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[B] Chaitya is a place of worship, while Vihara is the dwelling place of the monks
[C] Chaitya is the stupa at the far end of the cave, while Vihara is the hall axial to it
[D] There is no material difference between the two
Correct Answer: [B] Chaitya is a place of worship, while Vihara is the dwelling place of the monks
[B] Rural
[C] Agricultural
[D] None of these
Correct Answer: [A] Urban
Explanation: Indus Valley Civilization was urbanized, highly developed and sophisticated. The ruins exhibit high level of planning in the cities. Excavations have indicated that the buildings were built with baked bricks. The streets were well constructed at right angles with an elaborate and covered drainage system. The civilization also had public buildings including the vast granaries and the Great Bath at Mohenjodaro.
[B] Brahmi
[C] Boustrophedon
[D] None of these
Correct Answer: [C] Boustrophedon
Explanation: In the Indus Valley Civilization, the style of script is Boustrophedon i.e. Written from right to left in first line and from left to right in second line.
[B] Dharma chakra parivarthana – Dharmachakra with 24 spokes
[C] Birth of Buddha – Lotus
[D] All of the above
Correct Answer: [C] Birth of Buddha – Lotus
Explanation:Five great events of Buddha’s Life –
1. Buddha’s Birth – Lotus & Bull
2. The Great Departure (Mahabhinishkramana) – Horse
3. Enlightment (Nirvana) -Bodhi Tree
4. First Sermon (Dhammachakraparivartan) – Wheel or Dharmachakra with 8 spokes
5. Death (Parinirvana) – Stupa
5.The Fourth Buddhist Council was held in Kashmir under the leadership of
[B] Ashoka
[C] Ajatashatru
[D] Kanishka
Correct Answer: [D] Kanishka
Explanation:Details of first fourth Buddhist Council
| Buddhist Council | Year | Venue | Chairman | Patron |
| 1st Buddhist Council | 483 BC | Rajgriha | Mahakassapa | Ajatashatru |
| 2nd Buddhist Council | 383 BC | Vaishali | Sabbakami | Kalashoka |
| 3rd Buddhist Council | 250 BC | Patliputra | Mogaliputta Tissa | Ashoka |
| 4th Buddhist Council | 98 AD | Kundalvan | Vasumitra / Aswaghosh | Kanishka |
[B] A sect to Barbarians
[C] Soldiers
[D] Spies
Correct Answer: [A] A monastic sect
Explanation: Ajivika, an ascetic sect that emerged in India about the same time as Buddhism and Jainism and that lasted until the 14th century; the name may mean “following the ascetic way of life.” It was founded by Goshala Maskariputra (also called Gosala Makkhaliputta), a friend of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism. His doctrines and those of his followers are known only from Buddhist and Jain sources, which state that he was lowborn and died after a quarrel with Mahavira shortly before the Buddha died.
[B] Grid pattern of streets
[C] Use of Horse drawn chariot
[D] Cultivation of wheat
Correct Answer: [C] Use of Horse drawn chariot
Explanation: The significant features of Indus Valley civilization are town planning, construction of burnt brick houses, ceramics, casting, forging of metals, not one clear example of horse exists in the Indus excavations and elsewhere in North India before c. 1800 BCE.
[B] MihirKula
[C] Pushyamitra Sunga
[D] Dhanananda
Correct Answer: [C] Pushyamitra Sunga
Explanation: Pushyamitra Sunga was the founder of Sunga Dynasty of Magadha. Pushyamitra Sunga was a military general in the Mauryan Army. He became the King by killing King Brihadratha, the last Mauryan emperor. Pusyamitra was a staunch Hindu, a champion of Brahmanism and that is why the Buddhist texts show him as a cruel man.
[B] Carbon monoxide
[C] Methyl isocyanate
[D] None of above
Correct Answer: [C] Methyl isocyanate
Explanation: The Bhopal disaster, also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas leak incident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal. Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas.
[B] Watson and Crick
[C] Mendel and Morgan
[D] Robert Hooke
Correct Answer: [A] Schleiden and Schwann
Explanation: M.J. Schleiden and T. Schwann (1838 – 39) proposed cell theory.
[B] Nuclear membrane
[C] Ribosome
[D] None of above
Correct Answer: [B] Nuclear membrane
Explanation: The prokaryotic cells do not have nuclear membrane while eukaryotic cell have well organised nuclear membrane.
[B] Isotopes
[C] Isobars
[D] Isomers
Correct Answer: [A] Isotones
Explanation:Isobars are elements with same mass number but different atomic number.
Isomers are elements with same molecular formula but different structures.
Isotopes are elements with same atomic number and different atomic mass number.
Isotones are elements with same number of neutrons but different number of protons.
[B] Velocity
[C] Energy
[D] Force
Correct Answer: [C] Energy
[B] Potential energy
[C] Restoring energy
[D] Mechanical energy
Correct Answer: [D] Mechanical energy
Explanation: The energy possessed by an oscillating pendulum of a clock is called mechanical energy. It is a combination of kinetic energy and potential energy. Kinetic energy is the one that is due to the motion of an object whereas potential energy due to the virtue of an objects position.
[B] Just before reaching the ground
[C] Just after touching the ground
[D] After covering the half distance
Correct Answer: [B] Just before reaching the ground
Explanation: Just before reaching the ground, Kinetic energy will be maximum and Potential energy will be minimum.
[B] K Kamarajar
[C] MG Ramachandran
[D] M Karunanidhi
Current Affairs March 2019
Correct Answer: [C] MG Ramachandran
[B] Bangalore
[C] Mumbai
[D] Chennai
Current Affairs March 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Bangalore
[B] India and Nepal
[C] India and Russia
[D] India and Singapore
Current Affairs March 2019
Correct Answer: [A] India and Bangladesh
[B] Gurugram, India
[C] Dhaka, Bangladesh
[D] Beijing, China
Current Affairs March 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Gurugram, India
[B] Kazakhstan
[C] Tajikistan
[D] Kyrgyzstan
Current Affairs March 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Kazakhstan
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