UGC NTA NET/JRF Exam, INDIAN CULTURE, December-2019

Total Questions: 100

91. Read the following passage and answer the questions.

Majority opinion is now coming round to the view that a part of the Arthasastra was written during the Mauryan period, but was edited with interpolations of various kinds in the centuries following... The original text was written by Kautilya... It was expanded and edited by various writers, until it was rewritten in Sutra form by Visnugupta in the fourth century AD. This is the form with which we are familiar today...The Arthasastra is not, as is often mistakenly believed, a text on Hindu political thought...It is infact a textbook on administration in monarchial system.

There is unanimity among most of the scholars that Arthasastra was written during the period of: 

Correct Answer: C. Mauryas and subsequent centuries

92. The form of Arthasastra with which we are familiar today is according to Romila Thapar the contribution of a person called:

Correct Answer: C. Vishnugupta

93. What is often mistakenly believed about Arthasastra, according to the above passage?

Correct Answer: B. It is a text on Hindu political thought

94. Considering the debate over its age and authorship Arthasastra:

Correct Answer: D. Can be used for some aspects of the Mauryan period too but with an extreme caution considering the later interpolations.

95. Which of the following is not true about Arthasastra?

Correct Answer: C. It says that maintenance of Varnasrama-dharma is not the duty of the king.

96. Read the following passage and answer the questions.

During Aurangzeb's reign, most members of the imperial family were devoted to the patronage of literature and religion than to the construction of grand edifices and gardens. However, several notable tombs and mosques were constructed by the royal family, including the Bibi-ka Maqbara or tomb of the Queen. This monumental tomb was completed in the 60s of the seventeenth century. Bibi or Queen was the wife of Emperor Aurangzeb. At Aurangzeb's command, their eldest son. Prince Azam Shah, built this tomb closely modelled on the Taj Mahal.

In which city Bibi-ka Maqbara is situated?

Correct Answer: C. Aurangabad

97. The tomb of Bibi-ka Maqbara or tomb of the Queen was constructed of:

Correct Answer: B. White Marble

98. In which year was Bibi-ka Maqbara completed?

Correct Answer: A. 1660-61

99. The name of Aurangzeb's wife in whose memory Bibi-ka Maqbara was constructed, was:

Correct Answer: D. Rabia Durrani

100. The wife of Aurangzeb in whose memory Bibi-ka Maqbara was constructed, is also known as:

Correct Answer: A. Dilrus Banu