Wednesday, June 30, 2010

GK History Questions SET-2

Q. What was the staple food of the Harappans?
A. Wheat & Barley

Q. Garments of Harappan people were usully made of______________
A. Cotton

Q. Who wrote ‘Gaudbaho’?
A. Bakpatiraj

Q. Who wrote ‘Milinda Panho’?
A. Nagsen

Q. Bikramanka Dev Charitra was written by______________
A. Bilhon

Q. What is Epigraphy?
A. Study of Inspcrition

Q. Who wrote ‘Kavyadarsha’?
A. Dandin

Q. Who invented ‘ZERO’?
A. Aryabhatta

Q. Who wrote ‘Navashasanka Charitra’?
A. Padma Gupta

Q. Dilwara temple is situated in______________
A. Mount Abu (Rajasthan)

GK History Questions SET-1

Q. Who discovered Harappa?
A. D. R. Sahani (1921)

Q. At present ‘Mohenjodaro’ is located in______________
A. Larkana dist. of Sindhu

Q. Harappan Civilization was______________
A. An urban based civilization

Q. Harappan people used to have their dead person______________
A. Buired

Q. Lothal was famous as______________
A. A Sea Port

Q. Which metal was unknown to the Indus people?
A. Iron

Q. Harappan civilization belongs to which period?
A. Chalcolithic

Q. Which animal was worshipped by the Harappans?
A. Bull

Q. What was the meaning of ‘Mohenjodaro’?
A. Mound of the dead

Q. Which ornament was famous among the Harappans?
A. Bangles