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(1) Which of the following ancient texts provides examples of Polygamy, Polyandry and Levirate ?
(1) Aitareya Brahmana
(2) Divyavadana
(3) Mahabharata
(4) Ramayana
Answer: AjatMahabharataasatru
(2) Which of the ancient ports was situated on the mouth of the river Tamraparni ?
(1) Korkai
(2) Puhar
(3) Saliyur
(4) Tondi
Answer: Korkai

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(3) Who wrote Maduraikkanji ?
(1) Avur Mulangilar
(2) Kalladanar
(3) Mangudi Marudan
(4) Nakkirar
Answer: Mangudi Marudan
(4) Which of the following rock-cut Chaitya halls of Western India is considered as the earliest ?
(1) Ajanta
(2) Bhaja
(3) Karle
(4) Kondane
Answer: Bhaja
(5) Where did Upasika Bodhisiri construct a Chaityagriha enshrining a Stupa for the exclusive use of the Theravadin acharyas of Sri Lanka ?
(1) Bodhagaya
(2) Sarnath
(3) Sanchi
(4) Nagarjunakonda
Answer: Nagarjunakonda
(6) An inscription from Sarnath is dated in the year 154 of Kumaragupta. Which among the following is its corresponding year ?
(1) A.D. 211
(2) A.D. 232
(3) A.D. 394
(4) A.D. 473
Answer: A.D. 473
(7) Which one of the following does not figure in the Puranic list of the Kulaparvatas ?
(1) Himalaya
(2) Vindhya
(3) Pariyatra
(4) Mahendra
Answer: Himalaya
(8) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(1) Ballalasena - Danasagara
(2) Bhoja - Samarangana Sutradhara
(3) Harsha - Saundarananda
(4) Somesvara III - Manasollasa
Answer: Harsha - Saundarananda
(9) “To die after ones beloved is most fruitless, it is a custom followed by the foolish”. Such a vehement opposition was offered to the custom of anumarana by :
(1) Manu
(2) Kalidasa
(3) Banabhatta
(4) Devanabhatta
Answer: Banabhatta
(10) Who among the following was the sculptor of the Colossal Parinirvana image of Kusinagar ?
(1) Dinna
(2) Haribala
(3) Jayagupta
(4) Suvira
Answer: Dinna
(11) The earliest Jain bronzes were discovered from :
(1) Chausa
(2) Mathura
(3) Nalanda
(4) Sravana Belgola
Answer: Chausa
(12) The Kalki incarnation of Vishnu is represented in art as :
(1) killing Narakasura
(2) hurling Sudarsana Chakra
(3) preaching seers
(4) riding a horse
Answer: riding a horse
(13) Who among the following writers called himself ‘Kalikala - Valmiki’ ?
(1) Kalidasa
(2) Bhavabhuti
(3) Rajasekhara
(4) Sandhyakara Nandin
Answer: Sandhyakara Nandin
(14) Which one of the following plays is partly preserved in a stone inscription at Ajmer ?
(1) Karpuramanjari
(2) Lalita Vigraharaja Nataka
(3) Mattavilasa Prahasana
(4) Ratnavali
Answer: Lalita Vigraharaja Nataka
(15) A reference to parents consulting an astrologer for the marriage of their daughters occurs for the first time in :
(1) Buddhacharita of Asvaghosha
(2) Malavikagnimitra of Kalidasa
(3) Pratima nataka of Bhasa
(4) Dasakumaracharita of Dandin
Answer: Dasakumaracharita of Dandin

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