General Knowledge Question and Answer- Indian History

General Knowledge Questions with Answers

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1. Where is Kalibanga situated ?

A. Himachal Pradesh
B. West Bengal
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Rajasthan

 

D. Rajasthan

2. Harappa is situated in

A. Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh
B. Jodhpur district of Rajasthan
C. Sahiwal district of Pakistan
D. Amritsar district of Punjab

 

C. Sahiwal district of Pakistan

3. Where is the Great Granary discovered in the excavation of the Indus Valley sites situated ?

A. Lothal
B. Kalibanga
C. Harappa
D. Mohenjodoro

 

C. Harappa

4. At which site of the Indus Valley Civilization has a dockyard been found ?

A. Kalibanga
B. Ropar
C. Lothal
D. Rangapur

 

C. Lothal

5. The Indus Valley people worshipped _______.

A. Indra
B. Maruta
C. Ganesh
D. Pashupati

 

D. Pashupati

6. Which of the following is incorrect?

A. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization were familiar with gold.
B. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization were familiar with iron.
C. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization were familiar with wheat.
D. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization were familiar with writing.

 

B. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization were familiar with iron.

7. In which of the following centres of ancient civilization cotton was known as Sindhu ?

A. Crete
B. Egypt
C. Sumer
D. Greece

 

C. Sumer

8. The original home of the Aryans, according to Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak, was

A. Central Asia
B. Tibet
C. Arctic region
D. Kashmir

 

C. Arctic region

9. The Vedic Aryans did not worship

A. Indra
B. Maruti
C. Agni
D Kartikeya

 

D Kartikeya

10. Brihadaranyaka is

A. a Smriti
B. an Upanishad
C. a treaties on political science
D. a Mahakavya

 

B. an Upanishad

11. Which of the following are not included in the Vedic literature ?

A. Samhitas
B. Aranyakas
C. Smritis
D. Upanishadas

 

C. Smritis

12. Which of the following is incorrect ?

A. Widow marriage was allowed among the Rigvedic Aryans.
B. The parda system did not exist among the Rigvedic Aryans.
C. Sati custom was common among the Rigvedic Aryans.
D. Rigvedic women had a right to participate in religious ceremonies.

 

C. Sati custom was common among the Rigvedic Aryans.

13. Which of the following is incorrect ?

A. During the Rigvedic period Varnas were hereditary.
B. During the Rigvedic period untouchability was common.
C. During the Rigvedic period inter-varna marriages were forbidden.
D. During the Rigvedic period inter-dining among the Varnas were allowed.

 

D. During the Rigvedic period inter-dining among the Varnas were allowed.

14. What was the normal form of government in the Rigvedic age ?

A. Direct democracy
B. Hereditary monarchy
C. Military dictatorship
D. Aristocratic republic

 

B. Hereditary monarchy

15. The Rigvedic 'God of Thunder' was

A. Indra
B. Maruta
C. Dyaus
D. Varuna

 

A. Indra