📘 Prehistoric Period📚 Neolithic Age (New Stone Age)

Q1

Burzahom, Neolithic site is located in ..........

🎯 SSC CHSL (Tier-I) –09/07/2019 (Shift-III)

📘 Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) / Harappan Culture📚 Harappan Sites

Q2

Who among the following begun his excavations at Dholavira in 1990?

🎯 SSC CHSL 12/08/2021 (Shift-II)

📘 Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) / Harappan Culture📚 Society, Culture & Technology in IVC

Q3

Indus Valley Civilization was a __________ age civilization.

🎯 (SSC 10+2 CHSL 29.01.17, 10 am)

📘 Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) / Harappan Culture📚 Harappan Sites

Q4

Which of the following sites of Indus Valley Civilization is not on the bank of river Indus ?

🎯 SSC CHSL 20/10/2020 (Shift-I)

📘 The Vedic Period📚 Misc

Q5

What is the Rigvedic name of the river Ravi ?

🎯 SSC CHSL 26/10/2020 (Shift-III)

📘 The Vedic Period📚 Religion & Philosophy

Q6

The Sankhya Darshan sect was founded by __________

🎯 SSC CHSL (Tier-I) –11/07/2019 (Shift-I)

📘 The Vedic Period📚 Sources for Reconstructing Vedic Society (Vedas, Brahmanas, etc.)

Q7

How many Vedangas are there in total ?

🎯 SSC CHSL 21/10/2020 (Shift-II)

📘 The Vedic Period📚 Political Structure

Q8

At one stage in the Vedic Age, the king was called 'gopati' which meant ''.

🎯 SSC CHSL 26/10/2020 (Shift-I)

📘 The Vedic Period📚 Religion & Philosophy

Q9

The word 'Satyameva Jayate' on the national emblem of India has been taken from which Upanishad?

🎯 SSC CHSL 17/03/2020 (Shift-II)

📘 The Vedic Period📚 Early Vedic Period (Rigvedic Period: c. 1500-1000 BCE)

Q10

'Purusha Sukta' is a hymn from which Veda?

🎯 SSC CHSL 05/08/2021 (Shift-II)

📘 The Mahajanapadas Period (c. 600-322 BCE)📚 Haryanka Dynasty

Q11

Bimbisara was the king of which dynasty?

🎯 (SSC 10+2 CHSL 23.01.17 21:15 pm)

📘 The Mahajanapadas Period (c. 600-322 BCE)📚 Haryanka Dynasty

Q12

Ajatashatru was the son of __________

🎯 (SSC 10+2 CHSL 01.02.17, 10 am)

📘 The Mahajanapadas Period (c. 600-322 BCE)📚 Rise of the Magadhan Empire

Q13

Which of the following Kings does not belong to the Magadha empire?

🎯 (SSC 10+2 CHSL 23.01.17 21:15 pm)

📘 The Mahajanapadas Period (c. 600-322 BCE)📚 Rise of the Magadhan Empire

Q14

Which was the first empire in ancient India to use elephants in its war on a large scale?

🎯 SSC CHSL 05/08/2021 (Shift-II)

📘 Jainism📚 The 24 Tirthankaras

Q15

In which Indian Religion, there are 24 Tirthankaras?

🎯 (SSC 10+2 CHSL 07.02.17, 10 am)

📘 Jainism📚 Misc

Q16

Santhara is a religious ritual of.... community.

🎯 (SSC 10+2 CHSL 08.02.17, 21:15 pm)

📘 Jainism📚 Literature, Spread, and Royal Patronage

Q17

The renowned Temple at Ranakpur is a__ Temple.

🎯 (SSC 10+2 CHSL 08.01.17, 4:15 pm)

📘 Jainism📚 The 24 Tirthankaras

Q18

Name the holy city recognized as the birthplace of the first and fourth Jain Tirthankaras.

🎯 SSC CHSL 26/10/2020 (Shift-I)

📘 Buddhism📚 Important Sites

Q19

Kya Gompa, the largest centre of Buddhist learning in the western Himalayas, is situated in the state/Union territory of ......

🎯 SSC CHSL (Tier-1) – 09/03/2023 (Shift-IV)

📘 Buddhism📚 Buddhist Councils

Q20

Which Buddhist Council was held soon after the death of Gautam Buddha?

🎯 (SSC 10+2 CHSL 07.02.17, 4:15 pm)

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