15 Best GK Questions Related to Odisha History for OSSC | OSSSC

1➤ Kalinga is described in which part of the Mahabharata?

Vana ParvaShanti Parva Uttara Parva None of these

2➤ According to the Mahabharata the capital city of ancient Kalinga was:

Kalinga KatakaVijayanagarTosaliDantapur

3➤ Who among the following was the first historian to take up excavation at Sishupalgarh?

Pyarimohan AcharyaKedarnath MohapatraSatyanarayan RajguruBraj Basi Lal

4➤ The first major historical site of Odisha, Sisupalgarh was excavated by Braj Basi Lal in the year:

1937195319491978

5➤ Odisha is believed to have derived its name from:

OryaUdyayan UryaOdra

6➤ Which of the following historical names of Odisha are mentioned in Kalidas'a Raghuvamsam?

OdraUtkalaKalingaBoth (b) & (c)

7➤ The original culture of Odisha was:

AryanDrabidianTribalWestern

8➤ According to some historians most of the tribals of Odisha belong to the:

Mongoloid groupProto-australoid groupMediterranean groupsBrachycephalic group

9➤ Which part (Parva) of the Mahabharat mentions Kalinga as a land where river Baitarani flowed?

SabhaparvaVanaparvaVirata ParvaUdaya Parva

10➤ It is said that the ancient capital of Kalinga was:

KalinganagarToshaliMalyabanta Nagar Dantapur

11➤ Which of the following ancient works describes Odras as an ancient people?

a) Mahabharat c) Ramayana b) Manu Samhita d) Jatak Katha

12➤ Alberuni in his account (11th century A.D.) mentioned Odisha as:

Odyadesa Odivisa Urdavisau Odisa rajya

13➤ Which of the names of ancient Odisha is NOT mentioned in Kalidas's Raghuvamsam?

KalingaUttkalaToshaliNon of the above

14➤ Who among the following of Utkal)? named his kingdom as "Sakalotkal" (the whole of Uttkala)

Mahapadmananda Chodagangadev Ashoka Samudragupta

15➤ The word 'Odra' from which the present name of Odisha derived is referred to as an ancient people according to the:

Mahabharat Charak Samhita Buddhist Literature Manu Samhita

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