Class Room Daily Dose Booklet: DDB No: Indian History Set 07 Answers and Explanations

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 DDB NO: Indian History 07
Indian History
Answers & Explanations

1 C. Dhammachakkapabattanasutta

Explanation: The first sermon Buddha gave to the five monks was called the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. It is also called the Setting in Motion of the Wheel of Dharma.

2 A. Bengal and Punjab

3 A. All the above

4 A. Murshid Quli Khan

5 D. The Muslim majority provinces should be separately constituted into a Union of Pakistan

6 A. Bhubaneswar

Explanation: Lingaraj Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Harihara, another name for Shiva and is one of the oldest temples of Bhubaneswar, a revered pilgrimage center and the capital of Odisha. Shiva is here worshipped as Tribhuvaneshwara (Master of three worlds, i.e. Heaven, Earth and Netherworld). His consort is called Bhuvaneshvari. The temple is traditionally believed to be built by the Somavanshi king Jajati Keshari, in 11th century CE.

7 A. Ramananda

8 A. A Committee of 24

9 D. Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid) and Taj Mahal (at Agra)

10 C. A Buddhist text

Explanation: The Milinda Panha (Questions of Milinda) is a Buddhist text which dates from approximately 100 BC. It purports to record a dialogue in which the Indo-Greek king Menander I of Bactria, who reigned in the 2nd century BC, poses questions on Buddhism to the sage Nagasena.

11 B. Kushinagar

Explanation: At the time of the Buddha, Kushinagar was the capital of the Mallas, and the scene of the Buddha’s death.The Buddha died of old age, when he was eighty years old. The death was triggered by his body reaction to a dish of wild mushroom.

12 D. Gopal Hari Deshmukh

13 B. Shams-i-Siraj Afif ‘ Tarikh-i-Feroze Shahi

14 B. Narasimhavarman II

Explanation: The Kailasanath temple is the oldest temple of Kanchipuram. It was built by the Pallavas in the early 8th century CE. This temple was built by Pallava King Narasimhavarman II (Rajasimhan), and is also called Rajasimha Pallaveswaram.

15 D. Janatrika

Explanation: Born into the kshatriya (warrior) caste Mahavira’s father was chief of the Jnatrika clan, an indigenous oligarchical tribe. Mahavira’s tribal affiliation is reflected in one of his later epithets, Nigantha Nataputta, which means literally the naked ascetic of the Jnatrika clan."

16 A. Malwa

17 D. Gopal Hari Deshmukh

18 B. Dharampala

Explanation: Vikramashila University was established by King Dharmapala of the Pala dynasty in the 8th century A.D. Located at Bhagalpur in modern day Bihar, it was one of the two most important centres of Buddhist learning in India during the Pala Empire, along with Nalanda. It developed into the intellectual center for Tantric Buddhism.

19 A. Rajendra Chola

20 C. Iltutmish

21 D. Indra and Varuna

22 A. the Home Rule Movement

23 C. Mahabalipuram

24 A. Sabarmati Ashram

25 B. Buddhism

Explanation: Nalanda was an ancient centre of higher learning in Bihar, India. It was a Buddhist centre of learning from the fifth or sixth century CE to 1197 CE. Nalanda flourished between the reign of the Sakraditya (whose identity is uncertain and who might have been either Kumara Gupta-I or Kumara Gupta-II) and 1197 CE, supported by patronage from the Hindu Gupta rulers as well as Buddhist emperors like Harsha and later emperors from the Pala Empire.

26 B. Alauddin Khalji

27 C. Pillars

28 D. Raja Raja Chola

Explanation: The famous Chola temple built at Tanjavur (Tanjore) is known as the Brihadeshvara temple. It is also called the Rajarajeshwara temple after the name of king Rajaraja who built it in honour of Lord Shiva in about 1009 A.D. It is a tribute and a reflection of the power of its patron Raja Raja Chola I. It remains India’s largest temple.

29 B. Kapisa

30 B. iron

31 C. untouchability

32 B. clad in white

33 C. August 8, 1942

34 A. Lakshamanasena

35 B. Diamond Merchant

36 D. MK Gandhi

37 C. Delhi Red Fort

38 C. Menander

39 A. Bahadur Shah

40 A. Satpathas

41 C. Rajendra-I

42 B. Africa

43 C. Sangama

44 A. Uttaramerur

Explanation: A tenth century inscription on a temple wall of the brahman village of Uttaramerur gives the details of village administration under Cholas.

45 C. Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with ananda Math (1882)

46 A. Abul Kalam Azad

47 C. Kotwal

48 D. Kashmir

49 C. Blacksmith

Explanation: Iron was a metal unknown to the Aryans during the early Vedic age. 

50 A. Humayun

51 B. Ali Brothers

52 A. Raskhan

53 D. All of the above

Explanation: Economy in the Rig Vedic period was sustained by a combination of pastoralism and agriculture. There are references, in the Rig Veda, to leveling of field, seed, implements, yet the maximum references are made to ‘cow.’ Such terms as gotra, godhuli, goghana, gavya, gavyuti, etc shows the overwhelming place cow had in the period. The Vedic socio-economicpolitico system revolved around cow.

54 D. Central Asia

55 B. Shah Jahan’s

56 A. Princely States

57 D. left fallow

58 C. India House

59 B. Birth

Explanation: The five great events in Buddha’s life are represented by symbols as under: 

60 A. Panini Explanation: Panini is known for his Sanskrit grammar, particularly for his formulation of the 3,959 rules of Sanskrit morphology, syntax and semantics in the grammar known as Ashtadhyayi (eight chapters)"

61 B. China

62 B. Pali

63 B. Rajaraja I

Explanation: Rajaraja Chola I created a powerful standing army and a considerable navy, which achieved even greater success under his son Rajendra Chola I. One of the last conquests of Rajaraja was the naval conquest of the ‘old islands of the sea numbering 12,000’, the Maldives. Chola Navy also had played a major role in the invasion of Lanka.

64 A. Saravanabelgola

65 A. All assignees of Jagirs

66 A. Sachindra Sanyal

67 D. Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye

68 C. Lichavi Princess

69 A. Shayista Khan

70 B. Revenue official

71 C. 1833

72 D. Halebid

73 D. Acharya Vinoba Bhave

74 C. Unity among the Muslim rulers

75 C. Musiri

Explanation: The important towns of Chera dynasty were Musiri, Tondi, Bandar and Vanji. Roman built a temple of Augustus at Musiri.

76 D. Triratna

Explanation: The Three Jewels (triratna) are the three things that Buddhists take refuge in, and look toward for guidance, in the process known as taking refuge. The Three Jewels are: Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha.

77 C. Akbar

78 A. Karashopana

79 A. Arithmetic

80 C. Takshsila

Explanation: During the reign of Bindusara, Chandragupta Maurya’s son and successor, there was unrest at Taxila in the north-western province of Sindh.He sent Asoka (his son) to quell the uprising. Taxila was a highly volatile place because of the Indo-Greek presence and mismanagement of Governor Susima.

81 B. Harappa

Explanation: The ruins of Harrappa were first described in 1842 by Charles Masson in his Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, and the Punjab,where locals talked of an ancient city extending thirteen cosses (about 25 miles), but no archaeological interest would attach to this for nearly a century. In 1856, General Alexander Cunningham, later director general of the archeological survey of northern India, visited Harappa where the British engineers John and William Brunton were laying the East Indian Railway Company line connecting the cities of Karachi and Lahore. In 1872-75 Alexander Cunningham published the first Harappan seal (with an erroneous identification as Brahmi letters).It was half a century later, in 1912, that more Harappan seals were discovered by J. Fleet, prompting an excavation campaign under Sir John Hubert Marshall in 1921-22 and resulting in the discovery of the civilization at Harappa by Sir John Marshall, Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni and Madho Sarup Vats, and at Mohenjo-daro by Rakhal Das Banerjee, E. J. H. MacKay, and Sir John Marshall.

82 C. Jatin Das

83 B. Tamralipti

84 C. Musician

85 A. Dress

86 B. Calcutta

87 C. Pallavas

88 D. Clive

89 A. Kerala

90 B. Mongol

91 B. Varuna

92 B. Shah Jahan

93 B. Nature

94 B. Ahimsa

95 B. Gondophemes

96 C. a granary

Explanation: The Great Granary of Harappa was the largest building of the Indus Valley Civilization. It was about 45 meters long and 15 meters wide. It was meant to store food grains. It had lines of circular brick platforms for pounding grain. There were barrack like quarters for workmen. The granary also had smaller halls and corridors. It was used to store surplus food grains. There were two rows of granaries. Each row had six granaries. A similar granary has been found in Mohanjodaro. All the granaries were built close to the river bank so that grains could be easily transported with the help of boats.

97 C. 261 BC

Explanation: On the basis of Ashokan inscriptions, it can be established that it was fought in 262-261 BC. The Kalinga war, the only major war Ashoka fought after his accession to throne, is one of the major and bloodiest battles in the history of India.

98 C. The Bhakti Cult

99 D. Nalanda

Explanation: Nalanda was an ancient centre of higher learning in Bihar, which was a Buddhist centre of learning from the fifth or sixth century A.D. to 1197 CE. Nalanda flourished between the reign of the Sakraditya (whose identity is uncertain and who might have been either Kumara Gupta I or Kumara Gupta II) and 1197 A.D,upported by patronage from the Hindu Gupta rulers as well as Buddhist emperors like Harsha and later emperors from the Pala Empire.

100 C. Keladi

101 B. Kanishka I

102 D. Islam

103 A. Kalinga

Explanation: Kharvela was the third and greatest emperor of the Chedi dynasty of Kalinga (present-day Odisha). The main source of information about Kharavela is his famous Hanthigumpha inscription.During his reign, the Chedi dynasty ascended to eminence, which had been subdued since the devastating war with Ashoka.

104 B. Satyendra Nath Tagore

105 A. Krishna I

Explanation: The Kailasa temple was built by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I in the 8th century A.D. It is a megalith carved out of one single rock, one of the 34 monasteries and temples known collectively as the Ellora Caves. It is a remarkable example of Dravidian architecture.

106 C. Chandragupta II

107 D. It highlights the need for financial reforms

108 C. Womesh Chandra Bannerjee

109 A. Lala Lajpat Rai

110 D. Kashi

111 C. Nagarjuna, Asvagosha, Vasumitra

Explanation: The eminent Buddhist writers Nagarjuna, Asvaghosha, Parsva and Vasumitra flourished at the court of Kanishka. Nagarjuna was the great exponent of Mahayana doctrine and Asvaghosha, a multifaceted personality, was known as a poet, musician, scholar and zealous Buddhist monk. Charaka, the most celebrated authority on Ayurveda was the court physician of Kanishka and Mathara, a politician of rare merit, was his minister. Vasumitra presided over the fourth Buddhist Council.

112 A. Muhammad Shah

113 B. Jahangir

114 D. IV, II, I and III

Explanation: Some of the dynasties to have ruled Magadha were: Haryanka Kingdom (684’424 BC); Shishunaga Kingdom (413’345 BC); Nanda Empire (424’321 BC); and Maurya Empire (321’184 BC).

115 B. Vasudeva Krishna

116 A. Gupta-Gregorian-Hizri-Saka

Explanation: Samvat is any of the various Hindu calendars. In India, there are several calendars in use. The Saka Samvat is associated with 78 A.D; Gupta Samvat with 320 A.D; and Hijri Samvat with 622 A.D. The first year of Hijri era was the Islamic year beginning in AD 622 during which the emigration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina, known as the Hijra, occurred.The Gregorian calendar, also called the Western calendar and the Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February, 1582.

117 D. Hydaspes

Explanation: The Battle of the Hydaspes River was fought by Alexander the Great in 326 BC against King Porus of the Hindu Paurava kingdom on the banks of the Hydaspes River (Jhelum River) in the Punjab near Bhera in what is now modern-day Pakistan. 

118 B. Alauddin Khalji

119 A. It was the capital of Vijayanagara

Explanation: Hampi in Karnataka served as the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. It served as the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1343 to 1565, when it was besieged by the Deccan Muslim confederacy.Hampi was chosen because of its strategic location, bounded by the Tungabhadra river on one side and surrounded by defensible hills on the other three sides.

120 A. Ramsay McDonald

121 B. Rakhal Das Banerji

122 D. Mahayanism

123 D. He worked for the Hindu-Muslim unity

124 B. Chidambaram

125 A. Kanishka

Explanation: Kushana, the most famous Kushana ruler, patronized Buddhism. The Fourth Buddhist Council, in which Buddhism got split into two different schools ‘Hinayana and Mahayana’ was held during his reign in Kashmir. He also patronized the Buddhist scholars Vasumitra, Asvagosha and Nagarjuna.

126 D. Bhagabhadra

127 D. Lothal

Explanation: Lothal was one of the most prominent cities of the ancient Indus valley civilization.Located in Bhal region of the modern state of Gujarat and dating from 2400 BCE, it was discovered in 1954. Lothal was excavated from February 13, 1955 to May 19, 1960 by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).Lothal’s dock’the world’s earliest known, connected the city to an ancient course of the Sabarmati river on the trade route between Harappan cities in Sindh and the peninsula of Saurashtra when the surrounding Kutch desert of today was a part of the Arabian Sea.It was a vital and thriving trade centre in ancient times, with its trade of beads, gems and valuable ornaments reaching the far corners of West Asia and Africa

128 A. Rajgarh

129 C. The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan

130 B. Kundalavana

131 B. Indian National Congress

132 D. The Brahmanas

133 B. Mandalay

134 C. Mesopotamia

Explanation: Mahabalipuram, derived from’Mamallapuram’ is the prior and colloquial name of a town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, now officially called Mamallapuram. The monuments here are constituted by cave temples, monolithic rathas (chariots), sculpted reliefs and structural temples which are excellent examples of Pallava art.

135 D. Mahabalipuram

136 C. Hindu

137 C. Collector

138 D. Lahore session held in 1929

139 A. Narasimha Varman I

Explanation: The seashore temple at Mahabalipuram was built by Narasimha Varman I.

140 D. Persian

Explanation: The name India is derived from Indus, which originates from the Old Persian word Hindu.The latter term stems from the Sanskrit word Sindhu, which was the historical local appellation for the Indus River.The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as Indoi which translates as the people of the Indus.

141 D. Chandragupta II

142 B. relieved of his service

143 A. Dhruva IV

144 B. Prince

145 B. Vijaynagar

146 B. Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar

147 D. Widow remarriage

148 A. Mewar

149 C. it removed racial discrimination from the judicial services

150 B. cavalry

151 C. Rajaraja Chola I

152 D. Sonargaon

153 D. Buddha

154 A. Hyderabad and Carnatic

155 A. 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. 

156 C. 18

157 D. 1889

158 C. Malaya

159 B. Harsha

160 C. Sri Lanka

161 B. Cholas

162 B. Jainism

Explanation: Kaivalya is the Jain concept of salvation. According to Jainism, all things in existence are divided into two parts Jiva (i.e. living beings having a soul) and Ajiva (non-living things having no soul). The entanglement of living beings (Jiva) with things not having souls (Ajiva) is a source of all misery. Kaivalya is a result of a living beings becoming free of this entanglement.

163 B. Tattvabodhini Sabha

164 C. Charvaka

Explanation: Charvaka is a system of Indian philosophy that assumes various forms of philosophical skepticism and religious indifference. It is characterized as a materialistic and atheistic school of thought.While this branch of Indian philosophy is today not considered to be part of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy, some describe it as an atheistic or materialistic philosophical movement within Hinduism. It emerged as an alternative to the orthodox Hindu schools, as well as a philosophical predecessor to subsequent or contemporaneous nastika philosophies such as Ajivika, Jainism and Buddhism.

165 B. Ravi

Explanation: 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. 

166 B. Government of India Act 1935

167 D. Tagara

168 C. Jainism

169 B. self-government for India within the British Commonwealth

170 A. Sir William Jones

171 B. Vishnu and his incarnations

172 A. Pallava Kings

173 A. Asvaghosha

174 D. Jahangir

175 C. Kadphises II

176 B. Pampa, Ponna, Ranna, the three writers of Kannada poetry and Kailasha Temple.

Explanation: The Kannada literature reached great heights under the Western Chalukyas and the Rashtrakutas who succeeded them.King Amoghavarsha I was himself one of the gems of Kannada. Adikavi Pampa, Sri Ponna and Ranna, called the ‘three gems’ of Kannada literature, found enthusiastic patronage from Rashtrakuta rulers. Similarly, the Kailasa temple is a contribution of the Rashtrakutas.

177 D. Assam

178 C. Gupta period

Explanation: The Ajanta Caves in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra are about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 or 650 A.D.The caves include paintings and sculptures are masterpieces of Buddhist religious art, with figures of the Buddha and depictions of the Jataka tales. Most of the paintings belong to the VakatakaGupta period.

179 B. Ajatasatru

180 A. Terracota

Explanation: Seals are an impressive part of surviving art of Harappan culture. Of these the great majority have animals engraved on them and a short inscription. They are mainly made of terracotta which is a type of earthenware, or clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic, where the fired body is porous.

181 A. Calcutta

182 D. Pali

Explanation: Pali is a Middle Indo-Aryan language (of Prakrit group) of the Indian subcontinent. It is best known as the language of many of the earliest extant Buddhist scriptures, as collected in the Pali Canon or Tipitaka, and as the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism.Pali is a literary language of the Prakrit language family and was first written down in Sri Lanka in the first century BCE.

183 D. The Shiva Temple, Ellora

184 D. Dhanwantari

Explanation: Dhanvantri is an Avatar of Vishnu from the Hindu tradition. He appears in the Vedas and Puranas as the physician of the gods (devas), and the god of Ayurvedic medicine. It is common practice in Hinduism for worshipers to pray to Dhanvantri seeking his blessings for sound health for themselves and/or others. 

185 B. Prayag

Explanation: After the Kannauj Assembly was concluded, Hiuen-Tsang was making preparations to go to his home, but Harsha invited him to attend another Assembly at Prayag which he used to hold after every five years on the confluence of Ganga and Yamuna. Five such assemblies had already taken place and this was the sixth Assembly in which Hiuen-Tsang was invited. This ceremony was attended by the kings of eighteen kingdoms and about 5,00,000 people including Sramanas .Hercetics, Nigranthas, the poor, the orphans etc, attended this assembly. The Prayag Assembly is a glorious example of the generosity of Harshavardhana as he gave all his personal wealth and belongings in charity during the assembly

186 C. Bahadur Shah

187 D. Numismatic evidence

188 A. Tripitaka

Explanation: Tripitaka is a traditional term used by various Buddhist sects to describe their various canons of scriptures. As the name suggests, a Tripitaka traditionally contains three ‘baskets’ of teachings: a Sutra Pitaka (Sanskrit; Pali: Sutta Pitaka), a Vinaya Pitaka (Sanskrit & Pali) and an Abhidharma Pitaka (Sanskrit; Pali: Abhidhamma Pitaka).

189 A. Uraiyur

Explanation: The Early Cholas of the pre and post Sangam period (300 BCE ‘ 200 CE) were one of the three main kingdoms of the ancient Tamil country.Uraiyur, now Tiruchchirapp