G.K. Ancient period.pdf

Indian LegalStudies-Kolkata Entrance – G.K. Ancient Period General Knowledge Indian History Ancient Period Introduction 1. History is the study of - Past 2. The first Greek Histo...

Indian LegalStudies-Kolkata Entrance – G.K. Ancient Period General Knowledge Indian History Ancient Period Introduction 1. History is the study of - Past 2. The first Greek Historian – Herodotus 3. “ History bases all its conclusion on rational evidence – Herodotus 4. “ The Histories” is written by – Herodotus 5. The title the “Father of History” has given to – Herodotus 6. “History repeats itself” said by – Karl Marx 7. “We learn from history that man can never learn from history” – Hegel 8. “History is an unending dialogue between past and present – E.H. Carr 9. BC, used with dates is acronym of – British Council 10. Full form of AD – Anno Domini This is a Medieval Latin and means 'year of the Lord'. 11. “Saka Samvat” has commenced in the region of – King Kanishka 12. “Carbon Dating” developed by – Williard Libby Used to determine age of – Fossils 13. Chailra 1 of the national calendar based on the Saka Era corresponds to which one of the following dates of the Gregorian calendar – 22nd March (21st March) Historical Sources 14. Gives the information about the culture of old vedic period – Rig Veda 15. “Tripitaka” religious text of – Buddhists 16. „ Jataka‟ is the text of - Buddhists 17. Kautilya‟s Arthashastra deals with the aspects of – Political life 18. Kalhana‟s book – Rajtarangini 19. Author of „Ashtadhyayi‟- Panini 20. Composer of „Mahabhashya‟ – Patanjali 21. „ Harshacharit‟ written by – banbhatta 22. „Vikramankacharit‟ written by – Bilhana 23. The historian didn‟t come with Alexander the Great – Herodotus 24. The foreign traveller who come 1st to visit India – Megasthenese 25. Megasthenese‟s book – Indica 26. Al Biruni – The Muslim scholar acumpanied Mahmud of Ghazni, during the Indian expedition 27. Traveller Ibr Batuta came India from – Morocco 28. Archeological servey of India established – 1861 AD 29. “Father of Indian Archeology” – Alexander Cunninghum 30. 1st discover of Harappan Civilization – Daya ram Sahani Notes by Adv. Writwika Dutta, ILs- Kolkata (Ph. NO.- 8167806982) Page 1  Indian LegalStudies-Kolkata Entrance – G.K. Ancient Period 31. Two 1st Indians, associated with discovery of Indus valley civilization are – Daya Ram Sahani and Rakhal Das Banerjee 32. The 1st Englishman who deciphered Ashokan‟s Inscription – James princep 33. First of all introduced gold wins in India – Kushans, they introduced it at large scale Vedic Culture 34. The Words Satyameva Jayate in the state emblem of India have been adopted from - Mundaka Upanishad 35. Upanishad are books on – Phylosophy 36. The expounder of Yoga philosophy was – Patanjali 37. The Manu Smriti deals with – Laws 38. Who composed Gayatri Mantra – Vishnumitra 39. The word Aryan means – of good family 40. Sarga, Pratisarga, Vansa, Manavantara and Varshamcharit are the indicators of – Purana 41. „Jhelum river‟ was earlier known as – Vitasta 42. The Indian King who opposed Alexander was – Porus 43. In ancient India the earliest capital of Magadha kingdom was at – Rajgiri 44. The Magadha rules who was contemporary of Alexander the Great – Dharananda 45. Patliputra was choosen for the first time as a capital- udayin 46. The founder of Nanda dynanty – Mahapadmananda 47. The ancient town of Takshasila located – Indus and Jhelum Religious Movement 48. Lord Buddha breathe his last (Mahaparinirav) – Kusginagar 49. Buddha means - the enlighted one 50. Buddha‟s preachings where mainly related to – purity of through and wnduct 51. The Vikramshila Mahavihara, a great center of education, was founded by – Dharmapala 52. The Tripitaka was written by – Pali Gupta Period 53. Srigupta – First known as Gupta Ruler 54. The Silver coins of the Gupta period were known as – Rupyaka 55. Samudragupta – King of the Guopta dynasty was called the “Nepolean of India’ 56. Ashwamedha Yajra organized by - Samudragupta 57. Chandragupta – assumed the title of Vikramaditya 58. Samudragupta has been given the title of „Indian Nepolean‟ by – V. A. smith Notes by Adv. Writwika Dutta, ILs- Kolkata (Ph. NO.- 8167806982) Page 2