecture
- 15.The salient feature of the Rigvedic religion was
- A.
Worship of the Mother Goddess
- B.
Worship of nature
- C.
Worship of the Trimurties
- D.
Worship of Pashupati
- 16.In connection with the Indus valley civilization,we come across the name of
- A.
Sir Alexander Cunningham
- B.
Sir Mortimer Wheeler
- C.
Sir Vincent Smith
- D.
D.D. kosambi
- 17.The local name of Mohenjodaro is
- A.
Mound of the Living
- B.
Mound of the Great
- C.
Mound of the Dead
- D.
Mound of the Survivor
- 18.The Indus valley people venerated the
- A.
Bull
- B.
Cow
- C.
Garuda
- D.
Eagle
- 19.The Indus Valley civilization was non-Aryan because
- A.
It was urban
- B.
It had a pictographic script
- C.
It had an agricultural economy
- D.
It extended up to the Narmada Valley
- 20.
- A.
Rajaraja Chola I
- B.
Rajendra Chola I
- C.
Samudragupta
- D.
Vikramaditya
- 21.The Saka era began in the year
- A.
58 BC
- B.
78 BC
- C.
58 AD
- D.
78 AD
- 22.Megasthenes was the ambassador of
- A.
Seleucus
- B.
Alexander
- C.
Darius
- D.
The Greeks
- 23.Choose the correct pair
- A.
Ellora caves - Saka
- B.
Mahabalipuram - Rashtrautas
- C.
Meenakshi temple - Pallavas
- D.
Khajuraho - Chandlellas
- 24.Who founded four matthas in the four corners of India ?
- A.
Shankaracharya
- B.
Ramanujacharya
- C.
Bhaskaracharya
- D.
Madhvacharya
- 25.The paintings of Ajanta depict stories of the
- A.
Ramayana
- B.
Mahabharata
- C.
Jatakas
- D.
Panchatantra
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