Deck 4: Ancient Indian Civilizations and Culture

Question 1

The tools and weapons of Harappan civilisation were mostly made of

A)stone only
B)stone and copper
C)copper, bronze and iron
D)copper, tin and bronze

Answer 1

copper, tin and bronze

Question 2

Traces of which of the following has not been found in the Indus Civilisation?

A)Barley
B)Sesamum
C)Mustard
D)Sugarcane

Answer 2

Sugarcane

Question 3

The Indus Valley Civilisation was discovered in

A)1902
B)1912
C)1922
D)1932

Answer 3

1922

Question 4

Indications of pre- Harappan civilisation have come from the archaeological excavations at

A)Ropar
B)Kalibangan
C)Lothal
D)Kunal

Question 5

The Indus Valley Civilisation was spread over

A)Indo- Gangetic divide and upper Gangetic plain
B)Punjab, Sind, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Baluchistan
C)U.P., Haryana and neighbouring parts of Punjab and Rajasthan
D)banks of river Indus, Punjab, Sind and Baluchistan

Question 6

Rice cultivation is associated with the Harappan site of

A)Harappa
B)Mohenjodaro
C)Kalibangan
D)Lothal

Question 7

Mohenjodaro is also known as

A)Mound of the Great
B)Mound of the Survivors
C)Mound of the Living
D)Mound of the Dead

Question 8

Which of the following elements of Hinduism were practised in the Indus Valley Civilisation?

A)Cult of Shiva
B)Idol worship
C)Worshipping cows
D)Wearing sacred threads

Question 9

Gandhara School of Art was established in

A)Eastern India
B)Southern India
C)North-western India
D)Western India

Question 10

Which of the following archaeologists initially discovered the Mohenjodaro site of Indus Valley Civilisation?

A)Daya Ram Sahni
B)Rakhal Das Banerjee
C)Sir John Marshall
D)Sir Martimer Wheeler

Question 11

Which of the following is not related to Gandhara School of Art?

A)Elephanta
B)Khajuraho
C)Ellora
D)Ajanta

Question 12

Who among the following popularised the theory of 'Arctic Region' as the original home of Aryans?

A)Macdonell
B)Max Muller
C)B.G.Tilak
D). Keith

Question 13

Who among the following was a Brahmavadini who composed some hymns of the Vedas?

A)Savitri
B)Gargi
C)Leelavati
D)Lopamudra

Question 14

Which of the following rivers is not mentioned frequently in Rig Vedic hymns?

A)Ganges
B)Brahmaputra
C)Sindhu
D)Saraswati

Question 15

Upanishads also known as the Vedantas are ______ in number.

A)96
B)105
C)108
D)112

Question 16

The famous Vedic saying "War begins in the minds of men", is stated in

A)Rig Veda
B)Atharva Veda
C)Sama Veda
D)Mundaka Upnishad

Question 17

Which of the following statements is not correct?

A)The Rig Vedic people worshipped nature.
B)The Rig Vedic Aryans were by and large urban people.
C)The Rig Vedic family comprised parents and other kith and kin apart from husband and wife.
D)The Rig Vedic women were highly; respected and that most of the religious ceremonies' wereconsidered incomplete unless wives joined their husbands

Question 18

Codes of conduct of the Vedic Society are laid down in

A)Puranas
B)Vedas
C)Brahmanas
D)Smritis

Question 19

Which of the following was not one of the distinguished tribes of the later Vedic period?'

A)Videhas
B)Bharatas
C)Panchalas
D)Kurus

Question 20

In Rig Vedic period, the most important functionary after the king was

A)Purohita
B)Senani
C)Law Officer
D)Tax Collector

Question 21

The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called

A)Kara
B)Varman
C)Bali
D)Vidatha

Question 22

In the Vedic Society, the term used to denote a group of families was

A)gotra
B)jana
C)vish
D)grama

Question 23

The Puranas are ........ in number.

A)18
B)25
C)52
D)108

Question 24

Which of the following Vedangas contains the Srautra, the Grihya and the Dharma Sutras?

A)Nirukta
B)Shiksha
C)Chhandas
D)Kalpa

Question 25

Which one of the following is the earliest school of Indian philosophy?

A)Vaisesika
B)Samkhya
C)Yoga
D)Karma mimamsa