UGC NET History Practice Question

The archaeological culture associated with Painted Grey Ware (PGW) is chronologically linked with which period of Indian history?

Harappan Civilization

Rigvedic Period

Later Vedic Period and Iron Age ✓

Imperial Gupta Age

PGW sites, concentrated in the upper Ganga-Yamuna doab, are generally dated c. 1200-600 BCE and associated with the Later Vedic period and early Iron Age, linked to sites mentioned in the Mahabharata tradition like Hastinapur.

Which of the following Buddhist canonical texts contains the accounts of the First Buddhist Council at Rajagriha?

Digha Nikaya

Cullavagga of the Vinaya Pitaka ✓

Mahavamsa

Abhidhamma Pitaka

The Cullavagga, part of the Vinaya Pitaka (monastic discipline texts), contains the account of the First Buddhist Council held at Rajagriha shortly after the Buddha's death, where the teachings were first collectively recited and compiled.

The Arthashastra of Kautilya was rediscovered and published for the first time in 1909 by which scholar?

James Prinsep

R. Shamasastry ✓

Vincent Smith

William Jones

R. Shamasastry discovered a manuscript of the Arthashastra in 1904 and published it in 1909, transforming the study of Mauryan administration and statecraft by giving historians a detailed indigenous treatise to work with.

Which inscription provides explicit evidence of early irrigation public works through the repair of the Sudarshana Lake embankment?

Allahabad Pillar Inscription

Junagadh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman I ✓

Hathigumpha Inscription

Eran Inscription of Bhanugupta

Rudradaman I's Junagadh inscription records the repair of the Sudarshana Lake dam (originally built under Chandragupta Maurya, repaired under Ashoka too) — key evidence for continuous state involvement in irrigation infrastructure from Mauryan to Western Kshatrapa times.

The Sangam period Patinenkilkanakku collections consist primarily of texts belonging to which theme?

Heroic war ballads

Didactic, ethical, and moral treatises ✓

Hymns dedicated to Murugan

Manuals on ship building and navigation

The Patinenkilkanakku ("Eighteen Minor Works"), which includes the Tirukkural, are predominantly didactic works on ethics, conduct, and moral philosophy, distinct from the heroic/martial Puram poetry of the main Sangam anthologies.

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