General awareness/studies Q & A - Dec 15, 2014

ANSWER: b. William Jones

William Jones founded the Society at Calcutta in 1784. He translated Abhijnana Shakuntalam to English in 1789.

ANSWER: c. Chandragupta Maurya

Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the Mauryan empire. His reign witnessed the invasion of Alexander.

ANSWER: a. 1A 2B 3C

The Gupta Era was inaugurated in 319 AD. The Guptas are known in the Indian History foe their contribution to literature, arts and science.

ANSWER: a. Popular assemblies

Sabha and Samiti were said to be the popular assembles during the vedic period. In the early vedic period, these were more powerful.

ANSWER: a. Ashoka

Ashoka was one of the great rulers of ancient Indian Sub-continent. His inscriptions are found in India, Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan.

ANSWER: c. Bagor

The Neolithic age provides the evidences of earliest farming communities. Bagor in Rajasthan is a Mesolithic site and provides earliest evidences of domestication of animals.

ANSWER: b. Indus region

The harappans had trade relations with Mesopotamians. The evidences or the records of Mesopotamia show that they trade with Meluha identical with the Indus region.

ANSWER: c. Parshvanatha

While Rishabanatha or Adinatha was the 1st Thirtankara, Parsvanatha was the 23rd Thirtankara. Mahavira was the 24th Thirtankara.

ANSWER: d. Right faith

Right faith is one of the Triratnas. The other 5 things that come under the Ashtangika Marga that is the 8 fold-path are right determination, action, livelihood, exercise and meditation.

ANSWER: a. Indica

Indica is one of the important literary source to reconstruct the history of the Mauryans. Arthashastra was written by Kautilya.