ANCIENT HISTORY OF INDIA (Railway)

1. The 'battle of Vitasta on the bank of river Jhelum was fought between which two rulers? [RRB Muzaffarpur ASM Exam, 01.06.1997]

(1) Chandragupta Maurya and Seleucus
(2) Porus and Alexander
(3) Ghanananda and Chandra- gupta Maurya
(4) None of these

Correct Answer: (2) Porus and Alexander

Solution:Vitasta was the ancient name of the Jhelum River. It was along the banks of this river that Alexander the Great defeated Porus, the valiant Paurava king, in 326 B.C.

2. Who started the great 'Silk route' for the Indians ? [RRB Kolkata Goods Guard Exam, 27.02.2005]

(1) Kanishka
(2) Ashok
(3) Harsha
(4) Fahein

Correct Answer: (2) Ashok

Solution:The unification of Central Asia and Northern India with in Kushan Empire in the 1st to 3rd centuries reinforced the role of the powerful merchants from Bactria and Taxila. Kushan ruler Kanishka fostered multi cultural interaction as indicated by their 2nd century treasure hoards filled with products from the Greco Roman world, China and India.

3. The magic mantras are studied in [RRB Allahabad Junior Clerk Exam, 04.01.2009 (1st Sitting)]

(1) Yajur Veda
(2) Rig Veda
(3) Sam Veda
(4) Atharva Veda

Correct Answer: (4) Atharva Veda

Solution:The magic mantras are studied in Athervaveda. There and four vedas in Hindu religion. The Rigveda is oldest of them.

4. Which of the following sites are not located in India? [RRB Allahabad Junior Clerk Exam, 04.01.2009 (1st Sitting)]

(1) Harappa
(2) Kalibanga
(3) Rangpur
(4) Ropar

Correct Answer: (1) Harappa

Solution:

Sites of Harappan Civilisation	Location
(i) Kalibangan	Rajasthan
(ii) Rangpur	Gujarat
(iii) Ropar	Punjab (India)
(iv) Harappa	Pakistan's Punjab (Mantgomri district)

5. Which of the following religions did Ashoka embrace? [RRB Allahabad Junior Clerk Exam, 04.01.2009 (1st Sitting)]

(1) Buddhism
(2) Jainism
(3) Islam
(4) Christianity

Correct Answer: (1) Buddhism

Solution:Ashoka was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from 268 to 232 BC. In about 260 BCE, he waged a bitterly destructive war against the state of Kalinga. He conquered Kalinga, which none of his ancestors had done. He embraced Buddhism after witnessing the mass deaths of the Kalinga war.

6. The pillar of whose king is situated in Sarnath? [RRB Allahabad Junior Clerk Exam, 04.01.2009 (1st Sitting)]

(1) Akbar
(2) Askoka
(3) Shershah
(4) Chandragupta

Correct Answer: (2) Askoka

Solution:The pillar of Ashoka area series of columns dispersed through out the Indian subcontinent, erected or atleast inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan king Ashoka during his reign in the 3rd century BC.

The most celebrated capital at Sarnath erected by emperor Ashoka Circa 250 BC. The lion capital of Ashoka from Sar- nath has been adopted as the national emblem of India and the wheel Ashoka Chakra from its base was placed onto the centre of the flag of India.

7. The remains of Indus Valley civitisation found in Ropar are located near the modern city of ______ . [RRC Hajipur Group 'D' Exam, 06.05.2012 (1st Sitting)]

(1) Chandigarh
(2) Lucknow
(3) Amritsar
(4) Ludhiana

Correct Answer: (1) Chandigarh

Solution:Ropar is near the modern city of Chandigarh. It was excavated by YD Sharma in 1953,

8. The period of Later Vedic period in Indian history corre sponds to_______ . [RRC Hajipur Group 'D' Exam, 06.05.2012 (1st Sitting)]

(1) 1500 BC-1000 BC
(2) 1200 BC 800 BC
(3) 600 BC-100 BC
(4) 1000 BC - 600 BC

Correct Answer: (4) 1000 BC - 600 BC

Solution:The Later Vedic period corresponds 1000-600 BC

9. Indicate the chronological order of the following foreign travellers who visited India? [RRC Hajipur Group 'D' Exam, 06.05.2012 (1st Sitting)]

(i) Thomas Roe
(ii) Fa-Hien
(iii) Hiuen-Tsang

(1) (i) (ii) (iii)
(2) (ii) (i) (iii)
(3) (ii) (iii) (i)
(4) (iii) (i) (ii)

Correct Answer: (3) (ii) (iii) (i)

Solution:Fa-hien: 405-411 AD Hiuen Tsang: He met Harsha vardhan in 643 AD

Thomas Roe: 1616 AD

10. Which of the following God is not worshiped by harappan peoples. [NTPC Stage-I (CBT) Exam, 11.04.2016 (Shift-I)]

(A) Shiv
(B) Vishnu
(C) Peagon
(D) Swastik

(1) C
(2) B
(3) A
(4) D

Correct Answer: (2) B

Solution:Harappan people was not worships. God Vishnu