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Ancient History Upsc Previous Year Questions ANCIENT HISTORY UPSC PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS www.laex.in 9141 21 29 29 / 9121 44 29 29 (Bangalore) Civilsprep.com 9052 29 29 29 / 9052 49 29 29 (Hyderabad) ANCIENT HISTORY UPSC PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS www.laex.in 9141 21 29 29 / 9121 44 29 29 (Bangalore) Civilsprep.com 9052 29 29 29 / 9052 49 29 29 (Hyderabad) ANCIENT HISTORY UPSC PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS 1. Division of Ancient History and Sources 01 - 02 2. Indus Valley Civilization 04 - 05 3. Vedic Age 05 - 08 4. Religious Movements 08 - 15 5. Mahajanpadas 15 - 18 6. Rise of Magadha 18 - 19 7. Mauryan Era 19 - 22 8. Foreigner Ruling Group of Post Mauryan Period 22 - 24 9. Native Dynasty of Post Mauryan Period 26 - 26 10. Sangam Era 26 - 27 11. Gupta Dynasty 27 – 30 12. Pushyabhuti Dynasty 30 - 32 www.laex.in https://elearn.laex.in ANCIENT HISTORY UPSC PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS Ancient History Previous Year Questions 3) Mudrarakshasha-Vishakhadatt 4) Harshacharita-Banabhatta 1. Division of Ancient History & Sources Select the correct answer using the codes given below: 1. What is the correct chronological a) 1,2, 3 and 4 order in which the following b) 1,3 and 4 appeared in India? c) 1 and 4 1) Gold coins d) 2 and 3 2) Punch-marked silver coins 3) Iron plough 4. Which one of the following pairs 4) Urban culture is correctly matched Select the correct answer using the a) Harappan Civilization-Painted Grey codes given below Ware a) 3, 4, 1, 2 b) The Kushans-Gandhara School of Art b) 3, 4, 2, 1 c) The Mughals-Ajanta Paintings c) 4, 3, 1, 2 d) The Marathas-Pahari School of d) 4, 3, 2, 1 Painting 2. With reference to the scientific progress of ancient India, which 1. Division of Ancient History & of the statements given below are Sources correct? 1) Different kinds of specialized surgical Key & Explanation instruments were in common use by 1. Key: D 1st century AD. Explanation: 2) Transplant of internal organs in the Urban Culture first appeared in India human body had begun by the during mature Harappa phase.(2300- beginning of 3rd century AD. 1800 BC) 3) The concept of sine of an angle was First evidence of Iron Plough comes known in 5th century AD. from later Vedic period. (1000-600 BC) 4) The concept of cyclic quadrilaterals Punch-marked coins are a type of was known in 7th century AD. early coinage of India, dating to Select the correct answer using the between about the 6th and 2nd codes given below: centuries BC. a) 1 and 2 only In 100 AD, Kushan emperor Vima b) 3 and 4 only Kadaphises was the first one to c) 1, 3 and 4 only introduce a gold coin to the Indians. d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 This was a gold dinar that had the image of Lord Shiva. So, the first gold 3. Which of the following pairs are coin was introduced to India almost correctly matched? about 2,000 years ago. 1) Mrichchakatika-Shudraka Educational Objective: Chronology of 2) Buddhacharita-Vasubandhu important events in India www.laex.in Page No. 1 https://elearn.laex.in ANCIENT HISTORY UPSC PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS 2. Key: C 3. Key: B Explanation: Explanation: Buddhacharita was written by Different kinds of specialized surgical Asvaghosha instruments were in common use by Other options are correctly matched. 1st century AD as inventions in this Educational Objective: Ancient Indian domain goes back to as early as 6th century BCE. Sushruta is a pioneer in Literature developing many surgical instruments. 4. Key: B Sushruta, also spelled Suśruta, Explanation: (flourished c. 6th century BCE), ancient Indian surgeon known for his The Harappan pottery is uniformly sturdy, well-baked and bright or dark pioneering operations and techniques in color. The plain pottery usually of and for his red clay with or without a fine red slip influential treatise Sushruta-samhita, is more common than the painted the main source of knowledge ware. The painted pottery is mostly of about surgery in ancient India. red and black colors. For Sushruta, the concept of shalya Painted Grey Ware is associated with tantra (surgical science) was all- Vedic Period Gandhara art, style of Buddhist visual encompassing. Examples of some of art that developed in what is now his groundbreaking operations include northwestern Pakistan and rhinoplasty (the repairing or eastern Afghanistan between the 1st remaking of a nose), removal of a century BCE and the 7th century CE. dead fetus, and lithotomy (surgical The style, of Greco-Roman origin, incision into hollow organs such as seems to have flourished largely the urinary bladder to remove stones, during the Kushan dynasty and was contemporaneous with an important or calculi). He also developed many but dissimilar school of Kushan art at unique and practical techniques to Mathura (Uttar Pradesh, India). dissect the human body and study its The Ajanta Caves are 30 structure. So, option B is wrong. (approximately) rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the The concept of sine of an angle was th 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE in known in 5 century AD. Āryabhaṭa's Aurangabad table was the first sine table ever district of Maharashtra state of India. constructed in the history of The Ajanta Caves are generally mathematics. agreed to have been made in two Brahmagupta (born c. 598 CE, died distinct periods, Caves of the first c. 668 CE) was an Indian (Satavahana) period Caves of the mathematician and astronomer. He is later, or Vākāṭaka, period the author of works on mathematics Pahari painting (literally meaning a and astronomy: the painting from the mountainous Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta, a regions: pahar means a mountain theoretical treatise, and the in Hindi) is an umbrella term used for a Khaṇḍakhādyaka , a more practical form of Indian painting, done mostly in text. Brahmagupta's formula provides miniature forms, originating from the area A of a cyclic Himalayan hill kingdoms of North India, quadrilateral (i.e., a simple during 17th-19th century, otably quadrilateral that is inscribed in a Basohli, Mankot, Nurpur, Chamba, circle). Kangra, Guler, Mandi, and Garhwal. Educational Objective: Periods and their Educational Objective: Scientific unique characteristics progress of ancient India www.laex.in Page No. 2 https://elearn.laex.in ANCIENT HISTORY UPSC PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS www.laex.in Page No. 3 https://elearn.laex.in ANCIENT HISTORY UPSC PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS 4. Which one of the following 2. Indus Valley Civilization animals was not represented on the seal and terracotta art of the 1. Which one of the following is not Harappan culture? a Harappan site? a) Cow a) Chanhudaro b) Elephant b) Kot Diji c) Rhinoceros c) Sohgaura d) Tiger d) Desalpur 2. Indus Valley Civilization 2. Regarding the Indus Valley Civilization, consider the Key & Explanation following statements: 1) It was predominantly a secular 1. Key: C civilization and the religious element, Explanation: though present, did not dominate the Sohgaura -A village on the banks of scene. the Rapti River, about 20 km south-east 2) During this period, cotton was used of Gorakhpur, in the Gorakhpur for manufacturing textiles in India. District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Which of the statements given above A copper plate inscription has been found is/are correct? in this place.The Sohgaura copper plate a) 1 only inscription is an Indian copper plate b) 2 only inscription written in Prakrit in c) Both 1 and 2 the Brahmi script. The earliest known d) Neither 1 nor 2 copper-plate known as the Sohgaura copper-plate is a Maurya record that 3. Match List-I with List-II and mentions famine relief efforts. It is one of select the correct answer: the very few pre-Ashoka Brahmi List-I List-II inscriptions in India. Eastern most (Ancient site) (Archaeological finding) Harappan site was Alamgirpur and A. Lothal 1. Ploughed field Sohgaura is further East. B Kalibangan 2. Dockyard Other three are Harrapan sites- C. Dholavira 3. Terracotta replica Chanhu-daro is an archaeological of a plough site belonging to the Indus Valley D. Banawali 4. An inscription Civilization. The site is located 130 comprising ten kilometers (81 mi) south of Mohenjo-daro, large sized signs of in Sindh, Pakistan. the Harappan The ancient site at Kot Diji was the script forerunner of the Indus Civilization. The occupation of this site is attested already at Codes: 3300 BCE. The remains consist of two parts; A B C D the citadel area on high ground (about a) 1 2 3 4 12 m), and outer area. Located about b) 2 1 4 3 24 kilometers south of Khairpur in the c) 1 2 4 3 province of Sindh, Pakistan, it is on the d) 2 1 3 4 east bank of the Indus opposite Mohenjo- daro. www.laex.in Page No. 4 https://elearn.laex.in ANCIENT HISTORY UPSC PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS Desalpur archaeological site or 4. Key: A 'Gunthli' is a portion of the Indus Valley Explanation: Civilization which is situated at Nakhtrana Varying type of animals were present on Taluka, Kutch District in Gujarat. Harappan seals like sheep, goat, humped Educational Objective: Know about bull, buffalo, elephant, tiger, lion, the Harappan sites and their features. gaur or Indian bison, the rhinoceros, a short-horned humpless bull, etc. There 2. Key: C are mythical and composite creatures Explanation: too; e.g. human faced goat or part ram or goat, part bull and part elephant, three- Secular society is where there is the headed chimeras, semi-human semi-bovine lack of authority of religious leaders creatures. So, cow was not represented on over political decisions.
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