14000+ MCQs Ancient History (Historical Sources and Pre-Historic Period)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 29/01/2026
1. The cultivation of cereals first started in
2. From which rock shelter of Vindhyas, a maximum number of human skeletons have been found?
3. The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the
6. In which vedic text the term ‘Varna’ is found referred for the first time?
7. Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?
8. ……… was an early example of an inscription written in Sanskrit.
9. From which one of the following sites bone implements have been found?
10. Consider the following statements.
I. Samaveda is the oldest book on Indian classical music.
II. Samaveda has 1549 versus.
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?
11. Who wrote Periplus of the Erythraean Sea?
12. Which Veda deal with the details of the performance of rituals?
13. King Aswapati of the Upanishadic period was the ruler of
14. Which of the following books is/are written by Fa-Hien?
15. Ash Mound is associated with the Neolithic site at
16. Which of the following Indian archaeologists first visited ‘Bhimbetka Caves’ and discovered prehistoric significance of its rock paintings?
17. Which site provides the earliest evidence of the domestication of animals?
I. Sohan river valley of Punjab.
II. Bagor in Rajasthan.
III. Belar Valley in Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)
IV. Adamgarh in Madhya Pradesh.
18. The Principles of classical music has been deliberated in
19. The evidence of ‘pit dwelling’ has been obtained from
20. Kharosthi script was widely used in which region?
21. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
22. The ochre-coloured pottery was christened in
23. The first scholar who read Ashokan edicts was
24. Consider the following statements.
I. Bagor in Rajasthan is the largest Mesolithic site in India.
II. Mehrgarh in Baluchistan (Pakistan) is the oldest Neolithic site in India Subcontinent.
Which at the statement given above is/are correct?
25. In which language was the ‘Shrimad Bhagavad Gita’ originally written?
26. Navdatoli was excavated by
27. From where the word ‘Satyameva Jayate’ taken?
28. Three human skeletons in a single grave were recovered at
29. Consider the following statements.
I. Jatakas are the folklore literature of Jainism.
II. Agams are Jain texts based on discourses of Tirthankara.
Select the correct answer using the code below.
30. Which one of the following places is famous for pre-historic paintings?
31. Who was the first law maker?
32. 800 BC to 600 BC is related to which era?
33. Pre-Ashokan Brahmi script was found at
34. Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts?
35. Consider the following statements:
I. The naming of India has been done, after the name of one of the major Jana ‘Bharat’ of Rigvedic period.
II. India is said to be one of the part of Jambu Dweepa.
Select the correct answer using the code below.
36. Most of important salient features of inscription are
37. The ‘Purush sutra’ related to Varna system is originally found in
38. Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells?
39. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
40. Consider the following statements about the Neolithic people.
I. Neolithic people never ventured far from the hills.
II. They produced that was just enough for base subsistence.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
41. Consider the following statements.
I. There are total 40 ‘Mandalas’ in Yajurveda.
II. ‘Vajsaneyi Samhita’ is related to ‘Shukla Yajurveda’.
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?
43. Ganeshwar, the Pre-Harappan Chalcolithic site which supplied copper objects to Harappan sites is in
45. The study and analysis of coin is known as
46. The ‘Manusmriti’ mainly deals with
47. The legend of ‘Satyakama Jabala’, which challenges the stigma of being an unmarried mother, is mentioned in
48. From which one of the following Mesolithic sites charred and carbonised grains of wild rice embedded in the burnt clay remains of wattle and daub walls of huts, has been discovered?
49. Which one of the following statements is not true about the Chalcolithic cultures of India?
50. ‘Nachiketa’ legend finds mention in
