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The Lumbini pillar inscription of Ashoka is a
(a) royal commemorative inscription
(b) donative inscription
(c) dedicative inscription
(d) votive inscription
Option a – royal commemorative inscription
Kharosthi script was widely used in which region?
(a) North-Western (Pakistan)
(b) Eastern India
(c) Southern India
(d) Central India
Option a – North-Western (Pakistan)
Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?
(a) Brahmi
(b) Nandnagari
(c) Sharada
(d) Kharosthi
Option d – Kharosthi
Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts?
(a) Piyadassi
(b) Colin Mackenzie
(c) Alexander Conningham
(d) James Prinsep
Option d – James Prinsep
With reference to the naming of India, ‘Bharatvarsha’ has been mentioned in which of the following book?
(a) Ashtadhyayi
(b) Arthashastra
(c) Arjabhattiyam
(d) Acharanga Sutra
Option a – Ashtadhyayi
India is named ‘Aryavarta’, due to inhabitants of which of the following?
(a) Bharat
(b) Dravida
(c) Aryan
(d) Dushyant
Option c – Aryan
Who is called the Father of Indian Archaeology’?
(a) Alexander Cunningham
(b) John Marshall
(c) Mortimer Wheeler
(d) James Prinsep
Option a – Alexander Cunningham
Epigraphy is
(a) the study of inscriptions.
(b) a graphical map.
(c) the detection of epics.
(d) the study of epics.
Option a – the study of inscriptions.
Most of the important salient features of the inscription are
(a) they are free from interpolation.
(b) found at every place.
(c) early to study them.
(d) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
Which of the following fall in the category of commercial inscription?
(a) Junagarh
(b) Aíhole
(c) Gwalior
(d) Seal of Indus Valley
Option d – Seal of Indus Valley
……… was an early example of an inscription written in Sanskrit.
(a) Uttar Merur
(b) Gwalior
(c) Aihole
(d) Junagarh Rock
Option d – Junagarh Rock
The study and analysis of coin is known as
(a) Epigraphy
(b) Numismatics
(c) Coinology
(d) Ethonography
Option b – Numismatics
The Rigveda is the
(a) collection of hymns.
(b) collection of stories.
(c) collection of words.
(d) text of war.
Option a – collection of hymns.
Which one of the following is the oldest Veda?
(a) Yajurveda
(b) Rigveda
(c) Samaveda
(d) Atharvaveda
Option b – Rigveda
In which Vedic text the term ‘Varna’ is found referred to for the first time?
(a) Rigveda
(b) Atharvaveda
(c) Samaveda
(d) Yajurveda
Option a – Rigveda
(a) Atharvaveda
(b) Samaveda
(c) Rigveda
(d) Manusmriti
Option c – Rigveda
The compilation of which of the following Vedas have been based on Rigveda?
(a) Yajurveda
(b) Samaveda
(c) Atharvaveda
(d) None of these
Option b – Samaveda
The Brahmi script was first deciphered by letters inscribed on
(a) Stone tablets
(b) Seal
(c) Pillars
(d) Coins
Option a – Stone tablets
The first scholar who read Ashokan edicts was
(a) Bunler
(b) Robert Sebal
(c) James Prinsep
(d) Cordriguttan
Option c – James Prinsep
Pre-Ashokan Brahmi script was found at
(a) Nagarjunakonda
(b) Anuradhapura
(c) Brahmagiri
(d) Maski
Option b – Anuradhapura
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