General Awareness Quiz – History

General Awareness Quiz Set 98 for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and Railways exams. History Quiz for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, Railways etc.

Topic: History

1. The most important source of our information on ancient India’s cultural history are: 
   A. archaeological excavations
   B. antiquities and monuments
   C. literature and epics
   D. inscriptions and coins
   
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     Option C.
   Explanation: Literature and Epics.
2. In his inscriptions Ashoka calls himself:
   Devanampriya Priyadarshni king
   B. Asoka Priyadarshi
   C. Dhammasoka (Dharmasoka)
   D. Daivaputra
   
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     Option A.
   Explanation: Devanampriya Priyadarshni king.
3. The granary discovered at Harappa was located:
   A. within the citadel at Mohenjodaro
   B. in the “Lower town’
   C. near the river Ravi
   D. beside the western gate of the city
   
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   Option C.
   Explanation: Near the river Ravi.
4. Which one of the following Harappan sites is NOT located in Gujarat?
   Surkotada
   B. Rangpur
   C. Sutkagendor
   D. Desalpur
   
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   Option C.
   Explanation: Sutkagendor.
5. Which one of the following Indus cities has houses with doors on the main streets?
   Lothal
   B. Surkotada
   C. Chanhudaro
   D. Banawali
   
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   Option A.
   Explanation: Lothal.
6. Which of the all Harappan sites, which has the most impressive drainage system?
   A. Harappa
   B. Banawali
   C. Dhaulavira
   D. Mohenjodaro
   
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   Option A.
   Explanation: Harappa .
7. Which of the following was not one of the ruling dynasties of South India in the Sangam Age?
   A. Chola
   B. Chera
   C. Pandya
   D. Pallava
   
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   Option D.
   Explanation: Pallava.
8. Which was probably the most popular assembly in which even women enjoyed equal status with men in the Early Vedic period?
   A. Sabha
   B. Samiti
   C. Gana
   D. Vidatha
   
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   Option D.
   Explanation: Vidatha.
9. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
   A. Samaveda Samhita – Origins of Indian music
   B. Atharvaveda Samhita – Origins of Indian medicine
   C. Rigveda Samhita – Earliest prose
   D. Yajurveda Samhita – Origins of rituals
   
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   Option C.
   Explanation: Rigveda Samhita – Earliest prose.
10. Pushti Marg is a Vaishnav sect of the Hinduism was founded by?
    A. Shankaracharya
    B. Ramanujacharya
    C. Vallabhacharya
    D. Nimbarkacharya
    
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    Option D.
    Explanation: Vallabhacharya.

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