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Q1. Who excavated the Harappan remains at Rupnagar of Punjab ?

(A) Y. D. Sharma
(B) Daya Ram Sahni
(C) Rakhal Das Bandopadhyay
(D) None of them

Answer: Y. D. Sharma

Q2. Features of the urban Harappan culture found in Punjab is/are

(A) Wheel made pottery of distinctive kind
(B) Planned cities and towns
(C) Standard weight and seals bearing a script
(D) All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Q3. In Punjab the sites of Palaeolithic Age are found in the valley of river –

(A) Soan
(B) Ravi
(C) Betwa
(D) Sutlej

Answer: Soan

Q4. No sites of …… Age in Punjab has discovered so far.

(A) Paleolithic
(B) Mesolithic
(C) Neolithic
(D) Both (A) and (B)

Answer: Mesolithic

Q5. Which Stone Age’s sites are discovered in Daulatpur, Dher, Majra and Hoshiarpur ?

(A) Palaeolithic Age
(B) Mesolithic Age
(C) Neolithic Age
(D) None of the above

Answer: Palaeolithic Age

Q6. Consider the following statement(s).
1. Prabhavati Gupta was the daughter of one of the most important rulers in early Indian history, Chandragupta I who extended his empire to Punjab.
2. She was married into the ruling family of the Vakatakas, who were powerful in the Deccan.
Which of the above mentioned statement(s) is/are correct ?

(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: Only 2

Q7. Consider the following statement(s) about the Palaeolithic Age.
1. People of this age were mainly hunters and food gatherers.
2. The sites of this age are found in the valley of Soan in Punjab.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct ?

(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) None of these

Answer: Both 1 and 2

Q8. Consider the following statement(s) about the Pala empire.
1. The Palas were the followers of the Hinayana and Tantric Schools of Buddhism.
2. Dharmapala extended his empire into the Northern parts of the Indian sub continent which include Punjab and Afghanistan.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are incorrect ?

(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) None of the above

Answer: Both 1 and 2

Q9. Which of the following ruler of Indo-Greek established independent kingdom centred at Taxila and later moved his capital to Sakala, modern Sialkot of Punjab ?

(A) Menander
(B) Demetros II
(C) Demetros I
(D) None of them

Answer: Menander

Q10. Who wrote the famous Sanskrit play ‘Mudrarakshasa’. Which is a valuable source of the history of Punjab ?

(A) Kalidasa
(B) Bhavabhuti
(C) Kalhana
(D) Visakhadatta

Answer: Visakhadatta