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91. Which of the following option is match?

1.  Pallavas – Dravidian
2.  Mahabalipuram- Rashtrakuta
3.  Meenakshi Temple-Pallavas
4.  Khjuraho – Rajput

Answer: D.Khjuraho – Rajput
Explanation: Khajuraho was the cultural capital of Chandel Rajputs, a Hindu dynasty that ruled this part of India from the 10-12th centuries. The political capital of the Chandelas was Kalinjar. The Khajuraho temples were built over a span of 200 years, from 950 to 1150. The Chandela capital was moved to Mahoba after this time, but Khajuraho continued to flourish for some time. Khajuraho has no forts because the Chandel Kings never lived in their cultural capital.

92. Taxila was a famous site of –

1.  Early Vedic art
2.  Mauryan art
3.  Gandhara art
4.  Gupta art

Answer: A.Early Vedic art
Explanation: Taxila dates back to the Gandhara period when it was an important Hindu and Buddhist centre, and is still considered a place of religious and historical sanctity in those traditions. Gandhara art was a style of Buddhist visual art that developed in what is now northwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan between the 1st century B.C and the 7th century A.D The style, of Greco-Roman origin, seems to have flourished largely during the Kushana dynasty.

93. Bindusara sent Asoka to quell the rebellion in –

1.  Swarnagiri
2.  Taxila
3.  Ujjain
4.  Tosali

Answer: C.Ujjain
Explanation: Because of his reputation as a frightening warrior and a heartless general, Ashoka was sent by Bin dusara to curb the riots in the Avanti province (Uijain) of the Mauryan empire. The Buddhist text Divyavadana talks of Ashoka putting down a revolt due to activities of wicked ministers. He was twice to paci the Taxilans.

94. Arthasastra was written by –

1.  Dhanananda
2.  Kautilya
3.  Bimbisara
4.  Pushyamitra

Answer: B.Kautilya
Explanation: The Arthasastra is an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy and military strategy which identifies its author by the names ‘Kautilya’ and ‘Vishnaugupta’, both names that are traditionally identified with Chanakya (c. 350-283 BC), who was a scholar at Takshashila and the teacher and guardian of Emperor Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of Mauyan Empire. Because of its harsh politicalpragmatism, the Arthasastra has often been compared to Machiavelli’s The Prince.

95. St. Thomas is said to have come to India to propagate Christianity during the reign of the –

1.  Cheras
2.  Parthians
3.  Pandyas
4.  Cholas

Answer: B.Parthians
Explanation: St. Thomas is traditionally believed to have sailed to India in 52AD to spread the Christian faith among the Jews, the Jewish diaspora present in Kerala at the time. He is supposed to have landed at the ancient port of Muziris near Kodungalloor. He then went to Palayoor (near present-day Guruvayoor), which was a Hindu priestly community at that time. He left Palayoor in AD 52 for the southern part of what is now Kerala State, where he established the Ezharappall ikal, or “Seven and Half Churches”. Thomas landed in Cranganoor (Kodungallur, Muziris) and took part in the wedding of Cheraman Perumal and proceeded to the courts of Gondophorus in North India. Gundaphorus was indeed a historical figure and he belonged to the Parthian Dynasty from Takshasila (Taxila).

96. The organic relationship between the ancient culture of the Indus Valley and Hinduism of today is proved by the worship of –

1.  Pashupati, Indra and the Mother Goddess
2.  Stones, trees and animals
3.  Vishnu and Lakshmi
4.  Siva and Sakti

Answer: B.Stones, trees and animals
Explanation: There has been evidence that the people of the Indus Valley Civilization believed in animal and nature worship. The figure of deities on the seals indicates that they worshipped gods and goddesses in the human form. No major sculpture survives but for a bust thought to be of a major priest and the stunning bronze dancing girl. The Divine Mother appears to have been an important goddess due to the countless terra-cotta statues of her that re-found follows a school of thought that would become prevalent later as well, of the female energybeing regarded as the source of all creation. What is most interesting is the existence of a male god which has been identified as a prototype of an important God of the religion of Hinduism, Lord Shiva. The fact that the same God is still worshipped today, and has been for the last five thousand years is one of t remarkable features of Indian culture. Even evidence of the Bhakti cult (loving devotion to a personal God as been found at Indus Valley Civilization sites, and the Bhakti cult also has a large following even today It can , therefore, be concluded that there is a close relationship between the beliefs of the Indus Valley Civilization and that of modern Hinduism.

97. How was Burma (now Myanmar) known to ancient Indians?

1.  Malayamandalam
2.  Yavadwipa
3.  Suvarnabhumi
4.  Suvarnadwipa

Answer: C.Suvarnabhumi

98. The number system “Zero’ was invented by –

1.  Ramanujam
2.  Aryabhatta
3.  Patanjali
4.  An unknown person

Answer: B.Aryabhatta
Explanation: The concept of zero as a number and not merely a symbol for separation is attributed to India, where, by the 9th century AD, practical calculations were carried out using zero, which was treated like any other number, even in case of division. The credit for inventing ‘zero (O)’ goes to Indian mathematicians and the number zero first appears in a book about ‘arithmetic written by an Indian mathematician Braha-Dasgupta’. Zero signifies ‘nothing and the current definition call it an ‘additive identity’. The Indian math and Bhaskara, Mahavira and Brahamagupta worked on this new number and they tried to explain its properties. It wasn’t that somebody suddenly came up with the idea of the zero and the mathematicians throughout the world accepted it. Around 500 AD Aryabhatta, an Indian mathematician devised a number system and the symbol he used for the number zero was also the number used to represent an unknown element (x).

99. ‘Charak’ was the famous court physician of –

1.  Harsha
2.  Chandra Gupta Maurya
3.  Ashoka
4.  Kanishka

Answer: D.Kanishka
Explanation: Charaka was one of the principal contributors to the system of medicine and lifestyle developed in Ancient India. He is referred to as the Father of Medicine. The life and times of Charaka are not known with certainty. Some Indian scholars have stated that Charaka of Charaka Samhita existed before Panini, the grammarian, who B. C the ancient art and science of Ayurveda, a is said to have lived before the sixth century her school argues that Patanjali wrote a commentary on the medical work of Charaka. They say that If Patanjali lived around 175 B.C., Charaka must have live sometime before him. Another source about the identity of Charaka and his times is provided by French orientalist Sylvan Levi. He discovered Chinese translation of the Buddhist Tripitaka, a person named Charaka who was a court physician to the Indo-Scythian king Kanishka, who in all probability reigned in the second century A.D. From the above discussion, it would seem that Charaka may have lived between the second century B.C. to the second century A.D.

100. Buddhism made an important impact by allowing two sections of society into its fold. They were

1.  Merchants and Priests
2.  Moneylenders and Slaves
3.  Warriors and Traders
4.  Women and Sudras

Answer: D.Women and Sudras
Explanation: Buddha was against caste. His religion was open to all, to Shudras, women and even repentant criminals. The Buddhist scriptures were available to all men and women. Buddhism encouraged the abolition of distinctions in society and strengthened the principle of social equality.