List of top General Awareness Questions on Ancient History

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Ajatashatru was the founder of Haryanka Dynasty.
Statement II: The earliest capital of Magadha was Rajgir.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Which of the following statements are correct?
(A) Men in Paleolithic age, survived on hunting animals and birds, fishing, fruits and nuts.
(B) Men in Mesolithic age, domesticated some animals and started to stay in one place.
(C) Men in Mesolithic age invented the wheel for transportation.
(D) Men in Chalcolithic age started the practice of agriculture.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The founder of Buddhism, Gautam Buddha was born in 540 BC at Lumbini.
Statement II: Buddhism followed the middle path for attainment of salvation and believed in the concept of non-violence.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following statements are correct?
(A) Indus Valley Civilization is one of the oldest civilizations of the world.
(B) People of this civilization were familiar with Wheat, Rice and Barley.
(C) They were the first people to produce cotton.
(D) They were living in villages with homes made with mud and soil.
(E) They were not familiar with metals like copper.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Statement I : King Ashoka was the son of Chandragupta.
Statement II: The war of Kalinga, changed the Ashoka and he became the follower of Jainism.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following statements are correct?
(A) Jainism came into existence around 600 B.C. in India.
(B) There were 24 Tirthankaras in Jainism.
(C) First Tirthankar was Swami Mahavira.
(D) The last and 24th Tirthankara was Rishabhadeva.
(E) Jainism accept the idea of existance of God and believe in caste system.
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Given below are two statements:
Statement I In Indus valley civilization, houses were made of Bricks.
Statement II : Indus valley civilization were not familiar with cotton.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.