121. Which part of Rig Veda considered to be written in later Veda age?
A. 3rd mandala
B. 7th mandala
C. 9th mandala
D. 10th mandala
Answer
Correct Answer: [D] 10th mandala
Explanation: 1st and 10th mandala were written in the later Vedic age. 2nd to 9th mandala or books were written early Vedic era. The Vedic era is considered to be 1500 BC to 600 BC. Where 1000 BC to 600 BC is called the later Vedic era.
122. Satyameva Jayate was taken from which book?
A. Budhacharita
B. Arthasastra
C. Mundaka Upnishida
D. Mahabharata
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Mundaka Upnishida
Explanation: The Upanishads are a collection of texts of religious and philosophical nature, written in India probably between c. 800 BCE and c. 500 BCE. It played an important role in the development of spiritual ideas in ancient India, marking a transition from Vedic ritualism to new ideas and institutions. The Mundaka Upanishad contains the phrase Satyameva Jayate.
123. What is the meaning of the word 'Tripitaka'?
A. Book
B. Truth
C. Conclusion
D. Basket
Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Basket
Explanation: Tripitaka means three baskets. These are Vinaya Pitaka, Sutta Pitaka, and Abhidhamma Pitaka. Vinaya Pitaka and Sutta Pitaka were compiled in the first Buddhist council in 483 BC, soon after the Mahaparinirvana of Gautam Buddha. It was organized under the patronage of Ajatshatru, at Rajgriha, in the Sattapani Cave.
124. Dadashanga contains religious preach of?
A. Budha
B. Mahaveera
C. Rishabhanatha
D. Sankaracharya
Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Mahaveera
Explanation: Agamas are texts of Jainism based on the discourses of the Tirthankara. Mahavira was the last Tirthankara(24th). The symbol used for him is the lion. 1st Tirthankara was Rishabhanatha and 23rd Tirthankara was Parshvanatha.
125. Vikramankadevacharita contains the achievement of which king?
A. Vikramaditya I
B. Vikramaditya VI
C. Vikramaditya II
D. Skandagupta
Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Vikramaditya VI
Explanation: Western Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI noted for his patronage of art and letters. Kashmiri poet Bilhana who came to his court and earned the title Vidyapati (pundit), and wrote a book on the life of his patron king in Vikramankadevacharita.
126. Ganjam inscription depicts about which king?
A. Karbala
B. Samudra Gupta
C. Sasanka
D. Rudradaman
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Sasanka
Explanation: Ganjam Sasanka inscription depicts about Gauda king Sasanka. His capital was at Karnasubarna, in present-day Murshidabad in West Bengal of the Indian subcontinent.
127. The conversation between Buddhist monk Nagasena and Bactria king Menander was written in which book?
A. C-U-Ki
B. Fo-Que-Ki
C. Milinda Panha
D. Angurnikoy
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Milinda Panha
Explanation: The Milinda Pañha(Questions of Milinda) is the outcome of a conversation between Buddhist monk Nagasena and Bactria king Menander I (Pali: Milinda). The text was compiled sometime between 100 BCE and 200 CE.
128. The Aihole inscription was written by?
A. Kautilya
B. Horisena
C. Rovikirti
D. Nayanika
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Rovikirti
Explanation: Ravikirti was a court poet of Chalukya King, Pulakeshi II who in the throne from 610 to 642 CE.
129. Tahkik-i-hind was written by?
A. Alberuni
B. Al-Baradari
C. Suleman
D. Al-Masud
Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Alberuni
Explanation: Alberuni came to India with Mahmud of Ghazni during his Indian invasion. Alberuni was one of the greatest scholars of the medieval Islamic era.
130. Ibn Battuta came to India during?
A. Akbar
B. Muhammed Bin Tughlak
C. Iltutmis
D. Alauddin Khalji
Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Muhammed Bin Tughlak
Explanation: Ibn Battuta came to India during the region of Muhammed Bin Tughlak and join as a Qazi in Delhi. He came from Morocco.
