Insights Revision Plan for Prelims 2016: Test – 5

With reference to prehistoric paintings in India, consider the following statements:

1. In India the earliest paintings have been reported from the Upper Mesolithic times
2. Bhimbetka in Satpura Range is home to one of the richest cave paintings in India

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

In which of the following locations in India, cave painting depicting hand-linked dancing human figures is found?

The paintings of this period are linear representations, in green and dark red, of huge animal figures, such as bisons, elephants, tigers, rhinos and boars besides stick-like human figures.

The above description refers to paintings of which of the following periods?

Which of the following places are associated with the Harappa and Mohenjodaro and are located in India?

1. Lothal
2. Balathal
3. Daimabad
4. Dholavira

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Consider the following statements:

1. The art of bronze-casting was practised on a wide scale by the Harappans
2. In the seals excavated at Harappa and Mohenjodaro sites, animals such as elephant, horse, buffalo, rhinoceros and tiger are depicted

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

The stupas were constructed over the relics of the Buddha. WHich of the following site is/are associated with such stupas?

1. Rajagraha
2. Vaishali
3. Kapilavastu
4. Kushinagar

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Arrange the following events in the life of Buddha in a chronological order

1. Dhammachakrapravartana
2. Enlightenment
3. Mahaparinibbana

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Many Buddha images in this region have plain transparent drapery covering both shoulders, and the halo around the head has very little ornamentation.

To which school of sculpture, does the above description refer?

Which of the following caves mostly consist of only Buddhist architecture, sculptures and paintings?

1. Ajanta caves
2. Ellora caves
3. Elephanta caves

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With reference to art and archaeological history of India, which one among the following was made earliest?

Which of the following is/are the salient features of nagara temple style

1. The temple is enclosed within a compound wall
2. At the entrance, sculptures of fierce dvarapalas or the door-keepers guarding the temple are found
3. The main temple in which the garbhagriha is situated has smallest towers

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Consider the following statements:

1. The temple’s pyramidal multi-storeyed vimana rises a massive seventy metres (approximately two hundred feet), topped by a monolithic shikhara which is an octagonal dome-shaped stupika
2. This temple is the largest and tallest of all Indian temples

To which temple does above description refer?

The temples at Belur, Halebid and Somnathpuram were built by which of the following dynasties?

In which of the following sites Siddhartha achieved enlightenment and became Gautama Buddha?

Shatrunjay hills near Palitana are known for which religious temples?

This place has a large pre-historic mound which is known for its continuous archaeological record from the Neolithic age (about 2500–1345 BC) to the reign of the Pal dynasty. Which is this place?

With reference to Satyakama Jabala, consider the following statements:

1. He was one of the best-known thinkers during the Vedic period
2. The influential ancient text Jabala Upanishad – a treatise on Sannyasa – is named after him

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The rules made for the Buddhist sangha were written down in a book called the Sutra Pitaka
2. All men, women and children could join the Buddhist sangha

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

The dhamma mahamatta, appointed by King Ashoka were assigned the task of

When Banabhatta wrote his biography, the Harshacharita, which Chinese monk visited the empire?

Consider the following statements:

1. All X-brand cars parked here are white.

2. Some of them have radial tyres

3. All X-brand cars manufactured after 1986 have radial tyres are parked here.

4. All cars are not X-brand.

Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements?

Consider the following statements:

The Third World War, if it ever starts will end very quickly with possible end of civilization. It is only the misuse of nuclear power which will trigger it.

Based on the above statement which one of the following inferences is correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. All artists are whimsical.

2. Some artists are drug addicts.

3. Frustrated people are prone to become drug addicts.

From the above three statements it may be concluded that:

Examine the following statements:

1. Either A & B are of same age or A is older than B

2. Either C & D are of same age or D is older than C

3. B is older than C

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements?

Examine the following statements:

1. Only those who have a pair of binoculars can become the member of the birdwatcher’s club.

2. Some members of the birdwatcher’s club have cameras.

3. Those members who have cameras can take part in photo-contests.

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements?