7. Contact with Distant Lands (History Quiz)

7. Contact with Distant Lands (History Quiz) Questions

• 11

  Which country invented the techniques of making silk?
  A. Japan
  B. Rome
  C. China
  D. India

  Answer - C

  Solution

  Points to know-
  Around 7000 years ago, the techniques of making silk were first invented in China. For thousands of years the methods remained a closely guarded secret. Some people from China who went to distant lands carried silk with them. The paths they followed came to known as the Silk Route.

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• 12

  Which dynasty rulers were best known for controlling the silk route?
  A. Kushanas
  B. Cholas
  C. Pandyas
  D. Satavahanas

  Answer - A

  Solution

  Points to know-
  The kings tried to control the large portion of the silk route because this provide benefit to them from taxes, tributes and gifts that were brought by traders travelling along the route. In return, they often protected the traders who passed through their kingdoms from attack by robbers. Kushanas ruled over central Asia and north-west India around 2000 years ago.

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• 13

  What is false about Kushanas?
  A. They were amongst the earliest rulers of the subcontinent to issue gold coins
  B. Mathura and Taxila were two major centres of their power.
  C. They controlled the silk route
  D. Kanishka was the most famous ruler of this dynasty

  Answer - B

  Solution

  Points to Know-
  Kushanas ruled over central Asia and north-west India around 2000 years ago. Their two major centres of power were Peshawar and Mathura. They were amongst the earliest rulers of the subcontinent to issue gold coins.

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• 14

  Ashvaghosha lived in court of _____________
  A. Chandragupta
  B. Harshavardhan
  C. Kanishka
  D. Shri satakarni

  Answer - C

  Solution

  Points to Know-
  Ashvaghosha, a poet who composed a biography of the Buddha, the Buddhacharita, lived in Kanishka court.

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• 15

  The first Christian preachers came from
  A. Africa
  B. Europe
  C. West Asia
  D. Central Asia

  Answer - C

  Solution

  Points to know-
  • About 2000 years ago, Christianity emerged in West Asia. Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem, which was part of the Roman empire. Christ’s teaching appealed to ordinary people, and spread through West Asia, Africa and Europe.
  • The first Christian preachers came from West Asia to the west coast of the subcontinent within a hundred years of Christ death.

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• 16

  The word ‘Hindu’ derived from which river
  A. Indus
  B. Ganga
  C. Hoogli
  D. Narmada

  Answer - A

  Solution

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  • Hindu word was derived from the Indus river.
  • It was used by Arabs and Iranians to refer to people who lived to the east of the river, and to their cultural practices

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• 17

  What is correct regarding Ashvaghosha?
  i. A poet
  ii. Composed biography of the Buddha
  iii. Lived in Kanishka court
  A. Only i and ii
  B. Only i and iii
  C. Only ii and iii
  D. All i, ii and iii

  Answer - D

  Solution

  Points to know-
  Ashvaghosha, a poet who composed a biography of the Buddha, the Buddhacharita, lived in Kanishka court.

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• 18

  A unique centre of the Buddhist learning was established at
  A. Mathura
  B. Varanasi
  C. Nalanda
  D. Madurai

  Answer - C

  Solution

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  The Buddhist pilgrims spent time studying in Nalanda, Bihar. New entrants are only allowed when they have been able to answer the questions asked by the gatekeeper. Seven or eight out of ten are not able to answer.

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• 19

  What is true regarding Mahayana Buddhism?
  i. Belief in Bodhisattvas
  ii. Buddha’s presence was shown in sculpture by using certain signs
  iii. The people who attain enlightenment teach other people.
  A. Only i and ii
  B. Only i and iii
  C. Only ii and iii
  D. All i, ii and iii

  Answer - B

  Solution

  Points to know-
  Mahayana Buddhism, a new form of Buddhism, had two distinct features.
  • Buddha’s statues were made in Mathura and Taxila
  • Belief in Bodhisattvas. These were supposed to be persons who had attained enlightenment. Once they attained enlightenment, they could live in complete isolation and meditate in peace. Instead of doing that, they remained in the world to teach and people other people.

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• 20

  Puhar was an important port on the
  A. East coast
  B. West coast
  C. South-west coast
  D. Malabar coast

  Answer - A

  Solution

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  Evidences of trade can be found in Sangam poems. Goods brought into Puhar which was an important port on the east coast.

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