Top 50 Questions on Ancient History for SSC And Railway Exam 2016

(Previous Years Paper Questions)
1) The source of Swastika symbol – Indus Valley
2) Who is considered as the father of Indian archaeoloy – Alexander Cunningham
3) Meter scale has been discovered from ……… – Harappa
4) Weapon never used by the -Indus people – Sword
5) What was the major industry in Chanhudaro? – Bead making
6) The word ‘Sindhan’ used by the Indus people denoted – Cotton
7) Evidence of fractional burial has been excavated from – Harappa
8) The word ‘godhume’ used in the vedic period denote – Wheat
9) ‘Yava’ denoted – Barley
10) Term used to denote rice in the vedic text – Vrihi
11) Vedic term sita denoted – Ploughed field
12) Which veda mentions about wheel – Rigveda
13) Vedi terms ‘Urvara’ or ‘kshetra’ denoted – Cultivated field
14) The famous frog hymn in Rig Veda throws light to – Vedic education
15) Who was considered as the god of the vedas? – Varuna
16) Rigvedic term ‘Duhitri’ denoted – Milker of cows
17) Method used to calculate the number of cows in the Vedic period – Ashtakarni
18) Part of which veda has prose part – Yajur Veda
19) Who spread Aryan religion in South India – Agasthya
20) Vedic term ‘Aghanya’ denotes – Cows
21) The term ‘Bharata’ and ‘Bharatavarsha’ were first used in – Rig Veda
22) Upanishad which mentions the four Ashramas of Vedic period – Jabala Upanishad
23) Largest number of hymns in Rigveda a are in praise of – Indra
24) Edict which mentions about the relation between India and China – Nagarjunakonda
25) First town in the vedic period to use burned bricks – Kausambi
26) First reference about lending money for interest can be found in – Satpatha Brahmana
27) Rigvedic paintings have been discovered from Bhagvanpura. It is in which state – Haryana
28) Upanishad which mentions about police system – Brihadaranyaka Upanishads
29) God who was considered as God of Gods – Varuna
30) Community which was considered as untouchables by the Buddhists. – Chandalas
31) The language used by the Jains to spread their religion – Prakrit
32) Who is considered as the St.John of Buddhism – Ananda
33) Who is considered as Devil by the Buddhists – Mara
34) Three daughters of ‘Mara’ – lust, emotion and desire
35) The ruler who persecuted Buddhists – Pushyamitrasunga
36) Major philosophic school of Bhagvatism – Vishishtadvaita
37) Earliest reference about Srikrishna can be found in – Chandoghya Upanishad
38) Hindu God who found place in Greek literature – Sri Krishna
39) Jain Thirthankara, who was related to Sri Krishna — Rishabhadeva (Ist Thirthankara)
40) Tamil god of the Sangham age for War and Victory – Kottavai
41) Saint who founded the Saivism -Lakulisa
42) Tamil kingdom of the Sangham Age which sent an ambassador to the court of Roman Emperor – Augusts Pandyas
43) First Sangham was founded by – Saint Agasthya
44) Famous poetess of the Sangham period – Avvaiyar
45) Greeco-Roman traders who visited South India during the Sangham period were denoted with the term – Yavanas
46) Sangham work which describes about Buddhism – Manimekhalai
47) The word used by Ashoka to denote Buddha – Bhagavati
48) Ashokan inscriptions were desciphered by James prince in the year – 1837
49) Indo-Greek ruler who had his boundaries upto Pataliputra – Menander
50) Yuchi ruler who introduced gold coins for the first time – Vima Kadphesus.