www.luckyexam.com 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 Facebook.com/Luckyexam www.Luckyexam.com t.me/Luckyexam www.luckyexam.com 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� Facebook.com/Luckyexam www.Luckyexam.com t.me/Luckyexam www.luckyexam.com 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) Facebook.com/Luckyexam www.Luckyexam.com t.me/Luckyexam www.luckyexam.com 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.