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UPSC CDS Ancient Indian History — practice questions — page 14

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Some of the largest collections of early iron tools and weapons were found in:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Tamil region, large landowners were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Ordinary ploughmen in the Tamil region were known as:Read the answer and worked solution →In north India the hereditary village headman was called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Independent smaller landowning farmers in north Indian villages were called:Read the answer and worked solution →The earliest Tamil works, composed around 2300 years ago, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Sangam texts were named after assemblies of poets held in the city of:Read the answer and worked solution →Stories composed by ordinary people and preserved by Buddhist monks are the:Read the answer and worked solution →Rows of ceramic rings arranged one above another, used as toilets and drains, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The most detailed account of early Indian ports was written by an unknown:Read the answer and worked solution →Imports into Barygaza included wine, copper, tin, lead, coral and:Read the answer and worked solution →The earliest coins, in use for about 500 years, were:Read the answer and worked solution →Mathura has been an important settlement for more than:Read the answer and worked solution →Around 2000 years ago Mathura became the second capital of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Mathura was an important centre for the worship of:Read the answer and worked solution →The fine, hard, shiny black pottery of this period is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Famous cloth-making centres of the period were Madurai in the south and which northern city?Read the answer and worked solution →Associations of craftspersons and merchants that also served as banks were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Arikamedu, where ships unloaded goods from distant lands, is in present-day:Read the answer and worked solution →The stamped red-glazed pottery found at Arikamedu, named after an Italian city, is:Read the answer and worked solution →Tall double-handled Mediterranean jars for wine or oil found at Arikamedu are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Tamil village termsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Arikamedu findsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the years agoRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the village and town wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Village or cityRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the terms by regionRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Villages and towns bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The oldest Veda, composed about 3500 years ago, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Some of the largest collections of early iron tools and weapons were found in:

  1. Mauryan palaces
  2. Megalithic burials
  3. Harappan cities
  4. Buddhist stupas
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Correct answer: B. Megalithic burials

1. Axes cleared forests and ploughshares turned soil. 2. The megalithic burials yielded the tools. 3. Irrigation works also raised production. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 8, Vital Villages, Thriving Towns._

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In the Tamil region, large landowners were called:

  1. Vellalar
  2. Uzhavar
  3. Adimai
  4. Grihapati
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Correct answer: A. Vellalar

1. Ordinary ploughmen were uzhavar. 2. Vellalar were the large landowners. 3. Kadaisiyar and adimai were landless labourers. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 8, Vital Villages, Thriving Towns._

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Ordinary ploughmen in the Tamil region were known as:

  1. Bhojaka
  2. Uzhavar
  3. Vellalar
  4. Adimai
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Correct answer: B. Uzhavar

1. The terms come from Sangam literature. 2. Uzhavar were the ploughmen. 3. Adimai were slaves. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 8, Vital Villages, Thriving Towns._

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