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The correct answer is Jalore. 

Important Points

• The ancient name of Jalore was Jabalipur, or Swarnagiri.
• This city was also known as “Suvarngiri or Songir”, the Golden Mount, on which the fortification is placed. Hence, option 3 is the correct answer.
• In accordance with several past sources, a division of the “Gurjara Pratiharas” was ruling at Jablipur (Jalore) between 8th & 9th centuries.
• Jalore was a thriving city during 8th century.
• In 10th century, Jalore was under the control of the Paramaras.

Additional Information

• Jalore is located at the foothills of SWARNAGIRI mountain just 140 Km from jodhpur and 340 Km from Ahmedabad.
• In recent times the industrial growth in the district particularly in Jalore has been remarkable due to the world-famous granite tiles and slabs.
• Presently there are 500 units producing high-quality granite products..

The correct answer is option 1.

Key Points

• Ajivika Sampraday was an ancient ascetic sect in India that arose around the same time as Jainism and Buddhism. Hence, option 1 is correct.
• It was founded by Makhali Goshal (also known as Maskarin Gośāla) in the 6th century BCE.
• Philosophy:
  • Strongly believed in Niyati (destiny or determinism).
  • Denied the role of individual effort or karma in shaping one’s future.
  • Rejected free will and preached that everything is preordained.
• Contemporaries:
  • Makhali Goshal was a contemporary of Mahavira (Jainism) and Gautama Buddha (Buddhism).
  • Initially associated with Mahavira, but later separated and founded his own sect.
• Decline:
  • Though once influential, especially under Emperor Ashoka's early reign, the sect eventually declined and disappeared.

The correct answer is Bimbisara.

Key Points

• Under Bimbisara, who was a contemporary of the Buddha and who, like the Buddha, lived in the 6th - 5th century BCE, Magadha emerged as a controller of the middle Ganga plains.
• According to Ashvaghosha’s Buddhacharita, Bimbisara belonged to the Haryanka dynasty.
• According to Buddhist chronicles, Bimbisara ruled for 48 years (544 BCE – 492 BCE).
• He is considered to be the first important ruler of Magadha.
• He had his capital at Girivraja/Rajagriha (Rajgir).
• With political foresight, he realized the importance of establishing dynastic relations through marriage with the royal house of Kosala.
• Through this alliance, he acquired a village in Kashi as a dowry.
• Bimbisara annexed Anga into his Empire.
• With Anga, Bimbisara did not have a friendly relationship.
• At present, Anga is the partial area of Bihar and West Bengal.
• The capital of Anga was Champa and was among 16 Mahajanapadas.
• Brahmadatta was the last king of Anga when it was captured by Bimbisara.

• He had cordial relations with the king of Gandhara.

• Ajatashatru
  • He was the son of Bimbisara.
  • Ajatashatru, the ruler of Magadha, was sitting on the throne after killing his father. That is why in history it is known as Kunik (Pitruhanta).
  • He embraced Buddhism.
  • He convented the first Buddhist council at Rajagriha in 483 BC.
  • He won wars agaist Kosala and Vaishali.
• Udayin
  • Udayin (c. 460-444 BCE) was a monarch of Magadha in ancient India, also known as Udayabhadra. He was the son and heir of Haryanka king Ajatashatru, according to Buddhist and Jain sources.
  • Udayin was Ajatashatru's favorite son, according to Buddhist tradition, and lived during the reign of his grandfather Bimbisara.
  • The city of Pataliputra was founded by Udayin at the confluence of two rivers, the Son and the Ganges.
  • Because of Patliputra's pivotal location in the empire, he moved his capital from Rajgriha to Patliputra. It was named Rajagaha in the Pali language.
• Mahapadma Nanda
  • Mahapadma Nanda was a powerful ruler of the Nanda dynasty.
  • Mahapadma Nanda, also known as Ugrasena owner of a huge army, defeated many kingdoms such as Kurus, Kalingas, and Kasis.
  • He has also been described as the “Destroyer of all the Kshatriyas” in the Puranas.
  • The Puranas call Mahapadma Ekrat the sole Monarch.
  • He is often described as the 'First Empire Builder of Indian History'.
  • Mahapadma Nanda was titled the "second Parshuram".

The correct answer is Vajji.

Key Points

• Vajji Mahajanapada was related to both Mahavir Swami and Gautama Buddha.
• Mahavir Swami was born in Kundagram near Vaishali in 540 BC.
• Vaishali was the capital of "Vajji Mahajanapada".
• Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini near Kapilavastu around 563 BC.
• Gautama Buddha's father was the head of Shakyagan and the Shakya republic was one of the 8 republics of Vajji republic.
• Vajji Mahajanapada was one of the 16 Mahajanapadas of ancient India, whose capital was "Vaishali".
• The Vajji was a union of 8 republics. In which the capital of Lichhavi was Vaishali, Mithila of Videha, and Kundagram.
• Magadha was one of the most powerful Mahajanapados whose capital was "Giribraj".

The correct answer is Rig Veda

Key Points

• The Rig-Veda is the oldest of the four collections of hymns and other sacred texts known as the Vedas.
• It contains most of the information about the religious and social life of the early Vedic period.
• These works are considered the "sacred knowledge" of the Aryans.
• The Rig-Veda also contains ideas that served as the basis for India's system of castes(Varna).
• According to Brahminic ideology, Varṇa means hierarchizing society into classes.

Additional Information

• Associated information with different Veda.

The correct answer is Vajji.

Important Points

• Vaishali was the capital of Vajji Mahajanapada.
• The kingdom was situated in Bihar to the north of the river Ganga.
• It covered the districts of Vaishali and Muzaffarpur in Bihar.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Option 1. 

Key Points

• The Rig Veda consists of a total of 1,028 hymns, divided into ten books known as Mandalas.
• Each Mandala is further divided into hymns, which are composed in various poetic meters.
• The hymns are attributed to different seers or rishis, who were the ancient sages or poets believed to have received divine revelations.

Additional Information

•  The Vedas are a collection of ancient Hindu scriptures and are considered the oldest and most authoritative texts in Hinduism.
• There are four main Vedas: the Rig Veda, the Sama Veda, the Yajur Veda, and the Atharva Veda. Each Veda has its own unique characteristics and content.
• Rig Veda: It contains a collection of 1,028 hymns, or sukta, composed in Vedic Sanskrit. 
• Sama Veda: The Sama Veda consists of a collection of melodies or chants derived from the hymns of the Rig Veda.
  • The Sama Veda focuses on the musical aspects of the hymns and is often considered a guidebook for priests involved in chanting and singing during rituals.
• Yajur Veda: The Yajur Veda is primarily a guidebook for priests involved in performing sacrificial rituals.
  • The former contains the prose formulas along with some hymns, while the latter contains the prose formulas embedded within the hymns.
• Atharva Veda: The Atharva Veda is distinct from the other three Vedas as it focuses more on practical aspects of life and includes hymns related to healing, magic, charms, and rituals for protection against evil spirits and diseases. 

The correct answer is option 2, i.e. Gandharva Vivah.

The types of marriages During the Vedic Age are:

The correct answer is 10.
Key Points

• The Rigveda is divided into 10 mandalas (books).
• The first and tenth Mandalas are the youngest and the longest.
• The Gayatri mantra is in Rig Veda is taken ffrom Mandala 3.
• Mandala 9 is completely devoted to Soma.
• The 10th mandala contains the Purusha Sukta which explains the 4 Varnas that were born from the Mouth, arms, thighs, and feet of the Brahma or Purusha.
• Nasadiya Sukta which talks about the origin of the Universe is in the 10th Mandala. 

Additional Information

• Vedas are supposed to be the first religious text of the Hindu religion. 
• Veda means knowledge.
• There are four Vedas namely:
  • Rig Veda - Rig Veda contains hymns about mythology
  • Yajur Veda - Only Veda, which is divided into two parts (i.e. Krishna Yajur Veda and Shukla Yajur Veda), contains the knowledge of all sacrificial formulas and weapons. 
  • Sam Veda - It is the Origin of Indian classical music.
  • Atharva Veda - It contains the knowledge of Ayurveda, also charms and spells hence it is known as black Veda.

The correct answer is Anga.

• The ancient city of Champa is believed to be the capital of Anga Mahajanapada.

Key Points

• Anga was an ancient Indian kingdom that flourished on the eastern Indian subcontinent and was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas.
• Present-day Bhagalpur and Munger districts jointly constituted the Anga Mahajanpada.
• The State of Anga is earliest mentioned in Atharvaveda.
• The capital of Anga was Champa/Champawati was earlier called Malini. 
• The first king of Anga was Bali and the last king was Brahmadatta.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Beas and Sutlej.

Key Points

• In the Rigveda, there is a hymn in the form of a dialogue between Sage Vishvamitra and two rivers Beas and Sutlej were worshipped as goddesses.
• Some of the hymns in the Rigveda are in the form of dialogues.
• This is part of one such hymn, a dialogue between a sage named Vishvamitra, and two rivers, Beas and Sutlej that were worshipped as goddesses.

Additional Information

• The Rigveda is in old or Vedic Sanskrit.
• The Rigveda was recited and heard rather than read. It was written down several centuries after it was first composed and printed less than 200 years ago. 

• The oldest Veda is the Rigveda, composed about 3500 years ago.
• The Rigveda includes more than a thousand hymns, called sukta or “well-said”.
• These hymns are in praise of various gods and goddesses. 

The correct answer is Vaishali.

• Vajji was a republican mahajanapada in modern Bihar. Its capital was Vaishali and it was run by ganas or sanghas (assemblies).
• Vajji or Vrijji was a confederacy of neighboring clans including the Licchavis and one of the principal mahajanapadas of ancient India.
• Kingdoms that rose to fame from the 6th Century BC onward were called Mahajanapdas.
• The Mahajanapadas signify the tribes that came together to form different groups and later gave rise to a permanent area of settlements called ‘states’ or ‘Janapadas.’

Important Points

The correct answer is Silver.

Punch marked coins

• It is a type of early coinage in India, dating to between about the 6th and 2nd centuries BC.
• The first coins in India may have been minted around the 6th century BC by the Mahajanpadas of the Indo-Gangetic plain.
• The coins of this period were punch-marked coins called Puranas, Karshapanas, or Pana.
• Several of these coins had a similar symbol. For example, Saurashtra had a humped bull Dakshin Panchala had a Swastika, others like Magadha had several symbols.
• Punched Marked coins were made of silver, had a standard weight but were irregular in shape.
• The irregular shape was made by cutting up silver bars and then making the correct weight by cutting the edges of the coin.
• These coins lack any inscriptions written in contemporary languages and were always struck in silver.
• These unique characters make early Indian coins very different from their contemporaries in Greece.
• Many historians believe that the concept of coinage was introduced by the Greeks in India. But unlike Indian punch-marked coins, Greek coins had inscriptions that were round in shape, were stamped on both sides, and were minted using silver, electrum, and gold too.
• Now historians are certain that the concept of coinage was invented in India independent of foreign influence which imparted unique characteristics to these coins.
• These coins are mentioned in Manu, Panini, and Buddhist Jataka stories and lasted three centuries longer in the south than in the north.
• After the fall of the Maurya Empire and the increased influence of the Indo-Greeks,punch-marked coins were replaced by cast die struck coins as visible in the Post-Mauryan period.
• 

The correct answer is 20.

Key Points

• The Atharvaveda is a collection of 20 khandas.

• The Atharva Veda is the "knowledge storehouse of atharvaṇas, the procedures for everyday life".
• The text is the fourth Veda but has been a late addition to the Vedic scriptures of Hinduism.
• It is a collection of 730 hymns with about 6,000 mantras, divided into 20 books.
• About a sixth of the Atharvaveda texts adapts verses from the Rigveda, and except for Books 15 and 16, the text is in poem form deploying a diversity of Vedic matters.
• Two different recensions of the text – the Paippalada and the Śaunakiya – have survived into modern times.

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