Ancient History - MOST IMPORTANT UPSSSC Lower PCS Previous Year Questions
Practice real questions from previous year exams of UPSSSC Lower PCS.
📘 Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) / Harappan Culture📚 Harappan Sites
Q1
Where were the remains of horse bones found in the Indus Civilization?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS II - 06-03-2016
📘 The Vedic Period📚 Sources for Reconstructing Vedic Society (Vedas, Brahmanas, etc.)
Q2
Which of the following is not an Upaveda?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS III - 26-06-2016
📘 The Mahajanapadas Period (c. 600-322 BCE)📚 Haryanka Dynasty
Q3
What is the name of that famous physician in the court of King Bimbisara who was the personal physician of Lord Buddha?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Exam – 01-10-2019 (Shift-II)
📘 Buddhism📚 Important Sites
Q4
From which monument did Gautama Buddha propagate his divine knowledge of Buddhism to the world?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS II - 15-07-2018
📘 The Mauryan Empire (c. 322-185 BCE)📚 Ashokan Inscriptions and Sites
Q5
The largest of the main edicts of Ashoka is-
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS II - 06-03-2016
📘 Post-Mauryan Period (c. 200 BCE - 300 CE)📚 Sunga Dynasty
Q6
Ancient India's great grammarian Patanjali was a contemporary of whom?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS I - 28-02-2016
📘 Sangam Period (South India: c. 300 BCE - 300 CE)📚 Sangam Literature
Q7
Which literature is famous as Sangam literature?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS I - 28-02-2016
📘 The Gupta Empire (c. 319 - 550 CE)📚 Literature, Science & Technology during Guptas
Q8
Who wrote the book 'Malavikagnimitram'?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Mains 21/10/2021 Paper-I
📘 The Mauryan Empire (c. 322-185 BCE)📚 Literary Sources (Kautilya's Arthashastra, Megasthenes' Indica)
Q9
Megasthenes, who wrote the famous book Indica about India, was originally from which country?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Exam – 30-09-2019 (Shift-II)
📘 Western & Central India Dynasties📚 Chandel Dynasty
Q10
The famous monuments of Khajuraho group are in which state?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS II - 15-07-2018
📘 Prehistoric Period📚 Neolithic Age (New Stone Age)
Q11
The most ancient evidence of Systematic farming in India is found from which place?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS (Pre) 2004
📘 Prehistoric Period📚 Neolithic Age (New Stone Age)
Q12
The most ancient evidence of Systematic farming in India is found from which place?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS (Pre) 2008
📘 Prehistoric Period📚 Chalcolithic Age (Copper Stone Age)
Q13
Who excavated navdatoli?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS (Pre) Spl. 2008
📘 Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) / Harappan Culture📚 Harappan Sites
Q14
Excavation work in Chahundaro was directed by–
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS (Pre) 2015
📘 Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) / Harappan Culture📚 Harappan Sites
Q15
What was found from the recent excavations at the Harappan site Sonauli?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS (Pre) 2004
📘 The Vedic Period📚 Sources for Reconstructing Vedic Society (Vedas, Brahmanas, etc.)
Q16
Which of the followings Veda is Ancient most?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS (Pre) 2009–10
📘 The Vedic Period📚 The Aryan Question / Theories of Origin
Q17
There is similarity in Rig-Veda and Zend Avesta. Zend Avesta is associated with which region?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS (Pre) 2004
📘 The Vedic Period📚 The Aryan Question / Theories of Origin
Q18
Word meaning of the term 'Arya' is-
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS (Pre) 1998
📘 The Vedic Period📚 Sources for Reconstructing Vedic Society (Vedas, Brahmanas, etc.)
Q19
In which Vedic text is the word 'Varna' found for the first time?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS (Pre) 2014-15
📘 The Vedic Period📚 Later Vedic Period (c. 1000-600 BCE)
Q20
The sages associated with Videha Madhav mentioned in the Shatapatha Brahmin was-
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS (Pre) 2015