Top 30 History MCQs for TNPSC,TN TRB,TNUSRB Exams

பல்வேறு போட்டித் தேர்வுகளில் வரலாறு முக்கியப் பங்காற்றுகிறது, விண்ணப்பதாரர்களுக்கு அவர்களின் தயாரிப்பில் உதவ, நாங்கள் 30 கேள்விகளை (MCQs) தொகுத்துள்ளோம். உங்கள் வரலாறு அறிவை மேம்படுத்துவதற்கும், வரவிருக்கும் தேர்வுகளுக்கு உங்களை சிறப்பாக தயார்படுத்துவதற்கும் ஒவ்வொரு கேள்விக்கும் சரியான பதில் உள்ளது.

Top 30 History MCQs

Q1. Which of the following elements was not found in Lothal as archaeological remains?

(a) Couple Burial

(b) Persian seals

(d) Fine variety of barley

Q2. Which of the following elements were not found in the form of archaeological remains from Kalibangan?

(a) Black bangles

(b) Fire pit

(d) Couple burial

Q3. Which of the following Harappan sites was not located in Gujarat?

(a) Lothal

(b) Daimabad

(d) Dholavira

Q4. Which of the following Harappan sites used mud-bricks in ample for the construction of houses?

(a) Mohenjodaro

(b) Harappa

(d) Chanhudaro

Q5. Match the following

Mohenjadaro – 1. Two row of six granaries
Harappa – 2. Port
Kalibangan – 3. Plough marks
Lothal – 4. The Great Bath

(a) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2

(b) A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1

(d) A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3

Q6. The Granary at Harappa was made of

(a) bricks only

(b) bricks and timber

(d) None of these

Q7. Which of the following was the most significant feature of the Indus Valley Civilization?

(a) Economic System

(b) Religious life

(d) Social life

Q8. The earliest evidence regarding a ploughed field has been found from?

(a) Lothal

(b) Kalibangan

(d) Maski

Q9. The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the—

(a) Harappan culture

(b) Chalcolithic cultures of Western India

(d) Silver punch marked coins

Q10.The entry port for trade between the Indus trading centres and Mesopotamia was?

(a) Elam

(b) Oman

(d) Afghanistan

Q11.Consider the following statements regarding the Later Vedic period:

Extended to the whole of western UP, Ganga-Yamuna doab and also penetrated to the Deccan, Vindhyas & South India.
Bali which was a voluntary gift became a mandatory tax.
Barley continued but rice and wheat became chief crops.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Q12.Consider the following statements regarding the Later Vedic period:

Extended to the whole of western UP, Ganga-Yamuna doab and also penetrated to the Deccan, Vindhyas & South India.
Bali which was a voluntary gift became a mandatory tax.
Barley continued but rice and wheat became chief crops.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Q13. Which Veda depicts the information about the most ancient Vedic age culture?

(a) Rigveda

(b) Yajurveda

(d) Samaveda

Q14.Vaishali was the capital of which of the following Mahajanapadas?

(a) Vajji

(b) Kosala

(d) Magadha

Q15.Which of the following Vedas is not a part of Vedatrayi?

(a) Rigveda

(b) Yajurveda

(d) Atharvaveda

Q16. Which of the following Vedas is referred to as the starting source of the word Rudra?

(a) Rigveda

(b) Samaveda

(d) Atharvaveda

Q17.Which of the following Vedic texts mentioned the eastern and western seas for the ﬁrst time?

(a) Tandya Brahmana

(b) Satapatha Brahmana

(d) Kaustiki Brahmana

Q18. The veda which deals with the rituals is known as_____________.

(a) Rigveda

(b) Yajurveda

(d) Atharvaveda

Q19.Who is the most prominent god of ‘Rig Veda’?

(a) Indra

(b) Agni

(d) Vishnu

Q20.Where did Rigvedic Aryans live in India?

(a) Northern India

(b) All over India

(d) Sapta Sindhu area

Q21. According to Buddhist literature, which of the following deals with the monastic rules for monks and nuns?

(a) Abhidhammapitaka

(b) Vinaya Pitaka

(d) Jatakas

Q22. Which of the following part of Buddha’s life is symbolized by a Horse?

(a) Wheel

(b) Birth

(d) Enlightenment

Q23. Of the following, which religion believes in ‘Triratna’?

(a) Vaishnavism

(b) Buddhism

(d) Shaivism

Q24. Which among the following does not form a part of the ‘Noble Eight-fold path of Buddhism’?

(a) Right Livelihood

(b) Right Effort

(d) Right Direction

Q25. Buddha’s preachings were mainly regards to

(a) Belief in one God

(b) Purity of thoughts and Conduct

(d) Idol worship

Q26.Where was the Fourth Buddhist Council held?

(a) Prayag

(b) Gaya

(d) Kashmir

Q27. Who was the author of Buddha Charita?

(a) Ashvaghosh

(b) Vishnu Dutta

(d) Harshvardhan

Q28. Paramartha stayed in china over twenty years and translated 70 Buddhist texts into chinese there. He was from_____

(a) Ujjain

(b) Varanasi

(d) Kanchi

Q29. The ‘Tripitak’ is the holy book of

(a) Jains

(b) Buddhists

(d) None of the above

Q30. Sarnath, the holy place where Lord Buddha saved his first sermon, is located very close to which of the following cities?

(a) Mathura

(b) Varansi

(d) Jhansi

Solution:

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. Couple Burial, Persian seals and Harbour are the elements found in Lothal. Evidence of cultivation of rice is found in Lothal.

S2.Ans.(d)

Sol. Kalibangan in Rajasthan has given the evidence of the earliest (c. 2800 BC) ploughed agricultural field. At Kalibangan, fire altars have been discovered. Black Copper bangles are also found at Kalibangan. Couple burials are absent in Kalibangan.

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. Daimabad is a deserted village and an archaeological site on the left bank of the Pravara River, a tributary of the Godavari River in Shrirampur taluka in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state in India. This site was discovered by B. P. Bopardikar in 1958.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. Harappan sites Kalibangan used mud-bricks in ample for the construction of houses.

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol. Mohenjodaro – The great bath

Harrapa – Two row of six granaries

Lothal – Port

Kalibangan – Plough marks

S6.Ans.(a)

Sol.The Granary at Harappa was made of bricks only. Therefore, the correct option is (a) bricks only.

The granary is one of the most significant structures discovered at the Harappan site of Mohenjo-Daro. It was a massive structure with a complex system of storage and drainage, indicating a high level of sophistication in urban planning and engineering.

The walls of the granary were made of baked bricks, which were held together with mud mortar. The absence of wood in the construction of the granary suggests that the Harappans had developed advanced techniques of brick-making and construction to create large structures that could withstand the test of time.

S7.Ans.(c)

Sol. The town planning of the Harappan civilization upholds the fact that the civic establishments of the city were highly developed.Drainage system,roads crossing each other and bricks used are remarkable feature of Indus valley civilization.

S8.Ans.(b)

Sol. Kalibangan in Rajasthan has given the evidence of the earliest (2800 BC) ploughed agricultural field ever revealed through an excavation. It is also a site which has given an evidence of earliest recorded “Earthquake”.

S9.Ans.(a)

Sol. The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the Harappan culture.

S10.Ans.(c)

Sol. It is an island country consisting of a small archipelago centered around Bahrain Island, situated between the Qatar peninsula and the north eastern coast of Saudi Arabia.

S11.Ans(c)

Sol.

The Magadha Empire ruled from 684 B.C – 320 B.C in India.
The reference of the Magadha Empire is found in the two great epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.
There were three dynasties who ruled the Magadha empire from 544 BC to 322 BC.
The first one was the Haryanka dynasty (544 BC to 412 BC), the second was Shisunaga Dynasty (412 BC to 344 BC) and the other one was the Nanda dynasty (344 BC-322 BC).
Bimbisara came from the Haryanka dynasty, ruled for 52 years from 544 B.C. to 492 B.C.
Bimbisara was imprisoned by his son Ajatshatru who ruled Magadha empire from 492- 460 B.C. He murdered his father Bimbisara.
Bindusara was the son of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of Maurya dynasty and ruled from 298 BC to 272 BC. He is also referred to as Amitraghata (amitra-enemy, ghata-slayer) in Sanskrit Literature. Strabo has named him Amitrochates or Allitrochades which are a greek version of the name Amitraghata. He had two sons Sumana & Ashoka. Ashoka later succeeded him, after his death.
Ashoka was the son of Bindusara. He was governor of Taxila and Ujjain during his father’s reign. Ashoka sat on the throne around 268 B.C after successfully defeating his brothers.

S12.Ans(d)

Sol.

They criticized rituals and emphasized philosophy.
Towards the end, Upanishads were compiled.
Bali which was a voluntary gift became a mandatory tax.
Extended to the whole of western UP, Ganga-Yamuna doab and also penetrated to the Deccan, Vindhyas & South India.
Barley continued but rice and wheat became chief crops.
Sources

S13.Ans(a)

Sol.

The Rig-Veda is the oldest of the four collections of hymns and other sacred texts known as the Vedas.
It contains most of the information about the religious and social life of the early Vedic period.
These works are considered the “sacred knowledge” of the Aryans.
The Rig-Veda also contains ideas that served as the basis for India’s system of castes(Varna).
According to Brahminic ideology, Varṇa means hierarchizing society into classes.

S14.Ans(a)

Sol.

Vaishali was the capital of Vajji Mahajanapada.
The kingdom was situated in Bihar to the north of the river Ganga.
It covered the districts of Vaishali and Muzaffarpur in Bihar.

S15.Ans(d)

Sol.

There are four Vedas in total; namely – Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda, and Atharva Veda
Atharva Veda is the youngest of all the four Vedas and was not present when Vedatrayi was introduced. Hence, Atharva Veda is not a part of Vedatrayi.
It is also known as ‘the book of magic and charms’.
It dates back to 1000-600 BCE.

S16.Ans.(a)

Sol. The earliest mentions of Rudra occur in the Rigveda, where three entire hymns are devoted to him. There are about seventy-five references to Rudra in the Rigveda overall.

S17. Ans.(b)

Sol. Satapatha Brahmana is Vedic texts in which the eastern and western seas are mentioned for the ﬁrst time.

S18. Ans.(b)

Sol.The Veda which deals with the rituals is known as Yajurveda. Rigveda is collection of hymns.

S19. Ans.(a)

Sol. Indra is the most prominent god of ‘Rig Veda’.

S20.Ans.(d)

Sol. The entire region including Afghanistan, Swat Valley, Punjab and Indo-Gangetic watershed has been referred in Rig-Veda once as the Sapta Sindhava or Sapta Sindhu.

S21.Ans(b)

Sol.

The Vinaya Pitaka is a section of the Buddhist canon that contains the monastic rules and regulations for monks and nuns.
It includes detailed guidelines for everything from how to dress and behave to how to deal with disciplinary issues and conflicts within the monastic community.
The other two pitakas, Sutta Pitaka and Abhidhammapitaka, contain teachings and philosophical discourses attributed to the Buddha and his followers.
The Jatakas, on the other hand, are a collection of Buddhist folktales that recount the previous lives of the Buddha before he attained enlightenment.

S22.Ans(c)

Sol.

The Great Life Events of Buddha are represented by a symbol.
The events and their symbol are as follows:

- Janma (Birth) — Symbols is Lotus and Bull.
- Mahabhinishkramana (Renunciation) — Symbols is Horse.
- Nirvana/Sambodhi (Enlightenment) — Symbols is Bodhi tree.
- Dharmachakra pravartana (First Sermon) — Symbols is Wheel.
- Mahaparinirvana (Death) — Symbols is Stupa.

S23.Ans(b)

Sol. The religion that believes in Triratna is Buddhism. Triratna, also known as the Three Jewels or Three Refuges, refers to the Buddha, the Dharma (his teachings), and the Sangha (the community of Buddhist monks and nuns). It is a central concept in Buddhism and forms the foundation of Buddhist practice and belief.

S24.Ans(d)

Sol. The eight Buddhist practices in the Noble Eightfold Path are

Right understanding (Samma ditthi)
Right thought (Samma sankappa)
Right speech (Samma vaca)
Right action (Samma kammanta)
Right livelihood (Samma ajiva)
Right effort (Samma vayama)
Right mindfulness (Samma sati)
Right concentration (Samma samadhi)

S25.Ans(b)

Sol.

The Buddha’s teachings were mainly focused on Purity of thoughts and conduct.
The Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths, which explain the nature of suffering and the path to liberation from suffering.
He also taught the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of ethical conduct, mental development, and wisdom.
The Buddha did not believe in a single God, fatalism, or idol worship. Rather, his teachings emphasized the importance of personal responsibility and the development of one’s own mind and character.

S26. Ans(d)

Sol. The Fourth Buddhist Council:

It was held at Kundalvana (presumed to be in or near Srinagar), Kashmir in 72 AD under the patronage of Kushan king Kanishka and the president of this council was Vasumitra, with Asvaghosa as his deputy.
In the Fourth Buddhist Council, the doctrines of the Mahayana form of Buddhism were finalized.

List of Buddhist Council:

Buddhist Council	Location	King at that time	Chairman
First Buddhist Council	Rajagaha, India	Ajatasattu of Magadha	Mahakassapa
Second Buddhist Council	Vaishali, India	Kalasoka of Magadha	Sabbakami
Third Buddhist Council	Pataliputra, India	Ashoka the Great of the Maurya Empire	Moggaliputta-Tissa
Fourth Buddhist Council	Kundalavana, Kashmir	Kanishka of the Kushan Empire	Vasumitra

S27.Ans(a)

Sol.

The author of the Buddha Charita was Ashvaghosh. He was a Buddhist philosopher and poet who lived in India during the 1st or 2nd century CE.
The Buddha Charita is a Sanskrit epic poem that tells the life story of the Buddha, from his birth to his enlightenment and teachings.
The poem is considered one of the most important works of Buddhist literature, and it has had a significant influence on the development of Buddhist art, philosophy, and culture.
Bana Bhatt – Bana Bhatt was a 7th-century CE Sanskrit writer who is known for his works in poetry and prose, such as the Harsha Charita and the Kadambari.
Harshvardhan – Harshvardhan, also known as Harsha, was a 7th-century CE Indian emperor who ruled over the northern Indian region of Thanesar.

S28.Ans(a)

Sol. Paramartha stayed in china over twenty years and translated 70 Buddhist texts into chinese there. He was from Ujjain.

Paramartha was born in A.D. 499, approximately a hundred and fifty years after the Yogacarin philosopher Vasubandhu, the single Buddhist most influential on Paramartha’s intellectual development.

S29.Ans(b)

Sol.

The Tripitaka (Three Baskets) refers to the collection of Buddhist scriptures or Buddhist canon.
The Tripitaka is a collection of Buddhist scriptures that is considered to be the most authoritative and comprehensive collection of teachings in Buddhism.
It includes the Vinaya Pitaka (the rules of monastic discipline for monks and nuns), the Sutta Pitaka (the Buddha’s discourses and teachings), and the Abhidhamma Pitaka (a philosophical and psychological analysis of the Buddha’s teachings).
The Tripitaka is primarily associated with the Theravada school of Buddhism, which is prevalent in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, but it is also respected and studied by other Buddhist schools and traditions.

S30. Ans(b)

Sol.

Sarnath, the holy place where Lord Buddha gave his first sermon after attaining enlightenment, is located very close to Varanasi.
Varanasi, also known as Benares or Kashi, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and is considered to be one of the most sacred places in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
It is located on the banks of the Ganges River in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and Sarnath is a short distance away from the city.
Sarnath is a significant pilgrimage site for Buddhists, as it is where the Buddha first taught the Dharma (his teachings) to his five disciples after attaining enlightenment.

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