INDIAN HISTORY
1 INDIAN HISTORY
(1) Rajaraja I (2) Rajendra I 15. Who started the Saka Era which
TYPE–I (3) Rajadhiraja I (4) Kulottunga I is still used by the Government
1. Which among the following chro- (SSC Combined Graduate Level of India?
nology is correct regarding four Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting) (1) Kanishka
‘samvatas’ ? 9. Which statement on the Harap- (2) Vikramaditya
(1) Gupta–Gregorian–Hizri–Saka pan Civilisation is correct? (3) Samudra Gupta
(2) Gregorian–Saka–Hizri–Gupta (1) Horse sacrifice was known (4) Asoka
(3) Saka–Gregorian–Hizri–Gupta to them. (SSC Combined Graduate Level
(4) Hizri–Gupta–Gregorian–Saka (2) Cow was sacred to them. Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000
(SSC Section Officer (Audit) (IInd Sitting)
(3) ‘Pashupati’ was venerated by
Exam. year 1997) 16. What inspired the paintings of
them.
2. The home of Gargi, Maitrey, and Ajanta ?
(4) The culture was not generally
Kapila was at (1) Compassionate Buddha
static.
(1) Vidisha (2) Ujjain (2) Radha-Krishan Leela
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
(3) Pataliputra (4) Mithila Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (3) Jain Thirthankaras
(SSC Section Officer (Audit) (IInd Sitting) (4) Mahabharata encounters
Exam. year 1997 )
10. The First Tirthankara of the (SSC Section Officer (Audit)
3. Which area of India was known
Jains was : Exam. Held on 09.09.2001)
as Avantika in ancient times ?
(1) Arishtanemi (2) Parshvanath 17. Who among the following was the
(1) Avadh (2) Ruhelkhand
(3) Ajitanath (4) Rishabha first to invade India ?
(3) Bundelkhand (4) Malwa
(SSC Combined Graduate Level (1) Xerxes (2) Alexander
(SSC Section Officer (Audit)
Exam. year 1997 ) Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (3) Darius-I (4) Seleucus
(IInd Sitting) (SSC Section Officer (Audit)
4. The Social System of the Harap-
pans was : 11. The great silk-route to the In- Exam. 09.09.2001)
(1) Fairly egalitarian dians was opened by : 18. Which among the following is the
(2) Slave-Labour based (1) Kanishka (2) Ashoka oldest dynasty ?
(3) Colour (Varna) based (3) Harsha (4) Fa-Hien (1) Maurya (2) Gupta
(4) Caste based (SSC Combined Graduate Level (3) Kushan (4) Kanva
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting) (IInd Sitting) Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (Ist Sitting)
5. Which of the following Vedas pro- 12. The rulers of which dynasty 19. With which of the following is the
vides information about the civil- started the practice of granting classic “Jivaka Chintamani” in
isation of the Early Vedic Age? tax-free villages to Brahmanas Tamil associated ?
(1) Rig-veda (2) Yajur-veda and Buddhist Monks? (1) Jainism (2) Buddhism
(3) Atharva-veda (4) Sama-veda (1) Satavahanas (2) Mauryas (3) Hinduism (4) Christianity
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
(3) Guptas (4) Cholas (SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting)
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (Ist Sitting)
6. The university which became fa-
mous in the post-Gupta Era was : Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000 (Ist Sitting) 20. Where did Lord Buddha breathe
(1) Kanchi (2) Taxila 13. The most important text of vedic his last?
(3) Nalanda (4) Vallabhi mathematics is : (1) Rajgir (2) Bodh Gaya
(SSC Combined Graduate Level (1) Satapatha Brahman (3) Sarnath (4) Kushinagar
Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting) (2) Atharva Veda (SSC Combined Graduate Level
7. Banabhatta was the court poet (3) Sulva Sutras Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002
of which emperor ? (4) Chhandogya Upanishad (IInd Sitting) and SSC Section
(1) Vikramaditya Officer (Commercial Audit) Exam.
(SSC Combined Graduate Level 25.09.2005 and SSC Combined Matric
(2) Kumaragupta Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000 (Ist Sitting) Level (PRE) Exam. 16.06.2002 (Re-Exam)
(3) Harshavardhana 14. Yavani ka o r curtain was 21. Who were the first kings to is-
(4) Kanishka introduced in Indian theatre by sue gold coins in India?
(SSC Combined Graduate Level which of the following?
(1) Mauryas (2) Indo-Greeks
Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting) (1) Shakas (2) Parthians
(3) Guptas (4) Kushans
8. The first Indian ruler, who estab- (3) Greeks (4) Kushans
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
lished the supremacy of Indian (SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002
Navy in the Arabian Sea was : Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000
(IInd Sitting)
(IInd Sitting)
SGAE–15
1 INDIAN HISTORY
(1) Rajaraja I (2) Rajendra I 15. Who started the Saka Era which
TYPE–I (3) Rajadhiraja I (4) Kulottunga I is still used by the Government
1. Which among the following chro- (SSC Combined Graduate Level of India?
nology is correct regarding four Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting) (1) Kanishka
‘samvatas’ ? 9. Which statement on the Harap- (2) Vikramaditya
(1) Gupta–Gregorian–Hizri–Saka pan Civilisation is correct? (3) Samudra Gupta
(2) Gregorian–Saka–Hizri–Gupta (1) Horse sacrifice was known (4) Asoka
(3) Saka–Gregorian–Hizri–Gupta to them. (SSC Combined Graduate Level
(4) Hizri–Gupta–Gregorian–Saka (2) Cow was sacred to them. Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000
(SSC Section Officer (Audit) (IInd Sitting)
(3) ‘Pashupati’ was venerated by
Exam. year 1997) 16. What inspired the paintings of
them.
2. The home of Gargi, Maitrey, and Ajanta ?
(4) The culture was not generally
Kapila was at (1) Compassionate Buddha
static.
(1) Vidisha (2) Ujjain (2) Radha-Krishan Leela
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
(3) Pataliputra (4) Mithila Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (3) Jain Thirthankaras
(SSC Section Officer (Audit) (IInd Sitting) (4) Mahabharata encounters
Exam. year 1997 )
10. The First Tirthankara of the (SSC Section Officer (Audit)
3. Which area of India was known
Jains was : Exam. Held on 09.09.2001)
as Avantika in ancient times ?
(1) Arishtanemi (2) Parshvanath 17. Who among the following was the
(1) Avadh (2) Ruhelkhand
(3) Ajitanath (4) Rishabha first to invade India ?
(3) Bundelkhand (4) Malwa
(SSC Combined Graduate Level (1) Xerxes (2) Alexander
(SSC Section Officer (Audit)
Exam. year 1997 ) Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (3) Darius-I (4) Seleucus
(IInd Sitting) (SSC Section Officer (Audit)
4. The Social System of the Harap-
pans was : 11. The great silk-route to the In- Exam. 09.09.2001)
(1) Fairly egalitarian dians was opened by : 18. Which among the following is the
(2) Slave-Labour based (1) Kanishka (2) Ashoka oldest dynasty ?
(3) Colour (Varna) based (3) Harsha (4) Fa-Hien (1) Maurya (2) Gupta
(4) Caste based (SSC Combined Graduate Level (3) Kushan (4) Kanva
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting) (IInd Sitting) Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (Ist Sitting)
5. Which of the following Vedas pro- 12. The rulers of which dynasty 19. With which of the following is the
vides information about the civil- started the practice of granting classic “Jivaka Chintamani” in
isation of the Early Vedic Age? tax-free villages to Brahmanas Tamil associated ?
(1) Rig-veda (2) Yajur-veda and Buddhist Monks? (1) Jainism (2) Buddhism
(3) Atharva-veda (4) Sama-veda (1) Satavahanas (2) Mauryas (3) Hinduism (4) Christianity
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
(3) Guptas (4) Cholas (SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting)
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (Ist Sitting)
6. The university which became fa-
mous in the post-Gupta Era was : Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000 (Ist Sitting) 20. Where did Lord Buddha breathe
(1) Kanchi (2) Taxila 13. The most important text of vedic his last?
(3) Nalanda (4) Vallabhi mathematics is : (1) Rajgir (2) Bodh Gaya
(SSC Combined Graduate Level (1) Satapatha Brahman (3) Sarnath (4) Kushinagar
Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting) (2) Atharva Veda (SSC Combined Graduate Level
7. Banabhatta was the court poet (3) Sulva Sutras Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002
of which emperor ? (4) Chhandogya Upanishad (IInd Sitting) and SSC Section
(1) Vikramaditya Officer (Commercial Audit) Exam.
(SSC Combined Graduate Level 25.09.2005 and SSC Combined Matric
(2) Kumaragupta Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000 (Ist Sitting) Level (PRE) Exam. 16.06.2002 (Re-Exam)
(3) Harshavardhana 14. Yavani ka o r curtain was 21. Who were the first kings to is-
(4) Kanishka introduced in Indian theatre by sue gold coins in India?
(SSC Combined Graduate Level which of the following?
(1) Mauryas (2) Indo-Greeks
Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999 (Ist Sitting) (1) Shakas (2) Parthians
(3) Guptas (4) Kushans
8. The first Indian ruler, who estab- (3) Greeks (4) Kushans
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
lished the supremacy of Indian (SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002
Navy in the Arabian Sea was : Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000
(IInd Sitting)
(IInd Sitting)
SGAE–15
