Problems Perspectives And Debates In Early Indian History Set 3

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This set of Problems, Perspectives and Debates in Early Indian History Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Problems Perspectives And Debates In Early Indian History Set 3

Q1 | The city of Harappa had existed on the banks of the river?
  • ravi
  • narmada
  • brahmaputra
  • ganga
Q2 | Kalibangan site was excavated by…. …………….
  • b k thaper
  • mortimer wheeler
  • dayaram sahini
  • s r rao
Q3 | The term used for the tribal unit or clan?
  • vis
  • jana
  • gana
  • kula
Q4 | The male god with three faces in yogic pose surrended by four animals depicted on theHarappan seals is defined as ?
  • pasupati
  • rudra
  • indra
  • brahma
Q5 | The local name of Mohenjodaro is?
  • mound of living
  • mound of swev
  • mound of dead
  • mound of dead
Q6 | The people of Indus Valley Civilization were almost
  • nigroid
  • proto-austroloid
  • mediterranean
  • nordic
Q7 | Which metal was unknown to Indus Valley Civilization?
  • gold
  • silver
  • copper
  • lron
Q8 | Which of the following artefact of the Harappan civilization was mainly used forcommercial purposes?
  • bronze
  • stone sculpture
  • seal
  • terracotta sculpture.
Q9 | Indus valley civilization was discovered in
  • 1911
  • 1921
  • 1931
  • 1941
Q10 | Who is the author of the Book “Asoka and decline of the Mauryas?
  • d n jha
  • romila thaper
  • r. s sharma
  • a l. basha
Q11 | D D Kosambi (1907-66) is a pioneer of
  • nationalist historiography
  • marxist historiography
  • subaltern historiography
  • imperialist historiography
Q12 | Which one of the following inscriptions makes a reference to Chandragupta Maurya?
  • kandahar inscription of asokan
  • brahnafiri inscription of asoka
  • jungagadh inscription of rudradaman
  • maski inscription of asokan
Q13 | Which of the following does not belong ti Jainism
  • anekhantava
  • ganadhara
  • patimokkha
  • syadvada
Q14 | Which Gupta inscription records the gift of a village in favour of a Vishnu temple?
  • allahabad pillar inscription of samudragupta ii
  • udayairi cave inscription of kumaragupta
  • bilsad pillar inscription of kumaragupta
  • bhitari inscription of skanda gupta
Q15 | Who convened the 4th Buddhist Council?
  • kanishka
  • asoka
  • vasubandu
  • kalashoka
Q16 | Who founded the ‘Asiatic Society “?
  • sir william jones
  • maxmuller
  • arther marwick
  • lord curzon
Q17 | Who wrote the book ‘select inscriptions bearing on Indian History Civilization “?
  • d. c sircar
  • r g bhandarkar
  • r c majumdar
  • d d kosambi
Q18 | The Upanishads are a series of books deviated to
  • yoga
  • social law
  • religious rituals
  • philosophy
Q19 | Which of the following Veda deals with magic spells and witchcraft?
  • rigveda
  • samaveda
  • yajurveda
  • athravaveda
Q20 | The famous poet Kalidasa lived in the court of………..
  • chandragupta
  • chandragupta gupta ii
  • samudra gupta
  • kumaragupta
Q21 | The first one among the following to deal with music was
  • rigveda
  • yajurveda
  • samaveda
  • atharva veda
Q22 | The family of the Rigvedic Aryans was
  • patrilineal
  • patriarchal
  • matriarchichal
  • matrilineal
Q23 | The word Veda has been derived from the root word ‘Vid’ which means?
  • divinity
  • sacredness
  • doctrine
  • knowledge
Q24 | The first grammarian of the Sanskrit language was
  • kalhana
  • maitreyi
  • kalidasa
  • panini
Q25 | Who was the writer of the book “Hind Swaraj”3
  • rabindranath tagore
  • b r ambedkar
  • mahatma gandhi
  • jawaharlal nehru