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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. Which West Asian site is associated with the discovery of a bale of cloth evidently an export from Harappan India?
2. Which of the following vedas refers to the roat 'Kri' (to purchase) and 'Vanija' (to merchant) and also mentions haggling in the market?
3. The king who controlled the famous silk route of Central Asia was:
4. The two epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata are concerned with events which took place between:
5. Which one of the following statements about the religious life of the Sangam age is not correct?
6. Which one the following is NOT the meaning of the word Karikala?
7. According to Dr. S.R. Rao, the Indus script, originally a mixed writing of 62 signs including pictures was disciplind into an alphabetic script of:
8. The earliest Tamil literature is termed as Sangam literature because it was:
9. Which among the following was not a seat of learning during the age of the Maurya?
10. Which one forms a bridge or rather a half way house between the old Buddhism and Hinduism?
11. One possible factor you may not accept as responsible for the 'eclipse' of the Indus civilisation is:
12. One of the most flourishing marts during the Gupta times was:
13. Where did Chandragupta Maurya met Alexander?
14. The Indus valley people were not familiar with:
15. Which of the following statement is incorrect?
16. The Indus valley people do not use one of the following weapons. What is that?
17. Which among the following is not the distinctive pottery of the Indus people?
18. To which one of the following school of art do the earliest images of Buddha in human form belong?
19. A terracotta model of ship with a stick impressed socket for the mast and eyeholes for fixing come from:
20. The initiation of a brahman boy ordinarily took place in his:
21. Which of the following was not one of the leading guilds of the period?
22. The Harappan cultivated the Land with:
23. Which of the following was not one of the schools of Tantric-Buddhism?
24. What does the Stupa symbolise?
25. Match the following: (a) Baryagaze 1. Broach (b) Naura 2. Cannanore or Mangalore (c) Tyndis 3. Korkai (d) Arikamedu 4. Pondicherry (e) Colchi 5. Ponnani or Tondi (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

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