NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: History MCQs (Practice_Test 108 of 130)
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- Assertion (A) : According to the foreign traveller Paes, the Devadasis held a highly respectable position in the vijayanagar society.
- Reason (R) : The Devdasis system of offering dancing girls to the temples in south India came into existence for the first time under the Vijayanagar rulers
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct Expanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true and R is not a correct Expanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Answer: c
- Assertion (A) : The partition of India resulted in the failure of the Hindu and Muslim communities to agree on how and to whom power was to be transferred.
- Reason (R) : The political leadership of the independence movement of India was divided on sectarian lines and strongly believed in the two-nation theory
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct Expanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true and R is not a correct Expanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Answer: c
- Assertion (A) : Major Rock Edict No. XIII mentioning Asoka՚s conquest of Kalinga, does not appear at Dhauli.
- Reason (R) : Asoka did not want the people of Kalinga to be reminded of his conquest
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct Expanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true and R is not a correct Expanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Answer: a
- Stratigraphy is a method used in Archaeology to understand which one of the following?
- Extend of the distribution of a culture
- Successive deposits of the material remains.
- Physical features of the people inhabiting the site
- The numerical wealth of the milch cattle
- Answer: b
- Which one of the following indicates the antecedent stages of the mature Harappan phase?
- Cemetery H and Kechibeg
- Cemetery H and Amri
- Cemetery H and Jhukar
- Amri and Kechibeg
- Answer: b
- Which one of the following sites has yielded the earliest evidence for both wild and sown varieties of paddy?
- Adamgarh
- Ahar
- Bagor
- Belan
- Answer: d
- Which one is the correct chronological order of cultures?
- Magdalenian-Mousterian-Acheulean-Abbevillian
- Abbevillian-Acheulean-Mousterian-Magdalenian
- Magdalenian-Acheulean-Mousterian-Abbevillian
- Abbevillian-Mousterian-Acheulean-Magdalenian
- Answer: b
- Match List I [Archaeological Materials (pottery) ] with list II (Historical phase) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : History MCQs (Practice_Test 108 of 130) List-I (Archaeological Materials) List-II (Historical phase) - PGW-Painted Grey were
- Black and Red ware
- NBPW-Northern black
- RPW-Red polished ware
- Gupta age
- Harappan age
- Early historic age polished were
- Mauryan age
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 2
- Answer: a
- From which one of the following sites, was the famous Bull-seal of Indus Valley found?
- Harappa
- Chanhudaro
- Lothal
- Mohenjo-daro
- Answer: d
- Incontestable evidence is found to prove the existence of maritime trade of Indus people with Western Asia. Which one of the following was not an item of export?
- Peacock
- Horse
- Ivory
- Pearl
- Answer: b
- Match list I (Characteristics) with list II (site/system) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : History MCQs (Practice_Test 108 of 130) List-I (Characteristics) List-II (site/system) - This river system has the maximum
- This Harappan site has recently
- This Neolithic site in Kashmir has
- This site is described as a pure copper
- Burzhom concentration of Harappan settlements
- Ahar yielded an unusual cache of silver ware and ornaments
- Kunal yielded evidence of early Harappan contacts
- Ghaggar Hakra age site in India
- Dholavira
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 1
- 5
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 2
- Answer: d
- Which one of the following contains the famous Gayatri Mantra?
- Rigveda
- Yajurveda
- Atharvaveda
- Samveda
- Answer: a
- According to the famous puranas, which one of the following places was chosen by the God Shiva for his Lukilusha incarnation?
- Sri Shyla
- Kashi
- Ujjaini
- Kayavarohana
- Answer: d
- Which Vedic Gods has been described in the Rigveda as residing in a thousand pillared house?
- Indra and Agni
- Yama and Yami
- Usha and Surya
- Mitra and Varuna
- Answer: d
- Who among the following women is known to have composed the Vedic Mantras?
- Gargi
- Maitreyi
- Apala
- Jabala
- Answer: c