Daily Current Affairs (MCQ's) | 26-07-2022

Q1. Arrange the following in chronological order

1. Mesolithic age
2. Neolithic age
3. Palaeolithic age
4. Chalcolithic age

Select the answer from codes given below

1. 3, 1, 4, 2
2. 3, 4, 1, 2
3. 4, 3, 2, 1
4. 3, 1, 2, 4

Answer (d)

Explanation:

Chalcolithic: Copper age

Q2. Ayurveda and Mathematics are part of the

1. Atharva Veda
2. Sama Veda
3. Rig Veda
4. Yajurved

Answer (a)

Explanation:

Q3. Consider the following statements about Jatakas

1. These stories recount some 500 episodes supposedly having occurred in the Buddha’s earlier lives
2. The Jatakas consist of fairy tales, animal stories and fables
3. They do not provide significant material for the historian of society and culture

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer (a)

Explanation:

Buddhist texts

Of great importance is a huge volume called Jātakas (“Birth Stories”), recounting some 500 episodes supposedly having occurred in the Buddha’s earlier lives. The Jātakas consist of fairy tales, animal stories and fables (the future Buddha may be incarnate in an animal), ballads, and anecdotes.

Though their setting is often imaginary, they provide significant material for the historian of society and culture. Their themes are illustrated in bas-reliefs of Buddhist shrines (or stūpas) at Bhārhut and Sānchi and monumentally on the great stūpa of Java, the Borobudur.

Q4. Arrange the following Indian  Ayurveda practitioners in chronological order

1. Dhanwantary
2. Charaka
3. Patanjali

Select the answer from codes given below

1. 1, 2, 3
2. 1, 3, 2
3. 3, 2, 1
4. 3, 1, 2

Answer (c)

Explanation:

Patañjali's life is dated to mid 2nd century BCE by both Western and Indian scholars. He is the author of the Mahābhāṣya, an ancient treatise on Sanskrit grammar and linguistics, based on the Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini. This text was titled a bhasya or "commentary" on Kātyāyana-Pāṇini's work by Patanjali, but is so revered in the Indian traditions that it is widely known simply as Maha-bhasya or "Great commentary". So vigorous, well reasoned and vast is his text, that this Patanjali has been the authority as the last grammarian of classical Sanskrit for 2,000 years, with Pāṇini and Kātyāyana preceding him. Their ideas on structure, grammar and philosophy of language have also influenced scholars of other Indian religions such as Buddhism and Jainism.

He is also considered the author of a medical text called Patanjali Tantra. He is cited and this text is quoted in many medieval health sciences-related texts, and Patanjali is called a medical authority in a number of Sanskrit texts such as Yogaratnakara, Yoga Ratna Samuccaya and Padarthavijnana.

Dhanwantary (Who lived in Gupta Era) perfected Charaka Samhita (Charaka belonged to the age of Kaniska), a text on ayurvedic medicine and surgery.

Q5. Various irrigation types were prevalent during the Gupta period. Which of the following terms is/are correctly matched with the type of irrigation it refers to?

Select the answer from codes given below

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer (b)

Explanation:

Arghabhata (Lift irrigation), Tadaga (Tank irrigation) and Vapi (Canal irrigation) were the main irrigation systems during the Gupta Period.

Q6. Consider the following statements about external trade during the Gupta Empire

1. On the west coast side, Rome was the major trade partner and on the east coast side was Malaya Peninsula
2. Mathura was known for the best quality of cloth called Sataka
3. Gandhara was famous for woollen industries

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer (b)

Explanation:

External Trade during the Gupta Period

1. On the west coast side, Rome was the major trade partner and on the east coast side was China. Babaricum in Sind was the major port city on the West Coast and Tamralipti on the East Coast.
2. Mathura was the most important centre known for the best quality of cloth called Sataka.
3. Gandhara was famous for woollen industries.
4. India’s trade with Rome reached its peak during the Gupta age and surprisingly also came to an end under the Guptas. Due to the decline of trade, the worst affected city was Mathura.