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

11. Which of the following pairs of temple and place is NOT correctly matched?

	Name of Temple	Place
A.	Avantiswamin Temple	: Jammu
B.	Lingaraja Temple	: Bhubaneshwar
C.	Dashavatara Temple	: Deogarh
D.	Brihadishvara Temple	: Tanjavur

Correct Answer: A.

12. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Though there are passages in Rig Veda which appear to refer to riding, the horse normally drew a chariot.
Reason (R) : References to chariot are so numerous that it is possible to reconstruct it in considerable detail.
In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct?

A. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

13. Which of the following statements are correct?

(a) Bana criticised the practice of Sati.
(b) By the eleventh century CE, Sati became fairly widespread among the higher castes (except the extreme south).
(c) Kalhana appreciates those women who refused to perform Sati.
(d) There is an instance of the burning of the widow of an Indian captain in Iran in 316 BC.
Select the correct answer from the code given below:

A. (a), (b), (c) and (d) only
B. (b) and (d) only
C. (a), (b) and (d) only
D. (b), (c) and (d) only

Correct Answer: C. (a), (b) and (d) only

14. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Ashoka's Dhamma is marked by the spirit of accommodation. Reason (R) : Ashoka strongly denounces the overpraising of one's sect and disparaging the others.
In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct?

A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
B. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true

Correct Answer: B. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

15. Match the List-I with List-II.

List-I (Script)	List-II (Feature)
(a) Kharoshthi	(i) Parent of almost all the indigenous scripts of South Asia
(b) Brahmi	(ii) Evolved out of Gupta Brahmi
(c) Siddhamatrika	(iii) One of the three southern scripts
(d) Grantha	(iv) Its core area lay in North-West

Choose the correct options from those given below:

	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)
A.	(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(iv)
B.	(iii)	(i)	(ii)	(iv)
C.	(iv)	(i)	(ii)	(iii)
D.	(ii)	(i)	(iv)	(iii)

Correct Answer: C.

16. Which of the following is NOT correct?

A. The Indore plates of the Vakataka king Pravarasena indicate the prosperous condition of traders
B. There is no mention of the activities of guilds in the Narada and Brihaspati
C. Amarakosha mentions many types of precious and semi-precious stones
D. The Mandasaur inscription refers to the migration and activities of prosperous guild of silk weavers

Correct Answer: B. There is no mention of the activities of guilds in the Narada and Brihaspati

17. Al-Biruni's work deservedly occupies a unique place in the history of:

A. inter-civilizational communication
B. ethnocentricism
C. history-writing
D. historical causation

Correct Answer: A. inter-civilizational communication

18. As per Romila Thapar's categorisation of Indian literary sources, which of the following falls within the category of 'embedded history'?

Correct Answer: E. *

19. Which of the following is NOT a canonical Buddhist text?

A. Sutta Pitaka
B. Milinda Panha
C. Jatakas
D. Abhidhamma Pitaka

Correct Answer: B. Milinda Panha

20. Burton Stein's thesis of 'Segmentary State' has been contested because:

A. there is too much stress on mere caste classification
B. it emphasises decentralized political structures
C. it does not attribute the emergence of this state to a primitive peasant society
D. Stein fails to recognize that in South India there were only two Varnas-Brahmans and Shudras

Correct Answer: A. there is too much stress on mere caste classification