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261. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
- A. Pushyavarman-First historical king of Kamarupa
- B. Shashanka- The first historical ruler of Bengal to establish an empire and carry his victorious arms as far as Kanauj
- C. Gopachandra- established an independent kingdom in Vanga country also known as Samatata
- D. Shilabhadra-The head of the Vikramshila monastery
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262. Bhagavatim has been regarded as a completely democratic religion because
- A. it opened the portals of salvation to all irrespective of caste, creed or sex
- B. it preached a simple religion in the language of the masses
- C. it was totally non-ritualistic religion emphasising only individual's devotion
- D. it was free from high sounding philosophical speculations
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263. Which of the following does not testify to the impact of Aryan Culture on the Sangam Age?
- A. Incorportion of Sanskritic ideas into sangam literature
- B. The anxiety to connect the local dynasties with the events ofMahabharata
- C. The worship of the forest tree and animal deities
- D. The concept of marriage as a sacrement attended with rituals
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264. Accrding to the indigenous sources, including Ashokan Epigraphs, slavery existed in India during Mauryan period, but Megasthenese said, all Indians are free and not one of them is a slave" . On what grounds did he infer so?
- A. Their status were not much different from hired labourers
- B. They could own property and also earn for themselves
- C. In some cases they could also buy back their freedom
- D. Both 'b' and 'c'
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265. The first major event of the reign of Ashoka was the Kalinga war and conquest of Kalinga . Which of the following was the actual cause of Kalinga War?
- A. Kalinga was a thorn in the body-politics of the empire
- B. "Ashoka wished to control both the land and sea routes to South Indian"
- C. Kalinga Posed a threat to the Mauryan possessions in Andhra and Bengal
- D. None of the above
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266. With reference to ancient Jainism, which one of the following statements is correct?
- A. Jainism was spread in South India under the leadership of Sthulabahu
- B. The Jainas who remained under the leadership of Bhadrabahu were called Shvetambaras after the Council held at Pataliputra
- C. Jainism enjoyed the patronage of the Kalinga king Kharavela in the first century BC
- D. In the initial stage of Jainism, the Jainas worshipped images unlike Buddhists
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267. In ancient Indian Buddhist monasteries, a ceremony called Pavarana used to be held. It was the
- A. occasion to elect the Sanghaparinayaka and two speakers one on Dhamma and the other on Vinayaka
- B. confession by monks of their stay in the monasteries during the rainy season
- C. ceremony of initiation of new person into the Buddhist Sangha in which the head is shaved and when yellow robes are offered
- D. gathering of Buddhist monks on the next day to the full-Moon day of Ashadha when they take up a fixed abode for the next four mo
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268. Which of the following agrarian measures was not taken by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq?
- A. He discarded measurement in favour of sharing
- B. The chiefs and headmen of villages were given back their perquisites
- C. The basis of the demand by the government was to be hasil (actual recovery) with enough provision for crop failures
- D. He made a large reduction in the scale of revenue fixed by Alauddin and brought it down to one-sixth of the gross produce
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269. Which of the given statements is/are correct?
- A. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founded the fortress-city of Tughlaqabad
- B. Firoz Tughlaq founded the city of Fatehabad, Jaunpur and Hissar
- C. Sikandar Lodi made the city of Agra as his capital
- D. All of the above
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270. Which one of the following explains the emergence of the Kshatriyas as the most powerful feudal group?
- A. Postulating non- difference between rulership and Kshatriyahood and investing the caste as a whole with the function of the rul
- B. Emergence of the exclusive landed aristocracy of the Kshatriyas
- C. Split of the Kshatriyas into Sat Kshatriyas constituting the ruling landed aristocracy and the ordinary Kshatriyas
- D. Concentration of political and productive power in the hands of the ruling class
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