Gradup Gk one word Flashcards
Which civilization is also known as Seeswal civilization in Haryana?
Harappan Civilization
Who discovered the Mitathal site of Harappan civilization in Haryana?
Dr. Surajbhaan
_____is the largest site of Indus Valley Civilization after Mohenjodaro.
Rakhi Garhi (hisar)
All the three stages of Harappan civilization (in Haryana) were found in ___?
Mitathal, Bhiwani
Who discovered the three sites of Harappan civilization at Madina, Girawad and Farmanakhas (Rohtak, Haryana)?
Dr. Vivek Dangi
Where did the bangles made of copper and glass excavate in Haryana?
Bhagwanpur (kurukshetra)
Which pre-Harappan site was found in Haryana?
Kunal (Fatehabad district)
Jogankheda site of IVC is in which district of Haryana?
jind
Where are the evidence of ploughed land found in Haryana and India
Banawali (Fatehabad)
All three stages of development of houses from pit houses to rectangular to the square dwelling was found in ___district of Haryana.
Kunal (Fatehabad)
Haryana was named as Brahmavedi in Panchvish Brahman of ____veda
Samaveda
In Sathpath Brahmana, Haryana was named as ____?
Kuru Jangal
The two Yaksh- Kapil and Tarantuk are believed to be situated on which river bank?
Dhrashtadhati River
Which was the capital of king Parikshit, the last of the kuru ruler?
Asandh (Karnal)
Traces of rice and wheat both were found at which site of Haryana?
Rakhi Garhi (Hisar)
Capital of Yaudreya republic was ___. It constitutes which parts of Haryana?
Prakritnak, (Naurangabad, Bhiwani) and it constituted jat belt of Haryana (Hisar, Rohtak, Sonipat)
The word ‘dwi’ was used for which of the two republics?
Yaudreya and Arjunayan
Which of the two republics were mentioned by Panini in his book Astadheyey?
Agreya and Arjunanyana
After the destruction of republic Agreya (capital Agroha), who reconstructed the city of Agroha?
Maharaja Agrasen
As per Divya Vadan, which were the centres of Buddhism in Haryana?
Rohtak and Agroha
According to Buddhist literature, Vinay Pitak, Vaid Jeevak belonged to which place of Haryana?
Rohtak
The idols of Buddha were found at which sites of Haryana?
Brahmanavas, Rohtak and Naurangabad, Bhiwani
The idols of Jainism were found at which places of Haryana?
Hansi (Hisar) and Ranila (Charkhi Dadri)
Along with Ashoka, which another Indian ruler is also mentioned at Topra inscription?
Bisaldeva Chauhan (His victory over Malecha is mentioned; 12 CAD
Which is the only inscription (found in Haryana) written in Kharosthi script?
Karnal inscription (Ashoka’s)
Who read the Topra inscription at the earliest?
James Princep in 1837
The idols of Sunga dynasty were found at______ in Yamunanagar.
Sugh
Indo-Greek coins were found at ______ (Rohtak)and_____(Bhiwani).
Khokracoat (Rohtak) and Naurangabaad (Bhiwani))
The inscription found at Laos is about ____ Indian ruler?
Maharajadhiraj Shreedeva of Thanesar, Kurukshetra
Seals depicting shloka regarding jatayu, sita, ram, Lakshman and Ramayana, found at Nacharkheda, Jind. These belong to which ancient dynasty?
Gupta period
Samudragupta’s coins were found at ____and ____ places of Haryana
Jagadri (Yamunanagar) and Mitathal (Bhiwani
The idol of Lord Vishnu at Shes Saiyan/shesnaag was found at ____(Sonipat).
Kajiliput (Sonipat)
Who built Staneshwar Mahadev temple at Thanesar (Kurukshetra) and renovated by?
Pushyabhuti Vardhan &
Sadashivrao Bhao
Harshavardhan changed his capital from Thanesar to ____.
Kannauj
Banabhatt, Mayur, Divakar, Huein Tsang and Kalidas; Out of these poets, which did not belong to the court of Harshvardhan?
Kalidas
Who wrote the biography of Harshavardhan?
Bhanbhatt
___-,____and___ were written by Harshavardhan himself.
Nagananda, Priyadarshani and Ratanawali
Harsha collected one-sixth of produce as tax. True/False.
True
According to Colonel James Todd, ____and local tribes gave birth to the modern day Rajputs.
Huns
The evidences of Mihir Bhoj were found at ____ in Haryana.
Pehowa, Kurukshetra
Three types of tax collected by Harshavardhan administration were ____,____ and ____.
Hirnaya (cash), bhag (share of grains) and bali (gifts or services)
____ of Ajmer defeated Gopal of Tomar and Delhi became seat of Chauhans
Annauraj of Ajmer
Who wrote the biography of Prithviraj III (as Prithviraj Raso)?
Chand Bardai
Tarain is in ____district of Haryana
Karnal
_____of Hansi helped Prithviraj Chauhan during the first battle of Tarain.
Govind Rai
______of Garhwal helped Mohammad Gauri during the second battle of Tarain.
Raja Jai Chandra
____ of Hansi and _____ of Rewari tried to stop Mohammad Ghori after the defeat of Chauhans in Delhi.
Jatwa of Hansi and Governor Rao Tejpal of Rewari
Third battle of Tarain was fought between _____ and ____ in 1215
Shamshuddin and Yalduz
___ was the smallest IQTA of slave dynasty.
Palwal
Balban was the Iqtedar of _____.
Hansi
Jalaluddin Khilji was the iqtedar of _____.
Kaithal
Hisar, Junagarh and Fatehabad cities were established by which ruler?
Firoz Shah Tughlaq
When did Taimur attack Haryana?
1398 AD
Only two rulers were left unaffected by the attack of Taimur. Who were they?
Hasan Khan Mewati and Mohan Singh Bhandar of Kaithal (they had good relations with Sayyids)
_____ and ____ revolted during the reign of Sikander Lodi.
Kalayat (Kaithal) and Jind
Before the 1st battle of Panipat, Which areas were attacked by Babur?
Hisar and Mewat
Hemachandra (Hemu) was a trader of _____. He has opted for the title of Vikramaditya XIV.
Rewari
Who established a new city Faridabad named after Sheikh Baba Farid, treasurer of Mughals?
Jahangir
Who built Mughal bridge and Mama-bhanja Mughal sarai at Gharonda (Karnal)?
Shah Jahan