History MCQ for WBCS UPSC Rail Ntpc SSC Bank Group D Exam

1 From which of the following regions the remains of Palaeolithic Mesolithic and Neolithic cultures have been found?

A Kashmir valley B Krishna valley

C belan valley  D Godavari valley

2 Earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian subcontinent has been found in

A brahmagiri  B chirand

C mehergarh  D burzahom

3 Which place is famous for prehistoric paintings?

A bagh  B vimbetka

C Ajanta  D amraboti

4 dogs were buried with human burinals at

A gufkral  B burzahom

C martand D mehergarh

5. Who among the following cultures were first to paint their pottery?

A Mesolithic  B chalcolithic

C Neolithic  D Iron Age

6. The people of Indus valley civilisation were almost

A Nigroid B proto-australoid

C Mediterranean D Nordic

7. Indus valley civilisation belongs to

A pre historic  B historical

C proto historical  D post historical

8. Which of the following is latest site found?

A dholavira  B amri

C lothal D kalibangan

9. Which of the following indus valley civilisation sites gives evidence of a stadium?

A hrappa  B kalibangan

C mahenjodaro D dholavira

10. a seal depicting mother goddess with plant growing from her wonb?

A Harappa B mahenjodaro

C kalibangan  D dholavira

11. a lot of bead discovered from

A Harappa B mahenjodaro

C lothal  D dholavira

12. the best drainage system (water management) in the indus valley civilisation was

A Harappa B lothal

C mahenjodaro D kalibangan

13. which of the following indus valley civilisation was found on the Iranian border

A surkotada B sutkagen dor

C kotdigi D balakot

14. which of the following  indus valley civilasation cementry R37 found

A lothal B mahenjodaro

C dholavira  D Harappa

15. rivers around which Indus valley civilisation existed

1 Indus 2 chenub 3 Jhelum 4 Ganga

A 1&2  B 1,2,3

C 2,3,4  D all of the above

16 the word gotra occurred first time in

A rigveda B somveda

C jajurveda  D atharbaveda

17. In vedic period which animal was known ‘aghanya’

A bull b sheep c cow d elephant

18 Game of ‘dice’ was part of the ritual of

A agnistoma b aswamedha c rajasuya d vajapeya

19 gayatri mantra is dedicated to

A indra b aditi c gayatri d savitri

20. How many of 16 mahajanpads were situated in ganga valley?

A 8 b 9 c 10 d 11

21. list of 16 mahajanpads are available in

A mahabharat  b chhandogaya Upanishad

C samyukta nijaya d angutara nikaya

22. The first meeting of Ghosal with Mahavir swami was held at

A champa b baishali c takshashila d nalanda

23. Where was the third Buddhist council held?

A vaishali b patliputra c Kashmir d rajgriha

24. Who was not a contemporary of the other three?

A bimbisar b goutam Buddha c milind d prasenjit

25. who presided over 4^th Buddhist council?

A ashwaghosh b upgupta c vasumitra d mahakashyap

26. Buddhist, Hindu and Jain rock cut caves coexisted at

A Ajanta b elephanta c ellora d karle

27. lumbini was birth place of Goutama Buddha was attested by the inscription of

A Ashoka b pushyamitra sungha c kanishka d harsha

28. according to Buddhism, man aim of life is

A nirvana b moksha c kaivalya d nirjara

29. Who founded the lingayat movement?

A basava b lakulisha c maysayendranath d kulshekhar

30. Buddha depicted on the coins of the

A wima  kadphises b kanishka c nahapana d budhgupta

31. Dilwara temple was located at

A bhuvneshar b Aurangabad c khajuraho d mount abu

32. who was governor of sourastra during the reign of ashoka

A tusashpha b suvishakha c pushyagupta d radhagupta

33. In which inscription, ashoka made his famous declaration “all men are my children”

A minor rock edict of ahrawra B pilar edict VII

C Lumbini pilar edict  D separate KALINGA rock edict I

34. Name by which Ashoka generally referred to in his inscription is

A chakraborty B debraj

C dharmakirti D piyadarshi

35. Which of the following languages is used in the inscriptions of ashoka?

A pali b prakrit c sankrit d apvrangsha

36. which of the following taxes were paid in the cash?

A bhaga b hiranya c pranaya d bali

37. charak was famus court physician of

A kanishka b pushyamitra c ashoka d Chandragupta

38. official language of satbahanas was

A prakrit b Sanskrit c apabramsha d telegu

39. Who was protector of ‘varna’ system?

A pushyamitra b kharbel c gaqutamiputra d vasudeva

40. who was founder of vakatak dynasty

A vindhya Shakti b ishwarsena c pravarsena d rudrasena

41. who was founder of chedi dynasty

A vindhya Shakti b kharbela c mahameghavarman d mahapadam

42. The sungha ruler, agnimitra , was hero of a book written by

A patanjali b ashwaghosh c banbhatta d kalidasa

43 who was rudradaman I?

A saka rular of Ujjain  b saka rular taxila c saka rular nasik d saka rular of Mathura

44. WHICH of the following temple doesnot belong to cholas?

A brihadwshawara b koranganatha c kalilashantha d airavateswar

45. Which dynastry do the arab writers refer to when they say that the women did not cover faces with veil

A pala b pratihara c rastrakuta d cholas

46. Which was the primary assembly in chola village administration?

A nadu b sabha c ur d mahasabha

47. Which dynasty constructed ellora kailash temple?

A rastrakut b satbahan c maurya d pulkashya

48. Rockcut temples of Mahabalipuram were built under patronage of

A chola kings b pandya kings c pallab kings d satbahan kings

49. Who was the ruler of chola kingsom at the time of Mahmud gazni’s expedition of somnath temple

A uttama chola b rajaraja I c rajendra I d kulotonga

50. ‘Ramayanam’ the tamil version of the great epic Ramayana was made by

A kamban b avvaiyar c Ilango adigal d none 

If you think any of the answer is wrong please comment with right answer.