HISTORY QUESTIONS FOR SSC , HPSSB ,PSSSB, PCS and other STATE EXAMS Part-2

HISTORY QUESTIONS FOR SSC , HPSSB ,PSSSB PCS and other STATE EXAMS Part-2

21. When did China receive Buddhism? 

(A) Third century B .C.

(B) First century B.C. 

(C) First century A.D. 

(D) Third Century AD.

Ans. (C)

22. Who was Bhadrabahu?

(A) He was the first tirthankar of the Jainas

(B) He was a Vedic Rishi

(C) He was a Buddhist monk

(D) He was the sixth guru of the Jainas

Ans. (C)

23. Which of the following is incorrect?

(A) Mahayanism teaches non-reality of phenomenal objects

(B) Mahayanism accepts the conception of countless Buddhas and Bodhisatvas

(C) Mahayanism defies Buddha

(D) Mahayanism rejects worship of god & goddess

Ans. (D)

24. Jain works were compiled in—

(A) Ujjain 

(B) Vaishali 

(C) Ballabhi

(D) Vatapi

Ans. (C)

25. How many cities were in existence during Buddha’s time?

(A) 4 

(B) 6

(C) 8

(D) 10

Ans. (A)

26. Which one of the following was the most common occupation for slaves? 

(A) Agricultural labor

(B) Working in guilds

(C) Domestic service in Households

(D) Settlement in newly cleared areas

Ans. (C)

27. The theory of the origin of the state not mentioned in the Vedic literature is—

(A) The contract theory

(B) The force theory

(C) The evolutionary theory

(D) The divine theory

Ans. (C)

28. The conceusces among historians that the vedic age began earliest in—

(A) 1200—1000 B.C. 

(B) 2500—800 B.C. 

(C) 2500 B.C.

(D) 1000 BC. 

Ans. (D)

29. Which was the first book to deal with Music? 

(A) Rigveda

(B) Yajurveda

(C) Samaveda 

(D) Atharvaveda 

Ans. (C)

30. The Neolithic Age dates bark to—

(A) 60003000 B.C. 

(B) 4000—3000 B.C. 

(C) 5000—300CIB.C.

(D) 3000-1000 B.C.

Ans. (A)

31. In ancient times ‘Sectora’ was situated in—

(A) The Mouth of Mediterranean Sea

(B) The Mouth of Indus valley

(C) The Mouth of Narmada River

(D) The Mouth of Red sea

Ans. (D)

32. Prehistoric axes are found at—

(A) Attirampakkarn

(B) Adichanallur 

(C) Arikamedu 

(D) Sanur

Ans. (A)

33. The earliest Iron age occupation in India has been associated with—

(A) Ochre coloured pottery

(B) Black and red ware

(C) Painted grey ware

(D) Northern black polished ware

Ans. (C)

34. There is evidence of the proto-Australoid, the mediterranean, alpine and Mongoloid in the skeletal remains at—

(A) Mohenjodaro site

(B) Harappan site 

(C) Baluchistan 

(D) Egypt

Ans. (B)

35. The large hoard of copper comes from Gungeria in—

(A) Utter Pradesh

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

Ans. (B)

36. The Gupta gold and silver issues were initially based on the coins of the —

(A) Romans and the Saka Kshatrapas

(B) Kushanas and Yaudheyas

(C) Kushanas and Saka Kshatrapas

(D) Romans and Kushanas

Ans. (C)

37. The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with —

(A) The cultivation

(B) The village community

(C) The king

(D) The joint family

Ans. (C)

38. ‘Svayamvara’ was a special from of —

(A) Gandharva marriage 

(B) Paisacha marriage 

(C) Rakshasa marriage 

(D) Brahma marriage 

Ans. (A)

39. Which one of the following is not matched correctly? 

(A) Angula — Unit of linear measure

(B) Veli — Unit for measuring space

(C) Kalam — Unit of liquid measure

(D) Kalanju— Unit of weight

Ans. (C)

40. Dhavanyaloka is —

(A) An epic poem

(B) A work on poetics

(C) A play

(D) A work on Buddhist epistemology

Ans. (B)