Dr. Usha Rani Jain and Amitabh Ranjan Solutions for Chapter: Ancient History of Punjab, Exercise 1: Multiple Choice Questions

Consider the following statements:

I. Human settlements °Neolithic culture began to develop in Punjab after 4000 BCE.

II. These settlements were possibly camps of semi-Nomadic people who depended primarily on Pastoralism and secondarily on shifting cultivation.

III. A site of this culture has been excavated at Jalilpur on the old bed of the river Ravi.

IV. In Bahawalpur district, such settlements appeared between 3800 and 3200 BCE.

Which of the statement given above are correct about Neolithic settlements in Punjab?

Kotla Nihang Khan in Rupnagar district was discovered in

Consider the following about the Pala empire.

I. The Palas were the followers of the Hinayana and Tantric schools of Buddhism.

II. The empire reached its peak under Dharmapala and Devpala.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

The Brahmi script was introduced in the Punjab by which of the following Mauryan emperor?

Cities and scripts reappeared in the Punjab between 700 BCE-300 BCE. Which of the following was the important city of the period?

Which of the following Kushan ruler had a winter capital at Purushapura (Peshawar) and a summer capital at Kapisa (Bagram)?

Arrange the following rulers of Punjab chronologically.

1. Huns

2. Palas

3. Mauryan

4. Indo-Greek

Consider the following about the Indus Valley sites excavated in Punjab

I. The site of Rupnagar was excavated by YD Sharma in 1952-1953.

II. A large number of beads of steatite terracotta have been found from Rohira.

Which of the statements given below is/are correct?