Chapter-1[ What, Where, How, and When?]
1. With reference to Ashoka's Kandahar inscription [250 BC], which one of the following scripts is not mentioned in the inscription?
a) Greek
b) Aramaic
c) Brahmi
d) None
Answer – c) Brahmi script.
Kandahar is in Afghanistan.
The Kandahar inscription is about 2250 years old and was made by King Ashoka.
The Kandahar inscription was inscribed in two scripts (Greek, Aramaic).
The Kandahar inscription is not written in Brahmi script.
2. Match the following:
a) Narmada valley i) first big state
b) Magadha ii) Hunting and Collection
c) Garo hills iii) Cities around 2500 years ago
d) Indus and its tributaries iv) Early agriculture
f) Ganges Valley v) First City
Answer -
a - ii; b - i; c) -iv; d) -v; f - iii;
Narmada Valley:
- Several thousand years ago the people of this region were skilled hunters and gatherers.
Magadha:
- Magadha was the first major kingdom that was located in Bihar to the south of the Ganges River.
Garo Hills:
- It is located in Meghalaya today. Signs of early agriculture were found in the Garo hills along with Vindhya, Suleman, and Kirthar hills.
Indus and its tributaries:
- Around 4700 years ago, the oldest cities developed in the region.
Ganga Valley:
- About 2500 years ago, cities were developed on the banks of the river Ganges.
3. When did agriculture start in the Indian subcontinent?
a) 10000 years ago
b) 9000 years ago
c) 8000 years ago
d) 5000 years ago
Answer. - c) 8000 years ago.
About 8000 years ago, wheat and barley were grown in the Suleiman and Kirthar hills in present-day Afghanistan.
4. The place where rice was first grown?
a) Suleiman and Kirthari
b) north of Vindhyas
c) Garo Hills
d) Indus and its tributaries
Answer - b) To the north of Vindhyas.
Rice was first grown in the north of the Vindhyas.
5. When was the oldest composition in Sanskrit composed?
a) 4700 years ago
b) 3700 years ago
c) 3500 years ago
d) 2500 East
Answer - c) 3500 years ago.
6. What were the manuscripts usually written on?
a) Palm leaf
b) cloth
c) metal
d) stone
Answer – a) Palm leaf
7. On what were the inscriptions written?
a) Palm leaf
b) cloth
c) paper
d) stone
Answer. d) Inscriptions were written on hard surfaces like stone and metal.
8. Match the following:
List -I ( Letters)
A) BC
B) AD
C) CE
D) BCE
List-II( Full Form)
I) Before Common Era
II) Common Era
III) Anno Domini
IV) Before Christ
I II III IV
a) A B C D
b) B A D C
c) D C B A
d) D C A D
Answer. c)
BP: Before present.
9. In which country is Rosetta located?
a) Afghanistan
b) Pakistan
c) Iran
d) Egypt
Answer. d) Egypt
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