1. Whose words are these: "The Hindus do not pay much atten­tion to the historical order of
things ; they invariably take to
tale-telling"?
(a) AI-Beruni
(b) Megasthenese
(c) Yuan Chwang
(d) Fa-Hsien
2. Who authored the work Periplus of the Erythrean Sea?
(a) Arrian (b) Strabo
(c) Justin (d) None of these
3. Which of the following has proved the best source of information for depicting India's ancient history? (a) Religious literature
(b) Works of foreign travellers (c) Inscriptions
(d) Monuments
4. Match the following.
A Tarikh-i-Alai 1. Gulbadan
Begum
B. Tarikh-i- 2. Nizamuddin
Mubarakshahi Auliya
C. Tarikh-i-Hind 3. Yahya-bin­
Ahmad
D. Humayun- 4. Amir
nama Khusrau
5. AI-Beruni
(a) A-4, B-3, C-5, D-l (b) A-5, B-4, C-3, D-2 (c) A-4, B-1, C-5, D-3 (d) A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
5. Which of the following foreigners did not visit India during the medieval period?
(a) Abdur Razzaq
(b) Marco Polo
(c) Athanasius Nikitin
(d) Deimachos
6. The ]{ajatarangini by Kalhana in Sanskrit verse, was written in (a) 6th century B.C.
(b) 9th century A.D.
(c) 6th century A.D.
(d) 12th century AD.
7. Which of the following is/are matched correctly?
1. Allahabad: Samudragupta
2. Aihole : Pulakesin II
inscription
3. Gwalior
prasasti
4. Hathigumpha: Rudradaman
inscription (a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4
: Devapala
8. Amir Khusrau's KluIzainul-Futah gives information about the reign of
(a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(b) Ala-ud-din Khalji
(c) Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah
Khalji
(d) Jalal-ud-din Khalji
9. Ancient literature refers to a five­fold division of India. The term 'Aparanta' or 'Pratichya' refers to (a) Mid-Indo-Gangetic plain
(b) North India
(c) North-Western India
(d) Western India
10. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(a) The ancient Indians knew
writing as early as 2500 B.C.
(b) There is no mention of
Alexander's invasion in In­
dian sources.
(c) The authors of the Puranas
were not aware of the idea bf
change.
(d) Inscriptions record events in
the context of time and place.
11. Which of the following were char­acteristics of the Palaeolithic Age in India?
1. It was in this age that modern
man termed by anthropolo­gists as homo sapiens emerged.
2. Man during this period
learned to live a settled life.
3. In order to save himself from
animals he used to lead his
life in groups.
4. Tools found in all parts of the subcontinent during this pe­riod were mostly made of quartzite.
5. The people of this period lived either in rock shelters or in
huts with thatched roofs.
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (b) 1, 2, 4 (c) 1, 3, 4, 5 (d) 1 and 5
12. At which of the following sites are Palaeolithic tools not found? (a) Soan Valley
(b) Attirampakkam
(c) Ahar
(d) Narmada Valley
13. With which of the following pe­riods do we associate the 'mi­crolith' implements?
(a) Palaeolithic (b) Mesolithic
(c) Neolithic (d) Chalcolithie
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14. Which of the following are char­acteristics of the Neolithic period? 1. They buried their dead and
. erected tombs
2. They worshipped spirits of nature as embodied in trees and stones, and appeased them by bloody sacrifices and offerings of food and drink
3. They had no knowledge of
the wheel for making pottery
4. They knew the use of fire and
had started cooking
(a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
15. Which was the first metal used by
man?
(a) Copper (b) Silver
(c) Bronze (d) Brass
16. With which period do we associ­ate the 'megaliths'?
(a) Neolithic
(b) Chalcolithie
(c) Mesolithic
(d) Pleistocene
17. When the first metal tool came into being it was used for
(a) pot-making
(b) house-building
(c) clearing jungles
(d) making wheels
18. Match the columns.
I II
A Pleistocene 1. Ice Age
B. Palaeo lithic 2. Old Stone Age C Neolithic 3. New Stone
Age
D. Mesolithic 4. Middle Stone
Age
E. Chalcolithic 5. Copper Stone
Age
(a) A-I, B-2, C-3, D-4, E-5 (b) A-5, B-4, C-3, D-2, E-l (c) A-3, B-2~ C-l, D-4, E-5 (d) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-5, E-2
I II
A Palaeolithic 1. Brahmagiri
B Mesolithic 2. Adamgarh
Hills
C. Neolithic 3. Kurnool
D. Chalcolithic 4. Gungeria
(a) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4 (b) A-I, B-2, C-3, D-4 (c) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-l (d) A-3, B-2, C-4, D-l

20. Which af the fallawing statements is incarrect regarding prehistaric art?
(a) Palaealithic and Mesalithic
peaple practised painting.
(b) Prehistaric art appears at sev­eral places, but Bhimbetka is the mast striking site with 500 painted rock shelters.
(c) Many birds, animals and hu­man beings are painted. (d) The paintings depict the reli­giaus beliefs af the peaple.