Top 50 Questions on Ancient History for SSC And Railway Exam 2016

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(Previous Years Paper Questions)

1. The source of Swastika symbol - Indus Valley

2. Who is considered as the father of Indian archaeoloy - Alexander Cunningham

3. Meter scale has been discovered from ......... - Harappa

4. Weapon never used by the -Indus people - Sword

5. What was the major industry in Chanhudaro? - Bead making

6. The word ‘Sindhan’ used by the Indus people denoted - Cotton

7. Evidence of fractional burial has been excavated from - Harappa

8. The word ‘godhume’ used in the vedic period denote - Wheat

9. ‘Yava’ denoted - Barley

10. Term used to denote rice in the vedic text - Vrihi

11. Vedic term sita denoted - Ploughed field

12. Which veda mentions about wheel - Rigveda

13. Vedi terms ‘Urvara’ or ‘kshetra’ denoted - Cultivated field

14. The famous frog hymn in Rig Veda throws light to - Vedic education

15. Who was considered as the god of the vedas? - Varuna

16. Rigvedic term ‘Duhitri’ denoted - Milker of cows

17. Method used to calculate the number of cows in the Vedic period - Ashtakarni

18. Part of which veda has prose part - Yajur Veda

19. Who spread Aryan religion in South India - Agasthya

20. Vedic term ‘Aghanya’ denotes - Cows

21. The term ‘Bharata’ and ‘Bharatavarsha’ were first used in - Rig Veda

22. Upanishad which mentions the four Ashramas of Vedic period - Jabala Upanishad

23. Largest number of hymns in Rigveda a are in praise of - Indra

24. Edict which mentions about the relation between India and China - Nagarjunakonda

25. First town in the vedic period to use burned bricks - Kausambi

26. First reference about lending money for interest can be found in - Satpatha Brahmana

27. Rigvedic paintings have been discovered from Bhagvanpura. It is in which state - Haryana

28. Upanishad which mentions about police system - Brihadaranyaka Upanishads

29. God who was considered as God of Gods - Varuna

30. Community which was considered as untouchables by the Buddhists. - Chandalas

31. The language used by the Jains to spread their religion - Prakrit

32. Who is considered as the St.John of Buddhism - Ananda

33. Who is considered as Devil by the Buddhists - Mara

34. Three daughters of ‘Mara’ - lust, emotion and desire

35. The ruler who persecuted Buddhists - Pushyamitrasunga

36. Major philosophic school of Bhagvatism - Vishishtadvaita

37. Earliest reference about Srikrishna can be found in - Chandoghya Upanishad

38. Hindu God who found place in Greek literature - Sri Krishna

39. Jain Thirthankara, who was related to Sri Krishna -- Rishabhadeva (Ist Thirthankara)

40. Tamil god of the Sangham age for War and Victory - Kottavai

41. Saint who founded the Saivism -Lakulisa

42. Tamil kingdom of the Sangham Age which sent an ambassador to the court of Roman Emperor - Augusts Pandyas

43. First Sangham was founded by - Saint Agasthya

44. Famous poetess of the Sangham period - Avvaiyar

45. Greeco-Roman traders who visited South India during the Sangham period were denoted with the term - Yavanas

46. Sangham work which describes about Buddhism - Manimekhalai

47. The word used by Ashoka to denote Buddha - Bhagavati

48. Ashokan inscriptions were desciphered by James prince in the year - 1837

49. Indo-Greek ruler who had his boundaries upto Pataliputra - Menander

50. Yuchi ruler who introduced gold coins for the first time - Vima Kadphesus