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    Quiz Time History: Improving knowledge of History while being entertained
    Quiz Time History: Improving knowledge of History while being entertained
    Quiz Time History: Improving knowledge of History while being entertained
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    Quiz Time History: Improving knowledge of History while being entertained

    By Ambika Prasad Parashar & Surendra Chand Parashar

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    Quiz Time History is an exhaustive book including interesting and Brain-teasing questions and answers on almost all the phases of our glorious past. This quiz book consists of three main parts: Part-I, dealing with the Early and Medieval Indian History; Part-2, on the facts and figures of Modern Indian History and the Contemporary World and Part-3, containing General Questions on World History. All the questions have been accompanied by answers to educate and enlighten the readers, students of all ages in general and the aspirants of Civil Services Examinations in particular. The Civil Services Examinations as we all know begins with the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT). The CSAT is the new Recruitment Process of Civil Services Exams conducted by the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission). The CSAT has been brought into effect from the Civil Services Examination, 2011. This will not only enable the Government of India to choose civil servants with the right aptitudes, but also end the use of scaling system for varying subjects that has been a matter of concern for many. However, no changes have been introduced in the Civil Services (Main) Examination and the Personality Test in the scheme of Civil Services Examination (CSE). This book contains all the vital historical facts and figures which can be useful for students appearing for the above mentioned competitive examinations.
    So friends, grab the book immediately and test your historical skills by solving these 1100 questions based on the various phases of Indian and World History!

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherV&S Publishers
    Release dateJul 4, 2012
    ISBN9789350572948
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      Quiz Time History - Ambika Prasad Parashar & Surendra Chand Parashar

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      Publisher’s Note

      After the grand success of a number of Quiz Books, V&S Publishers has come out with a unique series called the Quiz Time containing quiz books on Mathematics, History, etc.

      Quiz Time History is an exhaustive book including interesting and brainteasing questions and answers on almost all the phases of our glorious past. This quiz book consists of three main parts: Part-I, dealing with the Early and Medieval Indian History; Part-2, on the facts and figures of Modern Indian History and the Contemporary World and Part-3, containing General Questions on World History.

      All the questions have been accompanied by answers to educate and enlighten the readers, students of all ages in general and the aspirants of Civil Services Examinations in particular. The Civil Services Examinations as we all know begins with the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT).

      The CSAT is the new Recruitment Process of Civil Services Exams conducted by the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission). The CSAT has been brought into effect from the Civil Services Examination, 2011. This will not only enable the Government of India to choose civil servants with the right aptitudes, but also end the use of scaling system for varying subjects that has been a matter of concern for many. However, no changes have been introduced in the Civil Services (Main) Examination and the Personality Test in the scheme of Civil Services Examination (CSE).

      This book contains all the vital historical facts and figures which can be useful for students appearing for the above mentioned competitive examinations.

      So friends, grab the book immediately and test your historical skills by solving these 1100 questions based on the various phases of Indian and World History!

      Early and Medieval Indian History

      Sources and Approaches to the Study of Early Indian History

      Q-1. Who is known as the Father of Indian Archeology?

      Ans. General Sir Alexander Cunningham

      Q-2. The Rajatarangini written by Kalhana, deals with the history of which place?

      Ans. Kashmir

      Q-3. When was the Asiatic Society of Bengal established?

      Ans. 15 January 1784

      Q-4. What is epigraphy?

      Ans. It is the study of inscriptions or epigraphs as writing.

      Q-5. Which Greek scholar wrote a geographical treatise on the 2nd century AD India?

      Ans. Ptolemy

      Q-6. What is the name of Banabhatta’s biography on Emperor Harshavardhana?

      Ans. Harshacharita

      Q-7. Which Iranian-Muslim scholar recorded his studies on India in a book called Tarikh al-Hind or History of India in the 11th century?

      Ans. Al Biruni

      Q-8. The study of ________ is called numismatics.

      Ans. Coins

      Old Indian Coins

      Q-9. Who was the author of the work Nirukta that discussed the etymology of Vedic words?

      Ans. Yaska

      Q-10. Panini’s Ashtadhyayi is a text on ________.

      A. Religion

      B. Politics

      C. Grammar

      D. Trade

      Ans. C. Grammar

      Q-11. Which Chola poet wrote on three successive kings: Vikrama Chola, Kulottunga II and Rajaraja II?

      Ans. Ottakkuttan

      Q-12. Fa-Hien’s travelogue gives an account of the _______ age.

      A. Maurya

      B. Gupta

      C. Chola

      D. Mughal

      Ans. B. Gupta

      Q-13. How many hymns does the Rig Veda contain?

      Ans. 1028

      Q-14. The word purana means ________.

      A. New narrative

      B. Old narrative

      C. Song

      D. Verse

      Ans. B. Old Narrative

      Early Pastoral and Agricultural Communities The Archeological Evidence

      Q-1. In the Indian subcontinent, which of the following animals was not domesticated by 9000 BCE.

      A. Sheep

      B. Goat

      C. Elephant

      D. Horse

      Ans. Horse

      Q-2. What was the first metal to be traded?

      Ans. Copper

      Q-3. Which plant did early farmers domesticate and then use for making drugs and oil?

      Ans. Hemp

      Q-4. Which variety of rice first appeared in the Ganges valley around 540 BC?

      Ans. Wild Oryza

      Q-5. What are the most of material remains of OCP culture in the form of?

      Ans. Pottery

      Chinese Tri-colored Pottery

      Q-6. In the Iron age, which of these places have evidence of horse burials?

      A. Junapani

      B. Tekwada

      C. Maski

      D. Inamgaon

      Ans. A. Junapani

      Q-7. In which place did excavations provide evidence that some early communities lived in underground pits?

      Ans. Kashmir

      Q-8. Who were the first to use painted pottery?

      Ans. Chalcolithics

      Q-9. The fact that early communities believed in the Mother Goddess is evident by the discovery of female clay figurines ________ heads.

      A. with heads

      B. without heads

      C. with and without heads

      D. without limbs

      Ans. C. with and without heads

      Q-10. Terracotta figurines of which animal were found in the Chalcolithic levels at Kayatha?

      Ans. Bulls

      The Indus Valley Civilisation: Its origin, nature and

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