Questions Asked in Previous Years Exam from Ancient History For SSC CHSL Exams

1. The source of Swastika symbol  – Indus Valley
2. Who is considered as the father of Indian archaeoloy – Alexander Cunningham
3. Meter scale has been discovered from ……… –  Harappa
4. Weapon never used by the –Indus people – Sword
5. What was the major industry in Chanhudaro? – Bead making
6. The word ‘Sindhan’ used by the Indus people denoted – Cotton
7. Evidence of fractional burial has been excavated from – Harappa
8. The word ‘godhume’ used in the vedic period denote – Wheat
9. ‘Yava’ denoted – Barley
10. Term used to denote rice in the vedic text – Vrihi
11. Vedic term sita denoted – Ploughed field
12. Which veda mentions about wheel  – Rigveda
13. Vedi terms ‘Urvara’ or ‘kshetra’ denoted – Cultivated field
14. The famous frog hymn in Rig Veda throws light to – Vedic education
15. Who was considered as the god of the vedas? – Varuna
16. Rigvedic term ‘Duhitri’ denoted – Milker of cows
17. Method used to calculate the number of cows in the Vedic period – Ashtakarni
18. Part of which veda has prose part – Yajur Veda
19. Who spread Aryan religion in South India – Agasthya
20. Vedic term ‘Aghanya’ denotes – Cows
21. The term ‘Bharata’ and ‘Bharatavarsha’ were first used in – Rig Veda
22. Upanishad which mentions the four Ashramas of Vedic period – Jabala Upanishad
23. Largest number of hymns in Rigveda a are in praise of – Indra
24. Edict which mentions about the relation between India and China – Nagarjunakonda
25. First town in the vedic period to use burned bricks – Kausambi
26. First reference about lending money for interest can be found in – Satpatha Brahmana
27. Rigvedic paintings have been discovered from Bhagvanpura. It is in which state  – Haryana
28. Upanishad which mentions about police system  – Brihadaranyaka Upanishads
29. God who was considered as God of Gods – Varuna
30. Community which was considered as untouchables by the Buddhists. – Chandalas
31. The language used by the Jains to spread their religion  – Prakrit
32. Who is considered as the St.John of Buddhism  – Ananda
33. Who is considered as Devil by the Buddhists  – Mara
34. Three daughters of ‘Mara’ –  lust, emotion and desire
35. The ruler who persecuted Buddhists – Pushyamitrasunga
36. Major philosophic school of Bhagvatism  – Vishishtadvaita
37. Earliest reference about Srikrishna can be found in  – Chandoghya Upanishad
38. Hindu God who found place in Greek literature  – Sri Krishna
39. Jain Thirthankara, who was related to Sri Krishna — Rishabhadeva (Ist Thirthankara)
40. Tamil god of the Sangham age for War and Victory – Kottavai
41. Saint who founded the Saivism  –Lakulisa
42. Tamil kingdom of the Sangham Age which sent an ambassador to the court of Roman Emperor –  Augusts Pandyas
43. First Sangham was founded by  – Saint Agasthya
44. Famous poetess of the Sangham period – Avvaiyar
45. Greeco-Roman traders who visited South India during the Sangham period were denoted with the term – Yavanas
46. Sangham work which describes about Buddhism – Manimekhalai
47. The word used by Ashoka to denote Buddha – Bhagavati
48. Ashokan inscriptions were desciphered by James prince in the year – 1837
49. Indo-Greek ruler who had his boundaries upto Pataliputra – Menander
50. Yuchi ruler who introduced gold coins for the first time – Vima Kadphesus