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CUET-UG History Test: Ancient Indian History
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Ancient Indian History Topics are:

Prehistoric India
Historic India
Indus Valley Civilization
Vedic India
Mahajanapadas
Buddhism and Related Topics
Mauryan Empire, Administrative Structure, Rulers and Legacy
Gupta Empire, Rulers and Legacy

CUET-UG History Test: Ancient Indian History
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25 Questions

1. Who is considered as father of Indian Archaeology?
2. Which kind of bricks is not found among the Indus cities?
3. Who gave the Siva Cult to India?
4. By what name did the Greek writers call to the city commissioners?
5. Which religion did Chandragupta Maurya adopted during last year of his reign?
6. Which of the following did for Buddhism in Japan, what Ashoka had done for it in India?
7. What was the Characteristic of pottery of this period?
8. Who is regarded as the founder of 'Shunyavad'?
9. Which one of the following Buddhist scholar enjoys great celebrity all over the Buddhist world as grammarian, philosopher and poet?
10. Land grants became frequent in India from the:
11. Who issued the lion type of coins?
12. Match three Sangams with the number of Pandyan Kings they were patronized: (a) First Sangam 1. 49 (b) Second Sangam 2. 59 (c) Third Sangam 3. 89 (a) (b) (c)
13. The metals which were used by the later vedic Aryans were:
14. After abdication, Chandragupta Maurya probably left for:
15. Two of the most recurring causes of warfare in Sangam period were:
1. Cattle lifting
2. refusal to give princesses in marriages
3. smuggling
4. family feuds Codes:
16. Which one of the following was added to Buddhist canonical texts by the fourth council?
17. The practice of land grants originated in the:
18. Mahavira gave up worldly life at the age of:
19. Which factor or forces strengthened and supported most the imperial system of the Mauryas?

1. a settled agrarian village economy
2. improvement in trade
3. trade with the Roman World
4. material advancement of the Vaisyas Codes:
20. Strike out which is not an important feature of Harappan culture.
21. What was the strong hold of the Digambaras?
22. Match of the following works and groups to which they belong: (a) Narrinai 1. Epic (b) Maduraikanchi 2. Ettuthogoi (c) Thirukkural 3. Pathupattu (d) Silappadikaram 4. Padiven Kilkanakku Nool (a) (b) (c) (d)
23. Who has described the killer of Brihadratha as anarya?
24. Which one of the following is false with regard to the religious practices of the Sangam Age?
25. Which one of the following ruling dynasties made the largest grant of villages to temples and Brahmans?