Ancient India

Question 1

Stone Age is divided into?

Answer 1

Paleolithic (Old or early stone Age)
Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age)
Neolithic (New Stone Age)

Question 2

Paleolithic Age Time period?

Answer 2

500000-8000 BC

Question 3

Mesolithic Age Time period?

Answer 3

8000-4000 BC

Question 4

Neolithic Age Time period?

Answer 4

4000-1000 BC

Question 5

Indus valley civilization thrived along the rivers?

Answer 5

Indus River and Ghaggar-Hakra River

Question 6

Alternative name for the Indus valley culture is?

Answer 6

Saraswati-Sindhu Civilization

Question 7

Who discovered Harappa first on Ravi in 1921?

Answer 7

R.B. Dayaram Sahni

Question 8

Who discovered Mohenjodaro or Mound of the Dead on Indus in 1922?

Answer 8

R.D. Banerji

Question 9

Which type of script is written from right to left in the first line and left to right in the second line?

Answer 9

Boustrophedon. (Used by Indus Valley Civilization people) Their script is not alphabetic, but pictographic.

Question 10

Holy book of Iran

Answer 10

Zend Avesta

Question 11

The whole region in which the Aryans settled is called the

Answer 11

Land of Seven Rivers or Sapta Sindhava (The Indus and its five tributaries and the Saraswati)