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What allows us to live with dignity?

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  1. Education

  2. Health-related services and facilities

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Food, clothes, shelter, education and health are our basic needs. Education and health-related services and facilities allow us to live with dignity.

Statement I: The silk routes led to trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world.
Statement II: Early Christian missionaries travelled to Asia through this route.

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  1. Statement I is true, Statement II is false

  2. Statement II is true, Statement I is false

  3. Both Statements are true, Statement II provides explanation to Statement I

  4. Both Statements are true, Statement II does not provide explanation to Statement I

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Both statements are true,Statement II provides explanation to Statement I.

Statement I : The silk routes led to trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world.China is famous for silk export through these routes.There are many silk routes which connect Asia to Europe and Northern Africa.
Statement II: Historian have identified many silk routes which connects Asia with various regions.Culture and trades went hand in hand because of these routes.Many Christian missionaries and later the muslim preachers travelled through these routes.
So option C is the correct answer. 

Around the 1st century BC, the Shadanga or Six Limbs of Indian Painting were evolved. Which of these was NOT one such limb?

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  1. Rupabheda

  2. Sadrisyam

  3. Lavanya Yojanam

  4. Nitiniveshakam

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Around the 1st century BC, the Shadanga or Six Limbs of Indian Painting were evolved. Vatsyayana (3rd century AD) enumerates these in his Kamasutra
They are:
Rupabheda: The knowledge of appearance
Pramanam: Correct perception, measure and structure
Bhava: Action of feelings om forms
Lavanya Yojanam: Infusion of grace, artistic representation
Sadrisyam: Similitude
VArnikaBhanga: Artistic manner of using the brush and colors
The subsequent development of painting by the Buddhists indicates that these 'Six Limbs' were put into practice by Indian artists and are the basic principles on which their art was founded.

Forest-dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Between 700 and 1750,  there was a gradual clearing of forests and the extension of agriculture, a change faster and more complete in some areas than in others. Changes in their habitat forced many forest-dwellers to migrate. They became part of large complex societies, and were required to pay taxes and offer goods and services to local lords.

We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Historians rely upon coins, inscriptions, architecture and textual records for information. The number and variety of textual records increased dramatically during 700 to 1750 CE. The vast majority of inscriptions are found in South India, written on plates of copper, the stone walls of temples, or stone monuments.

Who is a foreigner according to the Ancient norms ?

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  1. Someone who is not an Indian

  2. Someone who was not a part of that society or culture

  3. City dweller and forest-dweller

  4. All of above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Today foreigner means a person who is not an Indian. In medieval period a foreigner was considered as someone who does not belong to that society or culture, a city-dweller or a forest-dweller.

When was the re-emergence of regional states led?

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  1. Fifteenth century

  2. Sixteenth century

  3. Seventeenth century

  4. Eighteenth century

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

When the Mughal empire declined in the eighteenth century, it led to the emergence of regional states. But years of imperial, pan-regional rule had altered the character of regions.The regions were left with the legacies of the big and small states that had ruled over them.

The place where historical documents are preserved is called ____________.

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  1. Archives

  2. Museums

  3. Libraries

  4. All of above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The place where historical documents are preserved is called 'Archives'. The main office of the National Archives of India is at New Delhi. It is the largest among the Archives in Asia.

Who collected the Manuscripts?

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  1. Wealthy people

  2. Rulers

  3. Monasteries and temples

  4. All of above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Manuscripts and documents were made to provide a lot of detailed information to people. They were placed in libraries and archives. Manuscripts were collected by wealthy people, rulers, monasteries and temples.

The period with written records is known as _________.

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  1. Pre-historic period

  2. Historic period

  3. Medieval period

  4. Paleolithic period

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Historic period begins with the advent of writing. The period before the advent of writing is known as prehistory. In India, writing was introduced during the Harappan period, however the script is yet to be deciphered. Therefore, the period is termed as proto-historic period.