CUET History Previous Year Solved Paper 1 (16 July 2022 Slot-2) - Humanities/Arts MCQ

Alexander Cunningham, the first DirectorGeneral of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), often called the father of Indian archaeology

• S .N. Roy wrote The Story of Indian Archaeology
• John Marshall, Director-General of the ASI
• R.E.M. Wheeler, as an ex-army brigadier, he brought with him a military precision to the practice of archaeology.

Banawali (Haryana).
Kalibangan (Rajasthan)

Early archaeologists thought that certain objects which seemed unusual or unfamiliar may have had a religious significance. These included terracotta figurines of women, heavily jewelled, some with elaborate head-dresses. These were regarded as mother goddesses.

The initial capital of Magadha was at Rajgir.

James Prinsep deciphered it

Banabhatta was a 7^th-century Sanskrit prose writer and poet of India. He was the Asthana Kavi in the court of the emperor Harsha,

Major Textual Traditions

Types of marriages: Endogam y ref ers to marriage within a unit – this could be a kin group, caste, or a group living in the same locality.

• Exogamy refers to marriage outside the unit.
• Polygyny is the practice of a man having several wives.
• Polyandry is the practice of a woman having several husbands.

Sanskrit texts use the term kula to designate families and jnati for the larger network of kinfolk.
The term vamsha is used for lineage.

The Rigveda consists of hymns in praise of a variety of deities, especially Agni, Indra and Soma.

In Jainism the three jewels (also referred to as ratnatraya) are understood as samyagdarshana ("right faith"), samyagjnana ("right knowledge"), and samyakcharitra ("right conduct").The Three Jewels (Triratna) of Jainism refer to the three guiding principles that are essential for spiritual progress and liberation in Jain philosophy. The correct answer is C: Right livelihood. The Three Jewels are:

Buddha  founded a sangha, an organisation of monks who too became teachers of dhamma.

Krishnadev a Raya bel onged to the Tuluv a dynasty.

Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are "immersed" in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva).

• Adi Granth: literally means "the first book." This is the early compilation of the Sikh Scriptures by Guru Arjan Dev Ji, the fifth Sikh Guru, in 1604.
• This Granth (Book) is the Holy Scripture of the Sikhs.
• The tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji added further holy Shabads to this Granth during the period of 1704 to 1706.

Historians use the term Vijayanagara Empire, contemporaries described it as the karnataka samrajyamu.

In Rajasthan jati panchayats arbitrated civ il disputes between members of different castes. They mediated in contested claims on land, decided whether marriages were performed according to the norms laid down by a particular caste group, determined who had ritual precedence in village functions, and so on. In most cases, except in matters of criminal justice, the state respected the decisions of jati panchayats.

All books in Mughal India were manuscripts, that is, they were handwritten. The centre of manuscript production was the imperial kitabkhana.

The enormous arched gateway (Buland Darwaza) was meant to remind visitors of the Mughal victory in Gujarat.

• All holders of gov ernment offices held ranks (mansabs) comprising two numerical designations: zat which was an indicator of position in the imperial hierarchy and the salary of the official (mansabdar), and sawar which indicated the number of horsemen he was required to maintain in service. In the seventeenth century, mansabdars of 1,000 zat or above ranked as nobles (umara, which is the plural of amir).
• The nobles participated in military campaigns with their armies and also served as officers of the empire in the provinces.

• In 1613 Jahangir sent a diplomatic env oy to the court of Shah Abbas to plead the Mughal case for retaining Qandahar, but the mission failed.
• In the winter of 1622 a Persian army besieged Qandahar. The ill-prepared Mughal garrison was defeated and had to surrender the fortress and the city to the Safavids.

Zamindars never established matrimonial alliance with the Britishers

The leader of the Santhal Rebellion was Sidhu Manjhi

Lord Cornwallis proposed the Permanent Settlement system in 1786. This came into effect in 1793, by the Permanent Settlement Act of 1793.

The Santhal Revolt took place in 1855-56

After 1810, agricultural prices rose, increasing the value of harvest produce, and enlarging the income of the Bengal zamindars. Since the revenue demand was fixed under the Permanent Settlement, the colonial state could not claim any share of this enhanced income. Keen on expanding its financial resources, the colonial government had to think of ways to maximise its land revenue. So in territories annexed in the nineteenth century, temporary revenue settlements were made.