UPSC Prelims 2020
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- Art & Culture
With reference to the cultural history of India, which one of the following is the correct description of the term paramitas?
View Answer for: With reference to the cultural history of India, which one of the following is the correct description of the term paramitas?With reference to the cultural history of India, which one of the following is the correct description of the term paramitas?
- Art & Culture
With reference to the religious history of India, consider the following statements:
- Sthaviravadins belong to Mahayana Buddhism.
- Lokottaravadin sect was an offshoot of Mahasanghika sect of Buddhism
- The deification of Buddha by Mahasanghikas fostered the Mahayana Buddhism.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
View Answer for: With reference to the religious history of India, consider the following statements: Sthaviravadins belong to Mahayana Buddhism. Lokottaravadin sect was an offshoot of Mahasanghika sect of Buddhism The deification of Buddha by Mahasanghikas fostered the Mahayana Buddhism.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?With reference to the religious history of India, consider the following statements:
- Sthaviravadins belong to Mahayana Buddhism.
- Lokottaravadin sect was an offshoot of Mahasanghika sect of Buddhism
- The deification of Buddha by Mahasanghikas fostered the Mahayana Buddhism.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Art & Culture
With reference to the cultural history of India, consider the following pairs:
(a) Parivrajaka - Renunciantand Wanderer (b) Shramana - Priest with a high status (c) Upasaka - Lay follower of Buddhism
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
View Answer for: With reference to the cultural history of India, consider the following pairs:(a) Parivrajaka - Renunciantand Wanderer (b) Shramana - Priest with a high status (c) Upasaka - Lay follower of BuddhismWhich of the pairs given above are correctly matched?With reference to the cultural history of India, consider the following pairs:
(a) Parivrajaka - Renunciantand Wanderer (b) Shramana - Priest with a high status (c) Upasaka - Lay follower of Buddhism
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
- Art & Culture
Who among the following rulers advised his subjects through this inscription? “Whosoever praises his religious sect or blames other sects out of excessive devotion to his own sect, with the view of glorifying his own sect, he rather injures his own sect very severely.”
View Answer for: Who among the following rulers advised his subjects through this inscription? “Whosoever praises his religious sect or blames other sects out of excessive devotion to his own sect, with the view of glorifying his own sect, he rather injures his own sect very severely.”Who among the following rulers advised his subjects through this inscription? “Whosoever praises his religious sect or blames other sects out of excessive devotion to his own sect, with the view of glorifying his own sect, he rather injures his own sect very severely.”
- Art & Culture
With reference to the scholars/litterateurs of ancient India, consider the following statements:
- Panini is associated with Pushyamitra Shunga.
- Amarasimha is associated with Harshavardhana.
- Kalidasa is associated with Chandra Gupta-II.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
View Answer for: With reference to the scholars/litterateurs of ancient India, consider the following statements: Panini is associated with Pushyamitra Shunga. Amarasimha is associated with Harshavardhana. Kalidasa is associated with Chandra Gupta-II.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?With reference to the scholars/litterateurs of ancient India, consider the following statements:
- Panini is associated with Pushyamitra Shunga.
- Amarasimha is associated with Harshavardhana.
- Kalidasa is associated with Chandra Gupta-II.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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