| 3401 |
Alexander Cunningham is best described as the: |
History
Discovering the Harappan civilisation |
Easy |
| 3402 |
What was the main weakness of John Marshall's method of excavation? |
History
Discovering the Harappan civilisation |
Medium |
| 3403 |
Why did Indian archaeologists explore many new sites in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana after 1947? |
History
Discovering the Harappan civilisation |
Medium |
| 3404 |
An archaeologist finds a bead in a lower layer and a coin in a layer above it at the same undisturbed site. W… |
History
Discovering the Harappan civilisation |
Hard |
| 3405 |
Evidence of a ploughed field with two sets of furrows at right angles was found at: |
History
Subsistence and settlement |
Easy |
| 3406 |
The Great Bath of Mohenjodaro was located in the: |
History
Subsistence and settlement |
Easy |
| 3407 |
Houses in the Lower Town of Mohenjodaro had no windows in the ground-floor walls facing the street. This most… |
History
Subsistence and settlement |
Medium |
| 3408 |
Which piece of evidence best supports the view that Mohenjodaro was planned before it was built? |
History
Subsistence and settlement |
Medium |
| 3409 |
A Harappan brick is 10 cm high. If it follows the standard Harappan ratio, what would be its length and bread… |
History
Subsistence and settlement |
Hard |
| 3410 |
Which Harappan settlement was almost exclusively devoted to craft production? |
History
Social differences and crafts |
Easy |
| 3411 |
Mesopotamian texts refer to contact with a region called Meluhha, which is possibly: |
History
Social differences and crafts |
Easy |
| 3412 |
Archaeologists identify a site as a craft-production centre mainly by finding: |
History
Social differences and crafts |
Medium |
| 3413 |
Small pots of faience are found mainly in Mohenjodaro and Harappa but rarely in smaller settlements. This sug… |
History
Social differences and crafts |
Medium |
| 3414 |
A Harappan settlement near a distant source of lapis lazuli in Afghanistan was probably set up to obtain raw … |
History
Social differences and crafts |
Hard |
| 3415 |
Most Harappan seals were made of: |
History
Seals, script and weights |
Easy |
| 3416 |
The Harappan script was written in which direction? |
History
Seals, script and weights |
Easy |
| 3417 |
Why do scholars think the Harappan script was not alphabetic? |
History
Seals, script and weights |
Medium |
| 3418 |
A trader finds that the clay sealing on a bag of goods is intact when it reaches him. What does this tell him? |
History
Seals, script and weights |
Medium |
| 3419 |
Lower Harappan weights followed a binary sequence. Which value would come immediately after 64 in this series? |
History
Seals, script and weights |
Hard |
| 3420 |
The stone statue from Mohenjodaro called the "priest-king" was given this name because: |
History
Authority and the end of the civilisation |
Easy |
| 3421 |
Which of the following is a feature of the Late Harappan phase? |
History
Authority and the end of the civilisation |
Easy |
| 3422 |
What supports the view that some authority made decisions in Harappan society? |
History
Authority and the end of the civilisation |
Medium |
| 3423 |
Which of these was NOT among the suggested causes for the decline of Harappan cities? |
History
Authority and the end of the civilisation |
Medium |
| 3424 |
A historian argues that the disappearance of seals, script and standard weights after about 1900 BCE points t… |
History
Authority and the end of the civilisation |
Hard |
| 3425 |
Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts in the 1830s? |
History
Decipherment of scripts |
Easy |
| 3426 |
Most Ashokan inscriptions were written in which script? |
History
Decipherment of scripts |
Easy |
| 3427 |
Which evidence helped scholars decipher Kharosthi? |
History
Decipherment of scripts |
Medium |
| 3428 |
Most Ashokan inscriptions refer to the king by which title? |
History
Decipherment of scripts |
Medium |
| 3429 |
Scholars reading Brahmi first compared it with later scripts such as Bengali and Devanagari. Why was this a u… |
History
Decipherment of scripts |
Hard |
| 3430 |
Which was the earlier capital of Magadha before Pataliputra? |
History
Mahajanapadas and the rise of Magadha |
Easy |
| 3431 |
States known as ganas or sanghas were mainly: |
History
Mahajanapadas and the rise of Magadha |
Easy |
| 3432 |
Which factor did NOT contribute to the rise of Magadha as described by historians? |
History
Mahajanapadas and the rise of Magadha |
Medium |
| 3433 |
Who composed the Dharmasutras that laid down norms for rulers? |
History
Mahajanapadas and the rise of Magadha |
Medium |
| 3434 |
A historian notes that Magadha could move troops and goods easily and cheaply. Which geographical feature bes… |
History
Mahajanapadas and the rise of Magadha |
Hard |
| 3435 |
Megasthenes, whose account is a source for the Mauryan period, was: |
History
The Mauryan empire |
Easy |
| 3436 |
Which of the following was NOT a provincial centre of the Mauryan empire? |
History
The Mauryan empire |
Easy |
| 3437 |
Officers known as dhamma mahamatta were appointed by Ashoka to: |
History
The Mauryan empire |
Medium |
| 3438 |
An Ashokan inscription asks people to treat slaves and servants well and respect other sects. This reflects: |
History
The Mauryan empire |
Medium |
| 3439 |
According to Megasthenes, the committee for military affairs had six subcommittees. Which of these was one of… |
History
The Mauryan empire |
Hard |
| 3440 |
The Kushana rulers adopted which title meaning "son of god"? |
History
New notions of kingship |
Easy |
| 3441 |
The Prayaga Prashasti was composed by Harishena in praise of: |
History
New notions of kingship |
Easy |
| 3442 |
Colossal statues of Kushana rulers found at Mat near Mathura most likely show that the rulers: |
History
New notions of kingship |
Medium |
| 3443 |
Who were samantas in the Gupta period? |
History
New notions of kingship |
Medium |
| 3444 |
A student uses a prashasti as the only evidence that a king was loved by all his subjects. What is the main p… |
History
New notions of kingship |
Hard |
| 3445 |
Which group issued the first gold coins in the subcontinent, around the first century CE? |
History
Agrarian change, towns and trade |
Easy |
| 3446 |
The earliest coins of the subcontinent, made of silver and copper, are called: |
History
Agrarian change, towns and trade |
Easy |
| 3447 |
Which agricultural change helped raise paddy yields in some regions in this period? |
History
Agrarian change, towns and trade |
Medium |
| 3448 |
Historians debate the meaning of land grants. One view is that they reflect: |
History
Agrarian change, towns and trade |
Medium |
| 3449 |
A historian studying everyday rural life finds that inscriptions say little about it. What is the best explan… |
History
Agrarian change, towns and trade |
Hard |
| 3450 |
Under whose leadership did work on the critical edition of the Mahabharata begin in 1919? |
History
The critical edition of the Mahabharata |
Easy |