Solution: (b)
The ‘Great Stupa’ at Sanchi is the oldest stone structure in India and was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BC. It is located in Raisen District of the state of Madhya Pradesh. Sanchi is the location of several Buddhist monuments dating from the 3rd century BC to the 12th century AD.
Harappa is situated on the bank of the river:
(a) Ganga
(b) Ravi
(c) Yamuna
(d) Sindhu
Solution: (b)
Harappa, is an archaeological site in Punjab, northeast Pakistan, which takes its name from a modern village located near the former course of the Ravi River. The two greatest cities, Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, emerged circa 2600 BC along the Indus River valley in Punjab and Sindh.
What was Chandragupta II also known as?
(a) Samudra Gupta
(b) Skanda Gupta
(c) Vikramaditya
(d) Ranaa Gupta
Solution: (c)
Chandragupta II was the third ruler of the Gupta Empire of India who took the epithet of Vikramaditya. 4th century CE Sanskrit poet Kalidasa, credits Chandragupta Vikramaditya with having conquered about twenty-one kingdoms, both in and outside India. The title ‘Vikramaditya’ was later used by 16th century Hindu king Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya as well.
Coins made of metal first appeared in
(a) Harappan Civilisation
(b) Later Vedic Age
(c) Age of the Buddha
(d) Age of the Mauryas
Solution: (c)
Metal currency was minted in India well before the Mauryan empire (322–185 BC). The first Indian coins were minted around the 6th century BC by the Mahajanapadas of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The coins of this period were punch marked coins called Puranas, Karshapanas or Pana. Early coins of India (400 BC— 100 A.D.) were made of silver and copper, and bore animal and plant symbols on them.
Who among the following was the pioneer of Yoga?
(a) Patanjali
(b) Vagbhata
(c) Atreya
(d)Vrudukanta
Solution: (a)
The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali are 196 Indian sutras (aphorisms) that constitute the foundational text of Raja yoga. In the Yoga Sutras, Patañjali prescribes adherence to eight “limbs” or steps (the sum of which constitute “Ashtanga Yoga”, the title of the second chapter) to quiet one’s mind and achieve kaivalya.
Who was the mother of Mahavira?
(a) Yashoda
(b) Trishala
(c) Jameli
(d) Mahamaya
Solution: (b)
Trishala was the Mother of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, and wife of the Jain monarch, Siddartha of Kundgraam, of present day Bihar. She finds mention in the classical Jain Agamas, the Kalpa sutra, written by Acharya Bhadrabahu (433 – 357 BC), which is primarily a biography of the Tirthankaras.
Varahamihira is
(a) An astronaut
(b) A space shuttle
(c) A power station
(d) An ancient astronomer
Solution: (d)
Varahamihira was an Indian astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer who lived in Ujjain. He is considered to be one of the nine jewels of the court of legendary ruler Vikramaditya (thought to be the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II Vikramaditya).
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