Q1. Alexander and Porus fought a battle at
(a) Hydaspes
(b) Jhelum
(c) Panipat
(d) Tarain
Q2. Identify the Buddhist Literature from the following:
(a) Tripitakas
(b) Upanishads
(c) Angas
(d) Aranyakas
Q3. Seleucus Nicator was defeated by
(a) Asoka
(b) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Bindu Sara
(d) Brihadratha
Q4. The striking feature of the Indus Valley Civilization was
(a) Urban Civilization
(b) Agrarian Civilization
(c) Mesolithic Civilization
(d) Paleolithic Civilization
Q5. After Alexander’s death the Eastern part of his empire came under
(a) Seleucus Nicator
(b) Menander
(c) Rudradaman
(d) Kanishka
Q6. The early Buddhist scriptures were composed in:
(a) Prakrit texts
(b) Pali texts
(c) Sanskrit texts
(d) Pictographical texts
Q7. In Mohanjadaro, the largest building is:
(a) the great bath
(b) a granary
(c) the Pillared Hall
(d) a two storeyed house
Q8. The caste system of India was created for:
(a) immobility of labour
(b) recognition of the dignity of labour
(c) economic uplift
(d) occupational division of labour
Q9. Gautama Buddha was born at
(a) Kusinagar
(b) Sarnath
(c) Bodh Gaya
(d) Lumbini
Q10. Off the following scholars, who was he first to discover the traces of the Harappan Civilisation?
(a) Sir John Marshall
(b) R. D. Baneji
(c) A. Cunningham
(d) Daya Ram Sahani
Solutions
S1. Ans.(a)
S2. Ans.(a)
S3. Ans.(b)
S4. Ans.(a)
S5. Ans.(a)
S6. Ans.(b)
S7. Ans.(b)
S8. Ans.(d)
S9. Ans.(d)
S10. Ans.(c)
