Question

E. VERY SHORT ANSWERS:[2m x 6 = 12 marks ]

1. Why did kings want to control the Silk Route?

2. What was the ‘Karma’ according to the Buddha?

3. Who calls the meeting of the Gram Sabha and Gram Panchayat?

4. What was prashastis?

5. What is the work of a Tehsildar?

6. On which day the direct rays of the sun fall on the equator?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The kings wanted to control the silk route because they believed that they would benefit from taxes, tributes and gifts that were brought by the traders travelling along the route.
2. In the Buddhist tradition, karma refers to action driven by intention (cetanā) which leads to future consequences. Those intentions are considered to be the determining factor in the kind of rebirth in samsara, the cycle of rebirth.
3. It is the Secretary of the Panchayat who calls the meeting of the Gram Sabha and Gram Panchayat.