14000+ MCQs Ancient History (Historical Sources and Pre-Historic Period)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 29/10/2026
1. Kharosthi script was widely used in which region?
2. 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
4. Which of the following Chalcolithic sites does not fall in the Godavari Pravara system?
5. The first scholar who read Ashokan edicts was
6. Which Veda deal with the details of the performance of rituals?
7. Most of important salient features of inscription are
8. Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?
9. Sarga, Pratisarga, Vansa, Manvantara and Vanshanucharita are the indicators of
10. Which of the following Indian archaeologists first visited ‘Bhimbetka Caves’ and discovered prehistoric significance of its rock paintings?
11. From which one of the following sites bone implements have been found?
12. Ash Mound is associated with the Neolithic site at
14. The Lumbini pillar inscription of Ashoka is a
15. Which of the following Buddhist texts contains the rules of monastic life?
16. Which one of the following periods is also known as Chalcolithic age?
17. 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?
18. 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.
19. 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?
20. Which one of the following Vedic literature talks about salvation?
21. 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
22. 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?
23. Which of the following is not included in ‘Tripitaka’?
24. Ganeshwar, the Pre-Harappan Chalcolithic site which supplied copper objects to Harappan sites is in
25. ‘Nachiketa’ legend finds mention in
26. Pre-Ashokan Brahmi script was found at
27. Originally the Mahabharata was known as
28. Which one of the following is not a part of early Jain Literature?
30. Which of the following is a Samhita of Shukla Yajurveda?
31. ‘Ayurveda’ that is ‘Science of Life’ appeared first in
32. Who was the first law maker?
33. Which one of the following places is famous for pre-historic paintings?
34. The study and analysis of coin is known as
35. Which one of the following is oldest Veda?
36. The ‘Manusmriti’ mainly deals with
37. The period in which the events occured before the existence of written records is called
38. The Principles of classical music has been deliberated in
39. 800 BC to 600 BC is related to which era?
40. The three-age system was divided into stone, bronze and iron from the collection of Copenhagen museum were coined by
41. Which of the following sites has yielded skeleton of the dog along with human skeleton in burial?
43. 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?
44. Which of the Neolithic age site is not correctly matched?
45. Which of the following books is/are written by Fa-Hien?
46. The first Paleolithic tool in India was discovered by
47. The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the
48. In the Chalcolithic period people of Maharashtra buried their dead under the floor of their houses in the following orientation
49. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
50. Which among the following cultures were the first to paint their pottery?
