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Q1With reference to the Gandhara and Mathura art traditions, consider the following statements: 1. Gandhara combined Hellenistic, Iranian and Indian elements in a north-western Buddhist setting. 2. Mathura used spotted red sandstone for Buddhist, Jaina and Brahmanical images. 3. A Gandhara-style sculpture outside the core region necessarily proves direct Kushana administration there. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Gandhara was a mixed north-western tradition, while Mathura's red-sandstone production served several religions. Statement 3 is incorrect: a style could travel through trade, pilgrimage or workshop movement without direct political control.
Q2Match List I with List II: List I (Evidence) 1. Coins 2. Inscriptions 3. Literature 4. Excavation List II (Most appropriate use) (a) Habitation, material culture and craft production (b) Donors, grants, titles and scripts (c) Rulers, economy, trade contacts and religious symbols (d) Social ideals, landscapes, occupations and memory Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Option B is correct. Coins are best used for rulers, economy, trade contacts and symbols; inscriptions for donors, grants, titles and scripts; literature for social ideals and memory; and excavation for habitation, material culture and craft production.
Q3With reference to the political structure of the Kushanas, consider the following statements: 1. They emerged from Yuezhi groups that moved into Bactria and then the north-western subcontinent. 2. Their administration depended on a Mauryan-style uniform bureaucracy. 3. Their rulers used titles and coin images drawn from several cultural traditions to project authority. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 3 are correct. The Kushanas had a Yuezhi background, and their titles and multi-deity coin imagery helped create legitimacy across different cultural worlds. Statement 2 is incorrect because their administration used provincial control and subordinate elites rather than a Mauryan-style uniform bureaucracy.
Q4Arrange the following in chronological order, from earliest to latest: 1. The broad beginning of the Post-Mauryan Age after Mauryan imperial decline 2. The Andhra-Satavahana elaboration of the gateways of Sanchi Stupa 1 3. The broad second-century CE impact of Kanishka 4. Enactment of the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Option A is correct. The Post-Mauryan frame begins broadly in the second century BCE, followed by the first-century BCE Sanchi gateway phase, Kanishka's broad second-century CE impact, and the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act of 1972.
Q5Match List I with List II: List I (Site or concept) 1. Mathura 2. Nasik inscription 3. Arikamedu 4. Neytal List II (Association) (a) Littoral landscape in the Tinai system (b) Gautamiputra Satakarni context (c) Spotted red sandstone and multi-religious images (d) Early historic Indo-Roman trade centre associated with Poduke Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Option C is correct. Mathura is associated with spotted red sandstone and multi-religious images; the Nasik inscription with Gautamiputra Satakarni; Arikamedu with the Indo-Roman trade centre associated with Poduke; and Neytal with the littoral landscape.
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6Consider the following statements about Kanishka: 1. His exact accession chronology remains debated among modern historians. 2. The religious imagery on Kushana coins was confined to Buddhist symbols. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
7With reference to the Satavahanas, consider the following statements: 1. The overstriking of Nahapana's coins by Gautamiputra Satakarni is a numismatic clue to political victory or replacement. 2. Satavahana matronymics establish that their state was governed as a matriarchy. 3. Their inscriptions were mainly in Prakrit and often used the Brahmi script. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
8With reference to the reconstruction of Sangam history, consider the following statements: 1. Patron-praising poems can be used as direct and neutral administrative records without corroboration. 2. Roman coins and amphorae support the existence of exchange networks but do not establish Roman political rule in Tamilakam. 3. Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions, ports, megaliths and excavations must be read along with literary evidence. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
9Arrange the following developments in chronological order, from earliest to latest: 1. Andhra-Satavahana association with the carved gateways of Sanchi Stupa 1 2. The broad period of Kushana Buddha-image traditions at Gandhara and Mathura 3. Enactment of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act 4. The Supreme Court decision in Rajeev Mankotia v. Secretary to the President of India Select the correct answer using the code given below.