4- Who among the following has written Nil-Darpan? (A) Harish Chandra Mukherjee (B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (C) Dinabandhu Mitra (D) Rames Chandra Datta.
5- The Gayatri Mantra in the Rig Veda addresses to-
(A) Agni (B) Indra (C) Elisha (D) Savitri
6- How many total numbers of Puranas are there? (A) 18 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 43
7- Sabha and Samiti are two democratic institutions of (a) Hilly tribes of India (b) Indus Valley people (c) Dravidians (d) Rigvedic Aryans
8- Name the first permanent home of the Aryans in India.
(A) Sindh (B) Gujarat (C) Punjab (D) Rajasthan
9- In which period the Indus Valley Civilization belongs to? (A) Chalcolithic period (B) Mesolithic period (C) Paleolithic period (D) Neolithic period
10- Name the metal that was unknown to the Indus people. (A) Iron (B) Copper (C) Gold (D) Bronze
11- Who among the following discovered the Indus valley civilization? (A) A. L. Basham (B) V. S. Agarwal (C) Rakhaldas Banerjee (D) Sir John Marsal.
12- By who among the following Allahabad pillar inscription was carved by (a) Ravikirti (b) Rudradaman (c) Banabhatta (d) Harisena.
13- Name the greatest scholar of Medical Science of ancient India (a) Barahamihir (b) Rudrasena (c) Bagabhatta (d) Charaka
14- Who has authored Fo-Kuo-King? (a) Hiuen Tsang (b) Megasthenes (c) It-Tsing (d) Fa-Hien
15- Name the emperor who has been called Napoleon of India. (a) Kanishka (b) Asoka (C) Chandragupta II Vikramaditya (d) Samudragupta
ANSWERS-
1- Rammohon Roy.
2- The Free Press of India
3- Nabagopal Mitra.
4- Dinabandhu Mitra.
5- Savitri.
6- 18.
7- Rigvedic Aryans.
* Assemblies like Sabha, Samiti, Vidhata and Gana as mentioned in Rig Veda.
8- Punjab.
9- Chalcolithic period.
10- Iron.
11- Rakhaldas Banerjee.
12- Harisena
13-Charaka
14- Fa-Hien
15- Samudragupta
* Samudragupta was also called the Hero of Hundred Battles.
