Ancient History Previous Year Questions 2026 | UPSSSC Lower PCS

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