Model Questions for Scientific Assistant (IMD) Exam (Paper-1) - Set 1

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Q- 1. Which of the following is not a site of neolithic culture of India?

(A) Nagpur
(B) Brahmagiri
(C) Burzahom
(D) None of the above

Q- 2. The Bronze age is so called because

(A) Bronze was the main metal used
(B) The metal was used for the first time
(C) The skillfulness was needed to manufacture the tools
(D) The stone and bronze were overlapping

Q- 3. Which of the given below features in not aplicable to the Indus sites ?

(A) Its separation of the city into two parts. A citadel consisting of monuments builldings an a lower town where the citizens lived.
(B) The roads were straight and intersected each other at right angles thus dividing the cities into large rectangular blocks.
(C) The commodiuous houses of the citizenry being double-storied were made of burnt bricks and stone.
(D) Artifacts of royal trappings were identified.

Q-4. The period between 2500-1800 B.C is assigned for the Indus Valley civilization on what basis ?

(A) Recently deciphered script by K.V. Rao
(B) Marking on seals
(C) Trade comparisons with neighbouring countries
(D) On the basis of radio-carbon dating.

Q- 5. The Indus Valley Civilization was spread at

(A) Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Baluchistan.
(B) Banks of river Indus Punjab, Sindh and Baluchistan.
(C) U.P., Haryana and neighbouring parts of Punjab and Rajasthan
(D) Indo-Gangetic division and the upper Gangetic plain.

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Q- 6. The causes of decline of Harappan civilization is evident from which of the following ?

(A) General decline in civic standards of the culture
(B) Potttery was becoming inferior in quality
(C) Planned big houses were replaced by inferior structures
(D) All the above

Q- 7. Decimal system for the measurement of length was

(A) Not known to the Indus valley people
(B) Known to the Indus valley people because of their contact with Sumerians and Eyptians.
(C) Known to the Indus valley people Independently.
(D) Known to the Harappans because of their contact with the Iron age people.

Q-8. The famous conversation between Uddalaka Aruni and his son Svetaketu regarding the identify of the Brahman and the Atman figures in the

(A) Svetasvatara Upanishad
(B) Chandogya Upanishad
(C) Mundaka Upanishad
(D) Mandukya Upanishad

Q- 9. During the period of the Sutras the brahmanas were allowed to marry

(A) Only Brahmana girls
(B) Brahmana and kshatriya girls
(C) Brahmana, Kshatriya and vaisya girls
(D) Brahmans, kshatriya, vaisya and sudhra girls.

Q-10. The vedangas cosist of the

(A) Kalpa, Siksha, Nirukta, Vyakarana, Chandas, Jyotisha
(B) Kalpa, Siksha, Brahmana, Vyakarana, Chandas, Jyotisha
(C) Kalpa, Siksha, Nirutka, Aranyaka, Chandas, Jyotisha.
(D) Kalpa, Upanishad, Nirukta, Vyakarana, Chandas, Jyotisha.