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PYQ 2024Ancient HistoryGS1
Diff:Standard

Consider the following statements:
1. There are no parables in Upanishads.
2. Upanishads were composed earlier than the Puranas.

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PYQ 2024Ancient HistoryGS1
Diff:Moderate

Consider the following information:
1. Chandraketugarh - Odisha - Trading Port town
2. Inamgaon - Maharashtra - Chalcolithic site
3. Mangadu - Kerala - Megalithic site
4. Salihundam - Andhra Pradesh - Rock-cut cave shrines
In which of the above rows is the given information correctly matched?

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PYQ 2024Ancient HistoryGS1
Diff:Moderate

Consider the following information:
1. Chandraketugarh - Odisha - Trading Port town
2. Inamgaon - Maharashtra - Chalcolithic site
3. Mangadu - Kerala - Megalithic site
4. Salihundam - Andhra Pradesh - Rock-cut cave shrines
In which of the above rows is the given information correctly matched?

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PYQ 2023Ancient HistoryGS1
Diff:Moderate

Consider the following dynasties:
1. Hoysala
2. Gahadavala
3. Kakatiya
4. Yadava
How many of the above dynasties established their kingdoms in the early eighth century AD?

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PYQ 2023Ancient HistoryGS1
Diff:Standard

Which one of the following explains the practice of ‘Vattakirutal’ as mentioned in Sangam poems?

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PYQ 2023Ancient HistoryGS1
Diff:Standard

With reference to ancient South India, Korkai, Poompuhar and Muchiri were well-known as:

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PYQ 2023Ancient HistoryGS1
Diff:Standard

In which one of the following regions was Dhanyakataka, which flourished as a prominent Buddhist centre under the Mahasanghikas, located

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PYQ 2022Ancient HistoryGS1
Diff:Challenging

According to Kautilya’s Arthashastra, which of the following are correct?
1. A person could be a slave as a result of a judicial punishment.
2. If a female slave bore her master a son, she was legally free.
3. If a son born to a female slave was fathered by her master the son was entitled to the legal status of the master’s son.

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PYQ 2021Ancient HistoryGS1
Diff:Challenging

With reference to the history of ancient India, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Mitakshara was the civil law for upper castes and Dayabhaga was the civil law for lower castes.
2. In the Mitakshara system, the sons can claim right to the property during the lifetime of the father, whereas in the Dayabhaga system, it is only after the death of the father that the sons can claim right to the property.
3. The Mitakshara system deals with the matters related to the property held by male members only of a family, whereas the Dayabhaga system deals with the matters related to the property held by both male and female members of a family.

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PYQ 2021Ancient HistoryGS1
Diff:Standard

With reference to the history of ancient India, Bhavabhuti, Hastimalla and Kshemeshvara were famous:

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