[MCQ]INDIAN HISTORY MCQs For WBCS Exam||Set 08

INDIAN HISTORY MCQs For WBCS Exam

 Q.1 

Rice cultivation is associated with the Harappan site of

a) Harappa 

b) Mohenjodaro

c) Kalibangan 

d) Lothal

Ans.d

Q.2 

Mohenjodaro is also known as

a) Mound of the Great

b) Mound of the Survivors

c) Mound of the Living 

d) Mound of the Dead

Ans.d

Q.3 

Which of the following elements of Hinduism were practised in the Indus Valley Civilisation?

a) Cult of Shiva 

b) Idol worship

c) Worshipping cows

d) Wearing sacred threads

Ans.a

Q.4 

Gandhara School of Art was established in

a) Eastern India 

b) Southern India

c) North-western India 

d) Western India

Ans.c

Q.5

Which of the following archaeologists initially discovered the Mohenjodaro site of Indus Valley Civilisation?

a) Daya Ram Sahni 

b) Rakhal Das Banerjee

c) Sir John Marshall 

d) Sir Martimer Wheeler

Ans.b

Q.6

Which of the following is not related to Gandhara School of Art?

a) Elephanta 

b) Khajuraho

c) Ellora 

d) Ajanta

Ans.d

Q.7

Who among the following popularised the theory of ‘Arctic Region’ as the original home of Aryans?

a) Macdonell 

b) Max Muller

c) B.G.Tilak 

d) Keith

Ans.c

Q.8

Who among the following was a Brahmavadini who composed some hymns of the Vedas?

a) Savitri 

b) Gargi

c) Leelavati 

d) Lopamudra

Ans.b

Q.9

Which of the following rivers is not mentioned frequently in Rig Vedic hymns?

a) Ganges 

b) Brahmaputra

c) Sindhu 

d) Saraswati

Ans.b

Q.10

Upanishads also known as the Vedantas are ______ in number.

a) 96 

b) 105

c) 108 

d) 112

Ans.c

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