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(1) Manikkavasagar’s verses in Tiruvasagam are famous for which of the following forms of Shiva ?
(1) Bhikshanat form
(2) Dakshinamurti form
(3) Nataraj form
(4) Tripurantak form
Answer: Nataraj form
(2) Vijnaneshwar the author of Mitakshara lived in which of the following places ?
(1) Kannauj under Mihirbhoja
(2) Malava under Bhoj Paramar
(3) Kalyani under the Chalukyas
(4) Kanchi under the Pallavas
Answer: Kalyani under the Chalukyas
(3) About which of the “untouchable” saint is the legend that he was carried on the shoulders of Shrirangam priest to the temple ?
(1) Poigai
(2) Tirumangai
(3) Putattar
(4) Tiruppan
Answer: Tiruppan
(4) Which one of the following text on medicine is also known as the Bower manuscript ?
(1) Bhela Samhita
(2) Sushrut Samhita
(3) Ashtanga hridaya
(4) Navanitaka
Answer: Navanitaka
(5) Which of the following inscriptions refers to the giving of collective tax by traders of Karnata, Lata, Madhyadesha and Takka ?
(1) Sanchi inscription of 412 CE
(2) Mandsore inscription of 436 CE
(3) Udaipur inscription of 953 CE
(4) Jhalarapatan inscription of 1086 CE
Answer: Udaipur inscription of 953 CE
(6) Which of the following women saints was a follower of Virashaiva tradition ?
(1) Karaikkal Ammayar
(2) Lal Ded (Lalleshwari)
(3) Akka Mahadevi
(4) Mangaiyarkkarasiyar
Answer: Akka Mahadevi
(7) The weight of Gupta dinar (gold coin) of 124 grains would be :
(1) 4.2 grams
(2) 5.25 grams
(3) 6.02 grams
(4) 8.04 grams
Answer: 8.04 grams
(8) Tengalai and Vadagalai subsects issued from which of the following ?
(1) Shrivaishnav sect
(2) Vira shaiva sect
(3) Shrinatha sect
(4) Pashupata sect
Answer: Shrivaishnav sect
(9) The writer of Advaya siddhi Lakshminkara was a spiritual teacher of which of the following schools ?
(1) Advaita of Shankara
(2) Krama tantricism of Kashmir
(3) Pancaratra tantra
(4) Buddhist tantra
Answer: Buddhist tantra
(10) The Buddhist goddess Tara is elevated to the position of highest deity for the first time in which of the following texts ?
(1) Manjushri mula kalpa
(2) Guhya samaja
(3) Mahapratyangira dharini
(4) Buddha kapala tantra
Answer: Mahapratyangira dharini
(11) Which of the Lodi Sultans debarred women from visiting the graves of the saints or taking part in the processions taken out in their memory ?
(1) Bahlul Lodi
(2) Sikandar Lodi
(3) Ibrahim Lodi
(4) None of the above
Answer: Sikandar Lodi
(12) In the fourteenth century, ingredients used in the pan (betel leaves) were :
(1) Betel leaves, lime and nuts
(2) Betel leave, lime and tobacco
(3) Betel leaves, lime and katha
(4) Betel leaves, nuts and tobacco
Answer: Betel leaves, lime and nuts
(13) Which sufi saint is known to have given up eating meat and identified himself with the local peasantry ?
(1) Shaikh Moin-ud din Chishti
(2) Shaikh Hamid ud din Nagori
(3) Shaikh Qutbuddin Bakhtyar Kaki
(4) Shaikh Farid Ganj Shakar
Answer: Shaikh Hamid ud din Nagori
(14) From the following point out name of the Sultan of Delhi Sultanate who used to play holi :
(1) Iltutmish
(2) Alauddin Khalji
(3) Mubarak Khalji
(4) Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
Answer: Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
(15) Ibn Battuta, who came to India in the fourteenth century and recorded his travel experiences in his book popularly called Rehla, belonged to :
(1) Syria
(2) Egypt
(3) Morocco
(4) Nigeria
Answer: Morocco

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