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(1) Who prepared in 1937, the Report on vocational education as advocated by Mahatma Gandhi ?
(1) Pandit Motilal Nehru
(2) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(3) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(4) Dr. Zakir, Hussain
Answer: Dr. Zakir, Hussain
(2) Who wrote : “Truth without humility is an arrogant caricature. There is no remedy against hypocrisy but the world cannot be fooled all the time.”
(1) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(2) Rabindranath Tagore
(3) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(4) M. K. Gandhi
Answer: M. K. Gandhi

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(3) Who founded the ‘Oriental School of Arts’ in Bengal, which recalled the ancient past and stressed national individuality in self-expression ?
(1) Abanindranath Tagore
(2) E.B. Havell
(3) Nandlal Bose
(4) Gaganendranath Tagore
Answer: Abanindranath Tagore
(4) In Neolithic cultures, the pit-dwelling is the salient feature of :
(1) Himachal Pradesh
(2) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
(4) Assam
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
(5) In the ancient Mesopotamian records the word Maluha stands for :
(1) The region of Makran
(2) The region of Iran
(3) The region of Bactria
(4) The Indus region
Answer: The Indus region
(6) In which of the following Harappan sites, the evidence of fire altar is found ?
(1) Sanghol
(2) Dholavira
(3) Rakhigarhi
(4) Surkotada
Answer: Rakhigarhi
(7) The Battle of Ten Kings was fought on the banks of which river ?
(1) Beas
(2) Jhelum
(3) Satluj
(4) Ravi
Answer: Ravi
(8) Ayagpatta is associated with :
(1) Buddhism
(2) Jainism
(3) Shaivism
(4) Vaishnavism
Answer: Jainism
(9) The Mahaparinirvana - sutra is a part of which Nikaya ?
(1) The Majjhima - Nikaya
(2) The Anguttara - Nikaya
(3) The Digha - Nikaya
(4) The Khuddaka - Nikaya
Answer: The Digha - Nikaya
(10) Which of the following works says that the physician Atreya taught at Takshashila ?
(1) The Jatakas
(2) The Ashtadhyayi
(3) The Indica
(4) The si-yu-ki
Answer: The Jatakas
(11) The Buddhavamsha is a part of :
(1) The Digha - Nikaya
(2) The Majjhima - Nikaya
(3) The Samyutta - Nikaya
(4) The Khuddaka - Nikaya
Answer: The Khuddaka - Nikaya
(12) Which one of the following is not correct about Jainism ?
(1) The Agamas of undivided Svetambara and Digambara canon are not available
(2) The Ajiva elements did not include space and time
(3) Jainism shows a close affinity with the samkhya system of logic
(4) There is no God or creator of the Universe
Answer: The Ajiva elements did not include space and time
(13) The Meru Cosmology is related with :
(1) The Nyaya system
(2) The Samkhya system
(3) Jainism
(4) The Vedanta
Answer: Jainism
(14) The cross between which castes originated the Nishadas in theory ?
(1) A Brahmana male and a Kshatriya female
(2) A Kshatriya male and a Shudra female
(3) A Brahman male and a Shudra female
(4) A Kshatriya male and a Vaishya female
Answer: A Brahman male and a Shudra female
(15) Who says that the boldness of speech of Sandrocottus (Chandragupta Maurya) offended Alexander to the extent that he ordered for his execution, but he escaped ?
(1) Strabo
(2) Plutarch
(3) Pliny
(4) Justin
Answer: Justin

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