1. Which one of the following is more probable regarding the Harappa Script?
A. Pictographic
B. Summerian
C. Proto Dravidian
D. Sanskritic
Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Pictographic
Explanation: It was written in the Boustrophedon style. It is written in the
first line from right to left and in the second line from left to right. It was
pictographic in nature. 400 to 500 sign or logo symbolic used in this script. It
is still an undecipherable script.
2. The great Bath was found in
A. Mohenjo-Daro
B. Kalibangan
C. Lothal
D. Harappa
Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Mohenjo-Daro
Explanation: The Great Bath was found in Mohenjo-Daro. A bronze dancing girl found in Mohenjodaro. Granary was the largest building of Mohenjo Daro.
3. Which emperor has been called Napolean of India?
A. Samudragupta
B. Chandragupta II Vikramaditya
C. Asoka
D. Kanishka
Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Samudragupta
Explanation: Samudragupta was the greatest ruler of the Gupta dynasty. He was called Napoleon of India by V. A. Smith. He was a follower of Vaishnavism but tolerant of other religions.
4. The first metal discovered by man was
A. Zinc
B. Copper
C. Iron
D. Aluminum
Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Copper
Explanation: Copper is the first metal discovered by humans. The first domesticated animal was the dog. The Indus civilized people did not know the use of iron. It was contemporary with the Chalcolithic era.
5. Who composed the Allahabad Prasasti?
A. Harisena
B. Vasumitra
C. Asvaghosha
D. Nagarjuna
Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Harisena
Explanation: Harisena was a court poet of Samudra Gupta..
6. Which was a major port of the Indus Valley?
A. Chanhudaro
B. Mehargarh
C. Lothal
D. Kalibangan
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Lothal
Explanation: Lothal was part of the present state of Gujarat. It was a seaport located on the banks of the river Bhogabar. In 1954 S.R. Rao has discovered it.
7. What was the policy of Samudragupta in the south?
A. Digvijay
B. Dharmavijaya
C. Conquest
D. None of the above
Answer
Correct Answer: [A]
Explanation: This policy of Digvijay Samudragupta is described as Digvijaya or defeating the enemy kings of the South, Grahana or getting the authority over the kingdoms and then Anugraha allowing them to rule their Kingdoms under his Suzerainty. In course of his Southern Campaign, he humbled as many as twelve princes.
8. Who was the first independent King of Bengal?
A. Gopala
B. Mahasengupta
C. Sasanka
D. King Ganesh
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Sasanka
Explanation: Sasanka was a king of the Gauda Kingdom and capital was Karnasubarna, in present-day Murshidabad in West Bengal
9. The Indus Valley Civilization belongs to the
A. Mesolithic period
B. Chalcolithic period
C. Neolithic period
D. Paleolithic period
Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Chalcolithic period
Explanation: Indus Valley civilization is also known as Harappan civilization. It belongs to the Chalcolithic period and Bronze age. They were not aware of iron metal. There is no clear timeline for the Indus valley civilization. It is considered that they were active from 2900 BC to 1700 BC.
10. Who wrote Ramcharita ?
A. Sandhyakara Nandi
B. Tulsi Das
C. Banabhatta
D. Kalidasa
Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Sandhyakara Nandi
Explanation: Ramcharit was written in Sanskrit by Sandhyakar Nandi. He was a contemporary poet of the Pala kingdom of Bengal. A palm leaf manuscript of Ramcharitam, discovered by Hariprasad Shastri, a Bengali scholar, is preserved in the museum of the Calcutta Asiatic Society. Ramcharitmanas was written by Goswami Tulsidas in the Awadhi language.
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