15. The Brahmi script was first deciphered by letters inscribed on?
Stone tablets
Seal
Pillars
Coins
16. The first scholar who read Ashokan edicts was?
Bunler
Robert Sebal
James Prinsep
Cordriguttan
17. Pre-Ashokan Brahmi script was found at?
Nagarjunakonda
Anuradhapura
Brahmagiri
Maski
18. Kharosthi script was written from left to right?
Only I
Only II
I and II
Neither
19. Study of coins is known as?
Epigraphy
Numismatics
Coinology
Ethnography
20. Which is not correctly matched?
Punched mark – 6th Century BCE
Inscribed coin – 2nd Century BCE
Dinar – 4th Century CE
Jital – 16th Century CE
21. The Rigveda is the?
Collection of hymns
Collection of stories
Collection of words
Text of war
22. Which one of the following is oldest Veda?
Yajurveda
Rigveda
Samaveda
Atharvaveda
23. In which Vedic text the term ‘Varna’ is found for the first time?
Rigveda
Atharvaveda
Samaveda
Yajurveda
24. Purush Sukta related to Varna system is found in?
Atharvaveda
Samaveda
Rigveda
Manusmriti
25. Which Veda has been compiled based on Rigveda?
Yajurveda
Samaveda
Atharvaveda
None
26. Principles of classical music are found in?
Rigveda
Atharvaveda
Yajurveda
Samaveda
27. Which Veda deals with rituals?
Rigveda
Yajurveda
Atharvaveda
Samaveda
28. Which is a Samhita of Shukla Yajurveda?
Vajasaneyi
Maitrayani
Taittiriya
Kathak
29. In which Veda Sabha and Samiti are called daughters of Prajapati?
Rigveda
Samaveda
Yajurveda
Atharvaveda
30. Ayurveda first appeared in?
Aranyaka
Sunyaveda
Yajurveda
Atharvaveda
31. Which Veda contains magical charms and spells?
Rigveda
Yajurveda
Atharvaveda
Samaveda
32. Trayi is a name for?
Three Vedas
Dharma Sangha and Buddha
Three Gods
Three seasons
33. Samaveda is oldest book on Indian classical music and has 1549 verses.
Only I
Only II
Both I and II
Neither
34. There are 40 chapters in Yajurveda and Vajasaneyi Samhita belongs to Shukla Yajurveda.
Only I
Only II
Both I and II
Neither