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1. Ans: B demands. Some nationalists led by LokmanyaTilak agitated against the moderate behaviour of Exp: Dhrupad is the Indian classic music that congress against British rule. traces its origin to the chanting of vedic hymns and mantras. It is also primarily a form of worship, in which offerings are made to the divine through 7. Ans: D sound. Exp: Cripps Mission proposed to give dominion The earliest source that mentions a musical status after the war as well as elections to be held genre called Dhrupad is Ain-i-Akbari of Abu Fazl. after the war. Dhrupad had mainly thrived under patronage of Rajput and Mughal Period till 17th century not 8. Ans: B originated. Exp: Rowlatt Act was passed on the Dhrupad is performed in two parts- Alap and recommendations of the Rowlatt Committee and Bandish. In the Alap, the singer uses syllables named after its president, British judge Sir Sidney from Mantras. Rowlatt. The Rowlatt Committee was primarily a Sedition Committee and was appointed by the 2. Ans: C British Empire in India in 1918. The objective of the Rowlatt committee was to assess political violence Exp: The main aim was to liberate the social and terrorism in the country, particularly in Punjab shudra and untouchable castes from exploitation and Bengal. As a result of recommendations of and oppression. the Rowlatt committee, the Rowlatt Act, which was an expansion of the Defence of India Act 3. Ans: B 1915, was imposed in reaction to the threat in Bengal and Punjab. 4. Ans: B In organizing Rowlatt Satyagraha, Gandhiji tried Exp: Sattriya Dance has its origin in the ‘Sattras’ to utilize three types of political networks – the established by Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev Home Rule, certain Pan-Islamist groups, and a in the 15th and the 16th century. The Sattras were Satyagraha Sabha which he himself started at established for the propagation of Vaishnavism Bombay. and later they became the religious, cultural and The Simon Commission was appointed to suggest social hub for the people of Assam. The great future constitutional reforms in India. Simon Vaishnavite Saint has developed this dance form Commission arrives in Bombay on 3 February 1928. with its basic roots aligned with the characteristics of other forms of Indian classical dance. 9. Ans: C 5. Ans: B Exp: Caves of Ajanta are the oldest rock-cut caves of India. Exp: Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar traveller and translator Rock-cut caves of Barabar were built by Maurya who described the interaction between China and emperor, Ashok. India in the early Tang dynasty. He was impressed Ellora caves are located in Aurangabad district with the law and order situation of the country of Maharashtra. Total number of these rock-cut and foundwww.uniqueshiksha.in that roads and river routes were not caves is 34. These caves were built during the completely free from robbery. He was robbed period of 6th century to 10th century. These many a times. caves are associated with Buddhism, Hindu and Jain religions. 6.. Ans: B Exp: Moderates believed in the policy of 10. Ans: D settlement of minor issues with the government There were no temples in Rig Vedic age. by deliberations. But the extremists believed Construction of temples started in Gupta Age. in agitation, strikes and boycotts to force their

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Sr. Kusa- Name Symbol Birthplace 20 Tortoise No granagar 1 Bull Ayodhya (Adinatha) 21 Naminatha Blue lotus Mithila

2 Elephant Ayodhya 22 Shankha Dvaraka

3 Sambhavanatha Horse Shravasti 23 Snake Kashi

Samet Kshatri- 4 Abhinandananatha Monkey 24 Lion Sikhar yakund

5 Sumatinatha Heron Ayodhya 12.Ans: A Exp: Kuchipudi is a Classical Indian dance from Samet Andhra Pradesh. It is also popular all over 6 Padma Sikhar South India. Vachika abhinaya (use of words or dialogues) is a special feature of the Kuchipudi style. Dancing on the brass plate by keeping the Samet feet on its edges is a feature of Kuchipudi dance. 7 Suparshvanatha Sikhar Bharatanatyam is a classical Indian dance form that originated in the temples of South India. Crescent Chandra- 8 Moon puri 13.Ans: B Exp: Tyagaraja composed thousands of devotional compositions, most in Telugu and in praise of 9 Crocodile Kakandi Lord Rama many of which remain popular today. [2] Of special mention are five of his compositions 10 Shitalanatha Bhadrikpuri called the Pancharatna Kritis which are often sung in programs in his honour. Annamayya (22 May 1408 – 4 April 1503) was a 15th-century Hindu Samet 11 Shreyanasanatha Rhinoceros saint and is the earliest known Indian musician to Sikhar compose songs called sankirtanas in praise of the god Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu. Champap- 12 Buffalo 14. Ans: D uri Exp: Sufis turned to asceticism and mysticism in protest against the growing materialism of the 13 Vimalanatha Boar Kampilya Caliphate as a religious and political institution. They were critical of the dogmatic definitions and 14 Anantanatha Falcon Ayodhya scholastic methods of interpreting the Qur’an and sunna (traditions of the Prophet) adopted by theologians. Instead, they laid emphasis on 15 Dharmanatha Vajra Ratnapuri seeking salvation through intense devotion and www.uniqueshiksha.inlove for God by following His commands, and by following the example of the Prophet Muhammad Antelope or 16 whom they regarded as a perfect human being. deer The sufis thus sought an interpretation of the Qur’an on the basis of their personal experience. 17 Kunthunatha Goat Hastinapur 15. Ans: B Nandyavar- 18 Hastinapur 16. Ans: B ta or fish Exp: Bodhisattva is central to Mahayana Sect.

2 Visit: www.uniqueshiksha.in | www.facebook.com/UniqueShiksha | Call: +91 8287360360 | Email: [email protected] | Karol Bagh PTS Code = B07 17. Ans: B Magadha teaching his philosophy. Gandhara is not directly associated with the life of Buddha. It Exp: Raja Ram Mohan Roy is associated with Calcutta Unitarian Committee was expansion of that Gandhara received much Buddhist influence, notably during the reign of Asoka. Pradyota, the ruler of 18. Ans: D Avanti, was contemporary to Gautama Buddha. Exp : A special category of land Eripatti or tank Avanti was not directly related to the life of land, was known only in south India, This was Buddha. According to the Buddhist text, the land donated by individuals, the revenue from Anguttara Nikaya, Avanti was one of the sisteen which was set apart for the maintenance of’ the mahajanapadas of the 6th century BC. village tank, which indicates the dependence of the village on the tank for irrigation. 22. Ans: C Taniyurs were distinct revenue units under Cholas. Exp: Arches and Domes were introduced in India In South India centres of higher learning were during Sultanate Period. known as Ghatikas. There was a famous Ghatika at Kanchi, drawing students from far and near. 23. Ans: B These Ghatikas were run in temples. Exp: Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over 19. Ans: D the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Exp: Dadabhai Naoroji, the ‘Grand Old Man of Congress. India’, who after a brilliant analysis of the colonial Badruddin Tyabji was the first muslim president economy put forward the theory of economic of Indian National Congress. He was elected in drain in Poverty and Un British Rule in India. 1887 Madras session. G.V. Joshi, G. Subramaniya lyer, G.K. Gokhale, Prithwis Chandra Ray and hundreds of other 24. Ans: A political workers and journalists analysed every Exp: Main features of Cabinet Mission were - aspect of the economy and subjected the entire range of economic issues and colonial economic • Provisions for three groups of provinces to policies to minute scrutiny. possess their separate constitutions. Romesh Chandra Dutt, a retired ICS officer, • Proposed the formation of a Union of India, published ‘The Economic History of India’ at comprising both the British India and the the beginning of the 20th century in which he Princely States. examined in minute detail the entire economic • Union would remain in charge of only foreign record of colonial rule since 1757. affairs, defense and communications leaving Dadabhai Naoroji, G. Subramaniya lyer and R. C. the residuary powers to be vested in the Dutt raised basic questions regarding the nature provinces. and purpose of British rule. Eventually, they were • Proposed setting up an Interim Government, able to trace the process of the colonialization of the which would remain in office till a new Indian economy and conclude that colonialism was government was elected on the basis of the the main obstacle to India’s economic development. new Constitution framed by the Constituent They clearly understood the fact that the essence Assembly. of British imperialism lay in the subordination of the • Indian economy to the British economy. Rejection of the demand for a full-fledged Pakistan. 20. Ans: D 25. Ans: B Exp: The CSP advocated decentralized socialism in which co-operatives, trade unions, independent Exp: Feudalism is a synonym for “politically farmers, and local authorities would hold a decentralized“. In a centralized kingdom, the substantial share of the economic power. As monarch effects strong direct control over his www.uniqueshiksha.inentire state; in a decentralized kingdom, the secularists, they hoped to transcend communal divisions through class solidarity. Some, such monarch’s power is limited by the strength of as Narendra or Basawon Singh (Sinha), local lords, who have significant autonomy (even advocated a democratic socialism distinct from though they are officially subject to the monarch’s both Marxism and reformist social democracy. rule). The term feudal can therefore be applied to any state that exists as a collection of significantly autonomous regions. 21. Ans: D Exp: Prasenajit, king of Kosala, was the Buddha’s 26. Ans: A contemporary. Buddha wandered through the towns and villages in the kingdoms of Kosala and Exp. Kalamkari is an ancient Indian art that originated about 3000 years ago. It derives its

Visit: www.uniqueshiksha.in | www.facebook.com/UniqueShiksha | Call: +91 8287360360 | Email: [email protected] | Karol Bagh 3 History name from Kalam meaning Pen, and Kari meaning 35. Ans: A work, literally Pen-work. The Kalamkari artist uses Exp: Atmiya sabha was formed in 1815 so Tilak a bamboo or date palm stick pointed at one end association not possible, Hence option is ‘a’. with a bundle of fine hair attached to this pointed end to serve as the brush or pen. These paintings were earlier drawn on cotton fabric only, but 36. Ans: D now we can see these paintings on silk and other Exp: In 1893 Arya Samaj split over linked issues of materials as well. The Kalamkari art includes both, Vegetarianism and cow protection. printing and painting. 37. Ans: A 27. Ans: D Gandhi-Irwin Pact, agreement signed on March Exp: The Indian States committee appointed 5, 1931, between Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of a committee under the chairmanship of Sir the Indian nationalist movement, and Lord Irwin Harcourt Butler which was popularly known as the (later Lord Halifax), British viceroy (1926–31) Butler Committee to investigate and clarify the of India. It marked the end of a period of civil relationship between the paramount power and disobedience (satyagraha) in India against British Princes of Princely States in 1927 AD. Committee rule that Gandhi and his followers had initiated visited 16 states and submitted its report in 1929. with the Salt March (March–April 1930).

28. Ans: B 38. Ans: C Exp: Madras Mahajana Sabha was established by Exp: Gandhi’s first hunger strike was in 1913 to M. Veeraraghavachariar, G. SubramaniaIyer and atone for immoral behavior of his friends. Then P. Anandacharluin May 1884. in 1918, he fasted to protest for low wages of mill workers in Ahmedabad. 29. Ans: C Exp: The ‘ara-ghatta’ or rope-pot system of lifting 39. Ans: D water from open wells was probably invented in erstwhile India of the past. 40. Ans: A Exp: He was a clerk who seems to have been 30. Ans: C influenced by Ranade’s lectures on drain of Exp: Lord Cornwallis is associated with zamindari wealth, experience of Deccan Famine and growing system. Hindu revivalist mood.

31. Ans: B 41. Ans: B Exp: Manipuri Sankirtana is a form of performing Exp: Kumargupta was the son and successor of art involving ritual singing, drumming and dancing Chandragupta II. He laid foundation of the Nalanda performed in the temples and domestic spaces in University which emerged as an institution of Manipur State in India. Through the performances international repute. which exhibit unparalleled religious devotion and energy, the performers narrate the many stories 42. Ans: D of Krishna often moving the spectators to tears. Exp: The Mahājanapadas were sixteen kingdoms Dances are very much based upon the cymbals or oligarchic republics that existed in ancient (kartal or manjira) and the cylindrical drum India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE. known as Manipuri mridang or pung. Hence other Two of them were most probably ganatantras instruments are also used. (republics) and others had forms of monarchy. Ancient Buddhist texts like the Anguttara 32. Ans. A Nikaya[1] make frequent reference to sixteen Exp: Nanda Devi Raj Jaat Yatra is a festival of great kingdoms and republics which had evolved Gharwali and Kumauoni people in Uttarakhand and flourished in a belt stretching from Gandhara www.uniqueshiksha.inin the northwest to Angain the eastern part of Wari Warkari or Varkari(Pandharpur Wari) is a the Indian subcontinent and included parts of Maharashtrian festival celebrated by Marathas. the trans-Vindhyan region,[2] prior to the rise of Buddhism in India. 33. Ans: B 43. Ans: C 34.Ans: A Exp: Home Rule league was formed in 1916. Exp: During Gupta period, The Buddhist author Amarasimha compiled a lexicon called Amarakosa. 44. Ans : B

4 Visit: www.uniqueshiksha.in | www.facebook.com/UniqueShiksha | Call: +91 8287360360 | Email: [email protected] | Karol Bagh PTS Code = B07 45. Ans: D Shihabuddin Suhrawardi (d.1191) who first developed this idea. According to this idea, there Exp: The East India Company began to adopt a dual policy in the sphere of education. It was a hierarchy in which the Divine Light was discouraged the prevalent system of oriental transmitted to the king who then became the education and gave importance to western source of spiritual guidance for his subjects. education and English language. 48. Ans: A The Charter Act of 1813 adopted a provision to spend one lakh rupees per annum for the spread Exp: Sher Shah’s empire was divided into 47 of education in India. sarkars- administered by Chief Shiqdar and Chief Munsif. 46. Ans: D Each Sarkar was further divided into several Parganas. They were administered by Shiqudar, Exp: Kalaripayattu (sometimes shortened as Kalari) is an Indian martial art and fighting system Amin, Fotear and Karkuns. that originated in . 49. Ans: A 47. Ans: A 50. Ans: A Exp: Abul Fazl placed Mughal kingship as the highest station in the hierarchy of objects Exp: Sujni Embroidery is of receiving light emanating from God (farr-i izadi). Uppada Jamdani Saris is of Andhra Pradesh Abul Fazl was inspired by a famous Iranian Sufi,

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