History: CUET Mock Test - 4 - Humanities/Arts MCQ

Medieval Seafarers attempts to explore the dimensions of Indian seafaring from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, a period of striking change and innovation.

The oldest known inscription in the Kannada language, referred to as the Halmidi inscription for the tiny village of Halmidi near where it was found, consists of sixteen lines carved on a sandstone pillar and dates to 450 CE.

Indian Mutiny, also called Sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence, widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company, it spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and Lucknow.

• The 'Two-Nation' theory was articulated by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the leader of the All-India Muslim League.
• This theory proposed that Muslims and Hindus were distinct nations, with their own customs, religion, and traditions.
• It became the ideological foundation for the demand for Pakistan, arguing that Muslims should have their own separate homeland.
• The theory played a crucial role in the partition of India in 1947.

Jizyah, also spelled jizya, historically, a tax (the term is often incorrectly translated as a “head tax” or “poll tax”) paid by non-Muslim populations to their Muslim rulers.

Bodh Gaya is a village in the northeast Indian state of Bihar. Considered one of the most important Buddhist pilgrimage sites, it's dominated by the ancient brick Mahabodhi Temple Complex, built to mark the site where the Buddha attained enlightenment beneath a sacred Bodhi Tree. A direct descendant of the tree sits within the complex today, along with six other sacred sites, including a lotus pond.

The Buddha belonged to a small gana known as the Sakya gana, and was a kshatriya.

Ravidas, or Raidas, was an Indian mystic poet-saint of the bhakti movement during the 15th to 16th century CE. Venerated as a guru in the modern regions of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, he was a poet, social reformer and spiritual figure.

The Alwar saints, also known as the Alvars, were Tamil poet-saints from South India who worshipped Vishnu, the Hindu preserver deity. The Alvars are revered in Vaishnavism, which considers Vishnu to be the Ultimate Reality. 

Dr Sachidanand Sinha was the first president of the Constituent Assembly. Later, Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected its president.

5 major political centres were Pataliputra, Ujjain, Taxila, Suvarnagiri, Tosali.
Megasthenes wrote Indica during time of Chandragupta Maurya.
Chandragupta founded the Mauryan Empire but not Ashoka.
Ashoka used his army, children, popularity and many possible resources to propagate Buddhism across the Subcontinent.

The correct answer is Steatite. Harappan seals are made of Stealite (Soft Stone).

Ashoka was the third ruler of the Maurya Dynasty and ruled almost the entire Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE. He made Buddhism the state religion around 260 B.C. He also instituted a body of officials known as the dhamma-mahamattas, who served the dual function of propagating the dhamma and keeping the emperor in touch with public opinion. 

He was a Persian scholar and traveller. He visited the Vijaynagar Kingdom during the rule of Deva Raya II as an ambassador of Shah Rukh, the Timurid dynasty ruler of Persia.

Mahayana Buddhism is the largest Buddhist sect in the world, and its beliefs and practices are what most non-adherents recognize as "Buddhism" in the modern era. It developed as a school of thought sometime after 383 BCE, possibly from the earlier school known as Mahasanghika, though that claim has been challenged.

The Amarāvati Stupa, popularly known as the great stūpa at Amarāvathi, is a ruined Buddhist monument, probably built in phases between the third century BCE and about 250 CE, at Amaravathi village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The site is under the protection of the Archaeological Survey of India.

Sanchi stupa is in Raisen District near Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. It was preserved by the Begums of Bhopal in medieval period as a heritage and was built by Mauryan Emperor Ashoka for propagating Buddhism.

Jainism did not have Sanghas like Buddhism. It was stated by Adinath also called Rishabdeva. Mahavira was 24th Tirthankar of Jainism and their teachings are provided in Angar canon.

The Padshahnama ('Book of Emperors') is a chronicle commissioned by the fifth Mughal emperor Shah-Jahan (r. 1628–58). The text is a propagandist celebration of his reign and his dynasty.

The Shrine of Baba Farid is a 13th-century Sufi shrine located in Pakpattan, Pakistan, that is dedicated to the Sufi mystic Fariduddin Ganjshakar, popularly known as Baba Farid.

Alvar saints worshipped Lord Vishnu, who is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

Saint Kabir got his spiritual training from a guru named Ramananda.

Situated 37 kms from the district headquarters Agra, Fatehpur Sikri itself was founded as the capital of Mughal Empire in 1571 by Emperor Akbar, serving this role from 1571 to 1585, when Akbar abandoned it due to a campaign in Punjab and was later completely abandoned in 1610.

The original 'Adi Granth', containing verses by the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, and other Sikh Gurus and saints, was compiled in 1603–4 by the fifth Sikh Guru Arjun.

In Islam, the ulama are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious knowledge in Islam, including Islamic doctrine and law. By longstanding tradition, ulama are educated in religious institutions. The Quran and sunnah are the scriptural sources of traditional Islamic law.

The Nayanars and Alvars were the Tamil poet-saints. They played a crucial role between the 5th-10th Centuries in propagating the Bhakti Movement in Southern India. The Nayanars were a group of 63 saints who lived between the 6th to 8th centuries CE, dedicated to Lord Shiva.

The temple was built in the 15th century during the rule of Devaraya II. He was one of the rulers of the Vijayanagara Empire. The temple is dedicated to Vittala and is also called Vijaya Vittala Temple; Vittala is also said to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

Ala-ud-Din Hasan Bahman Shah/Hasan Gangu whose original name was Zafar Khan, was the founder of the Bahmani Sultanate. His original name was Zafar Khan titled with "Alauddin Bahman Shah Sultan – Founder of the Bahmani Dynasty" with his capital at Gulbarga and all his coins were minted at Hasanabad.

The most important jins-i-kamil were cotton, oilseeds and sugarcane. Cotton was cultivated in Central. India and the highlands of Deccan. Bengal was famous for sugarcane. Pulses and oil seeds like mustard also were considered cash crops. It shows there was a mixture of food crops and cash crops in the country.