14000+ MCQs Ancient History (Historical Sources and Pre-Historic Period)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 14/06/2026
2. The ochre-coloured pottery was christened in
3. Which Veda deal with the details of the performance of rituals?
4. The cultivation of cereals first started in
5. From which one of the following sites bone implements have been found?
6. 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.
7. 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
8. In which of the Vedas, Sabha and Samiti are called as two daughters of Prajapati?
9. Which of the following is the earliest Holy book of Jain?
10. India is named as ‘Aryavarta’, due to inhabitant of which of the following?
11. King Aswapati of the Upanishadic period was the ruler of
12. The teacher who taught ‘Veda Vedanga’ for livelihood was called
13. Consider the following statements.
I. Ramayana considered as oldest epic (Adi Kavya) was written by Valmiki.
II. It is divided into 7 Kandas viz-Bala, Ayodhya, Aranya, Kishkindha, Sundara, Yuddha and Uttara.
III. Sundara Kanda is biggest among all Kandas in Ramayana.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
14. The ‘Purush sutra’ related to Varna system is originally found in
15. Which one of the following places is famous for pre-historic paintings?
16. Sarga, Pratisarga, Vansa, Manvantara and Vanshanucharita are the indicators of
17. The burying pet dogs in the graves of the masters did not seem to be a practice with Neolithic people in any part of India except
18. 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.
19. Which of the Neolithic age site is not correctly matched?
20. From which rock shelter of Vindhyas, a maximum number of human skeletons have been found?
21. Which among the following sites provides evidence of domestication of animals in the mesolithic period?
22. The biggest museum of the country depicting the story of the development of human civilisation and also known as Indira Gandhi Manav Sangrahalaya is situated in
23. ‘Nachiketa’ legend finds mention in
24. Pre-Ashokan Brahmi script was found at
25. According to the excavated evidence, the domestication of animal began in
26. In which State, the Navdatoli is located?
27. The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the
28. Which one of the following statements is not true about the Chalcolithic cultures of India?
29. The evidence of ‘pit dwelling’ has been obtained from
30. Who is called the ‘Father of Indian Archaeology’?
32. Which of the following is the correct order of the Vedic literature?
33. The Brahmi script was first deciphered by letters inscribed on
34. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
35. The period in which the events occured before the existence of written records is called
36. Which of the following is a Samhita of Shukla Yajurveda?
38. Three human skeletons in a single grave were recovered at
39. Who wrote Periplus of the Erythraean Sea?
41. In mesolithic context, evidence of animal domestication has been found at
42. Consider the following statements in the context of Neolithic Chalcolithic culture.
I. The people of Neolithic Chalcolithic culture used stone implements.
II. The post Harappan sites representing Neolithic-Chalcolithic culture, out number those of pre-Harappan.
III. Some important sites representing this culture are Ahar, Gilund and Balathal.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
43. ‘Rajatarangini’ written by Kalhana is associated with which of the following?
44. Ash Mound is associated with the Neolithic site at
45. Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts?
46. Consider the following statement.
I. Hiuen-Tsang wrote ‘Si-Yu-Ki’ or ‘The Records of Western World’.
II. Al-Biruni wrote ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’.
Select the correct answer from the code below.
47. Ganeshwar, the Pre-Harappan Chalcolithic site which supplied copper objects to Harappan sites is in
48. In which language was the ‘Shrimad Bhagavad Gita’ originally written?
49. The study and analysis of coin is known as
50. 800 BC to 600 BC is related to which era?
