Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon – July 23, 2018

Consider the following statement/s about Jainism and Buddhism:

1. In context of concept of soul, Jainism and Buddhism vary from each other
2. Buddhist philosophy believe in life after death but not in the concept of soul
3. Both Jainism and Buddhism laid great stress upon asceticism and practiced it in a very rigorous manner

Choose the correct ones:

Consider the following statements:

1. The Sufi saints discarded the materialistic life and refrained from court politics.
2. Many Turkish Sultans did not simply need to demonstrate their association with sufis; they also required legitimation from them

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Which among the following was/were the subject(s) of drawing of the pre-historic Art?

1. human figures
2. human activities
3. god and goddesses
4. animals

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Consider the following statements about the Harappan art:

1. Their bronze statues were made using the ‘lost wax’ technique in which the wax figures were first covered with a coating of clay and allowed to dry.
2. Compared to the terracotta representations of human form the stone and bronze statues are crude in the Indus Valley

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Mauryan pillars were constructed in pieces by a mason.
2. Stone pillars were erected all over the Mauryan Empire. Some of these pillars do not have inscriptions
3. The top portion of the Mauryan pillars were carved with capital figures like the bull, the lion, the elephant, etc.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are not correct?

Stupa, Vihara and Chaitya are part of which of the following sect(s):

1. Buddhism
2. Jainism
3. Brahamanism

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Which of the following pair is incorrectly matched?