2. Historical Sources


1. The sources that give information about the events of the past time are known as-

(a) Historical sources

(b) Geographical sources

(c) Social sources

(d) Political sources

Ans:- (a)


2. Which statement is true among the following?

(a) The archaeological sources are more reliable than the literary sources

(b) The literary sources are more reliable than the archaeological sources

(c) The literary sources and the archaeological sources both are similar reliable

(d) The literary sources can not be comparable with the archaeological sources

Ans:- (a)


3. Which Veda gives the information about the culture of old vedic period?

(a) Rig Veda

(b) Yajur Veda

(c) Sam Veda

(d) Atharva Veda

Ans:- (a)


4. Which of the following does not part of Shruti-Granthas?

(a) Samhitas

(b) Brahmanas

(c) Upanishadas

(d) Puranas

Ans:- (d)


5. Which of the following texts claims: "What is present in the text that is present in the world and what is not present in the text that is not present in the world"?

(a) Rig Veda

(b) Yajur Veda

(c) Sam Veda

(d) Mahabharata

Ans:- (d)


6. 'Tripitaka' is the religious text of-

(a) Jains

(b) Buddhists

(c) Sikhs

(d) Hindus

Ans:- (b)


7. 'Jataka' is the text of-

(a) Vaishnavites

(b) Jains

(c) Buddhists

(d) Shaivites

Ans:- (c)


8. 'Milindpannho' (i.e; Questions of Milind) contains the dialogue between Menander and ……

(a) Asvaghosha

(b) Dingnaga

(c) Nagasen

(d) Nagarjuna

Ans:- (c)


9. Among the following which can be comparable with Machiavell's 'Prince'?

(a) Kalidasa's 'Malvikagnimitra'

(b) Kautilya's 'Arthashastra'

(c) Vatsayayan's 'Kamasutra'

(d) Trivalluvar's 'Tiruvakural'

Ans:- (b)


10. Kautilya's 'Arthashashtra' deals with the aspects of-

(a) Economic life

(b) Political life

(c) Religions life

(d) Social life

Ans:- (b)


11. What is the name of Kalhana's book?

(a) Arthashashtra

(b) Indica

(c) Purana

(d) Rajatarangini

Ans:- (d)


12. Who authored 'Ashtadhyayi'?

(a) Ved Vyas

(b) Panini

(c) Shukdeo

(d) Valmiki

Ans:- (b)


13. The name of composer of 'Mahabhashya' is-

(a) Kautilya

(b) Patanjali

(c) Kalidasa

(d) Bharavi

Ans:- (b)


14. Who was the hero of 'Malvikagnimitra' drama composed by Kalidasa?

(a) Pushyamitra Shung

(b) Gautamiputra Shatkarni

(c) Agnimitra

(d) Chandragupta-II

Ans:- (c)


15. Who has written the 'Harshacharit'?

(a) Kalidasa

(b) Banabhatta

(c) Valmiki

(d) Ved Vyas

Ans:- (b)


16. The name of composer of 'Vikramankachariť is-

(a) Kalhana

(b) Bilhana

(c) Valmiki

(d) Ved Vyas

Ans:- (b)


17. The name of the book authored by Chandbardai is-

(a) Prithwiraj Raso

(b) Prithwiraj Vijay

(c) Parmal Raso

(d) Veesaldeo Raso

Ans:- (a)


18. Which of the following histrorians did not come with Alexander the great?

(a) Nearchus

(b) Onasicritus

(c) Aristobulus

(d) Herodotus

Ans:- (d)


19. Among the following, which foreign traveller had come first to visit India?

(a) Megasthenese

(b) Fahien

(c) Hiuen Tsang

(d) Itsing

Ans:- (a)


20. What is the name of Megasthenese's book?

(a) Arthashashtra

(b) Rig Veda

(c) Purana

(d) Indica

Ans:- (d)


21. Who composed 'Geographica'?

(a) Herodotus

(b) Megasthenese

(c) Strabo

(d) Pliny

Ans:- (c)


22. The name of the book authored by Pliny is-

(a) Histories

(b) Naturulis Historica

(c) Geographia

(d) Geography

Ans:- (b)


23. Who composed 'Periplus of the Erythrean Sea'?

(a) Herodotus

(b) Megasthenese

(c) Strabo

(d) Anonymous Greek writer

Ans:- (d)


24. Fahien was the resident of-

(a) Bhutan

(b) America

(c) China

(d) Burma

Ans:- (c)


25. Fahien came to India during whom reign?

(a) Chandragupta-I

(b) Ashoka

(c) Harshavardhana

(d) Chandragupta-II

Ans:- (d)


26. Which Chinese traveller came in India during the reign of Harshavardhana?

(a) Fahien

(b) Itsing

(c) Megasthenese

(d) Hiuen Tsang

Ans:- (d)


27. Arab traveller Sulaiman, who visited India in 9th century, had called which empire as 'Ruhama'?

(a) Pala

(b) Pratihara

(c) Rashtrakuta

(d) Sen

Ans:- (a)


28. The muslim scholar, who accompanied Mahmud of Ghazni, during the Indian expedition was-

(a) Al Beruni

(b) Ibn Batuta

(c) Amir Khusru

(d) Firisthta

Ans:- (a)


29. Traveller Ibn Batuta came from-

(a) Morocco

(b) Persia

(c) Turkey

(d) Middle Asia

Ans:- (a)