General Awareness- History (ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY)

 ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY

1. Who discovered the Indus Valley Civilization?

👉 Daya Ram Sahni

2. In which year was Harappa discovered?

👉 1921

3. Which metal was unknown to the Indus Valley people?

👉 Iron

4. The Great Bath is located at which site?

👉 Mohenjodaro

5. Which Indus site is famous for a dockyard?

👉 Lothal

6. Who discovered Mohenjo-Daro?

👉 R.D. Banerjee

7. The Indus Valley Civilization belongs to which age?

👉 Bronze Age

8. Which animal appears most on Indus seals?

👉 Unicorn

9.The script of the Indus Valley Civilization is:

👉 Undeciphered

10. Which was the main occupation of Indus people?

👉 Agriculture

11. Which crop was first cultivated by Indus people?

👉 Cotton

12.Which Veda is the oldest?

👉 Rigveda

13. How many Mandalas are there in Rigveda?

👉 10

14. Who composed the Vedas?

👉 Aryans

15. Which Veda is related to rituals?

👉 Yajurveda

16. Which Veda contains hymns and chants?

👉 Samaveda

17. Which Veda deals with magic and medicine?

👉 Atharvaveda

18. The Upanishads are related to:

👉 Philosophy

19. Who founded Buddhism?

👉 Gautama Buddha

20. Buddha attained enlightenment at:

👉 Bodh Gaya

21. Buddha gave his first sermon at:

👉 Sarnath

22. Buddha died at:

👉 Kushinagar

23. Buddhism believes in:

👉 Eightfold Path

24. Who founded Jainism?

👉 Rishabhanatha (1st Tirthankara)

25. Mahavira was the:

👉 24th Tirthankara

26. Jainism believes in:

👉 Triratna

27. The capital of Magadha was:

👉 Rajgir

28. Founder of the Maurya Dynasty:

👉 Chandragupta Maurya

29. Who was the mentor of Chandragupta Maurya?

👉 Chanakya

30. Author of Arthashastra:

👉 Chanakya

31. Capital of the Mauryan Empire:

👉 Pataliputra

32. Who was the greatest Mauryan ruler?

👉 Ashoka

33. Ashoka embraced Buddhism after which war?

👉 Kalinga War

34. Ashoka inscriptions are written in:

👉 Prakrit

35. Ashoka’s inscriptions are called:

👉 Edicts

36. Who wrote Indica?

👉 Megasthenes

37. Gupta Empire is known as:

👉 Golden Age