Ancient History - MOST IMPORTANT UPSC EPFO Previous Year Questions

Chandragupta Maurya

Ashoka

Kanishka

Harsha

a famous General of Chandragupta Maurya

a noted physician in the Court of Chandragupta Vikramaditya

a famous dramatist who lived during the time of Harsha

a musician in the Court of Ashoka

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A-$\displaystyle 3$, B-$\displaystyle 5$, C-$\displaystyle 2$, D-$\displaystyle 1$

A-$\displaystyle 2$, B-$\displaystyle 4$, C-$\displaystyle 1$, D-$\displaystyle 1$

A-$\displaystyle 3$, B-$\displaystyle 4$, C-$\displaystyle 2$, D-$\displaystyle 2$

A-$\displaystyle 2$, B-$\displaystyle 5$, C-$\displaystyle 1$, D-$\displaystyle 4$

Social mobility

Cultural diffusion

Ethnocentrism

Interdependence

All the continents were settled with human societies at about the same time

Farming societies developed before hunting and gathering

The earliest human evolved in the Rift valley in East Africa

The wheel was in use in all ancient

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John Marshall

Alexander Cunningham

Mortimer Wheeler

Francis Buchanan

Alexander Cunningham, the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, was of the view that the history of India began with the origins of the Indus Valley Civilization.

John Marshall generally adopted the method of excavation along regular horizontal units and ignored the stratigraphy of the site.

R. E. M. Wheeler first recognized the necessity to follow the stratigraphy of the mound rather than dig along horizontal lines.

Amalananda Ghosh was the first to identify similarities between pre-Harappan and mature-Harappan cultures.

Easy access to rich gold mines

Superior cavalry

An agriculturally productive region

Republican system of governance

The temple was carved out of rocks in the Eighth Century CE.

The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva.

The superstructure of the temple corresponds to the Nagara style.

The temple has both Shaiva and Vaishnava sculptures.

Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW) refers to a type of pottery found from archaeological sites in India dating back to $\displaystyle 600$ BCE.

Painted Grey Ware (PGW) refers to a type of pottery found over a large part of South India coinciding with the Sangam period.

Ochre Coloured Pottery (OCP) sites are located in South India only.

Black-and-Red Ware (BRW) is never found at Neolithic sites.

Samarangana-Sutradhara : A scientific work on ancient Indian architecture

Harmika : A style of temple architecture that originated under the Chola Kings

Vimana : A striking feature of the Dravidian style of temples

Kutagarashala : A hut with a pointed roof where travelling mendicants halted

Madura region hills

Shravanabelagola hills

Tamraparni river in the Pandyan Kingdom

Kaveri river in the Palakkad region

Peddavegi

Erumaiyur

Salihundam

Bhattiprolu

Govindapala

Dharmapala

Brahmapala

Jayapala

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Archibald Carlleyle

Alexander Cunningham

V.S. Wakankar

Mortimer Wheeler