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(1) The earliest known Vishnu stone sculpture was discovered from a place now in
(1) Chhatisgarh
(2) Jharkhand
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Chhatisgarh
(2) Krishna and Balarama are found represented on the coin of
(1) Antialcidas
(2) Antimachus
(3) Agathocles
(4) A Menander
Answer: Agathocles

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(3) Who among the following was an Alwar Saint ?
(1) Appar
(2) Andal
(3) Sambandar
(4) Venkatanath
Answer: Andal
(4) After visiting the monuments of Elephanta one can conclude that it was a great centre of
(1) Buddhism
(2) Jainism
(3) Vaishnavism
(4) Saivism
Answer: Saivism
(5) Who among the following was awarded highest punishment for theft in the scheme of Manu ?
(1) Brahmana
(2) Kshatriya
(3) Vaisya
(4) Shudra
Answer: Brahmana
(6) Which of the following texts presents the concrete example of polyandry ?
(1) Ramayana
(2) Mahabharata
(3) Manusmriti
(4) Yajnavalkya Smriti
Answer: Mahabharata
(7) Mahodaya is an old name of
(1) Allahabad
(2) Bairat
(3) Kanauj
(4) Patna
Answer: Kanauj
(8) Which of the following ancient texts lays down the tonsure of widows ?
(1) Mahabharata
(2) Manusmriti
(3) Yajnavalkya Smriti
(4) None of the above
Answer: None of the above
(9) Who among the following called themselves as Brahma-Kshatriya ?
(1) Palas
(2) Senas
(3) Cholas
(4) Rashtrakutas
Answer: Senas
(10) Who was the head of the Nalanda Monastery at the time of Hsuan Tsang’s stay there ?
(1) Dharmakirti
(2) Santarakshita
(3) Santarakshita
(4) Silabhadra
Answer: Silabhadra
(11) During the reign of Rajendra Chola the educational centre at Ennariyam paid the highest salary to the teacher of
(1) Rigveda
(2) Yajurveda
(3) Vedanta
(4) Vyakarana
Answer: Vyakarana
(12) The Srivijaya ruler who completed the Chudamanivihara started earlier by his father at Nagapatnam was
(1) Balaputradeva
(2) Maravijayaottungavarman
(3) Samaragravira
(4) Trailokyaraja
Answer: Maravijayaottungavarman
(13) A good number of dance poses (karana) are sculptured on
(1) Brihadisvara temple, Thanjavur
(2) Draupadi Ratha, Mamallapuram
(3) Durga temple, Aihole
(4) Kandariya Mahadeva temple, Khajuraho
Answer: Brihadisvara temple, Thanjavur
(14) Who among the following regulated the course of Vitasta by his engineering operations in order to control the menace of its devastating floods ?
(1) Kshemananda
(2) Ratnakara
(3) Sura
(4) Suyya
Answer: Suyya
(15) Who among the following rulers granted financial help for the restoration of a demolished mosque in Khambhat ?
(1) Chamundaraya
(2) Siddharaja Jayasimha
(3) Kumarapala
(4) Mahipaladeva
Answer: Siddharaja Jayasimha

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