Write a short essay (about 500 words) on the following:
To what extent does knowledge of Buddhist literature help in understanding the sculpture at Sanchi?
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Answer in 100-150 words.
Describe the major teachings of either Kabir or Baba Guru Nanak, and the ways in which these have been transmitted.
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Answer in100-150 words
What are the problems in using the Ain as a source for reconstructing agrarian history? How do historians deal with this situation?
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Answer In 100-150 words
Discuss the major features of Mughal provincial administration. How did the centre control the provinces?
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Write a Short Essay (About 250-300 Words) on the Following:-
What were the distinctive features of the Mughal nobility? How was their relationship with the emperor shaped?
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Write a short essay (250-300 words) on the following:
Examine the strengths and limitations of oral history. How have oral-history techniques furthered our understanding of Partition?
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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): There are limits to what epigraphy can reveal.
Reason (R): It is not always easy to be sure about the exact meaning of the words used in inscriptions.
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Consider the following statements regarding Kabir.
- Kabir organised his followers into a community and set up rules for congregational worship.
- Kabir described the Ultimate Reality using terms drawn from Islam, Vedantic traditions, and from yogic traditions.
- Verses ascribed to Kabir have been compiled in three distinct but overlapping traditions.
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
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Which of the following statements is NOT correct about Baba Guru Nanak?
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Sanchi Stupa is situated ____________.
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Which of these was the capital of Akbar?
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Consider the following statements regarding Kabir.
1. Verses of Kabir are compiled in three distinct traditions.
2. Kabir’s poems are available only in the Urdu language.
3. Kabir used many traditions to describe the ultimate reality.
4. Kabir called ultimate reality only Allah.
Which of the given statements is/are incorrect?
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Who among the following Gurus of Sikhs compiled ‘Guru Adi Granth Sahib’?
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Read the following information given in the box carefully:
- She was a Rajput princess from Merta in Marwar.
- She considered Lord Krishna as her lover.
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Identify the name of the devotee of Saguna Bhakti from the following options.
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Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
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One Lord
Here is a composition attributed to Kabir:
Tell me, brother, how can there be
No one lord of the world but two?
Who led you so astray?
God is called by many names:
Names like Allah, Ram, Karim,
Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat.
Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles.
Isn’t it gold all the same?
Distinctions are only words we invent …
Kabir says they are both mistaken.
Neither can find the only Ram.
One kills the goat, the other cows.
They waste their lives in disputation
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Identify the connotation of Kabir from the following options.
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Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
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One Lord
Here is a composition attributed to Kabir:
Tell me, brother, how can there be
No one lord of the world but two?
Who led you so astray?
God is called by many names:
Names like Allah, Ram, Karim,
Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat.
Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles.
Isn’t it gold all the same?
Distinctions are only words we invent …
Kabir says they are both mistaken.
Neither can find the only Ram.
One kills the goat, the other cows.
They waste their lives in disputation
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Kabir used different names for God or the Supreme power. What can one infer from this?
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Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
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One Lord
Here is a composition attributed to Kabir:
Tell me, brother, how can there be
No one lord of the world but two?
Who led you so astray?
God is called by many names:
Names like Allah, Ram, Karim,
Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat.
Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles.
Isn’t it gold all the same?
Distinctions are only words we invent …
Kabir says they are both mistaken.
Neither can find the only Ram.
One kills the goat, the other cows.
They waste their lives in disputation
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How has Kabir’s compositions promote communal harmony at large?
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Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
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One Lord
Here is a composition attributed to Kabir:
Tell me, brother, how can there be
No one lord of the world but two?
Who led you so astray?
God is called by many names:
Names like Allah, Ram, Karim,
Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat.
Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles.
Isn’t it gold all the same?
Distinctions are only words we invent …
Kabir says they are both mistaken.
Neither can find the only Ram.
One kills the goat, the other cows.
They waste their lives in disputation
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Which of the following is the part of Kabir’s philosophy?
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Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
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One Lord
Here is a composition attributed to Kabir:
Tell me, brother, how can there be
No one lord of the world but two?
Who led you so astray?
God is called by many names:
Names like Allah, Ram, Karim,
Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat.
Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles.
Isn’t it gold all the same?
Distinctions are only words we invent …
Kabir says they are both mistaken.
Neither can find the only Ram.
One kills the goat, the other cows.
They waste their lives in disputation
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Kabir’s poetry has a literary as well as a philosophical significance.
Select the most appropriate option from the following that describes this essence.
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