CAPF (AC) 2021 (Paper-1) (Question 51-100)

• Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, Buddhist text by Nāgārjuna, the exponent of the Madhyamika (Middle Way) school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. It is a work that combines stringent logic and religious vision in a lucid presentation of the doctrine of ultimate "emptiness."
• Dharmakīrti, was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher who worked at Nalanda. He was one of the key scholars of epistemology in Buddhist philosophy, and is associated with the Yogācāra and Sautrāntika schools.
• Asanga was "one of the most important spiritual figures" of Mahayana Buddhism and the "founder of the Yogachara school". He is known as one of the seventeen Nalanda masters and taught at the monastery which is located in modern-day Bihar.
• Vasubandhu was an influential Buddhist monk and scholar from Gandhara. He was a philosopher who wrote commentary on the Abhidharma, from the perspectives of the Sarvastivada and Sautrāntika

• Vasavadatta is a classical Sanskrit romantic tale (akhyayika) written in an ornate style by Subandhu and is incorrectly matched.
• Kalidasasa plays and poetry are primarily based on the Vedas, the Rāmāyaņa, the Mahābhārata and the Purāņas.
• Buddhacharita is an epic poem in the Sanskrit mahakavya style on the life of Gautama Buddha by Aśvaghosa.
• Somadeva was an 11th century CE writer from Kashmir. He was the author of a famous compendium of Indian legends, fairy tales and folk tales - the Kathasaritsagara
• Kavi Bilhana was an 11th-century Kashmiri poet. He is known for his love poem, the Caurapañcāśikā.
• Bilhana rewarded his patron by composing in his honor an epic Vikramankadevacharita. Bilhana is from the period of time when Sanskrit continued to be the language of literature, and is a very important poet of Kashmir from the Medieval period of Indian literature.
• Vasavadatta is a classical Sanskrit romantic tale (akhyayika) written in an ornate style by Subandhu

• This Buddha image embodies the qualities of radiant inner calm and stillness, the products of supreme wisdom in mathura school of arts. The figure once raised his right hand (now missing) in the characteristic abhaya-mudra, a gesture dispelling fear and imparting reassurance.

• Kumhrar or Kumrahar and bulandibagh are the area of Patna where remains of the ancient city of. Pataliputra were excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India starting from 1913. It is located 5 km east of Patna Railway Station.

• Matsya purana, Vishnu purana, vaayu purana, brahmanda purana gives valuable information about the rule of the satavahana dynasty. In puranas, the satavahanas were mentioned as the Andhras. According to vayu purana, 17 kings of satavahanas ruled for 300 years.
• According to matsya purana, 30 kings ruled this dynasty for 450 years. Other puranas such as Vishnu purana, bhagavata purana mentions that this satavahana dynasty ruled for 456 years altogether.

• Article 215 Constitution of India: High Courts to be courts of record. Every High Court shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court including the power to punish for contempt of itself.
• An aggrieved party from the judgment or decree of high court cannot claim special leave to appeal as a right but it is privilege which the Supreme Court of India (article 136) is vested with and this leave to appeal can be granted by it only.
• Supreme Court exercises advisory power and high court do not have any authority of advisory. Article 143 of the Indian Constitution confers upon the Supreme Court advisory jurisdiction.
• Article 142 allows the Supreme Court to pass any order necessary to do "complete justice" in any case. Not conferred to High court.

Other rights mentioned in the question have been expressly mentioned in Fundamental rights.

• First, Article 129 of the Constitution of India, 1950 which makes the Supreme Court 'a court of record' and confers power to punish for contempt of itself. Second, Article 142 which allows the Court to provide punishment for contempt, subject to any other law.
• Article 144 of the Constitution mandates that "all authorities civil and judicial, in the territory of India shall act in aid of the Supreme Court. "These authorities are legally obliged not only to act in aid of the Supreme Court for the enforcement of the law declared by the Supreme Court but also in aid of all its orders, decrees or directions.

• The term of office of members of the Committee does not exceed one year at a time is the correct statement.
• The Public Accounts Committee consists of fifteen members elected by Lok Sabha every year from amongst its members according to the principle of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote. Seven members of Rajya Sabha elected by that House in like manner are associated with the Committee. This system of election ensures that each Party/Group is represented on the Committee in proportion to its respective strength in the two Houses.
• A Minister is not eligible to be elected as a member of the Committee and if a member, after election to the Committee, is appointed as a Minister, she/he ceases to be a member of the Committee from the date of such appointment.

• In order to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court, a person must be a citizen of India and must have been, for at least five years, a Judge of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession, or an Advocate of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession for at least 10 years or he must be, in the opinion of the President, a distinguished jurist. Provisions exist for the appointment of a Judge of a High Court as an Ad-hoc Judge of the Supreme Court and for retired Judges of the Supreme Court or High Courts to sit and act as Judges of that Court.