List of practice Questions

The middle Sangam or Nadu-Conkam had its seat in:

Not very far from Srinagar, on the second terrace of Burzahom, at least two Neolithic sites are known. These are:

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I	List-II
(A) Natyashastra	(I) Bhavabhuti
(B) Malati Madhava	(II) Vishakhadatta
(C) Mudrarakshasa	(III) Bharata
(D) Shishupalavadha	(IV) Magha

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I	List-II
(A) The dancing girl	(I) Surkotada
(B) Terracotta plough	(II) Kalibanga
(C) In Harappan culture, the horse remains are reported from here	(III) Mohenjodaro
(D) The ploughed fields are found at	(IV) Banawali

The king of Champa was a Shaiva, and the official language of Champa was:

The various "Birudas" (eulogistic titles) were adopted by the Pallava kings. Which one of the following was NOT one of the "Birudas" adopted by them?

Which Nanda ruler claimed to be “Ekrat” (the sole sovereign)?

Which of the following cities is called Vanijagrama in a Prakrit text, meaning a settlement of merchants?

During which period did coins made of metal first appear?

According to Megasthenes, Pataliputra was bounded by a deep ditch and a wooden wall crowned with 570 towers and had how many gates?

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I	List-II
(A) Guptas	(I) Valabhi
(B) Maukharis	(II) Kanauj
(C) Pushyabhutis	(III) Magadha
(D) Maitrakas	(IV) Thanesar

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I	List-II
(A) The Indo-Greeks	(I) A. K. Narain
(B) Early History of the Deccan	(II) B. N. Mukherjee
(C) The Rise and Fall of the Kushana Empire	(III) G. Yazdani
(D) The Agrarian System in Ancient India	(IV) U. N. Ghoshal

Which of the following sites has given fascinating evidence of an Upper Palaeolithic shrine dated 9000–8000 BCE?

Who was the first archaeologist to identify similarities between a pre-Harappan culture and the mature Harappan culture?

Most of the mature Harappan brick sizes have an identical ratio of thickness, width, and length. This ratio is:

Which of the following Upanishads are among the earliest ones?

According to the Ahraura version of Ashoka’s minor rock edict, how many years had elapsed between the death of the Buddha and the issuing of the edict?

According to which Jaina book, Bimbisara visited Mahavira along with a retinue of wives, relatives, and servants and became a devoted follower?

Excavations at Atranjikhera (Etah district, U.P.) have been carried out on the banks of which river?

During the age of Buddha, which of the following was a non-monarchical mahajanapada?

In how many caves at Ajanta do paintings survive today?

By the middle of the tenth century, the landed magnates emerged in the Kaveri delta and outside in a big way. Which one of the following was NOT a title borne by them?

Identify correct statements regarding Ajanta Caves:
(A) Ajanta Caves are located in the Sahyadri Hills.
(B) 23 caves belong to the Vakataka Period.
(C) There are no chaityas at Ajanta.
(D) The Ajanta caves are situated near the Waghora River.

Identify the correct statements regarding the Iron Pillar, Mehrauli:
(A) The pillar has a Sanskrit inscription.
(B) The pillar is made of pure wrought iron.
(C) It is surmounted by an inverted lotus emblem.
(D) The pillar is 7.85 meters tall.