The period that followed the Mesolithic is called the _____________

(a)

ice age

(b)

stone age

(c)

Mesolithic Age

(d)

Neolithic age

__________ refers to the genus of animals including horses, asses and zebras.

(a)

Equus

(b)

trunk

(c)

foot

(d)

tail

_______ is the oldest vedha.

(a)

Rig vedha

(b)

Yajur Vedha

(c)

sarna vedha

(d)

atharvana vedha

The is ________ the earliest text.

(a)

Puranas

(b)

Vedas

(c)

Rig vedhas

(d)

Rig-vedha samhita

The ___________ of the Gangetic valley and the useof iron ploughshares improved agricultural productivity.

(a)

Part of the soil

(b)

fertile soil

(c)

minerals of the siol

(d)

none of the above

The richer landowners were called _____________

(a)

grihapatis

(b)

dasas

(c)

kassakas

(d)

varna

Ashokan edicts might have been inspired by the edicts of the _____________ king Darius.

(a)

Achaemenid

(b)

samaharta

(c)

sthanika

(d)

gopas

Mahinda and Sanghamitta took a branch of the original _________ tree to Sri Lanka.

(a)

brahmana

(b)

Mahavamsa

(c)

Kosala

(d)

bodhi.

The district was under the command of a ______________

(a)

Achaemenid

(b)

samaharta

(c)

sthanika

(d)

gopas

____________ ruled from Madurai.

(a)

Patitrupathu

(b)

eleven Veliechieftains

(c)

The Pandyas

(d)

kalabras

______________ played an important role betweenthe late first century BCE and third century CE.

(a)

Korkai

(b)

Puratthinai

(c)

Maduraikanchi

(d)

trade

____________ started to influence the ruling class.

(a)

Puranic school

(b)

south India

(c)

Vedic ideas

(d)

Sea-borne trade

The idea of ___________ interregnum is contested as cultural activities continued asbefore in this period.

(a)

Patitrupathu

(b)

eleven Velir chieftains

(c)

The Pandyas

(d)

kalabras

_____________ is known to us primarily because his emissary, Heliodorus.

(a)

Antialcidas

(b)

Bactria

(c)

Maues or Moa/Moga

(d)

Rudradaman

The first Saka ruler in India was ____________ (20 BCE to 22 CE).

(a)

Antialcidas

(b)

Bactria

(c)

Maues or Moa/Moga

(d)

Rudradaman

____________ appointed kshatrapas or satraps as provincial governors to administer their territories.

(a)

The Sakas

(b)

Kanishka

(c)

Greeks

(d)

Bactria

___________ defeated northern rulers like the Huns, Kambojas and Kiratas.

(a)

Chandrarupta I

(b)

Chandrarupta II

(c)

Gupta

(d)

All the Above

The art of Ajanta and Bagh shows the ___________ of painting at its best.

(a)

Madhyadesa School

(b)

Ashtadhyayi

(c)

Mahabhashya

(d)

Smritis

The founder of the Vardhana dynasty was ____________

(a)

Bana's Harshacharita

(b)

Pushyabhuti

(c)

Prabakara Vardhana

(d)

Parameswara

In commemoration of his victory over Harsha, Pulikesin assumed the title of ______________

(a)

Bana's Harshacharita

(b)

Pushyabhuti

(c)

Prabakara Vardhana

(d)

Parameswara

The ______ was the royal insignia of the Chalukyas.

(a)

The Rashtrakutas

(b)

wild boar

(c)

the Pallavas

(d)

karana

The village accountant was ___________

(a)

The Rashtrakutas

(b)

wild boar

(c)

the Pallavas

(d)

karana

____________ chronicles speak about the Delhi Sultanate in hyperbolic terms.

(a)

Persian

(b)

Muhammad Qasim

(c)

Muizz- ud-din Muhammad

(d)

Muhamed qausim

Who captured brahamanabad?

(a)

Persian

(b)

Muhammad Qasim

(c)

Muizz- ud-din Muhammad

(d)

Muhamed qausim

The area under the Chola dynasty in the Tamizh country is known as Chonadu or Cholanadu.

(a)

the Vaigai river

(b)

Rajaraja I

(c)

Chonadu

(d)

Brahmins