Bihar Board Class 12 Arts History · Ch 4: Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings: Cultural Developments (c. 600 BCE-600 CE)
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| Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings: Cultural Developments (c. 600 BCE-600 CE) | 30 |
Difficulty: 7 medium · 23 hard
Cultural Developments (c. 600 BCE-600 CE) MCQ questions with answers
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Q1. Which of the following was NOT available to historians as a source for reconstructing the history of Buddhism during c. 600 BCE-600 CE?
निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा स्रोत लगभग 600 ईसा पूर्व–600 ईस्वी के दौरान बौद्ध धर्म के इतिहास के पुनर्निर्माण हेतु इतिहासकारों के लिए उपलब्ध नहीं था?
- A. Pali Buddhist texts compiled and written down at Buddhist councils / बौद्ध संगीतियों में संकलित और लिपिबद्ध किए गए पाली बौद्ध ग्रंथ
- B. Sculptural panels on the stupas depicting scenes from the Buddha's life / स्तूपों पर बनी मूर्तिकला फलकें जो बुद्ध के जीवन के दृश्यों को दर्शाती हैं
- C. Donative inscriptions engraved on the railings and gateways of stupas / स्तूपों की वेदिकाओं और प्रवेशद्वारों पर उत्कीर्ण दानात्मक अभिलेख
- D. The Ain-i-Akbari, an administrative chronicle composed during Akbar's reign / ऐन-ए-अकबरी, जो अकबर के शासनकाल में रचित एक प्रशासनिक इतिवृत्त है
Solution
The Ain-i-Akbari is a sixteenth-century Mughal administrative chronicle from Akbar's reign and has no connection to this earlier period, unlike inscriptions, Pali texts and stupa sculptures which are genuine sources for Buddhist history.
ऐन-ए-अकबरी सोलहवीं शताब्दी का अकबर के शासनकाल का एक मुगल प्रशासनिक इतिवृत्त है और इस पहले के काल से इसका कोई संबंध नहीं है, जबकि अभिलेख, पाली ग्रंथ और स्तूप मूर्तिकला बौद्ध इतिहास के लिए प्रामाणिक स्रोत हैं।
Q2. Which development during c. 600 BCE-600 CE best reflects the growing importance of bhakti in the Puranic worship of deities like Vishnu and Shiva?
लगभग 600 ईसा पूर्व–600 ईस्वी के दौरान हुआ कौन सा विकास विष्णु और शिव जैसे देवताओं की पौराणिक उपासना में भक्ति के बढ़ते महत्व को सबसे अच्छी तरह दर्शाता है?
- A. The performance of elaborate Vedic yajnas by Brahmana priests as the only path to moksha / ब्राह्मण पुरोहितों द्वारा मोक्ष के एकमात्र मार्ग के रूप में विस्तृत वैदिक यज्ञों का अनुष्ठान
- B. The belief that devotion and surrender to a personal deity, often represented through an image, could win divine grace / यह विश्वास कि किसी व्यक्तिगत देवता के प्रति भक्ति और समर्पण—जिसे अक्सर एक प्रतिमा के माध्यम से दर्शाया जाता था—दिव्य कृपा प्राप्त करा सकता है
- C. The practice of extreme physical austerities taught by the Ajivikas to attain liberation / आजीविकों द्वारा सिखाई गई मुक्ति प्राप्त करने के लिए अत्यधिक शारीरिक तपस्या की प्रथा
- D. The doctrine that the universe is eternal and uncreated, denying the existence of any supreme god / यह सिद्धांत कि सृष्टि अनादि और अनुत्पन्न है, और किसी भी सर्वोच्च ईश्वर के अस्तित्व को नकारना
Solution
The Puranas encouraged the belief that a devotee could win divine grace through deep personal devotion and surrender to a deity, usually represented through an image, which is the core idea of bhakti.
पुराणों ने इस विश्वास को प्रोत्साहित किया कि एक भक्त किसी देवता के प्रति गहरी व्यक्तिगत भक्ति और समर्पण के माध्यम से—जो आमतौर पर एक प्रतिमा के रूप में दर्शाया जाता था—दिव्य कृपा प्राप्त कर सकता है, जो भक्ति का मूल विचार है।
Q3. While excavating a Buddhist monastic site, archaeologists found a rectangular rock-cut hall with a stupa installed for worship at one end, but the hall had no residential cells for monks to live in. Which component of the monastic establishment have they most likely found?
एक बौद्ध मठवासी स्थल की खुदाई करते समय, पुरातत्वविदों को एक आयताकार शैल-कृत हॉल मिला जिसके एक सिरे पर पूजा के लिए एक स्तूप स्थापित था, परंतु उस हॉल में भिक्षुओं के रहने के लिए कोई आवासीय कक्ष नहीं था। उन्हें मठवासी प्रतिष्ठान का कौन सा घटक सबसे अधिक संभावना है कि मिला है?
- A. Vihara, the residence used by monks / विहार, जो भिक्षुओं द्वारा आवास के रूप में उपयोग किया जाता था
- B. Chaitya, a hall meant for worship / चैत्य, एक हॉल जो पूजा के लिए बनाया गया था
- C. An Ashokan pillar erected to mark the site / एक अशोककालीन स्तंभ जो स्थल को चिह्नित करने के लिए स्थापित किया गया था
- D. Dharmashala meant for pilgrims' stay / धर्मशाला, जो तीर्थयात्रियों के ठहरने के लिए बनी थी
Solution
A chaitya was a hall meant for worship with a stupa at one end, while a vihara was the separate residence where monks and nuns actually lived.
चैत्य एक ऐसा हॉल होता था जो पूजा के लिए बनाया जाता था और जिसके एक सिरे पर स्तूप होता था, जबकि विहार वह अलग आवास था जहाँ भिक्षु और भिक्षुणियाँ वास्तव में रहते थे।
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