UGC NTA NET/JRF EXAM, Dec 2021/June 2022 HISTORY (Shift-II)

'Daojali Hading', is a Neolithic site which is located in the 'North Cachar Hills' of 'Dima Hasao'- district of Assam, India. It is first stratified neolithic site discovered in northeast India. The cord marked pottery is a unique characteristic of this site.

The Mughal Painter- 'Bisandas' drew the portrait of the Shah of Persia. Bisandas sent on a diplomatic mission to Persia in 1613 where he painted portrait of shah of Persia and other leading Persian figures. Here he was so successful that he remained until 1620 and on his return Jahangir gave him an elephant.

Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
From the above mentioned two statements, the correct statements are-
Statement (I)- Mahabharata's Bhishma Parva mentions the invasion of the Hunas.
Statement (II)- Skandagupta's Junagarh inscription mentions about the Huna's invasion during the Gupta period.

'Mudra-rakshasam'- It is a Sanskrit play written by Vishaka Dutta. It narrates the story of |Chandragupta Maurya and his ascension to power by Kautilya (or Chanakya or Vishnugupta). Mudrarakshasam was translated in English by Michael Coulson under title the "Rakshasa's Ring"

Hastyayurveda deals with the diagonsis and treatment of the major diseases of Elephant was written by 'Palakapya'. The text is partly in prose and partly in verse. It is in the form of dialogue between the Asga king Romapada and Palakapya. This text is also Known as 'Gajayurveda'

From the given statements, the correct statements are-
(B) Sultan Alauddin Khalji introduced the agrarian reforms to bring all revenue payers under the state dues without exemptions.
(D) Ijara System increased the plight of the peasants.
• [Ijarah System involved giving a formed assignment in return of a lump-sum amount to one who bid highest. It was practiced widely during the Mughal rule. Ijarah system was a revenue farming-system (or agrarian system) introduced by Jahandar Shah during 1712 to 1713.]

The right sequence as per chronological order in terms of visit of the following foreign travellers in India are:-

Ibn-Battuta- He was the first person who referred to the Chaudhuris (as Jautari) as the headman of non-Muslim revenue payers. Ibn battuta was traveller from morocco (Africa). He reached India during rule of Mohammad bin Tughlaq. In 1342, He was sent as emmissary to china. He stayed in court of sultan of Madurai in 1345. He published his travel account by name 'Rihla'.

Arrangement of the following facts in a chronological manner are as follows:- (A) Colin Mackenzie (or Colin Mackenzie) collects over 8,000 inscriptions in Sanskrit and in Dravidian language in 1810
(B) Decipherment of Ashokan Brahmi by James Princep done in 1837.
(C) Alexander Cunningham publishes a set of Ashokan Inscriptions in 1877.
(D) First issue of Epigraphica Carnatica, a journal of South Indian inscriptions was published in 1886.
(E) First issue of Epigraphica Indica was published in 1888.
So, the correct answer is - A, B, C, D, E.

Nammalvar saints were the follower of the Vaishnava tradition.
• [Nammalvar was one of the twelve (12) Alvar poetsaints who immersed themselves in a love of Vishnu and who had a considerable knowledge of Ancient Tamil Literature and its variants of traditional stories concerning Vishnu and his associates. ]