Essence of Indian Traditional Knowledge Unit 4 – Science, Management and Indian Knowledge System: AKTU previous year questions
32 AKTU questions from Unit 4 (Science, Management and Indian Knowledge System) asked in 2022–2026, tagged by marks, year and topic. In short: about 25 marks of every paper come from this unit; the most asked topic is Science in Ancient India (20 times); 28 questions came back in a later year. The latest ones are listed below; on the page you can filter them by 2-mark or long questions, topic and repeats.
Unit 4 previous year questions
- Write any two contributions of ancient India in metallurgy. (2 marks, 2026, Science in Ancient India)
- Explain India's contributions to ancient mathematics and astronomy. (7 marks, 2026, Science in Ancient India)
- Discuss the development of water management systems in ancient India. (7 marks, 2026, Harappan and Ancient Technologies)
- Explain India's dominance in science and technology up to pre-colonial times. (7 marks, 2026, India Pre-Colonial Dominance)
- How did the Harappan civilization contribute to early water management techniques? (2 marks, 2025, Harappan and Ancient Technologies)
- Who contributes most to mathematics? (2 marks, 2025, Science in Ancient India)
- Discuss India's dominance in trade prior to colonization and how it affected global commerce. (7 marks, 2025, Harappan and Ancient Technologies)
- Discuss the contribution of Physics and Chemistry in India. (7 marks, 2025, Science in Ancient India)
- Explain how Indian metallurgy techniques contributed to the broader technological advancements in the ancient world. (7 marks, 2025, Science in Ancient India)
- Discuss the Agriculture system in ancient India. (7 marks, 2025, Science in Ancient India)
- How did the medicinal systems in India, particularly Ayurveda, develop and influence other civilizations? (7 marks, 2025, Science in Ancient India)
- Write short notes on (i) Mathematics in India (ii) Water management in India (7 marks, 2025, Science in Ancient India)
Most asked Unit 4 topics
- Science in Ancient India – asked 20 times
- Harappan and Ancient Technologies – asked 8 times
- India Pre-Colonial Dominance – asked 4 times
Unit 4 question pattern
- 2-mark questions: 9 asked in 2022–2026
- 7-mark questions: 12 asked in 2022–2026
- 10-mark questions: 8 asked in 2022–2026
- About 25 marks from Unit 4 in every paper
- 28 questions were asked again in a later year
Unit 4 questions year by year
- 2026: 4 Unit 4 questions asked (23 marks across that year's papers)
- 2025: 8 Unit 4 questions asked (46 marks across that year's papers)
- 2024: 8 Unit 4 questions asked (40 marks across that year's papers)
- 2023: 7 Unit 4 questions asked (54 marks across that year's papers)
- 2022: 5 Unit 4 questions asked (34 marks across that year's papers)