UPSC Ancient india PYQ with Answers

Discuss the salient features of the Harappan architecture. (Answer in 150 words)

In ancient India, which one of the following rulers had assumed the titles 'Mattavilasa', 'Vichitrachitta' and 'Gunabhara'?

1. AMahendravarman I✓
2. BSimhavishnu
3. CNarasimhavarman I
4. DSimhavarman

The Chinese pilgrim Fa-hien (Faxian) travelled to India during the reign of

1. ASamudragupta
2. BChandragupta II✓
3. CKumaragupta I
4. DSkandagupta

Who among the following led a successful military campaign against the kingdom of Srivijaya, the powerful maritime State, which ruled the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and the neighbouring islands?

1. AAmoghavarsha (Rashtrakuta)
2. BPratapardra (Kakatiya)
3. CRajendra I (Chola)✓
4. DVishnuvardhana (Hoysala)

Underline the changes in the field of society and economy from the Rig Vedic to the later Vedic period. (Answer in 150 words)

With reference to ancient India, Gautama Buddha was generally known by which of the following epithets?
1. Nayaputta
2. Shakyamuni
3. Tathagata
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1. A1 only
2. B2 and 3 only✓
3. C1, 2 and 3
4. DNone of the above are epithets of Gautama Buddha

Consider the following information:
1. Chandraketugarh — Odisha — Trading Port town
2. Inamgaon — Maharashtra — Chalcolithic site
3. Mangadu — Kerala — Megalithic site
4. Salihundam — Andhra Pradesh — Rock-cut cave shrines
In which of the above rows is the given information correctly matched?

1. A1 and 2
2. B2 and 3✓
3. C3 and 4
4. D1 and 4

Sanghabhuti, an Indian Buddhist monk who travelled to China at the end of the fourth century AD, was the author of a commentary on:

1. APrajnaparamita Sutra
2. BVisuddhimagga
3. CSarvastivada Vinaya✓
4. DLalitavistara