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History & Culture Test 12
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Negative marks are -0.33 per wrong answer
Right answer is 1 mark
No time limit but finish in 30 mins
Solution can be found at below chapters:
Test series is based on following chapters.
History & Culture Chapter 3: HARAPPAN AND INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION
Q1: father of Indian archaeology
John Marshall
Alexander Cunningham
Dayaram Sahni
Rakal das banerjee
Q2: Carbon dating
C-14 isotope to find human bones age
Inventor is Libby.
both
none
Q3: Largest city of the harappa civilization spread over 200 hectares.
harappa
lothal
kalibangan
mohen jo daro
Q4: Public granary; Bath [largest structure in civilization] were found at
harappa
mohen jo daro
kalibangan
lothal
Q5: Fire altars and dockyard, surrounded by a brick wall for flood protection were found at
harappa
mohen jo daro
kalibangan
lothal
Q6:Water and drainage system along with Stadium - were found at
lothal
kalibangan
Dholavira
harappa
Q7: System of Harappan civilisation:
Progress in agriculture, industry, crafts and trade.
System of grid shaped roads – streets and lanes cut at right angles, citadels – political authority was present, walled cities, burned bricks – absence of stone bricks.
Houses with no windows; Made of stone and wood, every house had a bathroom.
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Q8: System of Harappan civilisation:
Citadel areas for upper classes and non citadel areas for lower classes.
Drains adjacent to the house covered with stone slabs or bricks
Seals, script [not yet been deciphered] written from right to left and left to right in alternate lines, standard weights and measures.
all
Q9: System of Harappan civilisation:
Wheel based pottery, practice of burying the dead in north south direction.
Cotton and woolen clothes.
Male and female goddesses. Tree worship. Snake worship. No temples found, religion and castes did not exist in this civilization hence it was predominantly secular civilization.
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Q10: System of Harappan civilisation:
Vegetarian and non Vegetarian eaters.
Cosmetics and weapons were used.
Horses were not known but domesticated animals were cows, bulls, dogs, elephants.
all
Q11: System of Harappan civilisation:
Iron was not known but bronze was used.
Knowledge of tides and medicines.
No currency so barter based exchange. Trade with other civilizations both internal and foreign.
all
Q12: Causes of decline:
Climate change led to change in river course.
Invasion by Aryans.
Civil wars
all
Q13: oldest veda which contains the cultural, social and political life of the Aryans.
samveda
yajurveda
atharva veda
rig
Q14: Which is true ?
Vedic period belongs to the Iron Age
Other than Rig Veda other Vedas belong to Later Vedic period.
Sam Veda is important for Indian music. Yajur Veda is a book of sacrificial prayers and Atharva Veda contains charms and spells to ward off evil.
all
Q15: Social life of early aryans
Patriarchal society where property was inherited by son.
Women were treated with respect. They were allowed to attend assemblies and participate in intellectual development.
No sati or child marriage. Caste system not rigid and based on occupations.
all
Q16: Which is true ?
Monogamy was practiced and polygamy was found in royal households.
Fruits, vegetables, wheat, barley, milk were common. Sanskrit was the language. Woolen and cotton clothes.
Pastimes were chariot racing, music, horse racing and dance
all
Q17: Economic conditions of early aryan people
Trade was based on barter system but later for large transactions coins called Nishkas were used.
Primarily they were cattle herders, but other occupations were carpentry, agriculture, pottery, spinning and goldsmith.
Iron was known and widely used. Copper wasn't known.
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Q18: Religion of early aryans
Male and female gods. Nature was personified and worshiped
No idol or temple worship.
Offerings and small rituals were present.
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Q19: Later Vedic Period was characterised by
Larger kingdoms were formed from amalgamation of tribes or Janas into Janapadas or Rashtras.
Iron was used extensively to bring area into cultivation.
Caste system became more rigid. Brahmans and kshatriyas enjoy higher rights and Vaishya and Shudras were denied rights. Status of women deteriorated. They lost their political rights. Child marriages and sati became common. Rituals and sacrifices became more common. Dominion of Brahmins was seen. Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh were the chief deities.
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Q20: Which is true ?
A direct result of the domination of brahmins led to birth of Buddhism and Jainism.
The lower castes were attracted towards them as they didn’t believe in rituals and castes.
both
none
Q21: Difference between Dravidians and Aryans:
Trade and agriculture main occupation.
Agriculture civilization and built towns.
Worshiped bull and idols.
all
Q22: Magadha was the most powerful amongst Janapadas. There were some geographic and strategic factors too that enhanced this advantage of Magadha like
Her location between the upper and lower part of the Gangetic valley
Fertile soil. Iron from Rajgir and copper from Gaya too added to her advantage.
Her location at the centre of the trade highways added to her advantage and increased her wealth. First to use elephants in warfare..
all
Q23: Persian invasions and their impact on India:
Kharoshti script a form of Iranian writing [left to right] became famous and Asoka edicts were written in Kharoshti script.
Persian art had an impact on Mauryan art especially on Ashok's pillars and the sculptors found on them.
Pillars of Mauryan were lustrous and polished like Persian. They had bell shaped capitals like the victory pillars of Achaemenid emperors.
all
Q24: Influence of Greeks on Indian architecture:
Art of well shaped, beautiful silver and gold coins came from Greeks.
Influence on Indian astrology.
Ashok’s edicts were in Greek and inscribed on stone pillars made of single column.
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Q25: Edicts of Ashok were in languages
pali
prakrit
brahmi and khroshti scripts
all
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