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Class 6 History
Traders Kings And Piligrims
Quiz 2
Who was the patron of the 3rd Buddhist council?
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Ajatashatru
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Ashoka
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Kanishka
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Harsha
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The third Buddhist Council was held under the rule of king Ashoka. It was convened in about 250 BCE in Patliputra under the presidency of Ashoka's teacher Mogliputta Tissa after three centuries of parinirvana of Gautam Buddha.
Who among the following was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message?
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Dadu
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Kabir
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Ramananda
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Tulsidas
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Ramananda was a devotional poet and saint of the Vaishnava sect in the region of Northern India. He was the first saint to compose his works and propagate the message in Hindi in order to make the knowledge accessible to the masses.
Who among the following was known as a Nirguna saint and reformer?
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Saint Kabir
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Surdas
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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
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Tulsidas
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In Hinduism, two forms of devotions are found. one is Sagun bhakti and another one is Nirguna Bhakti. Sagun bhakti has faith in the physical form of God and Nirguna bhakti has its faith in formless supreme God. Kabir was a nirguna saint who believed in formless supreme God. He wanted to remove the differences based on caste and religion. He condemned the superstitious cults, the ritualism, the doctrine of both the Hinduism and Islam. His teachings are collected in the "Bijaka". His followers are known as kabirpanthis.
Which of the following concept in the Bhakti movement of Hinduism saw two ways of imaging the nature of divine (Brahman)?
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Nirguna and Saguna
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Shaivism
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Sikkhism
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Jainism
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Bhakti movement gave the concept of worshipping God in two ways
(a) Nirguna Brahma- This form advocated the worshipping of God without any form. The followers of this group were against idol worship. They felt that God cannot be characterized by the attributes.
(B) Sagun Brahma - This form sees God in physical form. They preferred idol worship.
Which was the language adopted by the Bhakti saints to preach their ideas to the masses?
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Hindi
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Sanskrit
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Ardh-Magadhi
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Regional vernacular languages
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During the emergence of the Bhakti movement caste system become very rigid and Hindu religion had some rigid rituals which became difficult to fulfill by common people. So to save Hindu religion Bhakti movement was started. All the saints of this movement used regional language to preach their ideas so that it could be understood by the common people. They stressed equality and to live a simple life. They denied superstitious cults and ritualism. They preached that God can be attained by devotion.
Who among the following Bhakti Saint created Vinaya-Patrika and Kavitavali?
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Chaitanya
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Shankar Dev
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Tulsidas
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Narasi
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Vinaya Patrika and Kavitavali are a devotional poem composed by the 16th-century Indian poet, Goswami Tulsidas. The language of the text is Braj Bhasha. It contains hymns to different Hindu deities especially to Lord Rama in extreme humility (Vinaya).
Which of the following is/are cause(s) of Bhakti Movement in India?
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Caste Division
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Untouchability
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Ritualism
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All of the above
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Bhakti movement becomes popular because of the complicated social system of the medieval period. During this period discrimination was found on basis of caste and religion. Lower caste people were in the worst condition. Rituals which were performed by the common people became complicated.
At the same time, the bhakti movement gave stress on equality and devotion of God. They said that rituals are useless. One can feel the God through devotion, meditation, love, and purity of soul. They preached in the local language which could be understood by the common people.
Banis were the hymns and poems composed by _______.
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Kabir
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Raskhan
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Dadu
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Guru Nanak
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Dadu Dayal was the poet- Sant from Gujarat. He was the founder of Dadupanth. His compositions were recorded in Brij language by his disciple Rajjab. His compostions are known as Dadu Anubhav Bani. He died in 1603.
The great Indian king who helped in spreading Buddhism in Asia was _______.
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Chandra Gupta I
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Chandra Gupta Maurya
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Ashoka, the Great
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Harsha Vardhan
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Ashoka, the Great helped in spreading Buddhism in Asia. Ashoka, also known as Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE. Ashoka sent Buddhist missionaries to the four corners of Asia to spread the religion, led pilgrimages to all the Buddhist sacred places, repaired old shrines, stupas and built new ones. Buddhism and Jainism had a profound impact on Indian and Hindu culture.
Satavahana rulers were known as lords of _________________.
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dakshinapatha
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uttarapatha
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purvapatha
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paschimpatha
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Satavahana rulers were known as lords of the dakshinapatha, literally the route leading to the south, which was also used as a name for the entire southern region. He sent his army to the
eastern, western and southern coasts.
The most important ruler of
the Satavahanas was _______________.
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Vasishthiputra Pulumavi
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Gautamiputra Satakarni
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Simuka Satavahana
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Shivaskanda Satakarni
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A dynasty known as the Satavahanas became powerful in western India. The most important ruler of the Satavahanas was Gautamiputra Shri Satakarni. He sent his army to the
eastern, western and southern coasts.
The Satavahana rulers were known as lords of the dakshinapatha, which means the route leading to the south and was a name for the entire southern region.
For whom the word muvendar was used?
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Cholas
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Cheras
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Pandyas
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All of the above
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Muvendar is a Tamil word
meaning three chiefs, it was used for the heads of three
ruling families, the Cholas, Cheras, and Pandyas, who became powerful in
south India around 2300 years ago.
Which State is called the 'Cradle of Buddhism'?
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Uttar Pradesh
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Bihar
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Madhya Pradesh
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Sikkim
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Bihar is called the 'Cradle of Buddhism'. Bihar (GAYA) is known for 'Cradle of Buddhism', Gautam Buddha ,founder of Buddhism ,had been enlightened under a banyan tree near Gaya,Bihar. Liked it, please come and visit it. Bodhgaya is well connected with various routes.
Buddhism became widely accepted and spread throughout Asia after the conversion of Emperor ________.
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Harsha
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Ashoka
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Porus
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Chandragupta
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Buddhism became widely accepted and spread throughout Asia after the conversion of Emperor Ashoka. Ashoka also known as Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE. Ashoka promoted Buddhist expansion by sending monks to surrounding territories to share the teachings of the Buddha. A wave of conversion began, and Buddhism spread not only through India, but also internationally.
Why were Roman gold coins found in south India?
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Because the Roman Empire conquered south India
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Because the south Indian rulers preferred Roman currency
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Because trade was conducted between Rome and south India
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All of the above
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South India was famous for gold, spices like pepper, and precious stones. Pepper was particularly valued in the Roman Empire, it was known there as black gold. So, traders carried many of these goods to Rome in ships, across the sea, and by land in caravans. There was quite a lot of trade between Rome and south India as many
Roman gold coins have been found in south India.
The older form of Buddhism, known as Thervada Buddhism, was more popular in ___________.
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China
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Korea
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Japan
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Myanmar
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The older form of Buddhism, known as Thervada Buddhism, was more popular in Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand and other parts of south-east Asia including Indonesia.
If traders wanted to reach the western coast of the subcontinent from East Africa or Arabia, they chose to sail with the
_________ monsoon.
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South-west
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North-east
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Red Sea
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Bay of Bengal
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If traders wanted to reach the western coast of the subcontinent from East Africa or Arabia, they chose to sail with the
South-west monsoon.
Which of the following cities was not included in the Kushana kingdom?
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Peshawar
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Mathura
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Taxila
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Pataliputra
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The Kushanas ruled over central Asia and north-west India around 2000 years ago. Their two major centres of power were Peshawar and Mathura. Taxila was also included
in their kingdom.
Who among the following was not one of the Chinese
Buddhist pilgrims to India?
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Fa Xian
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Xuan Zang
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I-Qing
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Tse Tung
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The best-known of these are the Chinese Buddhist pilgrims, Fa Xian, who came to the subcontinent about 1600 years ago, Xuan Zang (who came around 1400 years ago) and I-Qing, who came about 50 years after Xuan Zang. They came to visit places associated with the life of the Buddha as well as famous
monasteries.
Name the Tamil word
meaning three chiefs, used for the heads of three
ruling families, the Cholas, Cheras, and Pandyas.
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Muvendar
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Puhar
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Uraiyur
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Vellalar
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Muvendar was the Tamil word meaning three chiefs, used for the heads of three ruling families, the Cholas, Cheras, and Pandyas.
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