1. Consider the following statement (S) related to the Ancient Indian Literature
I. Vedas, Puranas, Kautilya’s Arthashastra, and other literature besides foreign accounts are only available literary sources that restructure the Ancient Indian History
II. The archaeological sources like epigraphic, numismatic and architectural remains besides archaeological explorations and excavations also help in restructuring Ancient Indian History.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II
Ans: C
2. Consider the following statement (s) regarding Ancient Indian Literature that helps in restructuring of Indian history
I. Ancient literature is religious in nature, and contain exaggerated mythical story without any chronology i.e., puranic and epic literature
II. A large number of inscriptions, coins and local chronicles do indicate an effort towards history writing.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II
Ans: C
3. Consider the following statements regarding the Vedic literature available for reconstructing the ancient Indian history:
I. Vedic literature, mainly the four Vedas i.e. Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas, are entirely in a different language, which can be called the Vedic language.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I & II
D. None of the above
Ans: C
4. Which of the following statement is/are correct?
I. Panini’s Ashtadhyayi, book on grammar in eight chapters is the final culmination of this excellent art of writing in sutra (precepts) in which every chapter is precisely interwoven.
II. The Brahmanas elaborates vedic caste system of the society.
Code:
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I & II
D. None of the above
Ans: B
5. Select the correct language in which Jain and Buddhist literature were written?
A. Prakrit
B. Pali
C. Sanskrit
Ans: D
6. Consider the following statement(s) regarding the Dharmasutras and the Smritis:
I. Texts were considered as the rules and regulations for the general public and for the rulers.
II. Dharmasutras and the Smritis can also be termed in the modern concept as the constitution and law books for the ancient Indian polity and society.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
A. Only I
B. I and II
C. Both I & II
D. None of the above
Ans: C
7. Consider the following statement (s) related with the Kautilya’s Arthashastra:
I. Kautilya’s Arthashastra is a book on statecraft was written in Gupta Period.
II. Arthashastra was written in the fourth century B.C. by Kautilya, from which it appeared a tradition of writing on and teaching of statecrafts because Kautilya acknowledges
his debt to his predecessors in the field.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I & II
D. None of the above
Ans: B
8. Who among the following has written the play of Mudrarakshasha (narrates the ascent of the king Chandragupta Maurya)?
A. Kautilya
B. Vishakhadatta
C. Kalidasa
D. Panini
Ans: B
9. Who among the following has written Malavikagnimitram?
A. Pusyamitra Sunga
B. Banabhatta
C. Kautilya
D. Kalidasa
Ans: D
10. Which of the following statement (s) is/are not correct about the Sangam literature?
A. The Sangam literature describes many kings and dynasties of South India.
B. The Sangam literature describes many kings and dynasties of North India.
C. Sangama is compilation of poems by group of poets of different times patronised by many chiefs and kings.
Ans: B