Important Questions in History Paper- II

1.Primitive man first learnt to

1. make fire


2. tame animals


3. make a wheel


4. grow grain

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2.Kharosthi script was derived from

1. Pictograph


2. Aramaic


3. Brahmani


4. Cuniform script

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3.The economic decay of the Mughal empire initially began during the reign of

1. Aurangzeb


2. Bahadur Shah I


3. Jahangir


4. Shah Jahan

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4.The four division of society is explicitly mentioned in

1. Siksha


2. Pursa-Sukta


3. Yajurveda


4. Hiranyagarbha-Sukta

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5.The capital of Qutab-Ud-Din Aibak was at

1. Lahore


2. Ajmer


3. Delhi


4. Agra

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6.The palace of Chandragupta Maurya at Pataliputra was constructed mainly of

1. bricks


2. stone


3. wood


4. mud

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7.Harappa was excavated by

1. R. D Banerjee


2. Daya Ram Sahani


3. S. R. Rao


4. None of these

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8.Mohenjodaro was excavated by

1. Daya Ram Sahani


2. S. R. Rao


3. R. D. Banerjee


4. Dr. R.C. Majumdar

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9.Garden as an integral part of building art was first introduced in India by

1. Babur


2. Humayun


3. Shah Jahan


4. Aurangzeb

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10.The people of the Indus Valley civilization worshipped

1. Pashupati


2. Indra and Varuna


3. Brahma


4. Vishnu

Answer :(1)