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The Indus Valley Civilization corresponds to which age?

  1. Paleolithic

  2. Neolithic

  3. Mesolithic

  4. Chalcolithic


Correct Option: D

Who is the successor of 'Neanderthal Man' in the evolutionary hierarchy of man?

  1. Java Man

  2. Cro-magnon Man

  3. Peking Man

  4. Australopithecus


Correct Option: B

Who built the 'Hanging Gardens' of Babylon?

  1. Nebuchadnezzar

  2. Augustus

  3. Demetrius

  4. Ptolemy Philadelphus I


Correct Option: A

The potter's wheel was first used in

  1. Mesopotamia

  2. China

  3. Egypt

  4. India


Correct Option: A

In which Indus Valley site do we find the evidence of bead-making?

  1. Kalibangan

  2. Chanhudaro

  3. Ganeriwala

  4. Surkotada


Correct Option: B

When and where was the IVth Buddhist Council held?

  1. At Pataliputra in 368 B.C.

  2. At Rajagriha after the death of Buddha

  3. At Vaishali in 268 B.C.

  4. At Kundalavan in Kashmir in Ist century A.D.


Correct Option: D

Who deciphered the Brahmi script of Ashoka's edicts?

  1. R.Samasastri

  2. William Jones

  3. Mortimer Wheeler

  4. James Prinsep


Correct Option: D

Who propounded Sunyavada (Buddhism)?

  1. Moggaliputta

  2. Asvaghosa

  3. Vasubandhu

  4. Nagarjuna


Correct Option: D

Which animal was considered 'aghanya'(not to be killed) by the Aryans?

  1. Sheep

  2. Cow

  3. Horse

  4. Elephant


Correct Option: B

Which is the primary collection of sacred texts of Zoroastrianism?

  1. Ahura Mazda

  2. Avesta

  3. Trisasti salaka

  4. Tripitaka


Correct Option: B

Who was the most important ruler of the Khalji dynasty?

  1. Alauddin Khalji

  2. Jalaluddin Khalji

  3. Mubarak Khalji

  4. Malik Kafur


Correct Option: A

Which Chola king conquered Sri Lanka?

  1. Rajendra Chola

  2. Karikala Chola

  3. Elara

  4. Nedunjelian


Correct Option: C

Who recaptured Calcutta from Sirajuddaula?

  1. General Bussy

  2. Lord Wellesly

  3. Robert Clive

  4. Dupleix


Correct Option: C

Who wrote 'Indica'?

  1. Seleucus Nikator

  2. Heliodoros

  3. Dionysius

  4. Megasthenese


Correct Option: D

Who is known as the most outstanding monarch in the history of the world?

  1. Ashoka

  2. Shahjahan

  3. Kanishka

  4. Samudra Gupta


Correct Option: A

Which Hindu king is generally known as the 'Indian Napoleon'?

  1. Bimbisara

  2. Ajatashatru

  3. Samudra Gupta

  4. Chandragupta Vikramaditya


Correct Option: C

Who is called 'Ekarat'?

  1. Mahapadama Nanda

  2. Sisunaga

  3. Dhanananda

  4. Chandragupta Maurya


Correct Option: A

In which year was the Regulating Act passed?

  1. 1757

  2. 1792

  3. 1773

  4. 1723


Correct Option: C

Who wrote Brihatsamhita?

  1. Varahmihira

  2. Kumara Gupta

  3. Samudra Gupta

  4. Brahma Gupta


Correct Option: A

Which is not one of the main sources of information regarding the history of Aryans?

  1. Sama veda

  2. Rig veda

  3. Yajur veda

  4. Atharva veda


Correct Option: A

'Pilgrim Tax' was abolished by

  1. Babar

  2. Humayun

  3. Akbar

  4. Sher Shah Suri


Correct Option: C

When did the Lucknow Pact take place?

  1. 1912

  2. 1914

  3. 1916

  4. 1918


Correct Option: C

Gandhiji practised law in

  1. London

  2. America

  3. France

  4. South Africa


Correct Option: D

Who is the author of the book 'India Wins Freedom'?

  1. N.K. Bose

  2. G.D.Birla

  3. Prabhudas Gandhi

  4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad


Correct Option: D

Who were the first to lay the foundation of urban civilization?

  1. The Sumerians

  2. The Chinese

  3. The Mesopotamians

  4. The Egyptians


Correct Option: A
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