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 DDB NO: Indian History 04
Indian History
Answers & Explanations

1    A. Mewar               
2    A.India               
3    A. Suvarnabhumi               
4    B. Abyssinians   
Explanation: Suvarnabhumi is a Sanskrit term meaning the Golden Land or Land of Gold, coined by the ancient Indians which refers broadly to Southeast Asian region across Gulf of Bengal and Eastern Indian Ocean Lower Burma, Lower Thailand, Lower Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra.Although it seems to cover vast region in Southeast Asia, it is generally accepted that the name Suvarnabhumi was first used to refer more specifically to Lower Burma.

            
5    D. Pandyas               
6    D. Balban               
7    D.Sir Mohammad Iqbal               
8    B. Kashyapa Matanga               
9    D. Dayanand               
10    C. All the above               
11    C. Failure of Double Government               
12    D. Patanjali               
13    B. English as the medium of instruction               
14    C. Chalukyas   
Explanation: The Battle of Rajasthan is a battle (or series of battles) where the Hindu alliance defeated the Arab invaders in 738 CE and removed the Arab invaders and pillagers from the area east of the Indus River and protected whole India.The main Indian kings who contributed to the victory over the Arabs were the north Indian ruler Nagabhata of the Pratihara Dynasty and the south Indian Emperor VikramadityaII of the Chalukya dynasty in the 8th century.           
15    B. Marathas   
Explanation: Nalanda was an ancient center of higher learning in Bihar, India. It was a Buddhist center of learning from the fifth or sixth century CE to 1197 CE. Nalanda flourished between the reign of the Chakraditya (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           
16    D. Bihar               
17    B. Satya Shodhak Mandal   
Explanation: Gandhara sculpture was an amalgamation of IndoGreek styles. The distinguishing Gandhara sculpture is the standing or seated Buddha.The western classical factor rests in the style, in the handling of the robe, and in the physiognomy of Buddha. The cloak, which covers all but the appendages is dealt like in Greek and Roman sculptures.           
18    A. Indo-Greek style               
19    B. Viceroy               
20    D. V               
21    A. Chhattisgarh   
Explanation: In a discovery that might excite geologists the world over, researchers of the State Forest Research and Training Institute (SFRTI) in Chhattisgarh, in November 2012, announced to have discovered tree fossils that date back about 250 million years or the Jurassic age. The discovery could be a precursor to more such findings in the Sarguja region, known for its rich fossil reserves.           
22    D. Jahangir   
Explanation: An ashrama in Hinduism is one of four stages in an age-based social system as laid out in the Manu Smriti and later Classical Sanskrit textsThose stages are: Brahmachari (student), Grihasta (Householder), Vanaprastha (forest dweller or Hermit in semi retirement) and Sannyasi (the renounced one in full retirement).The Ashram system is believed by the Hindus to lead to a fulfillment of the four aims of life namely, Dharma (righteousness), Artha (wealth), Kama (pleasure), and Moksha (liberation).           
23    A. Brahmacharya - Grihastha Vanaprastha - Sanyasa   
Explanation: The most characteristic feature of the Harappan Civilization was its urbanization. The cities show evidence of an advanced sense of planning and organization.The town was extremely well planned. The street ran straight and at right angles to each other following the grid system.The rectangular town planning was unique to the Harappans and was not known in Mesopotamia or Egypt. The streets were very wide and the houses built of burnt bricks lined both sides of the street. In Egypt and Mesopotamia dried or baked bricks were used.           
24    D. Urban Civilization               
25    A. Eight Ministers               
26    D. Mahatma Gandhi               
27    C. Not definitely known factors               
28    B. From the Government of India Act of 1919   
Explanation: 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           
29    B. 1922               
30    D. CR Das and Motilal Nehru   
Explanation: The Aihole inscription were written by the Ravikirti, court poet of Chalukya King, Pulakesin II who reigned from 610 to 642 CEThis inscription gives information about the conquests of Pulakesin, especially how he defeated Harshavardhana.           
31    D. Aihole               
32    A. prohibited cow-killing               
33    D. Kurram               
34    C. Biggest banker in Bengal               
35    C. Rudradaman               
36    B. Legislative Assembly               
37    A. To crush the enemies of Khalsa               
38    B. Ambhi               
39    B. President               
40    D. Malik Mohammad Jaysai               
41    C. New India               
42    D. XIII               
43    B. Mixed Economy
Explanation: The Chalukya dynasty was an Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern           
44    B. Rashtrakutas               
45    B. An Ancient Astronomer   
Explanation: Kanishka was an emperor of the Kushan dynasty (127-151) who ruled an empire extending from Turfan in the Tarim Basin to Pataliputra on the Gangetic plain and famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements.Kanishka’s era is believed by many to have begun in 127 AD on the basis of Harry Falk’s ground-breaking research Chinese records of Yuehchi show his coronation as 78 AD. He was the founder of the Saka era which starts from 78 A.D.           
46    C. 78 AD               
47    D. Agriculture               
48    A. Lothal    Detail: As in most other contemporary civilizations, agriculture was the backbone of the Indus economy. The people made extensive use of the wooden plows.            
49    A. Agriculture               
50    A. 1931               
51    D. land annually cultivated               
52    C. Centralised despotism               
53    A. 1945               
54    D. Ending the practice of Sati               
55    A. Governor-General in Council               
56    C. Elephanta Caves               
57    D. Ramanuja               
58    B. Cauvery               
59    B. Radio carbon dating               
60    B. Lord Hastings               
61    B. Kannauj               
62    C. Menander               
63    B. The Governor-General               
64    B. Macedonia               
65    B. Qutub-ud-din Aibak   
Explanation: The convocation of an assembly at Kannauj was one of the most significant events of the reign of Harsha. The purpose of this assembly was to simplify the doctrines of Mahayanism. This assembly was convened in 643 A.D.It was attended by kings of eighteen countries, 3000 Brahmanas and Jains, 3000 Buddhist monks of Mahayana and Hinayana sects and 1000 Buddhist monks of Nalanda Vihara. The famous Chinese traveler, Hiuen Tsang was also present and presided the assembly.           
66    A. Hieun-Tsang               
67    A. Kharavela               
68    B. Akbar               
69    C. Kashmir               
70    B. 1937               
71    A. Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh               
72    C. Iltutmish               
73    B. September, 1946   
Explanation: Satyameva Jayate (Truth Alone Triumphs) is a mantra from the ancient Indian scripture Mundaka Upanishad.Upon independence of India, it was adopted as the national motto. It is inscribed in Devanagari script at the base of the national emblem.           
74    C. Mundaka Upanishad               
75    D. The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period   
Explanation: The Sunga Dynasty, established by Pusyamitra Sunga, after the fall of the Maurya EmpireThe last Mauryan emperor Brihadratha was assassinated by the then commander-in chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga in 185 B.C.           
76    D. Sunga               
77    B. 1935               
78    C. Takshashila   
Explanation: Takshashila, (later corrupted as Taxila), was Chanakya’s breeding ground of acquiring knowledge in the practical and theoretical aspect. He served there as a teacher also before becoming the chief advisor and mentor of Chandragupta Maurya.During the reign of Chandragupta’s grandson Asoka, Taxila became a great Buddhist centre of learning.           
79    A. Bengal               
80    B. Albert Einstein               
81    A. Arched openings               
82    C. Samugarh               
83    B. Occupation               
84    B. International Socialist Congress Stuttgart               
85    D. Kannauj               
86    B. a confederacy (Mandala or Sangha)               
87    C. Dara Shukoh   
Explanation: The Monolithic rock shrines at Mahabalipuram in Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu are also known as Rathas. Each of the five monuments in the complex resembles a chariot (ratha), and each is carved over a single, long stone or monolith, of granite which slopes in north-south direction with a slight incline.Dating from the late 7th century, it is attributed to King Mahendravarman I and his son Narasimhavarman I of the Pallava Kingdom.           
88    C. Rathas               
89    A. King George V   
Explanation: The Kalinga war was fought between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka the Great and the state of Kalinga, a feudal republic located on the coast of the present-day Indian state of Odisha and nothern parts of Andhra Pradesh. On the basis of Ashokan inscriptions, it can be established that it was fought in 262261 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.           
90    D. 261 BC               
91    C. 1885               
92    D. Sir SP Sinha               
93    C. 7               
94    C. Jamrud               
95    C. Gandhara 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           
96    A. Hymns and rituals               
97    A. Rash Behari Bose   
Explanation: The city of Mahabalipuram was largely developed by the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I in the 7th century AD.The mandapa or pavilions and the rathas or shrines shaped as temple chariots are hewn from the granite rock face, while the famed Shore Temple, erected half a century later, is built from dressed stone.the Pancha Rathas shrines were carved during the reign of King Mahendravarman I and his son narasimhavarman I. The purpose of their construction is not known, structures are not completed.           
98    B. Pallavas               
99    A. Guptas               
100    A. Gupta               
101    A. Pure Afghan               
102    B. raw silk               
103    B. art   
Explanation: The Kushanas were great patrons of art. It was under the rule of the Kushans that principles were formed for making sculptural images, which continued to influence making of sculptures ever after. During this time, Buddha was first shown in human form (earlier he was represented by symbols like lotus and footsteps).Other Hindu and Jain deities also began to be shown in human form. Mathura and Gandhara were the two main centers of art during the time of the Kushanas. The Gandhara School of Art and the Mathura School of Art developed their own distinct styles. The Gandhara School was highly influenced by Greco-Roman philosophies and mainly concentrated on depicting the image of the Buddha and the legends associated with  his life, while the Mathura School drew inspiration from local folk deities and themes from day to day life.           
104    C. Goa               
105    C. Balban   
Explanation: The Tripitaka or Three Baskets is the oldest collection of Buddhist scriptures and includes many texts believed to be the words of the historical Buddha.The three Pitakas are Sutta Pitaka, Vinaya Pitaka and Abhidhamma Pitaka. These are canonical texts revered as exclusively authoritative in Theravada Buddhism.           
106    B. Buddhists               
107    C. Governor-General               
108    B. Anhilvad               
109    A. BG Tilak               
110    D. Talwandi               
111    D. Deccan   
Explanation: During the reign of Mahendravarman I (590-630) began the long drawn out struggle between the Pallavas and the Chalukyas.He was defeated by Pulakesin II and a part of his kingdom was occupied.           
112    A. Mahendravarman I               
113    C. North-western   
Explanation: Ravikirti was the court poet of Chalukya King, Pulakesin II who reigned from 610 to 642 A.D. He authored the Aihole inscription at Meguti Temple which describes the defeat of Harshavardhana by Pulakesin II and the shifting of the capital from Aihole to Badami.           
114    B. Pulakeshin II               
115    B. One lakh               
116    D. Corruption crept into Buddhist monasteries               
117    D. Pali               
118    C. Muhammad Shah   
Explanation: The Iron Pillar located in Delhi, is a 7 m (23 ft) column in the Qutb complex, notable for the rustresistant composition of the metals used in its construction.            
119    B. Excellent quality steel               
120    C. Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas               
121    A. Bengal               
122    C. Menander   
Explanation: The earlier phase of Ajanta falls between third century BCE to second century BC. In this phase, just five caves were excavated: Caves 9, 10, 12, 13 and 15A. The region during this time was ruled by the Satavahana dynasty.Therefore, they may be called the atavahana-period caves. This phase is also widely known as the Hinayana phase.           
123    A. Satavahanas               
124    A. 1600 AD               
125    B. Buddha’s previous lives               
126    B. Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana               
127    D. Surendra Sai   
Explanation: Tripitaka is the collection of the teachings of the Buddha over 45 years in the Pali language, and it consists of Sutta conventional teaching, Vinaya disciplinary code, and Abhidhamma moral psychology. Tripitaka is the main categories of texts that make up the Buddhist canon.           
128    C. Pali               
129    A. Alauddin Hasan Bahaman Shah               
130    D. The Award of a Boundary Commission               
131    A. Vasudeva               
132    C. The Nawab of Awadh               
133    B. Lahore   
Explanation: Manu Smriti deals with law.           
134    B. Law    Detail: Kushinagar is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kushinagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is an important Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Gautama Buddha is thought to have attained Parinirvana after his death. It is one of the most important four holy sites for Buddhists. At this location, near the Hiranyavati River, Gautama Buddha attained Parinirvana (or ‘Final Nirvana’) after falling ill from eating a meal of a species of mushroom, or possibly pork.           
135    D. Kushinagar               
136    A. Delhi   
Explanation: Chola dynasty was a Tamil dynasty which was one of the longest-ruling dynasties in southern India.The earliest datable references to this Tamil dynasty are in inscriptions from the 3rd century BC left by Asoka, the dynasty continued to govern over varying territory until the 13th century AD. The heartland of the Cholas was the fertile valley of the Kaveri River, but they ruled a significantly larger area at the height of their power from the later half of the 9th century till the beginning of the 13th century.           
137    D. Tamil Nadu               
138    C. Regulating Act, 1773               
139    A. Malavikagnimitra               
140    C. Europe               
141    D. 1885   
Explanation: There has been evidence that the people of the Indus Valley Civilization believed in some form of 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 were found. It follows a school of thought that would become prevalent later as well, of the female energy being regarded as the source of all creation.            
142    B. Stones, trees and animals               
143    B. Sun Temple               
144    B. Divide and rule               
145    C. Kanishka               
146    D. 8 August               
147    C. Silapadikaram or Manimekalai               
148    C. enlightened               
149    A. CR Das               
150    C. Gupta               
151    D. Agastya               
152    D. Lord Curzon               
153    C. Malik Kafur               
154    A. Turki   
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. Most of them were constructed during Gupta Period.           
155    D. Gupta   
Explanation: The Sama Veda is the third of the four Vedas, the ancient core Hindu scriptures, along with the Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, and Atharva Veda which consists of a collection (samhita) of hymns, portions of hymns, and detached verses, all but 75 taken from the Sakala Sakha of the Rigveda, to be sung, using specifically indicated melodies called Samagana, by Udgatar priests at sacrifices.The origins of Indian music is traced from this veda. Samaveda’s Upaveda (technical manual) is Gandharva-veda that deals not only with the topics of music but also of dance and theatre.           
156    A. Samavedic Samhita               
157    B. Kadambari               
158    B. Kundagrama and Pava               
159    C. Ibadat Khana ‘ Tomb               
160    D. 1905               
161    D. Land revenue               
162    D. 1962               
163    A. Simuka   
Explanation: The advent of Muslims in India was marked by the Arab conquest of Sind, though long before that the Arabs already had settlements on the western coast of India.Muhammad Bin Qasim, under the order of Hajjaj, advanced in 710 A.D., at the head of a considerable army, subdued Mukran, pushed on through Baluchistan and in 711-12 reduced Sind, the lower valley and delta of the Indus.           
164    B. Arabs               
165    C. Social service               
166    D. Jamali               
167    B. Rudra               
168    D. Landed Gentry   
Explanation: Harappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan. The site takes its name from a modern village located near the former course of the Ravi River.Harappa contains the ruins of a Bronze Age fortified city, which was part of the Cemetery H culture and the Indus Valley Civilization, centered in Sindh and the Punjab.           
169    B. Harappa               
170    C. Treta               
171    B. Chandra Gupta II   
Explanation: Kalidas was one of the ‘nine gems’ at the court of a king named Vikramaditya, generally identified with the great Gupta ruler, Chandragupta II.           
172    C. Mohenjodaro   
Explanation: The Great Bath is one of the best known structures among the ruins of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization at Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, Pakistan.It is called as earliest public water tank of the ancient world. Archaeological evidence indicates that it was built in the 3rd Millenium BC.           
173    A. Sher Shah               
174    B. 389               
175    A. Indus river   
Explanation: Prior to Chandragupta’s consolidation of power, small regional kingdoms dominated the northwestern subcontinent, while the Nanda Dynasty dominated the middle and lower basin of the Ganges.After Chandragupta’s conquests, the Maurya Empire extended from Bengal and Assam in the east, to Afghanistan and Balochistan, some part of the eastern and southeast Iran in the west, to Kashmir and Nepal in the north, and to the Deccan Plateau in the south.The vast empire extended from the Bay of Bengal in the east, to the Indus River in the west.           
176    C. Mir Jumla               
177    C. 1674               
178    A. Cotton   
Explanation: The Harappans were the earliest known people to grow cotton. They produced cotton cloth hundreds of years before anyone else.In fact, the Greek word for cotton is sindon, a word derived from Sind which is a part of the Indus Valley Civilization region.           
179    A. Gwalior               
180    A. Bijapur               
181    A. Lord Curzon               
182    B. Hindus               
183    C. Mathura Museum   
Explanation: The Mathura Museum is famous for ancient sculptures of the Mathura school dating from 3rd century BC to 12th century AD which attained the pinnacle of glory during the reign of Great Kushan and Gupta Emperors.Mathura school represents cultural syncretism between the Classical Greek culture and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 1000 years in Central Asia, between the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE, and the Islamic conquests of the 7th century CE.           
184    B. Chandragupta-II               
185    D. Compassionate Buddha   
Explanation: The Ajanta Caves in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India are 30 rock-cut cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to the 600 CE.The caves include paintings and sculptures considered to be masterpieces of Buddhist religious art (which depict the Jataka tales) as well as frescos which are reminiscent of the Sigiriya paintings in Sri Lanka. The Ajanta cave paintings depict the life of Gautam Buddha.           
186    A. Persian               
187    C. The Constitution of USA               
188    A. communal representation               
189    C. Peshawar   
Explanation: The Kushan king Kanishka , moved the capital from Pushkalavati to Purushapura (Peshawar) in the 2nd century AD. Following this move by the Kushans, Peshawar became a great center of Buddhist learning.           
190    C. Warren Hastings               
191    D. Pulakesin II   
Explanation: In 630 BC, Harshavardhana faced defeat at the hands of Pulakesin II, the Chalukya King of Vatapi, in Northern Karnataka.The defeat resulted in a truce between the two kings, with Harsha accepting River Narmada as the southern boundary for his kingdom.           
192    A. Bali   
Explanation: The Vedic state derived its revenue from people’s contribution, technically known as ‘Bali’. Of all the terms used in connection with the items of revenue to the state, it is’bali’ which is mentioned most in the Vedic texts.Its use is, however, not restricted exclusively to the fiscal sense but also to offerings to a god and to tributes paid by hostile tribes to the king. A man is depicted in the Rig Veda as presenting oblation (bali) to Agni.           
193    D. Vajji   
Explanation: Vajji or Vrijji was a confederacy in the 6th century B.C. The rulers of Vajji were a confederacy of the eight clans (atthakula) of whom the Vajjis, the Licchavis, the Jnatrikas and the Videhas were the most important. It was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas           
194    A. cl Asiatic Registration               
195    D. Dandi Durga (Danti Durga)   
Explanation: The Indus Valley Civilization was noted for its cities built of brick, roadside drainage system, and multistoried houses.The buildings were made of burnt bricks, which have been preserved even to this day. Sun-dried bricks were used for the foundation of the buildings and the roofs were flat and made of wood.           
196    B. Bombay               
197    A. The Rashtrakutas               
198    B. Rain and Thunder               
199    A. Jena   
Explanation: Vardhamana Mahavira was also known as ‘Jina’ which literally means the ‘conqueror’.Jina refers to the one who has conquered love and hate, pleasure and pain, attachment and aversion, and has thereby freed `his’ soul from the karmas obscuring knowledge, perception, truth, and ability. It was from this word that Jainism was derived.           
200    B. Samudragupta   
Explanation: Samudragupta, ruler of the Gupta Empire, and successor to Chandragupta-I, is considered to be one of the greatest military geniuses in Indian history according to Historian V. A. Smith. He was called the Napoleon of India because he wanted to conquer more and more.           
201    D. Russian menace               
202    C. Rana Udai Singh               
203    B. Gujarat               
204    A. 1861               
205    B. Kanchi   
Explanation: Located on the banks of river Vegavathy, Kanchipuram served as the capital city of the Pallava Kingdom during the 4th to 9th century A.D.           
206    D. Sone               
207    D. ",Lord Wavell",Patel"               
208    B. Raichur Doab               
209    D. Chaitya   
Explanation: A chaitya is a Buddhist or Jain shrine including a stupa. In modern texts on Indian architecture, the term chaitya-griha is often used to denote assembly or prayer hall that houses a stupa. Chaityas were probably constructed to hold large numbers of devotees and to provide shelter for them.           
210    B. Subsidiary Alliance               
211    B. Alauddin Khalji               
212    A. Muin-ud-din Chishti               
213    D. Masulipatanam               
214    A. 24   
Explanation: The National Flag of India has design of Ashoka Chakra in navy blue colour with 24 equally spaced spokes. The 24 spokes represent the twelve laws of dependent origination and the twelve laws of dependent termination.           
215    B. Age of the Buddha