Indian History Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Defeat of which dynasty paved way for the establishment of Mauryan dynasty?
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63057a2de864816d0047c453- 1Nanda Dynastytrue
- 2Chandela Dynastyfalse
- 3Aryanka Dynastyfalse
- 4Hoysala Dynastyfalse
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Answer : 1. "Nanda Dynasty "
Q: The Ruins of Harappa and Mohanjodaro were found on which of the following river bank?
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6335a4d693021d4ee415e560- 1Ravifalse
- 2Indusfalse
- 3Beasfalse
- 4a and b bothtrue
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Answer : 4. " a and b both"
Explanation :
Harappa was located on the bank of the Ravi while Mohanjodaro was located on the bank of Indus.
Q: Was in charge of the archaeological excavations of Harappa and Mohenjodaro
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62ff7fc78921e519c1489041- 1Lai Macaulayfalse
- 2Sir John Marshalltrue
- 3lie clivefalse
- 4colonel todfalse
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Answer : 2. "Sir John Marshall "
Q: Who organized the famous Chittagong armory raid?
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60706577dc80477c02cc60d0- 1J.R. M. Senguptafalse
- 2Batukeshwar Duttfalse
- 3Surya Sentrue
- 4Lakshmi Sehgalfalse
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Answer : 3. "Surya Sen"
Q: Rivers such as the Ganga and Son flowed through ______, a mahajanapada in ancient India.
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64c2464a29beb3482a35e7fe- 1Kambojafalse
- 2Kosalafalse
- 3Magadhatrue
- 4Machchafalse
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Answer : 3. "Magadha"
Explanation :
1. Ganga and Son rivers flowed through the Magadha Mahajanapada of ancient India.
2. Magadha Mahajanapada was located in the area of modern Bihar and Jharkhand states.
3. Ganga river flowed through the northern part of Magadha, while Son river flowed through the southern part of Magadha.
Q: Which of the following statements about Varanasi, one of the oldest town of India, is not true?
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626ac199175f3a35dcc7a340- 1The first reference of Varanasi is in Atharveda as the capital of the state of Kashi.false
- 2Kashi was a janapada in the Mahajanpada age.false
- 3The Chinese traveller would call Varanasi as 'Pol - lee - ni - sse'.false
- 4Bimbisar acquired Kashi by fighting a battle with Kaushala king Prasenjeet.true
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Answer : 4. "Bimbisar acquired Kashi by fighting a battle with Kaushala king Prasenjeet. "
Q: In the 4th century BCE, the capital of Magadha was shifted to ________.
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62bed28e1d322d793f540504- 1Pataliputratrue
- 2Mathurafalse
- 3Panipatfalse
- 4Varanasifalse
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Answer : 1. "Pataliputra"
Q: Who was the author of the book ‘The Golden Threshold’?
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64bfc9912d3130f575545755- 1Dr. Rajendra Prasadfalse
- 2Jawaharlal Nehrufalse
- 3Sarojini Naidutrue
- 4ZA Bhuttofalse
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Answer : 3. "Sarojini Naidu"
Explanation :
1. The author of the book 'The Golden Threshold' was Sarojini Naidu.
2. This book was published in 1905 in which 40 poems are compiled.
3. India's natural beauty, Indian culture and the Indian freedom movement have been praised in these poems.