14000+ MCQs Ancient History (Historical Sources and Pre-Historic Period)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 16/03/2026
1. At which of the following place, evidence of concrete upper paleolithic art objects has/have been found?
I. Patue
II. Lohanada Nola
III. Paisra
IV. Nevasa
2. Which one of the following periods is also known as Chalcolithic age?
3. Which one of the following is not a part of early Jain Literature?
4. Which one of the following places is famous for pre-historic paintings?
6. In which of the Vedas, Sabha and Samiti are called as two daughters of Prajapati?
7. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
8. The ‘Purush sutra’ related to Varna system is originally found in
9. ‘Rajatarangini’ written by Kalhana is associated with which of the following?
10. Which of the following fall in the category of commercial inscription?
11. The Lumbini pillar inscription of Ashoka is a
12. The Brahmi script was first deciphered by letters inscribed on
13. The cultivation of cereals first started in
14. Which of the following is a Samhita of Shukla Yajurveda?
15. Kalika Purana is associated with which of the following religion?
16. Which one of the following Vedic literature talks about salvation?
17. According to the excavated evidence, the domestication of animal began in
18. 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?
19. Which one of the following is oldest Veda?
20. Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?
21. Originally the Mahabharata was known as
22. ‘Nachiketa’ legend finds mention in
23. From which rock shelter of Vindhyas, a maximum number of human skeletons have been found?
25. Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells?
26. The evidence of ‘pit dwelling’ has been obtained from
27. The earliest evidence of man in India is found in
28. Pre-Ashokan Brahmi script was found at
29. The compilation of which of the following Vedas have been based on Rigveda?
30. 800 BC to 600 BC is related to which era?
31. In which one of the following languages was the earliest Jain literature compiled?
32. ……… was an early example of an inscription written in Sanskrit.
33. 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?
34. The first Paleolithic tool in India was discovered by
35. Assertion (A) Buddha Pushkar lake was an ideal region for middle paleolithic people. Reason (R) Good stone was found in close proximity to a permanent sweet water source.
36. The Principles of classical music has been deliberated in
37. India is named as ‘Aryavarta’, due to inhabitant of which of the following?
38. Three human skeletons in a single grave were recovered at
39. Consider the following statements.
I. Kharosthti script was written from left to right.
II. Devanagari script is written from left to right.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
40. Most of important salient features of inscription are
41. The first scholar who read Ashokan edicts was
42. The ‘Manusmriti’ mainly deals with
43. 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?
44. From where the word ‘Satyameva Jayate’ taken?
45. In which vedic text the term ‘Varna’ is found referred for the first time?
46. The three-age system was divided into stone, bronze and iron from the collection of Copenhagen museum were coined by
47. Which one of the following statements is not true about the Chalcolithic cultures of India?
48. With reference to naming of India, ‘Bharatvarsha’ has been mentioned in which of the following book?
49. Which of the following Indian archaeologists first visited ‘Bhimbetka Caves’ and discovered prehistoric significance of its rock paintings?
