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
- 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
- In his inscriptions Ashoka calls himself:
Devanampriya Priyadarshni king
B. Asoka Priyadarshi
C. Dhammasoka (Dharmasoka)
D. Daivaputra
- 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
- Which one of the following Harappan sites is NOT located in Gujarat?
Surkotada
B. Rangpur
C. Sutkagendor
D. Desalpur
- Which one of the following Indus cities has houses with doors on the main streets?
Lothal
B. Surkotada
C. Chanhudaro
D. Banawali
- Which of the all Harappan sites, which has the most impressive drainage system?
A. Harappa
B. Banawali
C. Dhaulavira
D. Mohenjodaro
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Pushti Marg is a Vaishnav sect of the Hinduism was founded by?
A. Shankaracharya
B. Ramanujacharya
C. Vallabhacharya
D. Nimbarkacharya