SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper)
(पुलके�सन 饍�वतीय के हाथ� हष셍वध셍न क� हार
SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History:- का उ쥍लेख ऐहोल �शलालेख (कना셍टक) म� 49 Qs �कया गया है। वह पहला उ�र भारतीय राजा
था िजसे द��ण भारतीय राजा के हाथ� पराजय SSC CHSL 2017-18 Art and Culture :- का सामना करना पड़ा था।) 29 Qs Rudhradaman was the greatest king of Shakas in 2nd C AD. Junagarh inscription gives information about Q.1:- Harshavardhan's Vallabhi him. conquest is found in which of the following inscriptions? Conquest of vallabhi:- vallabhi or हष셍वध셍न क� व쥍लभी �वजय �न륍न�ल�खत modern Gujrat was then ruled by a powerful ruler named Dhruvsena II . �शलालेख� म� से �कस म� पाया गया है? But Harsha could not tolerate the [5-March-2018] existence of a powerful monarchy on Options: the border of his empire. So he 1) Aihole Pillar Inscription attacked vallabhi and defeated ऐहोल त륍भ �शलालेख Dhruvsena II. 2) Junagadh Inscription Damodarpur copper plate जनागढ़ू �शलालेख inscription of the Gupta period gives 3) Navsari Copperplate Inscription details regarding the sale of land. नवसार� ताम्रपत्र �शलालेख Damodarpur (in Dinajpur District) 4) Damodarpur copper plate Inscription Copper Plate No.1 of Kumargupta I (443–444AD) is probably the most दामोदरपुर ताम्रपत्र �शलालेख important for a knowledge of local Correct Answer: Navsari Copperplate administrative Inscription pattern and is the most popular source नवसार� ताम्रपत्र �शलालेख for historians. The Aihole inscription describes how the mighty Harsha lost his harsha (joy) Q.2:- Jain literature is also called as when he suffered the ignominy of ______. defeat. Pulikeshi entered into a treaty जैन सा�ह配य को ______भी कहा जाता with Harsha, with the Narmada River designated as the border between the है। Chalukya Empire and that of [24-MARCH-2018] Harshavardhana. Options: 1) Pitaka पटक
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) 2) Agam आगम Q.4:- Which place is NOT associated with Gautama Buddha? 3) Kalpa क쥍प कौन-सा थान गौतम बुध से संबंध नह�ं है? 4) Sutt सु� [6-MARCH-2018] Correct Answer: Agam आगम Options: Agam Literature:- 1) Saranath सारनाथ Lord Mahavir's preaching(उपदेश) was 2) Bodh Gaya बोधगया methodically compiled by his followers 3) Kushinagar कु शीनगर into many texts. These texts are collectively known as Agams, the 4) Pawapuri पावापर�ु sacred books of the Jain religion. Correct Answer: Pawapuri पावापुर�
Q.3:- Which of the following is not The first sermon (उपदेश)at Sarnath is counted under sub-vedas? called ‘Dharma Chakra Parivartan’ i.e. setting the wheal in motion. �न륍न म� से कौन उपवेद के अंतगत셍 नह�ं �गना
जाता है? Later, at the age of 35, he sat under a [5-March-2018] ‘Peepal’ tree on the bank of river Options: Niranjana at 1) Ayurveda आयुवेद셍 Bodhgaya
2) Yajurveda यजवु �द In 483BC, at the age of 80, he attained 3) Gandharva Veda गंधव셍 वेद ‘Mahaparinirvan (महाप�र�नवा셍ण )’ i.e. 4) Shilp Veda �श쥍प वेद died at Kushinagar Dist. Of Eastern UP. Correct Answer: Yajurveda यजवु �द The Veda is divided into four great Pawapuri or Pawa is a holy site for books: the Rig-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, Jains located in the Nalanda district in the Sama-Veda and the Atharva- the Bihar state of Eastern India. Veda. Yajurveda :- Q.5:- What was the real name of It has 40 chapters and 2000 hymns. It Gautam Buddha? is a ritual veda and has गौतम बु饍ध का वात�वक नाम 啍या था? [6- two main texts: Krishna Yajurveda and Shukla Yajurveda. March-2018] Options: 1) Siddhartha �स饍धाथ셍
2) Mahendra महेꅍद्र
3) Shree Dutt श्री द�
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) 4) Vishal Dutt �वशाल द� 4) Fine variety of barley उ�म �कम के Correct Answer: Siddhartha �स饍धाथ셍 जौ His real name was Siddhartha. He Correct Answer: Fine variety of barley was born at Lumbini. His father was उ�म �कम के जौ the chief Lothal: River Bhogwa of the Shakya clan. Important Findings:-
Dockyard (made of burnt bricks) was Q.6:- Which of the following Vedas is used for shipping(First manmade port referred to as the starting source of the in the world). word Rudra? Persian seals have been found �नꅍम म� से �कस वेद को 셂द्र नामक श녍द का showing the evidence of Trade. आरं�भक स्रोत माना गया है? Evidence of Rice Husk (This is the only place in IVC where evidence of [6-March-2018] rice is found.) Options: Evidence of double burial i.e. in one 1) Rigveda ऋगवेद grave- MF (most common), MM, and 2) Samaveda सामवेद FF. Evidence of fire Altars. 3) Yajurveda यजवु �द 4) Atharvaveda अथव셍वेद Q.8:- Which of the following elements were not found in the form of Correct Answer: Rigveda ऋगवेद archaeological remains from The earliest religious text, the Rigveda Kalibanga? mentions a god named Rudra, which पुराताि配वक अवशेष के 셂प म� �न륍न�ल�खत म� is a name used for Shiva in later Puranic traditions से कौन से त配व काल�बंगा से नह� पाये गये? [10-MARCH-2018] Q.7:- Which of the following elements Options: were not found in Lothal as 1) Black bangles archaeological remains? काले रंग क� चूडीयां �न륍न म� से कौन-सा त配व पुराताि配वक अवशेष 2) Fire pit अि嵍न कु 赍ड के 셂प म� लोथल से नह�ं पाये गये? 3) Ploughed field हल से जतेु खेत [8-March-2018] Options: 4) Couple burial युगल शवाधान 1) Couple Burial युगल शवाधान Correct Answer: Couple burial युगल 2) Persian seals फारस के मुहरे शवाधान 3) Harbour बंदरगाह Kalibangan in Rajasthan has given the evidence of the earliest (2800 BC)
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) ploughed agricultural field ever Options: revealed through an excavation. 1) Prakrit प्राकृ त Kalibangan is also a site which has given an evidence of earliest recorded 2) Pali पा�ल “Earthquake”. The earthquake is 3) Nepalese नेपाल� dated back to 2600 BC and is 4) Sanskrit considered to have contributed to the संकृ त end of this remarkable site of the Indus Correct Answer: Pali पा�ल Valley Civilization. The Fire altars discovered at Q.10:- Which of the following Kalibangan reveal that the people were Harappan sites was not located in ritualistic and believed in worship of Gujarat? fire. �न륍न म� से कौन-सा हड़ꥍपाकाल�न थल A wooden furrow (कंडु ) has been ? found, 7 fire altars in a row have been गजरातु म� िथत नह�ं था found and they suggest the practice of [12-MARCH-2018] sacrifice. Options: Bones of camel have been found at 1) Lothal लोथल Kalibangan. 2) Daimabad दैमाबाद There was no drainage system in Kalibangan. 3) Surkotda सुरकोतदा At Kalibangan a tiled floor which 4) Dholavira धौलावीरा bears the intersecting signs of circles has been found. Correct Answer: Daimabad दैमाबाद The burials have been found in two Daimabad is a deserted village and an types of pits viz. circular graves and archaeological site on the left bank of rectangular graves. the Pravara River, a tributary of the The bricks used in Kalibangan were Godavari River in Shrirampur taluka earthen ones and Kalibangan was not in Ahmednagar district of as better planned. Maharashtra state in India. A charging bull which is considered to signify the “realistic and powerful folk Q.11:- Where did Lord Buddha deliver art of Harappan Age” has been found his first sermon? at Kalibangan. भगवान बुध ने अपना पहला धम셍 उपदेश कहां Black bangles from Kalibangan �दया था? Q.9:- In which language were the [13-MARCH-2018] Buddhist literary works generally Options: written? 1) Lumbini लुि륍बनी बौध स�ह配य �कस भाषा म� �लखी गई थी? 2) Bodh Gaya बोध गया [10 MARCH 2018] Facebook.com/Luckyexam www.Luckyexam.com t.me/Luckyexam www.luckyexam.com
SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) 3) Sarnath सारनाथ 3. This dam was originally built under the rule of Chandragupta Maurya in 4th 4) Kushinagar कु शीनगर C BC. Correct Answer: Sarnath सारनाथ 4. Rudradaman performed an After enlightenment, Buddha meditated Ashwamegha yajna. again for 49 days. He then went to Q.13:- The title of Persian translation of Sarnath (Dear Park) and gave his first the Mahabharata is:______. sermon to Channa and the four Brahmans. They became his first महाभारत के फारसी अनुवाद का शीष셍क हैः disciples. Ananda and Upali were two ______। of his closest disciples. The first [13-MARCH-2018] sermon at Sarnath is called ‘Dharma Options: Chakra Parivartan’ i.e. setting the wheal in motion. 1) Anwar -e-Suhaili अनवर-ए-सुहेल� 2) Razmanama र煍मनामा Q.12:- Junagadh inscription is the first inscription of which of the following 3) Hasht Bahisht ह�त ब�ह�त languages? 4) Ayar Danish अयार दा�नश जनागढ़ू �शलालेख �न륍न म� से �कस भाषा का Correct Answer: Razmanama पहला �शलालेख माना जाता है? र煍मनामा [13-MARCH-2018] The Mahabharata was translated into Options: Persian at Akbar’s orders, by Faizi and `Abd al-Qadir Badauni (c. 1540 – 1) Prakrit प्राकृ त 1615) and named Razmnameh. 2) Pali पा�ल The speciality of this Razmnamah is 3) Kharoshthi खरो�ठ� the paintings of the events of Mahabharata in the book. 4) Sanskrit संकृ त Correct Answer: Sanskrit संकृ त Q.14:- What was Lord Mahavira's Rudhradaman was the greatest king of name prior to acquiring the Shakas in 2nd C AD. Knowledge? Junagarh inscription gives information �ान-प्रािꥍत से पूव셍 भगवान महावीर का नाम about him. 啍या था? The inscription is in Chaste [13-MARCH-2018] Sanskrit. Options: 2. It informs about a dam repaired by Rudradaman on Sudarshan lake in 1) Vardhman वध셍मान Kathiawar Region. 2) Anshuman अंशुमान 3) Sudhakar स ुधाकर
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) 4) Somdutt सोमद� Correct Answer: A.D. 78 78 ई. Correct Answer: Vardhman वध셍मान Saka Era of 78 AD, or simply Saka Era, a system that is common in Mahavira also known as epigraphic evidence from southern Vardhamāna, was the twenty-fourth India. A parallel northern India system Tirthankara (ford-maker) of the Jain is the Vikrama Era, which is related to Tirthankaras, notably Parshvanatha the Bikrami calendar linked to and Mahavira. Vikramaditya
Q.15:- The Sanskrit poet Rajshekhar Q.17:- Which of the following lived in the court of ______. information is found in Ashoka's संकृ त क�व राजशेखर ______दरबार inscriptions? म� रहते थे। �न륍न�ल�खत म� से �कसक� जानकार� अशोक [14-MARCH-2018] के �शलालेख� से �मलती है? Options: [4-March-2018] 1) Mahipala I म�हपाल I Options: 2) Dharmapala धम셍पाल 1) Life story जीवन वतृ 3) Bhoja भोज 2) Internal policy आंत�रक नी�त 4) Devpala II देवपाल II 3) Foreign policy �वदेशी नी�त Correct Answer: Mahipala I म�हपाल I 4) All option are correct. सभी �वक쥍प It seems that Indra III's campaign did सह� है। not influence Kannauj much and Correct Answer: All option are correct. Mahipala I soon revived Kannauj as court poet Rajasekhara calls him सभी �वक쥍प सह� है। Maharajadhiraja of Aryavarta. Q.18:- Which of the following Rajput Q.16:- The Shaka Era was founded in dynasties is not related to Agnikul? the year______. �न륍न�ल�खत म� से �कस राजपूत वंश का शक संवत क� थापना ______म� क� संबंध अि嵍नकु ल से नह�ं है? गई थी। [16-MARCH-2018] [15-MARCH-2018] Options: Options: 1) Parmar परमार 1) B.C. 57 ईसा पूव셍 57 2) Chalukya चालु啍य 2) A.D. 78 78 ई. 3) Pratihara प्र�तहार 3) A.D . 319 319 ई. 4) Chandela चंदेल 4) A.D . 248 248 ई
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) Correct Answer: Chandela चंदेल 1) Havaladar हवलदार Agnikula Thoery :- This theory comes 2) Patil पा�टल from the Prithvirajraso of Chandarbardai. The Rajputs 3) Chaudhary चौधर� descended from Agni. The theory is 4) Sardeshmukh सरदेशमुख based upon the Agnikula Legend of Correct Answer: Patil Bhavishyapurana .This theory says पा�टल that the forefathers of the Rajputs were Shivaji divided entire territory into three born at Mount Abu. The four Rajput provinces, each under a viceroy. He further divided the provinces into clans (वंश) from Agnikunda are Prants( ) then Pargana( ) and Chauhans, Chalukyas, Parmaras प्रांत परगना and Pratiharas. Tarafs lowest unit was the village which was headed by its headman Q.19:- Who was the first ruler of Pala or Patel. Dynasty? Q.21:- What is considered the most पाल वंश के पहले शासक कौन थे? important fundamental principle of [16-MARCH-2018] Jainism? Options: जैन धम셍 का सबसे मह配वपूण셍 आधारभूत 1) Mahendra Pala मह�द्र पाला �स饍धांत 啍या माना जाता है? 2) Gopala गोपाल [20-MARCH-2018] 3) Dharampala धम셍पाल Options: 4) No option is correct. 1) Karma कम셍
कोई �वक쥍प सह� नह� है। 2) Non-violence अ�हंसा Correct Answer: Gopala गोपाल 3) Dispassion (Virag) �वराग Pala dynasty, ruling dynasty in Bihar 4) Loyalty and Bengal, India, from the 8th to the �न�ठा 12th centuries. Its founder, Gopala. Correct Answer: Non-violence अ�हंसा The five basic principles of Jainism are Q.20:- During the Maratha period, who Non-violence – Ahimsa ,Truth – Satya was the officer responsible for the ,Non-stealing - Achaurya or Asteya , village administration? Celibacy/Chastity – Brahmacharya, मराठा काल म� ग्राम प्रशासन क� देखभाल Non-attachment/Non-possession – करने वाला अ�धकार� �न륍न�ल�खत से कौन Aparigraha अप�रग्रह (गैर-अ�धकार क� था? भावना). [19-MARCH-2018] Options:
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) Among these five vows, non-violence His literary works comprise Sur (Ahimsa) is the cardinal (प्रधान ) Saravali, Sahitya Lahari, and Sur Sagar. principle of Jainism and hence it is known as the cornerstone of Q.24:- Syadvada was the fundamental Jainism. Non-violence is the supreme basis of which religion? religion (Ahimsa parmo dharma). It is repeatedly said in Jain literature; "Do यादवाद �कस धम셍 का मूल आधार था? not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, [22-MARCH-2018] insult, torment, torture, or kill any Options: creature or living being." 1) Buddhism बौध धम셍
Q.22:- The word Tirthankara is related 2) Jainism जैन धम셍 to which religion? 3) Vaishnavism वै�णव धम셍 ? तीथ셍कर श녍द �कस धम셍 से संबं�धत है 4) Shaivism शैव धम셍 [21-MARCH-2018] Correct Answer: Jainism Options: जैन धम셍 Jaina Philosophy :- 1) Buddhism बौध धम셍 Syadvada : All our judgements are 2) Christianity ईसाई धम셍 necessarily relative, conditional and limited. According to Syadvada (the 3) Jainism जैन धम셍 theoryof may be) seven modes of 4) Hinduism �हꅍद ू धम셍 predication (saptabhangi) are possible. Correct Answer: Jainism जैन धम셍 Absolute affirmation and absolute negation both are wrong. All In Jainism, a tirthankara is a saviour judgements are conditional. and spiritual teacher of the dharma Anekantavada : The Jaina (righteous path). metaphysics is a realistic and
relativistic pluralism. It is called Q.23:- Which of the following books is Anekantavada or the doctrine NOT of Surdas? of the ‘manyness of reality’. Matter �न륍न म� से कौन-सा ग्रꅍथ सूरदास का नह�ं है? (Pudgala) and Spirit (Jiva) [21-MARCH-2018] are regarded as separate and Options: independent realities. 1) Sursatsai सूरसतसई Q.25:- After the decline of the Palas, 2) Sur Saravali सूर सारावल� which dynasty established its rule in 3) Sahitya Lahari सा�ह配य लहर� Bengal? , 4) Sursagar सूरसागर पाल वंश के पतन के बाद बंगाल म� �कस ? Correct Answer: Sursatsai सूरसतसई राजवंश ने अपना शासन था�पत �कया [23-MARCH-2018]
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) Options: 3) Kalibanga काल�बंगा 1) Sena dynasty 4) Chanhudaro चꅍहदड़ो सेन वंश ू 2) Gaur dynasty Correct Answer: Kalibanga काल�बंगा
गौड़ वंश Q.28:- Who is considered the real 3) Ilyas dynasty founder of Jainism? इ�लयास वंश जैन धम셍 का वात�वक संथापक �कसे माना 4) Ganesh dynasty जाता है? गणेश वंश [24-MARCH-2018] Correct Answer: Sena dynasty Options: सेन वंश 1) Parshwanath पर�वानाथ
Q.26:- Who travelled throughout South 2) Rishabhdev ऋषभदेव Asia to teach Jain philosophy? 3) Neminath ने�मनाथ
जैन त配व�ान �सखाने के �लये संपूण셍 द��ण 4) Arishtanemi अ�र�टने�म ? ए�शया क� यात्रा �कसने क� थी Correct Answer: Rishabhdev ऋषभदेव [23-MARCH-2018] Rishabhdev is founder & first Options: tirthkar 1) Siddhartha Gautama �सꅍधाथ셍 गौतम Q.29:- The term "Anuvrata" is 2) Mahavira महावीर associated to which religion? 3) Makkhali Gosala म啍खाल� गोसला "अणुव्रत" श녍द �कस धम셍 से जड़ाु है? 4) Chanakya चाण啍य [24-MARCH-2018] Correct Answer: Mahavira महावीर Options: 1) Mahayana Buddhism महायान बौध Q.27:- Which of the following धम셍 Harappan sites used mud-bricks in ample for the construction of houses? 2) Hinayana Buddhism ह�नयान बौध धम셍 �न륍न�ल�खत म� से �कस हड़ꥍपाकाल�न थल 3) Jainism जैन धम셍 के भवन �नमा셍ण के �लए क楍ची ईटो का प्रयोग 4) Lokayata sect लोकायत पंथ
बहुतायत म� �कया गया था? Correct Answer: Jainism जैन धम셍 [24-MARCH-2018] Anuvratas: Anuvratas refer to first Options: five vows (प्र�त�ा) in Jainism. 1) Mohenjodaro मोहनजोदड़ो These are more moderate version of Mahavrate. These vows include 2) Harappa हड़ꥍपा
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) abstinence from gross violence, gross 3) Pasture falsehood, चारागाह gross stealing, contentment with one’s 4) Commerce own wife and limitation of one’s possessions. वा�ण煍य Correct Answer: Mines Q.30:- The 'noble tradition' was related खान to which of the following dynasties? The Arthasastra refers to a state ‘कु ल�न प्रथा’ �न륍न म� से � क स के शासन काल monopoly of mines and the
से संबं�धत था? manufacture of salt and wine. According to Megasthenes, [25-MARCH-2018] shipbuilding and manufacture of Options: arms were royal monopolies. 1) Pal पाल The Akaradhyaksha was the 2) Pratihara प्र�तहार superintendent of mining and possessed scientific knowledge of 3) Rashtrakuta रा�ट्रकू ट mines, metallurgy, gems and precious 4) Sen सेन stones.
Correct Answer: Sen सेन Q.32:- Chola State had to face the Ballal Sen was the chief ruler of the attack of which of the following Sen Dynasty (1158-79 AD) of Bengal. Rashtrakuta's rulers? He conquered northern Bengal and चोल रा煍य को �न륍न म� से �कस रा�ट्रकू ट also campaigned against Magadha's forces and ended the rule of the Pala शासक के आक्रमण को झेलना पड़ा था? dynasty in Bengal. He is regarded as [25-MARCH-2018] the promoter of 'noble tradition' in Options: Brahmins and Kayasthas of Bengal. 1) Dhruv
धुव셍 Q.31:- Which of the following was only 2) Govind III the authority of the state in the period of Maurya? गो�वंद III मोय셍 काल म� �न륍न म� से �कस �वषय पर � स फ셍 3) Krishna III क�ण III रा煍य का ह� अ�धकार था? ृ 4) Amoghvarsha [25-MARCH-2018] Options: अमोघवष셍 1) Land Correct Answer: Krishna III भू�म कृ �ण III 2) Mines Krishna III invaded the southern खान Deccan and recaptured Kolar and Facebook.com/Luckyexam www.Luckyexam.com t.me/Luckyexam www.luckyexam.com
SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) Dharmapuri from the Banas and Options: Vaidumbas who had given shelter to 1) Pratihar - Kannauj Govinda IV due to his matrimonial प्र�तहार – कꅍनौज relations with the Cholas. Though he 2) Pallava - Kanchi initially may have experienced setbacks, Tondaimandalam (northern प쥍लव - कांची Tamil regions) was secured by 944. 3) Chalukya - Tanjore Krishna III defeated the Cholas and चालु啍य - तंजौर captured Kanchi and Tanjore, 4) Sen - Lakhnauti according to the Siddalingamadam - plates of 944. Krishna III defeated सेन लखनौती the Cholas decisively in a battle of Correct Answer: Chalukya – Tanjore Takkolam in the North Arcot district चालु啍य – तंजौर (in the present-day Vellore District 1. The Gurjara-Pratiharas were the of Tamil Nadu, India.). Krishna III early Rajputs who started their rule was helped by his Western Ganga from Gujarat and south western feudatory(जागीरदार) Buthuga II in Rajasthan. Later they ruled from these campaign. Kannauj.
Q.33:- Maharishi Gautam is associated 2. During the period of Pallavas, the to which Indian philosophy (darshana)? Pallavas and the Chalukyas had established powerful empires in South मह�ष셍 गौतम का संबंध �कस भारतीय दश셍न से India. The Pallavas are mentioned in है? Samudragupta’s pillar, where he is [25-MARCH-2018] said to have defeated a Pallava king, Options: Vishnugopa. The Pallavas were powerful between 330 and 550 AD. 1) Samkhya सां奍य Their main area of dominance was 2) Yog योग Kanchipuram, their capital, up to the 3) Nyaya ꅍयाय Kaveri Delta.
4) Vaisheshika वैशो�षक 3. The Chalukyas were largely Correct Answer: Nyaya ꅍयाय influential in the area around Raichur Doab between Krishna and Q.34:- Which of the following ruling Tungabhadra rivers. Their capital was dynasty's capital is NOT correctly Aihole (Aihole in Karnataka state ) matched? which was also an important trading centre.
�न륍न म� से �कस शासक वंश के रा煍य क� राजधानी सुमे�लत नह�ं है? [26-MARCH-2018]
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) 4. Lakhnauti was a city founded by शता녍द� ईसापूव셍 �न�म셍त �कया गया था। श्री Lakshman Sen, the greatest of Sena dynasty. क�न ंघम ने सव셍प्रथम 1873 ई. म� इस थल का पता लगाया था। Q.35:- Buddhist texts have been mentioned in which of the following Q.37:- Hiuen Tsang visited Ashoka's Inscriptions? Kanchipuram, the capital of Pallavas, �न륍न�ल�खत म� से अशोक के �कस अ�भलेख during the reign which of the following rulers? म� बौधग्रंथो का उ쥍लेख �कया गया है? [26-MARCH-2018] �न륍न�ल�खत म� से �कसके शासन काल म� Options: होꅍगसांग ने प쥍लव� क� राजधानी कांचीपुरम 1) Kalinga क�ल ंग का भ्रमण �कया था? 2) Dhauli धौल� [26-MARCH-2018] Options: 3) Bhabru भाब्रू 1) Mahendra Verman I मह�द्र वम셍न I 4) Jaugada जौगड़ 2) Mahendra Verman II मह�द्र वम셍न II Correct Answer: Bhabru भाब्रू In the Bhabru edict Asoka says that 3) Narasimha Varman I नर�स ंह वम셍न I he has full faith in Buddha, Sangha 4) Parmeshwar Varman II परमेश्रर and Dhamma. II वम셍न Q.36:- Bharhut is related to Correct Answer: Narasimha Varman I ______. नर�स ंह वम셍न I भरहुत ______से सबं�धत है। It was during his reign(Narasimha [26-MARCH-2018] Varman I ), in 640 AD, that the Options: Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang visited Kanchipuram. 1) Jainism जैन धम셍
2) Buddhism बौध धम셍 Q.38:- Al-Masudi, a resident of Baghdad, had visited india in whose 3) Hinduism �हꅍद ू धम셍 reign? 4) Islam इलाम धम셍 बगदाद �नवासी अल-मसूद� � क स के Correct Answer: Buddhism बौध धम셍 शासनकाल म� भारत आया था? भरहुत भारत के म鵍य प्रदेश रा煍य म� सतना [27-march-2018] िजले म� िथत एक थल है। यह थान बौ饍ध Options: 1) Mahendra Pal मह�द्रपाल तूप और कलाकृ �तय� के �लए प्र�स饍ध है। 2) Mahipal मह�पाल यहाँ का तूप स륍भवतः अशोक 饍वारा तीसर�
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) 3) Mihir bhoj �म�हर भोज been taken from the Mundaka Upanishad. 4) Rambhadra रामभद्र Correct Answer: Mahipal मह�पाल Q.40:- Who of the following founded the Vikramashila University? म�हपाल (910-940 ई.) गज셍रु प्र�तहार वंश का �न륍न�ल�खत म� से �कसने �वक्रमशाला शासक था। �व�व�वधालय क� थापना क� थी? Al-Mas‘udi's travels actually occupied most of his life from at least 903/915 [17-MARCH-2018] CE to very near the end of his life.He Options: travelled to the Indus Valley, and other 1) Devapala I देवपाल I parts of India, especially the western 2) Dharmpala धम셍पाल coast; and he voyaged more than once to East Africa. He also sailed on the 3) Gopala गोपाल Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the 4) Devapala II देवपाल II Mediterranean and the Caspian Correct Answer: Dharmpala धम셍पाल Q.39:- Upanishad Books are: Vikramashila was established by King ______. Dharmapala (783 to 820)
उप�नषद प ु त के है: ______। Q.41:- The well-known dialogue [14-MARCH-2018] between Nachiketa and Yama is Options: mentioned in which Upanishad? 1) On religion धम셍 पर न�चकेता और यम के बीच सुप्र�स饍ध संवाद 2) On yoga योग पर �कस उप�नषद म� उि쥍ल�खत है? 3) On the law �व�ध पर [21-MARCH-2018] 4) On philosophy दश셍न पर Options: 1) Chhandogyopanishad Correct Answer: On philosophy दश셍न छाꅍदो嵍योप�नषद पर 2) Mundkopanishad The word upanishad is a combined मुंडकोप�नषद form of the two Sanskrit word, i.e. upa 3) Kathopanishad and nishad which means to sit down near someone (here, the Guru) and get कठोप�नषद the secret knowledge by him. 4) Kenopanishad The Upanishads were composed by केनोप�नषद several learned saints between 800 Correct Answer: Kathopanishad and 500 B.C. The famous national statement ‘Satyameva Jayate’ has कठोप�नषद
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) The famous dialogue between 4. Hence according to the weather Nachiketa and Yama about conditions, people cooked food either transmigration of soul (transmigration inside the huts or outside of souls or metempsychosis) a belief common to many cultures, in which the Q.43:- Which of the following indicates soul passes from one body to another, the circle of the Saranath Pillar? either human, animal, or inanimate. सारनाथ त녍ध का चक्र �न륍न म� से �कसे The cycle of rebirth is eternal unless the soul is released by knowledge or इं�गत करता है? arduous effort is mentioned in the [4-March-2018] Kathopanishad. Options: 1) Law कानून Q.42:- Which of the following Neolithic 2) Revolution sites gives evidence of trough क्रां�त residence? 3) Progress प्रग�त
�न륍न म� से �कस नवपाषा�णक थल से गत셍 4) Religion धम셍 ? �नवास के प्रमाण �मलते है Correct Answer: Progress प्रग�त [24-MARCH-2018] It was originally placed atop the Options: Ashoka pillar at the important Buddhist 1) Burzahom site of Sarnath by the Emperor बुज़셍होम Ashoka, in about 250 BCE. The pillar, 2) Brahmagiri sometimes called the Aśoka Column, is still in its original location, but the ब्रम�ग�र Lion Capital is now in the Sarnath 3) Chirand Museum, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, �चरांद India. 4) Maski Q.44:- Who was the exponent of माक� Lokayata Darshana? Correct Answer: Burzahom लोकायत दश셍न के प्र�तपादक कौन थे? बुज़셍होम [26-MARCH-2018] Pit-houses were built by Neolithic Options: man in Burzahom which is in 1) Kapil modern day Kashmir. These houses had distinct features like क�पल They were built underground with 2) Badarayan stairs. बादरायण 2. Thus the pit-houses protected 3) Charvak people from cold weather.
3. Cooking chimney corners were also चावा셍क found both inside and outside the huts. 4) Ramanuja Facebook.com/Luckyexam www.Luckyexam.com t.me/Luckyexam www.luckyexam.com
SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) रामानुज नेदनजेरालु Correct Answer: Charvak चावा셍क 4) Nedum Charvaka originally known as Lokāyata नेडुम and Bṛhaspatya, is the ancient school Correct Answer: Nedeon of Indian materialism. ने�डयोन
Correction :- *Chera Q.45:- After which of the following
centuries, did the practice of donating land in South India go a long way? �न륍न म� से �कस सद� के बाद से द��ण भारत म� भू�मदान देने क� प्रथा खबू चल पडी? [6-March-2018] Options: 1) Fifth century पांचवीं सद� 2) Sixth century Q.47:- The ruler of which dynasty of छठा सद� South India assumed the title of 3) Eighth century Dharmaraj?
आठवीं सद� द��ण भारत के �कस वंश के शासक ने 4) Ninth century धम셍राज क� उपा�ध धारण क�? नवीं सद� [7-March-2018] Correct Answer: Eighth century Options: आठवीं सद� 1) Wakatak वाकाटक Q.46:- Which of the following rulers 2) Pallava was not related to Sangam State
Chear* ? प쥍लव 3) Kadamb �न륍न म� से कौन-सा शासक संगम रा煍य चेर कद륍ब से संबं�धत नह�ं था? 4) Western Ganga [17-MARCH-2018]
Options: पि�चमी गंगा 1) Nedeon Correct Answer: Western Ganga ने�डयोन पि�चमी गंगा 2) Udayin Jarral उद�यन जेराल 3) Nedunjaral Facebook.com/Luckyexam www.Luckyexam.com t.me/Luckyexam www.luckyexam.com
SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) Q.48:- Which of the following items was NOT exportable in the past Gupta period? पूव셍 गꥍतकालु म� �न륍न म� से कौन-सी वतु
�नया셍त क� सामग्री नह�ं थी? [7-March-2018] 1) Iron लोहा 2) Gold
सोना 3) Tin �टन 4) Silver
चांद� Correct Answer: Tin �टन
Q.49:- Most of population in Sri Lanka follows ______.
श्रीलंका म� आबाद� के अ�धकांश लोग
______का अनुसरण करते है। [10 MARCH 2018] Options: 1) Hindu ism
�हꅍद ू धम셍
2) Islam
इलाम धम셍 3) Christianity ईसाई धम셍
4) Buddhism
बौध धम셍 Correct Answer: Buddhism बौध धम셍
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper)
Art & Culture SSC CHSL 2017-18 Q.3:- Panna Lal Ghosh is related to which musical instrument? पꅍना लाल घोष का संबंध �कस वाघयंत्र से है? Q.1:- Rukmini Devi Arundale is related [14-MARCH-2018] to which of the arts? Options: 셁啍मणी देवी अ셁डेल �कस कला से स륍बिꅍधत 1) Mridangam मदंगमृ ? [13-MARCH-2018] 2) Flute बांसुर� Options: 3) Shehnai शहनाई 1) Classical singing 4) Sarod सरोद शत्रीय गायन Correct Answer: Flute 2) Classical dance बांसुर�
शात्रीय न配यृ Q.4:- S. Balachander is associated to 3) Folk song which musical instrument?
लोकगीत गायन एस. बालचंदर �कस वा饍ययंत्र से संबं�धत है? 4) No option is correct. [15-MARCH-2018] कोई भी �वक쥍प सह� नह� है। Options: Correct Answer: Classical dance 1) Sitar �सतार शात्रीय न配य ृ 2) Santoor संतूर
3) Veena Q.2:- Sadir is a name of which ancient वीणा dance style of India? 4) Sarangi सारंगी
स�दर भारत के �कस न配यृ शैल� का एक प्रचीन Correct Answer: Veena वीणा नाम है? [13-MARCH-2018] Q.5:- Anoushka Shankar is related to Options: which musical instrument? 1) Kathak कथक अन ु�का शंकर �कस वाघयंत्र से संबं�धत है? 2) Odissi [15-MARCH-2018] Options: ओ�डसी 1) Sitar 3) Bharatanatyam �सतार भरतना絍यम 2) Tabla तबला 4) Mohiniattam 3) Veena वीणा
मो�हनीअ絍टम 4) MohanVeena मोहनवीणा Correct Answer: Bharatanatyam Correct Answer: Sitar �सतार भरतना絍यम Facebook.com/Luckyexam www.Luckyexam.com t.me/Luckyexam www.luckyexam.com
SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) [16-MARCH-2018] Q.6:- Which musical instrument Ustad Options: Bismillah Khan used to play? 1) Jhumar - Haryana उ配पाद �बिम쥍ला खान �कस वाघयंत्र को झमूर - ह�रयाणा बजाते थे? 2) Tamasha - Maharashtra [16-MARCH-2018] तमशा – महारा�ट्र Options: 3) Kajri - Uttar Pradesh 1) flute बांसुर� कजर� - उ�रप्रदेश 2) Tabla तबला 4) Baul - West Be ngal बाउल - पि楍छमबंगाल 3) Shehnai शहनाई Correct Answer: Jhumar - Haryana 4) Sarod सरोद झमूर - ह�रयाणा Correct Answer: Shehnai शहनाई
Q.7:- "Pandvani" is a major folk dance Q.9:- Who among the following is NOT form of which states? a dancer of Odissi? "पंडवानी" �कस रा煍य क� प्रमुख लोक न配यृ �न륍न�ल�खत म� कौन ओ�डसी क� न配यागनाृ शैल� है? नह� है? [11-MARCH-2018] [16-MARCH-2018 Options: Options: 1) Uttarakhand 1) Sanjukta Panigrahi उ�राखंड संयु啍ता पा�णग्राह� 2) Chhattisgarh 2) Sonal Mansingh छतीसगढ़ सोनल मान�संह 3) Madhya Pradesh 3) Madhavi Mudgal म鵍यप्रदेश माधवी मुदगल 4) Uttar Pradesh 4) Yamini Krishnamurthy उ�र प्रदेश या�मनी कृ �णामू�त셍 Correct Answer: Chhattisgarh Correct Answer: Yamini Krishnamurthy छतीसगढ़ या�मनी कृ �णामू�त셍
Q.8:- Which one of the pairs of folk- Q.10:- The folk dance "Bohag Bihu" is dance and state is NOT matched? popular in ______. लोकन配यृ और रा煍य के यु嵍मो म� कौन-सा एक लोकन配यृ "बोहाग �बहू" सुमे�लत नह� है? ______म� प्रच�लत है।
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) [23-MARCH-2018] Q.13:- Govind Swami Pillai is Options: associated with which musical 1) Assam असम instrument? गो�वंद वामी �प쥍लई का संबंध �कस वाघयंत्र 2) Bihar �बहार से है? 3) Odisha ओ�डशा [19-MARCH-2018] 4) Jharkhand झारखंड Options: Correct Answer: Assam असम 1) Mridangam मदंगमृ Q.11:- Begum Akhtar is associated to 2) Tabla which art form? तबला बेगम अ奍तर कला के �कस �ेत्र से संबं�धत 3) Veena है? वीणा [17-MARCH-2018] 4) Violin Options: वाय�लन 1) Dance न配यृ Correct Answer: Violin 2) Painting �चत्रकला वाय�लन 3) Music संगीत Q.14:- Who among the following is 4) Folk Art लोककला NOT a famous dancer of Correct Answer: Music संगीत Bharatanatyam? �नि륍ल�खत म� कौन भरतना絍यम क� Q.12:- Who was the Guru of the music �वखयात न配यागनाृ नह�ं है? maestro Tansen? [10 MARCH 2018] ? संगीत सम्राट तानसेन के ग셁ु कौन थे Options: [17-MARCH-2018] 1) Rukmini Devi Arundale Options: 셁ि啍मणी देवी अ 셁ं ड ले 1) Bisaldev बीसलदेव 2) T. Balasaraswati 2) Haridas ह�रदास ट�. बाला सरवती 3) Saint Gyaneshwar संत �ाने�वर 3) Yamini Krishnamurthy
4) Ramanuj रामानुज या�मनी कृ �णामू�त셍 4) Jhaveri sisters Correct Answer: Haridas ह�रदास झावेर� बहने
Correct Answer: Jhaveri sisters झावेर� बहने
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) Jhaveri sisters :-Manipuri Dancing Q.17:- In which area did Nandalal Bose Dance earn fame? नꅍदलाल बोस ने �कस �ेत्र म� 奍या�त अिज셍त Q.15:- Which of the following is a war- related dance? है? [20-MARCH-2018] �न륍न�ल�खत म� यु饍ध-संबंधी न配यृ कौन-सा Options: है? 1) Painting [19-MARCH-2018] �चत्रकला Options: 2) Folk Art 1) Kathakali of Kerala लोककला के र ल का कथकल� 3) Dance 2) Bamboo dance of Meghalaya न配यृ मेघालय का बांस न配यृ 4) Politics 3) Chhau of Mayurbhanj राजनी�त मयूरभंज का छऊ Correct Answer: Painting 4) Bhangra of Panjab �चत्रकला पंजाब का भांगड़ा
Correct Answer: Chhau of Mayurbhanj Q.18:- Which of the following pairs मयूरभंज का छऊ (school of paintings and region where it flourished) is correctly matched? Q.16:- Folk dance "Lai Haraoba" is �न륍न�ल�खत म� से कौन सा यु嵍म (प��टंग और popular in which Indian state? �ेत्र जहां यह समधृ हुआ) सुमे�लत है? "लाई हरोबा" लोकन配यृ शैल� �कस भारतीय [21-MARCH-2018] रा煍य म� प्रच�लत है? Options: [19-MARCH-2018] 1) Kalighat Paintings - Kolkata Options: काल�घाट प��टं嵍स - कोलकाता 1) Assam असम 2) Phad (scroll paintings) - Punjab 2) Manipur फड़ (क्रॉल प��टं嵍स) - पंजाब म�णपुर 3) Madhubani Paintings - Bihar 3) Mizoram मधुबनी प��टं嵍स - �बहार �मजोरम 4) Kalamkari - Andhra Pradesh 4) Nagaland कलमकार� - आꅍध्रप्रदेश नागाल�ड Correct Answer: Madhubani Paintings - Correct Answer: Manipur Bihar म�णपुर मधुबनी प��टं嵍स - �बहार
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) Q.21:- Which of the following is a major Q.19:- Which of the following is folk dance of Rajasthan? correctly matched? इनम� से राजथान का एक प्रमुख लोकन配यृ �न륍न�ल�खत म� कौन सह� समे�लत है ? ु कौन-सा है? [25-MARCH-2018] [28-march-2018] Options: Options: 1) Hariprasad Chaurasia - Flute 1) Chhau ह�रप्रसाद चौ�रसया - बांसर� ु छऊ 2) Bismillah Khan - Sarod 2) Giddha �बिम쥍ला खां - सरोद �ग饍दा 3) Amjad Ali Khan - Tabla 3) Ghumar अमजद अल� खां - तबला घूमर 4) Zakir Hussain - Shehnai 4) Bihu जा�कर सैन - शहनाई �बहू Correct Answer: Allahabad Correct Answer: Ghumar इलाहाबाद घूमर
Q.20:- Which of the following is NOT a classical dance? Q.22- Which mosque is considered to �न륍न�ल�खत म� कौन-सा एक शात्रीय न配यृ be the style of Bengal style in Agra? नह�ं है? आगरा म� �कस मिजद पर बंगाल शैल� का [28-march-2018] प्रभाव माना जाता है? Options: [5-March-2018] 1) Kathak Options: कथक 1) Nagina Masjid 2) Odissi नगीना मिजद ओ�डसी 2) Moti Masjid 3) Giddha मोती मिजद �ग饍दा 3) Jama Masjid 4) Manipuri जामा मिजद म�णपुर� 4) Badshahi Masjid Correct Answer: Giddha बादशाह� मिजद �ग饍दा Correct Answer: Nagina Masjid नगीना मिजद
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) Q.23:- Which of the following pair is Q.25:- In which of the following matched correctly? countries India celebrated a cultural festival named ‘India by the Nile’ in �न륍न�ल�खत म� कौन-सा यु嵍म सह� सुमे�लत 2017? है? �न륍न�ल�खत म� से �कस देश म� भारत ने [5-March-2018] Options: ‘इं�डया बाय द नाइल’ नामक सांकृ �तक 1) Bharatanatyam - Andhra Pradesh आयोिजत �कया था? भरतना絍यम - आंध्रप्रदेश [13-MARCH-2018] 2) Kuchipudi - Madhya Pradesh Options: 1) Iran कु �चपुड़ी - म鵍यदेश 3) Kathakali - Ker ala ईरान कथकल� - के र ल 2) Brazil 4) Kathak - Ta mil Nadu ब्राजील 3) Egypt कथक -त�मलनाडु Correct Answer: Kathakali - Kerala �मत्र कथकल� - के र ल 4) U AE यूएई Q.24:- Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is: Correct Answer: Egypt ______. �मत्र पं�ङत भीमसेन जोशी है: ______। Q.26:- Who of the following Indian vocalist and musician established the [12-MARCH-2018] Academy of Performing Arts and Options: Research in Switzerland? 1) Flute player �न륍न�ल�खत म� �कस भारतीय गायक और बांसुर� वादक 2) Odissi dancers संगीतकार ने िव絍ज़रल�ड ए के ड म ी ऑफ ओ�डसी नत셍क परफो�म�ग आ絍셍स एंड �र�रसच셍 क� थापना 3) Hindustani vocalist क�? �हदतानीु गायक [15-MARCH-2018] 4) Sitar Maestro Options: �सतार वादक 1) Balamuralikrishna Correct Answer: Hindustani vocalist बालमुरल�कृ �णा 2) K.J. Yesudas �हदतानीु गायक के .जे. यसुदास 3) Pandit Kumar Gandharva
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SSC CHSL 2017-18 Ancient History & Art and Culture (Previous year paper) 4) Andhra Pradesh पं�डत कु मार गꅍधव셍 4) Pandit Ravi Shankar आंध्रप्रदेश पं�डत र�व शंकर Correct Answer: Karnataka Correct Answer: Balamuralikrishna कना셍टक
बालमुरल�कृ �णा Q.29:- Leela Samson is associated to
which classical dance style? Q.27:- Who of the following is NOT related to ghazal singing? ल�ला सैमसन का संबंध �कस शात्रीय न配यृ �न륍न�ल�खत म� से कौन गजल गा�यक� से शैल� से है? संबं�धत नह�ं है? [4-March-2018] Options: [17-MARCH-2018] 1) Bharatanatyam Options: 1) Begum Akhtar भरतना絍यम बेगम अ奍तर 2) Kathakali 2) Malika Pukhraj कथकल� 3) Kuchipudi मि쥍लका पुखराज 3) Penaz Masani कु �चपुड़ी पीनाज मसानी 4) Odissi 4) Haribhai Varadkar ओ�डश ह�रभाई वराडकर Correct Answer: Bharatanatyam Correct Answer: Haribhai Varadkar भरतना絍यम ह�रभाई वराडकर
Q.28:- "Yakshagana" folk dance is associated to which Indian state?
"य�गान" लोकन配यृ का संबंध �कस भारतीय रा煍य से है? [11-MARCH-2018] Options: 1) Kerala के र ल 2) Karnataka कना셍टक 3) Tamil Nadu त�मलनाडु Facebook.com/Luckyexam www.Luckyexam.com t.me/Luckyexam