Start learning →

State PSC Ancient Indian History — practice questions — page 11

Explore 815 free Ancient Indian History questions in State PSC History. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

Practise Ancient Indian History with Quill →

Ancient Indian History questions and exercises with answers

Showing questions 301–330 of 815.

Slice the Harappan wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Citadel or lower townRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the metalsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Harappan bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The horse sacrifice by which rajas asserted power around 3000 years ago was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which later Vedic texts were composed after the Rigveda?Read the answer and worked solution →In the varna order, who were expected to be farmers, herders and traders?Read the answer and worked solution →Which group had to serve the other three varnas and could not perform rituals?Read the answer and worked solution →The word janapada literally means the land where the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is an excavated janapada settlement near Meerut?Read the answer and worked solution →The special fine grey pottery with painted designs found at janapada sites is:Read the answer and worked solution →Some janapadas became mahajanapadas about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Most mahajanapada capitals were fortified, meaning they had:Read the answer and worked solution →Soldiers of the mahajanapada armies were probably paid with:Read the answer and worked solution →The tax on crops in the mahajanapadas, called bhaga, was usually fixed at:Read the answer and worked solution →Which new farming tool let heavy clayey soil be turned better around 2500 years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Landless agricultural labourers who did transplanting work were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which two powerful rulers of Magadha used all means to conquer other janapadas?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Magadha ruler extended control up to the north-west of the subcontinent?Read the answer and worked solution →The early capital of Magadha, present-day Rajgir, was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Magadha's capital was later shifted to:Read the answer and worked solution →Alexander reached the banks of which river before his soldiers refused to march further?Read the answer and worked solution →Vajji, with its capital at Vaishali, had which form of government?Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha's advice on the Vajjis is recorded in which Buddhist book?Read the answer and worked solution →Ajatasattu sent which minister to the Buddha for advice on attacking the Vajjis?Read the answer and worked solution →The last of the ganas or sanghas were conquered about 1500 years ago by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch Magadha's strengthsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the sangha wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the early kingdomsRead the answer and worked solution →

Worked practice questions

Slice the Harappan words

Read exercise and reference answers
Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Sonnet
  3. Fresco
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Citadel
  2. Seal
  3. Faience
  4. Carnelian
  5. Chert
Instructions
Slice only the words of the Harappan cities. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 3, In the Earliest Cities._

Open this exercise →

Citadel or lower town

Read exercise and reference answers
Upper category
Citadel
Lower category
Lower town
Items
  1. Category
    Citadel
    Item
    Great Bath
  2. Category
    Citadel
    Item
    Storehouse
  3. Category
    Citadel
    Item
    Rulers
  4. Category
    Citadel
    Item
    Higher
  5. Category
    Lower town
    Item
    Houses
  6. Category
    Lower town
    Item
    Drains
  7. Category
    Lower town
    Item
    Wells
  8. Category
    Lower town
    Item
    Workshops
Instructions
Send each clue to the citadel track or the lower town track.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 3, In the Earliest Cities._

Open this exercise →

Sort the metals

Read exercise and reference answers
Items
  1. Group
    Copper
    Item
    Rajasthan
  2. Group
    Copper
    Item
    Oman
  3. Group
    Copper
    Item
    Tools
  4. Group
    Tin
    Item
    Afghanistan
  5. Group
    Tin
    Item
    Iran
  6. Group
    Tin
    Item
    Bronze
  7. Group
    Gold
    Item
    Karnataka
  8. Group
    Gold
    Item
    Ornaments
  9. Group
    Gold
    Item
    Vessels
Groups
  1. Item
    Copper
  2. Item
    Tin
  3. Item
    Gold
Instructions
Drop each clue onto copper, tin or gold.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 3, In the Earliest Cities._

Open this exercise →

How to practise

  1. Choose a Ancient Indian History question and try to work out your answer.
  2. Open the question to check the correct answer and read its worked solution.
  3. Continue in the app for bite-sized lessons, explanations and review with Quill. You can start without creating an account.

More History topics

Indian HistoryArt & CultureIndian History TimelineModern Indian HistoryWorld HistoryMedieval Indian HistoryPolitical TheoryOrganisations