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RRB Group D Ancient & Medieval History — practice questions

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The Mauryan Emperor ASHOKA embraced Buddhism after the:Read the answer and worked solution →Citadel or Lower Town?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the layout of a Harappan cityRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: Harappan settlementRead the answer and worked solution →Reading the excavationRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every feature the chapter attributes to Harappan citiesRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: term with meaningRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Order the reasoning: why the Citadel stands higherRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: evidence and interpretationRead the answer and worked solution →Built, or found?Read the answer and worked solution →Scale of the workRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reason: planningRead the answer and worked solution →

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The Mauryan Emperor ASHOKA embraced Buddhism after the:

  1. Battle of Hydaspes against Alexander
  2. Kalinga War (260 BCE)
  3. Battle of Magadha
  4. Defeat of the Nandas
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Correct answer: B. Kalinga War (260 BCE)

The Kalinga War (260 BCE) is famous for the bloodshed that horrified Ashoka and led him to embrace Buddhism. After Kalinga, Ashoka issued the famous rock and pillar edicts.

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Citadel or Lower Town?

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Items
  1. Item
    The higher of the two parts
    Category
    The Citadel
  2. Item
    Raised on mud brick platforms
    Category
    The Citadel
  3. Item
    Physically separated by a wall
    Category
    The Citadel
  4. Item
    The lower of the two parts
    Category
    The Lower Town
  5. Item
    Also walled
    Category
    The Lower Town
  6. Item
    Buildings on platforms serving as foundations
    Category
    The Lower Town
Categories
  1. Item
    The Citadel
  2. Item
    The Lower Town
Archaeologists split the settlement in two: the raised, walled Citadel and the Lower Town below it. Source: syllabus History, Themes in Indian History I, Harappan Civilisation.

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Complete the layout of a Harappan city

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    mud brick
    Choices
    1. mud brick
    2. stone
    3. timber
  2. Answer
    walled
    Choices
    1. walled
    2. open
    3. flooded
  3. Answer
    also
    Choices
    1. also
    2. never
    3. rarely
Complete the statement
The Citadel owes its height to buildings raised on {0} platforms. It was {1}, which separated it physically from the Lower Town. The Lower Town was {2} walled.
The Citadel's height came from construction, not from a natural hill. Source: syllabus History, Themes in Indian History I, Harappan Civilisation.

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