Most Important Questions from SOURCES OF ANCIENT HISTORY for SSC CGL 2023, SSC CHSL 2023 and SSC MTS 2023
The History of India is very long. The evidence that our ancestors have left behind the articles like pottery, weapons, and written records on dried palm leaves, the bark of the birch tree, etc became the sources or clues to know History in a better way.
Literary and Archaeological Sources are the only sources to know the past but much of the ancient History of India is based on the evidence that archaeology has supplied.
In the examinations, we can have questions from this portion of History and the most important questions are –
Q.1 Who among the following was the first Surveyor General of the Archaeological Survey of India?
(a) James Burgess
(b) Alexander Cunningham
(c) James Prinsep
(d) James Fergusson
Answer:
Alexander Cunningham was the first Surveyor General of the Archaeological Survey of India( A Government of India body). It was founded during the British period in 1861. The Archaeological Survey of India is the successor of The Asiatic Society of India.
Q.2 To make tools and weapons, the early inhabitants of India used
(a) Clay
(b) Wood
(c) Stones
(d) Bronze
Answer :
Stones were used to making tools and weapons. Men used this weapon to kill animals to either protect or to consume.
Q.3 Which of the following is a famous fossil site in India where a full-fledged skeleton of a dinosaur was found
(a) Hathnora, Madhya Pradesh
(b) Waddham, Maharashtra
(c) Manendragarh, Chhattisgarh
(d) Zanskar valley, Kashmir
Answer:
Waddham, a reserve forest is a well-known
fossil site in Maharashtra where a full-fledged skeleton of a dinosaur was found in 1959 near the Godavari basin. The fossil has been kept in the Kolkata museum since then.
Q.4 Which of the following archaeological sites has evidence of pit – dwellings?
(a) Mehrgarh
(b) Burzahom
(c) Rana Ghundai
(d) Palavoy
Answer:
Underground pit dwellings, tools. pottery and stone ovens were found in the excavation at Burzahom, Kashmir.The artefacts were moved to museums in Delhi and Kolkata (many more are considered to be still underground).
Mehrgarh is the oldest agricultural settlement in Pakistan where the evidence of Agriculture-based Neolithic settlements was found.
Rana Ghundai in the Loralai Valley of north Balochistan, Pakistan with handmade pottery and chipped stone tools.
Q.5 The famous Panchmukhi caves featuring paintings from pre-historic period are located in which of the following districts?
(a) Mirzapur
(b) Varanashi
(c) Sonbhadra
(d) Chandauli
Answer:
All the options are the districts of Uttar Pradesh. Sonbhadra is the site where the famous Panchmukhi caves featuring paintings from the prehistoric period are located. In this cave almost 250 rock paintings are present.
