SOLVED PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER ANCIENT HISTORY QUIZ -0001

BPSC EXAMS

PREVIOUS YEAR PAPERS

YEAR 1994

QUIZ- 0001

ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY

1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PREIOD IS KNOWN AS INDUS CIVILIZATION?

1                                                                                                               1.  PRE HISTORICAL PERIOD

                                                                                                                          2.  HISTORICAL PERIOD

3.  POST HISTORICAL PERIOD

4. PALEOLITHIC PERIOD

ANSWER. PREHISTORICAL PERIOD.

2. WHAT IS TIMELINE OF INDUS CIVILIZATION?

1. 2500 - 1500 BC

2. 2500 - 800 BC

3. 2500 – 1750 BC

4. NOTA

ANSWER. 2500 – 1750 BC

3.DHARMASASTRA PERIOD IS ALSO CALLED?

1.  SUTRA PERIOD

2. MAHABHARATA PERIOD

3. RAMAYANA PERIOD

4.  BRAHMANA PERIOD

ANSWER. SUTRA PERIOD

4.WHAT IS TIMELINE OF SUTRA PERIOD?

1. 1500 -900 BC

2.  1200 – 700BC

3.  2500- 1750 BC

4. 800 – 600 BC

ANSWER. 800 – 600 BC

5. IN SUTRA PERIOD, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WERE COMPILED?

1. BRAHMANA

2. UPANISHAD

3. ARANYAKA

4. AOTA

ANSWER. ALL OF THE ABOVE

6.FROM WHICH TEXT GAYATRI MANTRA IS TAKEN?

1. UPANISHAD

2. BHAGAVAT GEETA

3.  RIG VEDA

4. YAJURVEDA

ANSWER. RIG VEDA

7.GAYATRI MANTRA IS DEDICATED TO WHICH GOD?

1. SUN

2. MOON

3. SATURN

4  VENUS

ANSWER. SUN

8. FROM WHICH MANDALA OF RIG VEDA, GAYATRI MANTRA IS TAKEN?

1.   2^ND MANDAL

2.   3^RD MANDAL

3.   7^TH MANDAL

4.  9^TH MANDAL

ANSWER. 3^RD MANDAL OF RIG VEDA

9. WHO WAS FOUNDER OF AJEEVIKA CULT?

1. UPALI

2. ANAND

3. RAGHULA BHADRA

4. MAKKHALIPUTTA GOSALA

ANSWER. MAKKHALIPUTTA GOSALA

10. WHICH INSCRIPTION PROVE THAT THE DOMINANCE OF CHANDRAGUPTA WAS IN WESTERN INDIA??

1. KALINGA INSCRIPTION

2. GIRNAR INSCRIPTION

3. JUNAGARH INSCRIPTION

4. SOPARA INSCRIPTION

ANSWER.JUNAGARH INSCRIPTION

11. WHICH INSCRIPTION ASHOKA DECLARED HIMSELF AS A KING??

 1. KALINGA INSCRIPTION

2. RUMENDAYI PILLAR

3. BHABHRU EDICTS

4. SOPARA INSCRIPTION

ANSWER. BHABHRU EDICTS

12. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SOURCES IS SILENT ABOUT THE TRADING ROUTE OF ANCIENT INDIA??

 1. SANGAM LITERATURE

2. MILINDA PANHO

3. JATAK STORIES

4. ALL OF THE ABOVE

ANSWER. MILINDAPANHO

13. WHICH DYNASTY CONTRIBUTE MAXIMUM IN VILLAGE GIFT TO TEMPLE AND BRAHMANA??

 1. GUPTA

2. PALA

3. RASHTRAKUTA

4. PRATIHAR

ANSWER. GUPTA

14. IN WHICH  PERIOD THE CONCEPT OF UNTOUCHABLE WAS VIVID??

1. RIG VEDIC PERIOD

2. POST VEDIC PERIOD

3. POST- GUPTA

4. DHARMASHASTRA PERIOD

ANSWER. DHARMASHASTRA