Question

Q.1. Find the correct matching pair from the following pairs.
(1x10=1
(a) Fire altars - Kot Diji
(b) Terracotta bull - Banawali
(c) Shell objects - Rakhigarhi
(d) Black clay jar - Chanhudaro
Q.2 Define Purusha Sukta.
Q.3 In which year Chandragupta Maurya founded the Mauryan empire:
(a) 321 BCE (b) 329 BCE (c) 326 BCE (d) 322 BCE
Q.4 Define Hagiography.
Q.5 Select the wrong pair:
(a) Rigveda - Hymns in praise of Agni and Indra
(b) Uttaradhyayana Sutta - Teachings of Buddha
(c) Manusmriti - Seven means of acquiring wealth
(d) Mahabharata - Story of Polyandry
Q.6 Which among the following was not a political centre of the Magadha Empire?
(a) Banawali (b) Suvarnagiri (C) Taxila
(d) Tosali
Q.7 Where were Nageshwar and Balakot situated?
(a) Near the sea coast
(b) Southern part of the Subcontinent
(c) Northern part of the Subcontinent (d) None of these
Q.8 What is Faience?
Q.9 Who was Prabhavati Gupta?
(a) Daughter of Chandragupta II (b) Daughter of Ashoka
(c) Daughter of Bimbisar
(d) Daughter of Chandragupta Maurya
Q.10 Who were Tirthankaras?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

8) Faience is the conventional name in english for fine tin-glazed pottery on a delicate pale buff earthenware body. It is originally associated by French speakers with wares exported from Faenza in northern Italy

9) a

10 In Jainism, a tirthankara (Sanskrit: tīrthaṅkara; English: literally a 'ford-maker') is a saviour and spiritual teacher of the dharma (righteous path). The word tirthankara signifies the founder of a tirtha, which is a fordable passage across the sea of interminable births and deaths, the saṃsāra.

7) a

6) a

4)A hagiography is a type of biography that puts the subject in a very flattering light. Hagiographies are often about saints. The two halves of hagiography refer to holiness and writing, and it is something written about holy people. ... A hagiography idealizes the subject and puts them on a pedestal.

3) d

2) Purusha sukta is hymn 10.90 of the Rigveda, dedicated to the Purusha, the "Cosmic Being". It gives a description of the spiritual unity of the universe. It presents the nature of Purusha, or the cosmic being, as both immanent in the manifested world and yet transcendent to it.. ... Purusha transcends his creation.

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