Ancient History of Haryana MCQ Question Answer

Ancient History of Haryana MCQ Question Answer:-All general knowledge questions related to Haryana which are useful for the preparation of various government or non-government competitive examinations held in the state of Haryana. Important questions of Haryana GK which are asked in the competitive exams held in the state.

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1. Statues of Jain period have been found from

 (a) Hansi
(b) Rohtak
 (c) Daulatpur
(d) Both (a) and (b)

 2. Statue of Baliram has been found from which place of Haryana?
(a) Asthal Bohar (Rohtak)
(b) Sonipat
 (c) Naurangabad (Bhiwani)
(d)Barwala

3. The famous traveller Hiuen Tsang who had come to Haryana in the 17th century to learn Buddhism was from .......... .
(a) Israel
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Indonesia
(d) China

4. Which one of the following is the correct meaning of Haryana? 
 (a) The Adobe of God
(b) The God of Crop
(c) The God of Money
(d) The Adobe of Grains

5. Who called the region of Haryana as Hariyala?
 (a) Dr. Budh Prakash
(b) Yadhnath Sarkar
 (c) Dr. H.R. Gupta
(d) Vibhu Shridhar

6. ........... called the region of Haryana as Haridhanakya.
(a) Dr. H.R. Gupta
 (b) Dr. Budh Prakash
(c) Rahul Sankrityayan
(d) Yadunath Sarkar

7. What was the capital of Kuru Clan, which was among the 16 Mahajanapadas, during Mahabharata period ? 
 (a) Hastinapur
 (b) Indraprastha
 (c) Kurukshetra
(d) None of these

8. Haryana region was under the reign of which Mauryan king? 
 (a) Bindusara
 (b) Ashoka
 (c) Chandragupta Maurya
 (d) All of the above

9. Coins of Yaudheya clan have been discovered at which place of Haryana?
 (a) Hisar
 (b) Sonipat
 (c) Bhiwani
 (d) Both (a) and (b)

10. Haryana was known by which name during Yaudheya Period? 
 (a) Haritdesha
 (b) Harit Pradesh
 (c) Bahudhanyak
(d) Haritdhanyaka

11. The period of Yaudheya Republic is considered after……… .
(a) Post Harappan period
(b) Post Mauryan period
 (c) Post Gupta period
(d) Medieval period

12. The capital of Agar Republic was ……… 
 (a) Agroha
(b) Hisar
(c) Rewari
 (d) Hansi

13. Who was the founder of Vardhana dynasty?
 (a) Pushyabhuti
(b) Aditya Vardhana
 (c) Naravardhana
(d) Rajyavardhana

14. Vardhana dynasty was founded at which place of Haryana ?
(a) Thanesar
 (b) Rohtak
(c) Panipat
(d) Kurukshetra

15. Where did King Harshavardhana establish his capital in Kurukshetra in 700 AD? 
 (a) Pehowa
 (b) Kannauj
 (c) Ladwa
(d) Jhansa

16. ……… was near the Thanesar which was ruled by Harshavardhana. 
 (a) Kurukshetra
(b) Ambala
(c) Bhiwani
(d) Panchkula

17. Chinese traveller Hiuen-Tsang visited Haryana during the reign of which ruler?
(a) Harshavardhana
 (b) Rajyavardhana
(c) Prabhakarvardhana
 (d) Madhavardhana

18. Copper currency of Harshavardhana period has been found from which place of Haryana?
 (a) Sonipat
(b) Pehowa
 (c) Agroha
 (d) Panipat

19. Inscriptions of Gurjara-Pratihara period have been found from
 (a) Pehowa
(b) Sonipat
(c) Mitathal
 (d) Agroha

20. Mauryan Stupas and relics have been found from which place of Haryana?
(a) Bhiwani
(b) Hisar
(c) Agroha
(d) Mitathal

21. In ancient times Haryana was known as ……… . 
 (a) Brahmavrata
(b) Gujarat
 (c) Kurukshetra
 (d) Delhi

22. By what name was the state of Haryana known in ancient times? [
(a) Brahmavrata Pradesh
(b) Brahmashri Pradesh
(c) Brahma Ki Uttarvedi
 (d) All of the above

 23. The ancient and sacred river of Haryana is ……… .
(a) Saraswati
(b) Drishadvati
(c) Ganga
 (d) Both (a) and (b)

24. Agroha (Hisar) is mentioned in which texts?
(a) Divyavdan
 (b) Kathakosh
(c) Bhadrabahu Charita
(d) All of these

 25. Which of the following texts has mention about Agroha (Hisar)? 
(a) Rajatarangini
(b) Abhigyan Shakuntalam
(c) Maltimadhav
(d) Divyavdana

26. Which of the following Jaina texts provides information from the social, religious cultural life of Haryana from first century to the third century?
(a) Parishishtaparvan
(b) Bhadrabahu Charitra
 (c) Kathakosh
(d) All of the above

27. Maharaja Agrasena was associated with which place?
(a) Sirsa
(b) Pehowa
(c) Rohtak
(d) Agroha

28. Rohtak district got its mention in which historical text?
(a) Divyavdan
 (b) Majihima Nikaya
(c) Nakula-Digvijayam
(d) Kathakosh

29. Information about the ancient history of Haryana is found in which Purana?
 (a) Narad Purana
 (b) Matasya Purana
(c) Vishnu Purana
(d) Vamana Purana

30. The Vamana Purana mentions how many forests of Haryana?
 (a) 4
(b) 7
 (c) 11
 (d) 12

31. Which of the following rivers of Haryana is not mentioned in Vamana Purana?
 (a) Indravati
 (b) Saraswati
(c) Aapaga
(d) Anshumati

32. Which text has mentioned the description of the rivers flowing in Thanesar and Kurukshetra of Haryana?
 (a) Vamana Purana
(b) Prithvi Purana
(c) Purana Katha
(d) Katha Sahitya

33. Harshacharita was written by ……… .
(a) Banabhatta
 (b) Rajyavardhana
 (c) Adityavardhana
 (d) Prabhakarvardhana

 34. Banabhatta was the friend and court poet of which of the following rulers?
(a) Prithviraj Chauhan
 (b) Harshavardhana
 (c) Anangpala
 (d) Hemchandra

 35. The first archaeological excavation in Haryana was done by which Archaeologist?
(a) Cunningham
 (b) BB Lal
 (c) HL Srivastava
 (d) DD Snooper

36. The oldest inscription of Haryana is ………
(a) Topra inscription
 (b) Ropar inscription
(c) Pehowa inscription
(d) Banawali inscription

37. Who established Topra inscription of Ashoka period (in Yamunanagar district of Haryana) to Firuz Shah Kotla in Delhi? 
 (a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
 (b) Sultan Nasiruddin
(c) Ibrahim Lodi
(d) None of the above

38. All the seven notes of music have been mentioned in the inscription which has been found at which place of Haryana?
(a) Sudh
(b) Agroha
(c) Rohtak
(d) Mitathal

39. Which inscription provides information that Pehowa was famous for horse trading in the ancient period?
(a) Topra Inscription
 (b) Ropar Inscription
 (c) Bhojdeva Inscription
 (d) Banawali Inscription

 40. Coins of Indo-Greek rulers have been found from which place of Haryana?
 (a) Karnal
 (b) Khokhrakot (Rohtak)
(c) Mewat
 (d) Hansi

41. From which place of Haryana coins of Gupta ruler Samudragupta have been obtained?
(a) Mitathal
(b) Rakhigarhi
(c) Banawali
(d) Kapalmochan

 42. Copper currency of Harsha period has been found from which place of Haryana?
(a) Sonipat
(b) Panipat
(c) Jhajjar
(d) Mewat

43. Most of the Sculptures found in Haryana are related to which religion?
(a) Vaishnavism
(b) Buddhism
(c) Jainism
(d) All of these

44. In Haryana which of the following is the main centre of Kushana period sculptures?
 (a) Rohtak
 (b) Sirsa
(c) Panipat
(d) Kurukshetra

45. Stone tools of palaeolithic age are found at which place of Haryana?
 (a) Dhamli
 (b) Pinjore
(c) Firozpur
 (d) Both (a) and (b)

46. From which place of Haryana evidences of lower palaeolithic period have been found?
(a) Pinjore-Kalka region
(b) Mewat region
 (c) Malwa region
(d) Jhajjar-Nuh region

47. Evidences of agriculture of Neolithic period have been found from which place of Haryana?
 (a) Sirsa
(b) Hisar
 (c) Siswal
 (d) Kurukshetra

 48. The first evidences of Siswal culture have been found from which district of Haryana?
(a) Hisar
(b) Rohtak
(c) Kurukshetra
(d) Sirsa

49. At first, Siswal people were settled near which river valley in Haryana?
(a) Yamuna River Valley
(b) Sahibi River Valley
(c) Saraswati River Valley
(d) Drishadvati River Valley

50. Black-shiny decorated pottery have been found in Haryana, it depicts culture of which period?
(a) Vedic Period
(b) Indus Valley civilisation
(c) Siswal civilisation
 (d) None of the above

51. The excavation of Mitathal village, located in Bhiwani district of Haryana, was conducted by ......... 
 (a) Dr. Manmohan Kumar
(b) Dr. Surajbhan
(c) R.S. Bisht
 (d) Dr. Amrendra Nath

52. Banawali is located in which district of Haryana?
 (a) Fatehabad
 (b) Rohtak
 (c) Sirsa
 (d) Hisar

53. Rakhigarhi, a famous site of Siswal culture is located in which district of Haryana?
(a) Hisar
(b) Sonipat
 (c) Kurukshetra
 (d) Sirsa

54. Painted pottery of Siswal culture has been found from which place of Haryana?
 (a) Kunal
 (b) Farmana
(c) Giravad
(d) Balu

55. Royal crown has been found from which place of Haryana? 
 (a) Banawali
 (b) Rakhigarhi
 (c) Kunal
 (d) All of these

56. Which is the first excavated site of ‘Hakra Culture’?
 (a) Kunal
(b) Mitathal
(c) Bhirrana
 (d) None of these

 57. Around 5000 years old Indus Valley Civilisation has been found in the ……… district of Haryana. 
 (a) Ranchi
 (b) Hisar
(c) Kurukshetra
 (d) Angirus

58. Which Harappan site is located in Fatehabad district of Haryana?
(a) Banawali
(b) Lothal
 (c) Dholavira
(d) Kalibangas

59. At which place, two terracotta sculptures of Matra devi have been found in Haryana?
(a) Banawali
(b) Rakhigarhi
(c) Mitathal
 (d) Bhirrana

60. The largest number of barley and grains evidences have been discovered at which Harappan site of Haryana?
(a) Mitathal
(b) Banawali
 (c) Siswal
 (d) Bhirrana

61. Rakhigarhi, a Harappan civilisation place is located in which of the following district of Haryana? 
 (a) Hisar
(b) Kurukshetra
(c) Fatehabad
 (d) Sirsa

62. In the excavation of which of the following sites of Haryana the remains of 4500 years old civilisation found?
 (a) Rakhigarhi
(b) Siswal
(c) Rohtak
(d) Karnal

63. Which of the following is the oldest, Harappan historical site in Haryana? 
 (a) Bhadana
 (b) Rakhigarhi
 (c) Banawali
 (d) Kunal

64. The historical site Mitathal is located in which district of Haryana? 
 (a) Rohtak
(b) Sirsa
 (c) Bhiwani
 (d) Bahadurgarh

65. Which of the following archaeological site of Indus Valley Civilisation in Haryana is correctly matched? 
 (a) Mitathal-Bhiwani
 (b) Rakhigarhi-Fatehabad
 (c) Banawali-Yamunanagar
(d) Siswal-Kurukshetra

 66. Which of the following is not a Harappan site?
(a) Rakhigarhi
 (b) Faridabad
(c) Banawali
 (d) Daulatpur

67. What is the name of Haryana in Rigveda? 
 (a) Raj Haryana
(b) Harivi
(c) Haryali
 (d) Harn

68. In which Purana, Haryana is named as ‘Hariyali’?
 (a) Vamana Purana
(b) Prithvi Purana
 (c) Purana Katha
(d) Skanda Purana

69. ‘Panprastha’ is the oldest name of which district of Haryana?
(a) Sonipat
 (b) Kurukshetra
 (c) Panipat
(d) Kaithal

70. In which text Kurukshetra is known as ‘Harishetra’?
(a) Vayu Purana
(b) Garuda Purana
 (c) Shiva Purana
 (d) Skanda Purana

71. The oldest epic of Haryana is ……… 
 (a) Rigveda
(b) Bhagavad Gita
 (c) Chaturveda
(d) Ausho

72. ……… said that the word ‘Haryana’ came from Aryan.
(a) Dr. HR Gupta
(b) Pt. Rahul Sankrityayan
 (c) Satish Dwiwedi
(d) Chahmana

73. Aryan people called Haryana as ……… .
(a) Devlok
 (b) Devprayag
 (c) Devbhoomi
 (d) Devsangam

74. Which of the following mighty kings are associated with history of Haryana?
(a) Puru Clan
(b) Bharat Clan
(c) Kuru Clan
 (d) All of these

75. Haryana state was the home of which dynasty?
(a) Bharata dynasty
(b) Maurya dynasty
 (c) Lodhi dynasty
(d) Gupta dynasty

76. The war of Mahabharata took place in ……… BC. 
 (a) 900
(b) 800
(c) 700
(d) 600

77. The famous Kurukshetra War (Mahabharat) was fought for the throne of ................ 
 (a) Indraprashta
 (b) Hastinapur
(c) Gandhar
(d) Yadu

78. The holy district of Haryana is ………
(a) Panchkula
(b) Kurukshetra
 (c) Ambala
 (d) Hisar

79. Ved Vyasa write Mahabharata at which place? 
 (a) Sonipat
 (b) Kurukshetra
 (c) Hisar
(d) Panipat

80. The name of Mahabharata is ……… .
 (a) Dharam Bharata
(b) Panchali Katha
 (c) Jaya Samhita
(d) Jay Bharata

81. The famous religious book/text of ‘Mahabharata’ was written in which district of Haryana?
(a) Hisar
 (b) Sonipat
(c) Karnal
 (d) Kurukshetra

82. ……… battle ground is known as ‘Dharam Shetra’. 
 (a) Panipat
 (b) Kurukshetra
 (c) Mewat
(d) Kargil

83. Which city of Haryana is associated with Karna of Mahabharata? 
 (a) Karnal
 (b) Kurukshetra
 (c) Kunjpura
(d) Kunal

84. In which epic Haryana is known as ‘Bahudhanyak’? 
 (a) Mahabharata
 (b) Vishnu Purana
 (c) Ramayana
(d) Ashtadhyayi

85. King ……… established the Karnal city during Mahabharata period.
(a) Yudhishtir
 (b) Karna
 (c) Duryodhana
 (d) Shakuni

86. Kurukshetra has been described as the Dharmakshetra Kurukshetra in the first verse of the ............ . 
 (a) Puranas
(b) Ramayana
 (c) Mahabharatha
 (d) Gita

87. Haryana has been illustrated in which epic? 
(a) Ramayana
(b) Gitanjali
(c) Mahabharata
(d) Shakuntala

88. During the times of Mahabharata, Haryana was referred with which of the following names?
(a) Hitapradesh
(b) Vindyapradesh
(c) Ditarashtra
(d) Bahudhanyaka

89. Lord Krishna gave teachings of Gita to Arjun at which holy place of Haryana? 
 (a) Markanday Teertha
 (b) Jyotisar
 (c) Brahma Kund
(d) Kaleshwar Teertha

90. The book written by the Chinese traveller depicts power and glory of which place of Haryana?
(a) Thanesar
(b) Patiala
(c) Mahendragarh
 (d) Kurukshetra

91. The old name of Kurukshetra was ……… 
 (a) Narashtra
 (b) Thanesar
(c) Yugandhar
 (d) Rohitasgarh

92. Sthanishvara was the ancient name of
 (a) Sirsa
(b) Sonipat
(c) Kurukshetra
 (d) Karnal

93. Thanesar was the capital of which famous ruler?
(a) Harshavardhana
 (b) Ashoka
 (c) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(d) Kanishka

94. Match the following. 

Ancient Remains                        Location
A. Tablet of Shunga period     1. Agroha
B. Sculptures of Yaksha         2. Khokhrakot
C. Mints of Yaudheyan period 3. Palwal
 D. Coins of Agreya Janapada 4. Sugh
 Codes A B C D 

 (a) 4 3 2 1
 (b) 4 2 1 3
 (c) 1 2 3 4
 (d) 3 2 1 4

95. Match the following.
Ancient Name          Present Name
 A. Sherishkam          1. Sirsa
B. Kanaur                  2. Kaithal
C. Kapisthal              3. Panipat
D. Panprastha            4. Mahendragarh

 Codes A B C D

(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 1 4 2 3
(c) 3 1 2 4
(d) 3 2 4 1

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