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1. What does the term: Upasampada signify in Buddhism?
(a) Religious merit accrued from donations to the Buddhist order (b) Property attached to Buddhist monastery
(c) Initial conversion to Buddhism
(d) Final stage of initiation of a Buddhist monk
2. Kautilya defines Arthasastra as a branch of knowledge that teaches how to
(a) acquire (or form) a State and preserve it
(b) systematically collect revenue including land revenue
(c) earn wealth, and to learn the techniques for doing so
(d) learn the way to have a meaningful life
3. Consider the following statements about the cast-system :
1. Basic characteristics of the caste-system involve purity, heredity, marriage and food.
2. Dhamma in the three pursuits - ‘dharma artha, kama’ means caste rules ordained by sastras.
3. Anirobasita means the varnasamkaras.
4. Process of proliferation of castes is described in the Purushasukta.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 2 and 4
4. Consider the following statements :
Indian nationalists were bitterly disappointed in the closing stages of the First World War due to the reason that 1. only few Indian Princes participated in the Imperial Conference and Peace Conference. 2. the closing of the World War brought to India not peace but the sword. 3. Gandhi was prevented by the Government from proceeding to Delhi in 1919. 4. the Rowlatt Act was passed in 1919. Which of these statements are correct ? (a) 1 and 3
(b) 1 and 4 (c) 2 and 4
(d) 2 and 3
5. Consider the following statements :
When the Prime Minister of England stated that the British element in the Indian Civil Service was ‘the steel frame’ of the administration, eternally indispensable to India; its consequences were that
1.it resulted in the boycott of the visit of the Prince of Wales. 2. it retarded Indianisation, in opposition to the declared policy of the Parliament of England. 3. it resulted in-repressive measures against the Congress.
4. the Lee Commission on the Public Services made - liberal recommendations. Which of these statements is/are correct ? (a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 2 and 4 (c) 2 and 4
(d) 4 only
Answers:
  1. c
  2. a
  3. a
  4. c
  5. b
   






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