UGC NTA NET/JRF Exam, INDIAN CULTURE, June-2019Total Questions: 10031. Which one of the following is NOT correct?A. The State and religion were mutually exclusiveB. The burden of religious institutions was ultimately born by the peasantryC. The upper classes (at least some) shared a part of their resources for the cause of religionD. Nalanda continued to remain the famous teaching centre for centuries togetherCorrect Answer: A. The State and religion were mutually exclusive32. Which of the following is NOT established in this passage?A. The Buddhist education system centred on the monasteryB. It is quite clear that the student population was confined to the Buddhist orderC. Hiuen Tsang is one of the most important sources on NalandaD. Nalanda was comparable to the University cities of Medieval EuropeCorrect Answer: B. It is quite clear that the student population was confined to the Buddhist order33. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The contemporary sources should not be trusted at their face valueB. Hiuen Tsang's personal ideology seems to have tempted him to exaggerateC. Contemporary evidence is final in history as is the case with Hiuen Tsang's evidence hereD. Present can also help us to cross check the contemporary evidenceCorrect Answer: C. Contemporary evidence is final in history as is the case with Hiuen Tsang's evidence here34. The income generated by the monasteries was not spent on which one of the following?A. Staff recruited for the monasteriesB. Construction of buildingsC. Food and clothing of the studentsD. Teaching and the technical skills of the timeCorrect Answer: D. Teaching and the technical skills of the time35. Prithviraj Raso, which is about Prithviraj Chauhan and his wars with Mohammad Ghori is attributed to which among the following persons?A. KalhanB. AmarsimhaC. NarayanD. ChandbardaiCorrect Answer: D. Chandbardai36. Minhaj writes, "The Sultan had a passion for purchasing Turkish slaves and he did purchase a lot of them. ... He (the Sultan) had purchased Yalduz while he was young, had assigned him duties from the beginning and raised him to the position of the head of the Turkish slaves." Identify this Sultan:A. Qutubuddin AibakB. Muizuddin GhoriC. IltutmishD. BalbanCorrect Answer: B. Muizuddin Ghori37. Shams-I Siraj Afif gives credit to which of the following Sultans for erecting all his buildings by using Rekhta which means mortar or plaster?A. IltutmishB. BalbanC. Mubarak KhiljiD. Firuz TughlaqCorrect Answer: A. Iltutmish38. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?A. Iltutmish's tomb is a virtual storehouse of Quranic Verses.B. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq's tomb is a private vision of paradise. Its setting in a pool of water evokes numerous references in the Quran to the abundant water in the paradise.C. Firuz Tughlaq's tomb is austere, appropriate for its location in the midst of an Islamic theological college.D. The hope of paradise is a principal theme of the verses on the domes of the Tughlaq period tombs. This theme was rejected in the iconography of Mughal architecture.Correct Answer: D. The hope of paradise is a principal theme of the verses on the domes of the Tughlaq period tombs. This theme was rejected in the iconography of Mughal architecture.39. The first reference to the spinning wheel and its first known Indian pictorial depiction is found in which of the following sources of the 14th and 15th centuries?A. Barani's Tarikh-i Firuz Shahi and Fakhruddin Qawwas' Farhang-e QawwasB. Isami's Futuh-us-Salatin and Muhammad Shadiabadi's Miftah-ul-FuzalaC. Barani's Fatwa-i Jahandari and Abdur Rashid Tattavi's Farhang-i RashidiD. Amir Khusro's Dewal Rani Khizr Khani and Muhammad Khan's Mirat-i AhmadiCorrect Answer: B. Isami's Futuh-us-Salatin and Muhammad Shadiabadi's Miftah-ul-Fuzala40. In the South Vaishnavism developed a distinct devotional cult led by the Alvars. These had successors in Acharyas. Who was the first Acharya?A. KumarilaB. Vachaspati MishraC. VijnaneshvaraD. NathamuniCorrect Answer: D. NathamuniSubmit Quiz« Previous12345678910Next »
