This Rajasthan quiz on Prehistoric and Ancient Sites (Kalibangan, Ahar, Bairath) puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
10 questions with answers and explanations
Kalibangan, the Harappan site of Rajasthan, is situated on the bank of which river?
Kalibangan lies in Hanumangarh district on the left bank of the now dry bed of the Ghaggar, the river that many scholars identify with the Saraswati of the Vedic texts.
Read the full explanation →The earliest known ploughed field in the world has been reported from which site?
In the pre Harappan level at Kalibangan the excavators found a field with furrows running in two directions and crossing at right angles, exactly the pattern of mixed cropping still used in the region, where one crop is sown in the wider spaced furrows and another in the closer ones.
Read the full explanation →Which ancient site of Rajasthan was known as Tambavati?
Ahar lies on the Ayad river within present day Udaipur and was called Tambavati, which means the place of copper, because so much copper was smelted and worked there.
Read the full explanation →Bagor, one of the largest Mesolithic sites of India, is located in which district of Rajasthan?
Bagor stands on the Kothari river in Bhilwara district and was excavated by V. N. Misra. The site produced thousands of tiny stone tools called microliths, along with human burials and large numbers of animal bones, among them sheep and goat, which are read as evidence for early herding.
Read the full explanation →An edict of Ashoka has been found in Rajasthan at which place?
Bairath, also called Viratnagar, in Jaipur district is the chief Mauryan site of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →Ganeshwar, the site known as the cradle of copper, lies in which district?
Ganeshwar lies on the Kantli river in Sikar district in the Shekhawati region, close to the copper bearing rocks of the Khetri belt.
Read the full explanation →Rairh in Tonk district is chiefly famous for which kind of find?
Rairh produced one of the largest hoards of punch marked silver coins reported from Rajasthan, along with Malava coins and great heaps of iron slag that show smelting was carried on there over a long period.
Read the full explanation →The Chalcolithic sites of Balathal and Gilund in Rajasthan belong to which culture?
Balathal in Udaipur district and Gilund in Rajsamand district stand in the Banas basin of southern Rajasthan and share the Black and Red Ware, the copper working and the stone and mud brick houses of the Ahar culture, named after its type site at Ahar in Udaipur.
Read the full explanation →The circular Buddhist shrine on Bijak ki Pahadi is located at which site of Rajasthan?
On the hill called Bijak ki Pahadi at Bairath in Jaipur district, excavations begun by Daya Ram Sahni brought to light a round shrine built of brick and timber with a small stupa at its centre and a circular passage for circumambulation, counted among the earliest circular Buddhist structures known…
Read the full explanation →The Palaeolithic site of Singi Talav, which has yielded hand axes and cleavers, lies near which place in Rajasthan?
The deposits around Didwana in Nagaur district, especially at Singi Talav, have produced a long sequence of Palaeolithic tools including hand axes and cleavers, and the area is one of the key localities for the study of the Stone Age in western India.
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