- A. This script was alphabetical.
- B. It was written from left to right.
- C. This script has not been deciphered so far.
- D. This script has a few signs or symbols.
The correct option is (c) This script has not been deciphered so far. The Harappan script is still undeciphered, so its exact language and full meaning remain unknown. Option (a) is wrong because it was not an alphabetical script, and option (b) is also wrong because the direction of writing is not simply left to right in all cases; it is generally right to left. Option (d) is wrong because the script had many signs, not just a few.
- A. Kalibangan and Dholavira
- B. Shortughai and Lothal
- C. Banawali and Cholistan
- D. Sanghol and Rakhigarhi
The correct option is (c) Banawali and Cholistan. Terracotta models of plough have been found at these Harappan sites, showing that agriculture was important in the civilization. The other options are not correct for this specific finding.
- A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reasoning of (A).
- B. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct reasoning of (A).
- C. (A) is true, (R) is untrue.
- D. (A) is untrue, (R) is true.
The correct option is (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reasoning of (A). Buddhism spread rapidly because many people were dissatisfied with existing religious practices and were also confused by the rapid social changes taking place around them. Buddha's teachings offered a simpler and more meaningful spiritual path, which explains the growth of Buddhism.
- A. I, II and III
- B. II, III and IV
- C. I, II and IV
- D. I, III and IV
The correct option is (c) I, II and IV. Jainism teaches that the cycle of birth and rebirth is determined by karma, so statement I is true. It also stresses renunciation of the world, so statement II is true. Ahimsa or non-violence is one of its most important principles, so statement IV is true. Statement III is false because Jainism does not treat worldly existence as necessary for salvation; rather, liberation requires detachment from worldly life.
- A. III II I IV
- B. IV II I III
- C. III IV I II
- D. II I III IV
The correct option is (b) IV II I III. The Mahajanapadas correspond to the following present regions: Magadh – Bihar, Avanti – Malwa region, Gandhara – north-western region, and Koshala – eastern Uttar Pradesh. Hence the matching sequence is IV, II, I, III.
- A. a-III, b-II, c-I, d-IV
- B. a-IV, b-II, c-I, d-III
- C. a-III, b-IV, c-I, d-II
- D. a-II, b-I, c-III, d-IV
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- B. Queen of Mauryan Empire and Promoter of Buddhism
- C. Wife of Samudragupta and Poet of the Gupta Era
- D. Daughter of Chandragupta-II and Wife of Vakataka King
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- B. Kailashnatha Temple
- C. Mahabalipuram Temple
- D. Brihideshwara Temple
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- B. Tamil Nadu
- C. Maharashtra
- D. Andhra Pradesh
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- B. Map geographical locations
- C. Critique culture and traditions
- D. Document Indian culture
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- B. Cultural Competencies and Skills
- C. Knowledge of Administration and Army
- D. Scientific and Technical expertise
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- B. II, III and IV
- C. I, III and IV
- D. I, II and IV
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- B. Relationship between peasants and zamindars
- C. Important chronicle – the Ain-e-Akbari
- D. Types of agricultural crops grown at that time
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- B. The zamindars collected revenue on behalf of the state.
- C. They always maintained cordial relations with the villagers.
- D. The zamindars had small piece of lands for personal use.
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- B. A discussion dismissing spirituality irrelevant
- C. Focus on societal norms and traditions only
- D. Seeking simple connection with the divine
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- B. Cultural suppression by the British
- C. Imposition of Western education
- D. Heavy taxes and land annexation
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- B. The Burdwan’s Auction
- C. The Fifth Report
- D. The Deccan Riots Commission
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- B. Union Power Committee – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
- C. Rules of Procedure Committee – S. Varadachariar
- D. States Committee – J.B. Kripalani
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- B. Zakir Hussain
- C. V.V. Giri
- D. Rajendra Prasad
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Log in to view solution →A warning for Europe Bernier warned that if European kings followed the Mughal model: Their kingdoms would be very far from being well-cultivated and peopled, so well built, so rich, so polite and flourishing as we see them. Our kings are otherwise rich and powerful; and we must avow that they are much better and more royally served. They would soon be kings of deserts and solitudes, of beggars and barbarians, such as those are whom I have been representing. (the Mughals) .... We should find the great Cities and the great Burroughs (boroughs) rendered uninhabitable because of ill air, and to fall to ruine (ruin) without anybodies (anybody) taking care of repairing them; the hillocks abandon’d, and the fields overspread with bushes, or fill’d with pestilential marishes (marshes), as hath been already intimated.
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Log in to view solution →On clearance and settled cultivation Passing through one village in the lower Rajmahal hills, Buchanan wrote: The view of the country is exceedingly fine, the cultivation, especially the narrow valleys of rice winding in all directions, the cleared lands with scattered trees, and the rocky hills are in perfection; all that is wanted is some appearance of progress in the area and a vastly extended and improved cultivation, of which the country is highly susceptible. Plantations of Asan and Palas, for Tessar (Tassar silk worms) and Lac, should occupy the place of woods to as great an extent as the demand will admit; the remainder might be all cleared, and the greater part cultivated, while what is not fit for the purpose, might rear Plamira (palmyra) and Mowa (mahua).
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