Who excavated the Harappan remains at Rupnagar of Punjab?
A. Y. D. Sharma
B. Daya Ram Sahni
C. Rakhal Das Bandopadhyay
D. None of them
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Features of the urban Harappan culture found in Punjab is/are
A. Wheel made pottery of distinctive kind
B. Planned cities and towns
C. Standard weight and seals bearing a script
D. All of the above
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In Punjab the sites of Palaeolithic Age are found in the valley of river -
A. Soan
B. Ravi
C. Betwa
D. Sutlej
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No sites of ...... Age in Punjab has discovered so far.
A. Paleolithic
B. Mesolithic
C. Neolithic
D. Both (A) and (B)
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Which Stone Age's sites are discovered in Daulatpur, Dher, Majra and Hoshiarpur?
A. Palaeolithic Age
B. Mesolithic Age
C. Neolithic Age
D. None of the above
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Which one of the following rulers of Punjab and their capital is correctly matched?
List-I
List-II
a. Kanishka
Purushapura
b. Pushyabhuti
Mathura
c. Milinda
Sakala
d. Gopala
Kamboja
A. Only a
B. Both a and c
C. Only c
D. Both b and c
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Consider the following statement(s).
1. Prabhavati Gupta was the daughter of one of the most important rulers in early Indian history, Chandragupta I who extended his empire to Punjab.
2. She was married into the ruling family of the Vakatakas, who were powerful in the Deccan.
Which of the above mentioned statement(s) is/are correct?
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
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Consider the following statement(s) about the Palaeolithic Age.
1. People of this age were mainly hunters and food gatherers.
2. The sites of this age are found in the valley of Soan in Punjab.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of these
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Consider the following statement(s) about the Pala empire.
1. The Palas were the followers of the Hinayana and Tantric Schools of Buddhism.
2. Dharmapala extended his empire into the Northern parts of the Indian sub continent which include Punjab and Afghanistan.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are incorrect?
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of the above
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Which of the following ruler of Indo-Greek established independent kingdom centred at Taxila and later moved his capital to Sakala, modern Sialkot of Punjab?
A. Menander
B. Demetros II
C. Demetros I
D. None of them
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Who wrote the famous Sanskrit play 'Mudrarakshasa'. Which is a valuable source of the history of Punjab?
A. Kalidasa
B. Bhavabhuti
C. Kalhana
D. Visakhadatta
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Name the king who captured Punjab from the Mauryas and established Sunga dynasty.
A. Heraios
B. Kujula Kadphises
C. Pushyamitra Sunga
D. None of them
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Name the empire which existed in Punjab from 320 to 600 CE.
A. Gupta
B. Sunga
C. Kushan
D. Pala
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Which of the following script was introduced in the Western Part (Punjab) by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka through his inscriptions?
A. Greek
B. Kharosthi
C. Sanskrit
D. Brahmi
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The war between Chandragupta Maurya and Nanda King is described in
A. Dipavamsa
B. Puranas
C. Mudrarakshasa
D. None of these
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The discussion between king Menander who ruled Punjab (160 - 140 BCE) and Buddhist philosopher, Nagasena has been compiled in
A. Dipavamsa
B. Mahavamsa
C. Milind Panha
D. None of these
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Deimachus, a Greek ambassador, visited Punjab during the time of
A. Chandragupta Maurya
B. Bindusara
C. Ashoka
D. Kunal
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The Brahmi script was introduced in Punjab by which of the following Mauryan emperor?
A. Chandragupta
B. Ashoka
C. Bindusara
D. None of these
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Where in Punjab a settlement of proto-historic period was found?
A. Chandigarh
B. Rampura
C. Nalagarh
D. None of the above
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Which one of the following rulers of Punjab and their dynasty is not correctly matched?
List-I
List-II
a. Persian king
Darins
b. Greek King
Gustasp
c. Kushan Emperor
Kujula Kadphises
d. Parthian King
Gondophares
A. Both a and b
B. Only a
C. Only b
D. All of the above
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