UGC Indian Culture Paper 2 December 2004

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INDIAN CULTURE

PAPER-II

Note:

This

paper

contains

fifty

(50)

multiple-choice questions

each

question

carrying

two 2) marks_

Attempt all of them_

1. What s the chronological

order of

four

main ages of

the earth with

reference to

life-- velopment ?

(a) Palaeozoic

b)

Cainozoic

(c)

Mesozoic

(d) Azoic

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Code:

A) (a)

C)

c)

c)

~ )

b)

d)

d)

(a)

B)

d)

(a)

D) a) c)

(c) b)

d) b)

2. What

is the

chronological

sequence of the

following Bronze Age cultures

of

Sindh-Baluchistan?

(a) Amri-Nal

b) Kulli

c) Quetta

(d) Zhob

Select

the correct

answer

from the codes

given

below

:

~

~ )

~

B) ~ ) 0)

C) ~ )

~

D)

~

(a)

3. Harappan civilization had trade

contacts

with the following:

(a) North-Westem India

b) Centralindia

(c)

South India

(d)

All the

three

Select the correct answer from the codes

given

below :

Code:

A)

a)

nly

C)

b) and c)

B) (a)

and

b)

D) d)

nly

4. Which

weapon was

not

used by the Harappans?

(A)

Bow

and

Arrow B) Sword

C)

Spear (D) Mace

5. Which

Rigvedic

deity does not figure in the

Boghazkoi

Inscription?

(A)

Agni

B)

Indra

C)

Mitra

D)

Varona

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~

(iv)

lii)

(i)

ii)

C) ii)

i)

(iv)

(iii)

(D)

i)

ii)

(iii) (iv)

Buddhism was

introduced

into tina by :

(A) Aryadeva B)

Ka5yapa Mii.triga

Paramartha

Q KurrillrajTva

(D)

8. Consider

the

following statements :

Assertion A) : Buddhism disappeared from

India

in the medieval period.

Reason

(R) : Buddhism

was

essentially a monastic religion

Now select

the

correct answer from

the

codes given below :

Code:

(A) Both

A)

and

(R)

are true

and

(R)

is

the

correct explanation

of

A)

B) Both A)

and

R) are true but R) is not the correct explanation of A)

(Q

(A)istruebut(R)isfalse

(D) A) is false but (R) is true

9. Consider

the following

rulers as

sympath:isers of

the

Ajivaka

sect :

Aj]:taSatru

~

Bindusara

c) .ASoka

(d)

oaSaratha

Select

the

correct

answer

from the codes

given

below :

Code:

(A) (a) b)

and

c)

(Q (a) only

B) b) (c)

and

(d)

(D)

(d) only

10. Yavanani the script of the yavanas

has

been mentioned in:

(A) Ashtadhyayi

(Q .ASokan Edicts

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B)

ArthaSastra

(D)

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11.

Who

among the

following foreign

writers is the

first to notice

the use

of

iron by

Indians ?

(A)

Herodotus B) Megasthenes C) Plutarch (D) Pliny

12. Emperor

.ASolds spirit

of catholicity

and

religious

toleration

is

clearly reflected

in his:

(A) J\.finor Rock Edicts

B)

Rock

Edict II

C)

Rock Edict XII

(D)

Rock Edict XIII

13.

l\1atch

Ust

I

with Ust II and

select the correct

answer

from

the codes

given

below

:

List

I

List

Author Work

Bhadraba lU

i)

VajrasU:chi

~

Gun8:"dhya

ii)

Gatasaptasati

c)

Hala

(iii) KalpasTitra

(d) ASvaghosha

(iv)

Brihat Katha

Code:

~

c) (d)

A)

(iii) (iv)

ii) i)

~

ii)

(lii) (i) (iv)

C)

(iv) ii) (iii) i)

(D)

i)

(lv) (iii)

ii)

14. Consider

the

following

epigraphic and

literary

sources

regarding India s

trade

contacts

with China,

the

Hellenic world, Ceylon

and

Farther India during the early centuries of

the Onistian

era :

(a) Nag8:"rjunikonda

Inscription

b)

Nan8:"ghat

Inscription

(c) lv ilindapraSna

(d) Mahabh8:"shya

Now

select the correct

answer from

the

codes

given

below

:

Code:

A) a) and c)

C) b) and

c)

15.

Consider

the

following

ststements

:

~

(D)

(a)

b)

and

c)

b)

(c)

and

(d)

Assertion A) At

Gandh8:"ra Indo-Greek

artists contributed

to

the

development of art, which came

to

be

popularly

known as

Graeco-Buddhist art.

Reason R)

t

is a

westem

expansion of

Indian

culture.

Now

select

the

correct

answer from the codes

given

below

:

Code:

(A) Both

A) and

(R) are

true and

(R) is

the

correct explanation of

A)

B)

Both

A) and R)

are true

but R)

is

not

the correct

explanation

of

A)

C)

(A)istruebut(R)isfalse

(D)

A) is

false but (R) is true

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16.

l\1atch

Ust

I

with Ust II and

select the correct

answer

from

the codes

given below :

List I List II

Kingdom

(a) Andhra

b)

Pandya

(c)

Chera

(d) Chola

Code:

A) iii)

B) i)

C) ii)

D)

(iv)

~

(iv)

ii)

lii)

lii)

c)

>)

(iv)

(iv)

ii)

d)

ii)

iii)

i)

i)

Capital

i)

Uraiyur

ii) Tiru Vanjikalam

iii) l\1adura

(iv) Dharinl


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20.

The

institution

of gold coinage by the KushS:naswas due

to

the :

A) Roman trade B) Olinese trade

(Q South-east Asian trade

D)

Discovery of Kolar gold mines

21. Which of the following deities have been shown on the reverse of Kanishka's gold

coina. Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

a) Greek Helios Sun God)

b)

Iranian

Mithra and

J\.fanS:-

bago

Moon God)

c) Saka-l\1ana-Bouda (Buddha

Sakyamuni)

d) Hindu Siva,

Uma and Skanda

Code:

A) c) only

B)

b)

and

c)

(Q a),

b)

and

c)

D)

a),

b),

c)

and

d)

22.

Kushana period saw the

rise

of l\1ahayana Buddhism. Which of the following started

to

be

worshipped

by

its followers

?

Select the correct

answer from

the codes

given

below:

a) Gautam Buddha

b) The previous

human

Buddhas

c) The

DhyanT

Buddhas

of

four quarters

d)

The

Bodhisattvas

Code:

A)

a)

only

B) a) and

d)

(Q a) c) and

d) D)

a)

b)

c) and

d)

23.

Under

the patronage

of

the

Kushan as Buddha images were carved in large numbers

at different centres. Identify the correct centres with the help of codes given below :

GandhS:ra

~

l\1athura

c) samath

d)

Amara

vat

Code:

A) a) and b)

~

a) b) and c)

Q

a) only

D)

a) b) c) and d)

24.

Which Indian ruler was approached by a ing of Ceylon for pennission to construct a

Buddhist

monastery

at Bodh-Gaya

?

A) A,;oka

B) Kanishka

C) Samudragupta

D)

Harshavardhana

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25.

l\1atch

Ust

I

with Ust II and

select the correct

answer

from

the codes

given below :

List

I

List II

King Kingdom

Svamidatta

i) Kurala

~

l\1antaraja

ii) KJrtch\

c) Vislmugopa

iii) Avamukta

d) Nilari) ii)

26. Consider

the

following

Sanskrit

works

as sources furnishing

refereru:es to

Brahmanas

and Kshatr:iyas

some times marrying outside

their

castes and even

slave girls and

courteasans

:

a) RaghuramSa

b) Klimasiitra

c) ]l..frlchchakstika

d)

Da5akumiiracharita

Select

the

correct

answer

from the codes

given

below :

Code:

A) a)

and

b) B) c)

and

d)

Q

b),

c)

and

d)

D)

a),

b) and

c)

27. Vishnu

is

mentioned in the Gupta

inscriptions

by the

following name s) :

a) Chakrabhrit

b) Chakrapani

c)

Chakraswlimf

d) All

the three

Select

the

correct

answer

from the codes

given

below :

Code:

A) a)

and b)

Q d) only

28. Consider the

following

statements

:

B) b) only

D) b) and

c)

Assertion A)

Harshavardhana

was

a great

patron

of

learning and

literature.

Reason

R)

He

is ascribed

three

dramatic

plays-Ratnaviiti,

PriyadarSika

and

Nagananda

Now

select

the

correct


given

below

:

Code:

A) Both A)

and R) are true and

R) is the correct

explanation

of

A)

B)

Both

A) and R) are

true

but R) is not

the

correct explanation

of

A)

Q

A)istruebut R)isfalse

D)

A)

is false

but R)

is true

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29. Which of the following statements were

made

by

A l

Beruni in his

ki tah u l h ind?

a) The

contemporary Hindus

were full ofrel igious prejudices, insularity, exclusiveTif)

iv)

iv)

d)

i)

ii)

ii)

iii)

(Ruler

in

whose

reign

it

was

built)

i)

Harihara

II

ii)

Devraya I

iii)

Devraya II

iv)

Achyutaraya


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33. Whlch of the followllig

pairs

is NOT correctly matched?

(A) Shaikh Faridudcl in J\.fasud

B) Shall


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39.

Consider the following

statements :

Assertion A) Akbar set

up

a translation bureau

to

translate works

in Sanskrit,

Arabic, Greek etc. into

Persian.

Reason

R)

Akbar's

object

was

to

create

a

better

understanding

of

different

religions among

the subjects.

Now

select

the

correct


given

below :

Code:

A) Both

A)

and

R) are true

and R) is

the

correct explanation

of A)

B)

Both

A)

and

R) are true but R) is not the

correct explanation

of A)

(Q (A)istruebut(R)isfalse

D)

A) is false

but

R)

is

true

40. The author of Brahm

Prakash

Niras a work

on Astronomy

written during Sawai jai

Singh's period was:

A) Samrat jagannath

(Q

Kewal am

B) Ratnakar Pundarika

D) janardhan Bhatt

41. In the

context

of mis-govemaru:e of Indian affairs by the

East

India

company,

who in

1772 claimed

that

it

was

the province and

duty of

Parliament to

superintend

the

affairs

of this company .

A) Warren Hastings

(Q Edmund

Burke

42. Sir VIT:illiam jones was

associated

with:

B) Lord Oive

D) Henry Dundas

A) BegiruUng of

the

Orientalist tradition

B) Study of Indian

languages,

forgotten culture and

legal system

(Q Establishment of linguistic connection between

Sanskrit,

Greek

and

Latin

D)

All

of the above

43. Fort

VIT:illiam

College at Calcutta was established

in

1800 in order

to

:

a)

Train

civil servants

in

Indian languages

and

tradition

b)

Prevent

the spread of the ideas of freedom preached

by

the French Rf


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44.

The

Charter Act

of 1813 was associated with:

(A) Allowllig of Oniatian Missionaries to enter India

without

restrictions

B) Evangelist Gtarles Grant

presided over

the passage

of

the act

(Q

Completely

removed East India Company s monopoly

rights

over

Indian

trade

(D) Giving greater say to

missionaries

located

in

South India

45.

Which of the below are correct?

(a) The

Indian

intellectuals

strove to

formulate and implement

an

alternative

based

on

scieru:e

and mass education through the medium

of Vernacular languages.

b) Akshay

Kumar Dutt,

totally rejected the traditional system of education.

(c) Sayyid Ahmad Khan saw traditional system of Muslim education a great way to

progress

(d) Keshub Chandra Sen

considered the

absence of

the

scientific pursuit as

the major

draw

back

of

the

British

education

in

India.

Select the correct answer from the code

given

below :

Code:

A) a), b) and d)

(Q

b),

c)

and d)

46. Consider the

following

statements :

B) (a), b) and c)

D) (a),

c) and

(d)

Assertion

(A) In colonial India, the cultural concem was most strongly

expressed whenever religious

beliefs

and practices

were

perceived to be violated

by

the administrative measures.

Reason

(R) 1lds resulted

inactive Indian

intellectual involvement in colonial

legislative interventions in social matters.

Select the correct

answer from the codes given below

:

Code:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct

explanation

of (A)

(Q (A)istruebut(R)isfalse

(D) (A)

is

false but (R) is true

47. The

o

Brahman movement started

inJ\.faharashtra

by

jyotiba

Phule was

associated

with

(a) Satyasodhak Samaj in 1873

b)

Mobilisation

of

the

Kunbi

peasantry

(c) Turning the

Orientslist

theory of

Aryanisation

of India

upside

down

(d)

Initiated

a search for traditions

outside

the Brahmanical and the textual

Select the correct answer from the code

given

below :

(A) (a), c) and (d) B) c) and (d)

(Q

(a), b) and (d) D) (a),

b), c) and

(d)

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the

following :

List

l ist

The Montagu- Gtelmsford Report

i)

Indian

Association

in Bengal

~

S_N_

BaTif)

ii)

~

ill)

iv)

>)

ii)

C)

ii)

lii)

iv)

i)

D)

ii)

i) ill)

iv)

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