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INDIAN HISTORY 1 INDIAN HISTORY TYPE–I (1) Rajaraja I (2) Rajendra I 15. Who started the Saka Era which (3) Rajadhiraja I (4) Kulottunga I is still used by the Government of India? 1. Which among the following chro- (SSC Combined Graduate Level nology is correct regarding four Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting) (1) Kanishka ‘samvatas’? 9. Which statement on the Harap- (2) Vikramaditya (1) Gupta–Gregorian–Hizri–Saka pan Civilisation is correct? (3) Samudra Gupta (2) Gregorian–Saka–Hizri–Gupta (1) Horse sacrifice was known (4) Asoka (3) Saka–Gregorian–Hizri–Gupta to them. (SSC Combined Graduate Level (4) Hizri–Gupta–Gregorian–Saka (2) Cow was sacred to them. Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000 (SSC Section Officer (Audit) (3) ‘Pashupati’ was venerated by (IInd Sitting) ) Exam. year 1997 them. 16. What inspired the paintings of 2. The home of Gargi, Maitrey, and (4) The culture was not generally Ajanta ? Kapila was at static. (1) Compassionate Buddha (1) Vidisha (2) Ujjain (SSC Combined Graduate Level (2) Radha-Krishan Leela (3) Pataliputra (4) Mithila Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (3) Jain Thirthankaras (SSC Section Officer (Audit) (IInd Sitting) (4) Mahabharata encounters Exam. year 1997 ) 10. The First Tirthankara of the (SSC Section Officer (Audit) 3. Which area of India was known Jains was : Exam. Held on 09.09.2001) as Avantika in ancient times ? (1) Arishtanemi (2) Parshvanath 17. Who among the following was the (1) Avadh (2) Ruhelkhand first to invade India ? (3) Bundelkhand (4) Malwa (3) Ajitanath (4) Rishabha (1) Xerxes (2) Alexander (SSC Section Officer (Audit) (SSC Combined Graduate Level (3) Darius-I (4) Seleucus Exam. year 1997 ) Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 4. The Social System of the Harap- (IInd Sitting) (SSC Section Officer (Audit) pans was : 11. The great silk-route to the In- Exam. 09.09.2001) (1) Fairly egalitarian dians was opened by : 18. Which among the following is the (2) Slave-Labour based (1) Kanishka (2) Ashoka oldest dynasty ? (3) Colour (Varna) based (3) Harsha (4) Fa-Hien (1) Maurya (2) Gupta (4) Caste based (SSC Combined Graduate Level (3) Kushan (4) Kanva (SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting) (IInd Sitting) Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (Ist Sitting) 5. Which of the following Vedas pro- 12. The rulers of which dynasty 19. With which of the following is the vides information about the civil- started the practice of granting classic “Jivaka Chintamani” in isation of the Early Vedic Age? tax-free villages to Brahmanas Tamil associated ? (1) Rig-veda (2) Yajur-veda and Buddhist Monks? (1) Jainism (2) Buddhism (3) Atharva-veda (4) Sama-veda (1) Satavahanas (2) Mauryas (3) Hinduism (4) Christianity (SSC Combined Graduate Level (3) Guptas (4) Cholas (SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting) ) 6. The university which became fa- (SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (Ist Sitting mous in the post-Gupta Era was : Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000 (Ist Sitting) 20. Where did Lord Buddha breathe (1) Kanchi (2) Taxila 13. The most important text of vedic his last? (3) Nalanda (4) Vallabhi mathematics is : (1) Rajgir (2) Bodh Gaya (SSC Combined Graduate Level (1) Satapatha Brahman (3) Sarnath (4) Kushinagar Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting) (2) Atharva Veda (SSC Combined Graduate Level 7. Banabhatta was the court poet (3) Sulva Sutras Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 of which emperor ? (4) Chhandogya Upanishad (IInd Sitting) and SSC Section (1) Vikramaditya Officer (Commercial Audit) Exam. (SSC Combined Graduate Level (2) Kumaragupta 25.09.2005 and SSC Combined Matric Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000 (Ist Sitting) Level (PRE) Exam. 16.06.2002 (Re-Exam) (3) Harshavardhana 14. Yavanika or curtain was 21. Who were the first kings to is- (4) Kanishka introduced in Indian theatre by sue gold coins in India? (SSC Combined Graduate Level which of the following? (1) Mauryas (2) Indo-Greeks Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting) (1) Shakas (2) Parthians (3) Guptas (4) Kushans 8. The first Indian ruler, who estab- (3) Greeks (4) Kushans (SSC Combined Graduate Level lished the supremacy of Indian (SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000 Navy in the Arabian Sea was : (IInd Sitting) (IInd Sitting) SGAE–15 INDIAN HISTORY 22. Where is Brihadeshwar Temple 30. Which rulers built the Ellora tem- 38. Epigraphy means situated ? ples? (1) The study of coins (1) Kanchi (2) Madurai (1) Chalukya (2) Sunga (2) The study of inscriptions (3) Shri Shailan (4) Tanjore (3) Rashtrakuta (4) Pallava (3) The study of epics (SSC Combined Graduate Level (SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (4) The study of geography Prelim Exam. 11.05.2003 (IInd Sitting) (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector (IInd Sitting) 23. In Tamil literature the glorious Exam. 07.09.2003) 31. Who amongst the following also books ‘Shilppadikaram and 39. Which among the following has not had the name ‘Devanama Piya- Manimekhalai’ are related to been found in the excavation of dassi’? (1) Jainism (2) Buddhism Harappan sites ? (1) Mauryan King Ashoka (3) Hindusim (4) Christianity (1) Drains and well (SSC Combined Graduate Level (2) Mauryan King Chandra-gup- (2) Fort Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (Middle Zone) ta Maurya 24. Who established Mahabalipuram? (3) Gautam Buddha (3) Reservoirs (1) Pallava (2) Pandya (4) Bhagwan Mahavira (4) Temple with Shikhar (3) Chola (4) Chalukya (SSC Combined Graduate Level (SSC Section Officer (Audit) (SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 11.05.2003 Exam. 14.12.2003) Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (Middle Zone) (IInd Sitting) 40. Which among the following 25. The Saka era commencing from 32. The subject-matter of Ajanta ‘MATH’ is related with Bud- A.D. 78, was founded by Paintings pertains to dhism? (1) Kanishka (1) Jainism (2) Buddhism (1) Dakhma (2) Chaitya (2) Asoka (3) Vaishnavism (4) Shaivism (3) Khangah (4) Angeri (3) Chandragupta (SSC Combined Graduate Level (SSC Section Officer (Audit) (4) Vikramaditya Prelim Exam. 11.05.2003 Exam. 14.12.2003) (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector (IInd Sitting) 41. Where has the world’s largest Exam. 12.01.2003) 33. Which of the following Crafts- monolithic statue of Buddha 26. Ganhadra school of art came into manship was not practised by been installed ? existence in the Aryans ? (1) Hinayana sect (1) Pottery (2) Jewellery (1) Bamiyan (2) Hyderabad (2) Mahayana sect (3) Carpentry (4) Blacksmith (3) Kandy (4) Lhasa (3) Vaishnava sect (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector (SSC Combined Graduate Level (4) Shaiva sect Exam. 07.09.2003) Prelim Exam. 08.02.2004 (Ist Sitting) (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector 34. Mohammed-bin-Qasim con- 42. The Harappan Civilisation was Exam. 12.01.2003) quered Sind in the year discovered in the year : 27. Out of the following remains ex- (1) 712 A.D. (2) 812 A.D. (1) 1935 (2) 1942 cavated in Indus Valley, which (3) 912 A.D. (4) 1012 A.D. (3) 1901 (4) 1922 one indicates the commercial and (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector (SSC Combined Graduate Level economic development ? ) Prelim Exam. 08.02.2004 (IInd Sitting) (1) The Pottery (2) Seals Exam. 07.09.2003 35. The words “Satyameva Jayate” in 43. The title ‘Indian Napolean’ has (3) The boats (4) The houses the State Emblem of India were been attached to (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector taken from Exam. 12.01.2003) (1) Chandra Gupta Maurya 28. Who, according to the Buddhists, (1) Upanishads (2) Sama Veda (2) Samudragupta is believed to be the next incar- (3) Rig Veda (4) Ramayana (3) Chandragupta-I nation of Gautam Buddha ? (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector (4) Harshavardhana Exam. 07.09.2003) (1) Atreya (2) Maitreya (SSC CPO Sub- Inspector (3) Nagarjuna (4) Kalki 36. The earliest city discovered in Exam. 05.09.2004 and SSC (10+2) (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector India was Level Data Entry Operator & LDC Exam. 12.01.2003) (1) Harappa (2) Punjab Exam. 21.10.2012 (1st Sitting) 29. Who among the following were (3) Mohenjo Daro (4) Sindh 44. The ‘Ajivikas’ were a contemporaries of Kanishka ? (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector (1) sect contemporary to the (1) Kamban, Banabhatta, Asva- Exam. 07.09.2003) Buddha gosha 37. The famous rock-cut temple of (2) breakaway branch of the (2) Nagarjuna, Asvagosha, Va- Kailasa is at sumitra Buddhists (1) Ajanta (3) Asvagosha, Kalidasa, Bana- (3) sect founded by Charvaka (2) Badami bhatta (4) sect founded by Shankara- (3) Mahabalipuram (4) Kalidasa, Kamban, Va-sumitra charya (4) Ellora (SSC Combined Graduate Level (SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Prelim Exam. 11.05.2003 (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector Central Excise) Exam. 05.12.2004) (Ist Sitting) Exam. 07.09.2003) SGAE–16 INDIAN HISTORY 45. The organic relationship between 53. Upto where did Chandragupta (3) Kalinga (4) Sarnath the ancient culture of the indus Maurya’s empire extend in the (SSC Combined Graduate Level Valley and Hinduism of today is north-west ? Prelim Exam. 13.11.2005 proved by the worship of (1) Ravi river (IInd Sitting) (2) Indus river (1) Pashupati, Indra and the 62. The tutor of Alexander, the Great (3) Satluj river Mother Goddess was (4) Hindukush range (2) Stones, trees and animals (1) Darius (2) Cyrus (SSC Statistical Investigators (3) Vishnu and Lakshmi Grade–IV Exam. 31.07.2005) (3) Socrates (4) Aristotle (4) Siva and Sakti 54. Prince Ellara conquered Sri Lan- (SSC Combined Graduate Level (SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & ka in the second century BC. Prelim Exam. 13.11.2005 Central Excise) Exam. 05.12.2004) With which of the following dy- (IInd Sitting) 46.