Tripitakas are sacred books of
Answer: A
They are Buddhist.
The Tipitaka, or three baskets, is the Pali canon: the Vinaya Pitaka of monastic rule, the Sutta Pitaka of discourses and the Abhidhamma Pitaka of doctrinal analysis. It was written down in Sri Lanka in the first century BCE.
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The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent
Answer: A
It does not represent nirvana.
The triratna, the trident-shaped mark, stands for the three jewels - the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha - in which a Buddhist takes refuge. Nirvana is the goal of the path, not one of the three.
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The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
Answer: B
It was Dadabhai Naoroji.
He set out the drain theory in Poverty and Un-British Rule in India in 1901, arguing that home charges, remittances and salaries transferred wealth to Britain without any return. R. C. Dutt developed it in his economic history, but the theory is Naoroji's.
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The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
Answer: B
It was signed with Cornwallis.
The Treaty of Seringapatam ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War in 1792. Tipu ceded half his territory, paid an indemnity of three crore rupees and gave up two of his sons as hostages until it was paid.
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The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year
Answer: B
It was 1853.
The Charter Act of 1853 ended the Company directors' patronage and threw the covenanted civil service open to competition. The Macaulay Committee reported the next year and the first examination was held in 1855, in London.
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Through which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire?
Answer: D
Through the mahanayakacharya.
He was the officer standing between the village and the central government in the Vijayanagara system, through whom the king's authority reached the villages. The nayakas held military tenures, and the dandanayaka was a commander.
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The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya's work Amuktamalyada, was in
Answer: A
It was in Telugu.
Amuktamalyada, Krishnadeva Raya's poem on the life of the Vaishnava saint Andal, is a classic of Telugu literature and also sets out his own views on statecraft. His court kept the ashtadiggajas, eight Telugu poets.
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Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj?
Answer: D
It was with Japan.
Indian prisoners taken at Singapore and in Malaya were formed into the Indian National Army, first under Mohan Singh with Japanese agreement, and revived under Subhas Chandra Bose in 1943 with the Provisional Government of Free India.
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We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
Answer: B
It was Trajan.
Roman writers record an Indian embassy to Augustus about 27-28 CE and another reaching Trajan about 110-20 CE, during the period of heavy Indo-Roman trade through the Red Sea ports.
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The use of the Kharoshthi script in ancient India was the result of India's contact with
Answer: C
It was contact with Iran.
Kharoshthi derives from the Aramaic script used in the administration of the Achaemenid empire, which held Gandhara from the sixth century BCE. It is written right to left, unlike Brahmi, and was used in the north-west down to about the third century CE.
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