NDA Ancient India questions with solutions
Indus Valley, Vedic age, Mauryas, Guptas and ancient culture. 36 questions from our 2016–2025 NDA pattern papers, from the Class 6 History syllabus. Each has the answer and a full solution.
NDA 2025
NDA 2024
- In the Haber process for making ammonia, nitrogen is made to react with
- Which scholar deciphered the Brahmi script in which most Ashokan inscriptions are written?
- Which Veda is a collection of hymns set to melodies and is regarded as the source of Indian classical music?
- Mauryan-era sources: 1. Indica, the account of Mauryan India, was written by Fa-Hien. 2. The Arthashastra is attributed to Kautilya.
NDA 2023
NDA 2022
- The Harappan port city of Lothal, known for its dockyard, is located in which present-day Indian state?
- Which Rock Edict of Ashoka expresses remorse over the Kalinga war and the resulting deaths and deportations?
- Indus Valley Civilisation: 1. The Harappan script has not been deciphered so far. 2. Iron was widely used by the Harappans for making tools.
NDA 2021
- Which Harappan site is well known for its dockyard, indicating maritime trade?
- Which Mauryan ruler gave up war after the Kalinga war and is described in Rock Edict XIII as feeling remorse for its destruction?
- Ancient India: 1. Megasthenes, the author of Indica, was an ambassador at the court of Chandragupta Maurya. 2. The Chinese traveller Fa-Hien visited…
- The earliest Tamil literature, composed in the early centuries of the Common Era, is known as
NDA 2020
- Ammonia is manufactured industrially by the Haber process from
- Harappan sites is known for its dockyard?
- The ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economy and military strategy, the Arthashastra, is attributed to
- The Kalinga war and the remorse of the emperor are described in which Ashokan inscription?
NDA 2019
- In the Haber process for the industrial manufacture of ammonia, the reactants are
- Which scholar deciphered the Brahmi script of the Ashokan inscriptions in 1837?
- The famous Buddhist rock-cut cave paintings at Ajanta are located in which state?
- The ancient dockyard found at Lothal, a Harappan site, is located in which present-day Indian state?
NDA 2018
- Which Harappan site is famous for the Great Bath?
- The Rigveda is the oldest of the four Vedas. 2. The Atharvaveda consists of hymns set to melodies for sacrificial singing.
- Ashoka was moved to adopt the policy of Dhamma after the war against
- The Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hien visited India during the reign of
NDA 2017
NDA 2016
- The 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy was caused by the leakage of
- Megasthenes, who wrote the Indica, was an ambassador of Seleucus Nicator at the court of which ruler?
- Harappan civilisation: 1. The cities had a planned layout with an elaborate drainage system. 2. The horse was a commonly depicted animal on Harappan…
- The Rock Edict of Ashoka that describes remorse over the Kalinga war and the great loss of life is
- The Sangam literature of early south India was composed mainly in the language
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