Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon – September 10, 2018

Statement 1 is correct. The Muslims soldiers had better organization and able leaders. Their religious zeal and their greed for the greater wealth of India provided stimulus to them.

Statement 2 is correct. Among the Hindus, the duty of fighting was confined to a particular class, the Kshatriyas.

Statement 3 is correct. Their military methods were out of date and far inferior to those of Muslims. Indians continued to rely on elephants while the Muslims possessed quick-moving cavalry. Moreover, the Hindus were always on the defensive, which was always a weak position.

Statement 4 is correct. There was a lack of unity among Hindu states. They were divided by factions. The Rajput princes exhausted one another by their mutual conflicts.

The freedoms of the air are a set of commercial aviation rights granting a country’s airlines the privilege to enter and land in another country’s airspace. The unofficial sixth freedom combines the third and fourth freedoms and is the right to carry passengers or cargo from a second country to a third country by stopping in one’s own country. Relevance- economic survey has asked the government to build airline hubs in India which could compete with the hubs in the UAE and South East Asia.

Pair 1 is correct. In Mathura school, images of Vishnu and Shiva are represented by their ayudhas (weapons). Pair 2 is correct. Many Buddha images in Sarnath have plain transparent drapery covering both shoulders, and the halo around the head has very little ornamentation. Pair 3 is correct. The Buddha image at Mathura is modelled on the lines of earlier Yaksha images whereas in Gandhara it has Hellenistic features. Introduction to Indian arts, page no. 30 and 31

Statement 1 is correct. The Rig Vedic society was patriarchal. The basic unit of society was family or graham. The head of the family was known as grahapathi.

Statement 2 is correct. In Rig Vedic Society, monogamy was generally practiced while polygamy was prevalent among the royal and noble families.

Statement 3 is incorrect. In Rig Vedic society, there was no child marriage and the practice of sati was absent.

Statement 1 is correct. Ashoka embraced Buddhism and took efforts to spread Buddhism. However, his policy of Dhamma was a broad concept. The concept of Dhamma included the consideration and non-violence to animals and courtesy to relations and liberality to Brahmins. Ashoka was compassionate towards the followers of other religion.

Statement 2 is correct. Ashoka emphasized on efficient organization of administration in the direction of social welfare and maintenance of constant contact with people through the system of Dhammayatras. Tamil Nadu board class 11

While the northern India was reeling under turmoil after the fall of Mauryas, a very powerful kingdom was established by the Satvahanas (also known as Andhras) in Deccan covering parts of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. The Andhras are mentioned in the Aitareya Brahmana also.

The inaugural IONS Seminar was held by the Indian Navy in 2008. Subsequent seminars have been held by the United Arab Emirates Navy in 2010, the South African Navy in 2012, Royal Australian Navy in 2014 and the Bangladesh Navy in 2016.

Option b is incorrect. Malaysia is an observer country along with China, Germany, Japan, Madagascar, Russia and Spain.

Option c is incorrect. Symposium has not been formed to fight piracy. It has been formed to strengthen the capability of all littoral nation-states of the Indian Ocean to address present and anticipated challenges to maritime security and stability. Relevance- The Indian Navy will be joining the People‘s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in a maiden maritime search and rescue exercise, chaired by Bangladesh at the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) in November this year.