Iron pillar is located in which of the following cities?

1

(a)

New Delhi

(b)

Sarnath

(c)

Ajmer

(d)

Bulandshahar

Who among the following persons composed Silappadikaram?

1

(a)

Banbhatta

(b)

Kalidasa

(c)

Ilango

(d)

None of these

Zero is a special symbol which was invented by

1

(a)

India

(b)

Arabs

(c)

Japan

(d)

Europe

The iron pillar is situated at :

1

(a)

Kanpur

(b)

Delhi

(c)

Bombay

(d)

Gaya

The Puranas were written in :

1

(a)

Hindi

(b)

Telugu

(c)

Prakrit

(d)

Sanskrit

_______________was a great astronomer.

1

(a)

Aryabhata

__________________and_______________ are two Tamil epics.

1

(a)

Silappadikaram, Manimekalai

_________________were written in simple Sanskrit verse,and were meant to be heard by everybody.

1

(a)

The Puranas

___________is recognised as the author of the Sanskrit Ramayana.

1

(a)

Valmiki

The ____________contain stories about God and Goddesses. 

1

(a)

Puranas

The Mahabharata is included in the Bhagavad Gita.

1

(a) True

(b) False

Aryabhata found a way of calculating the circumference of a circle.

1

(a) False

(b) True

Paper was invented in China about 1700 years ago.

1

(a) True

(b) False

Merchant and farmers usually decided to build stupas and temples during this period.

1

(a) True

(b) False

The Tamil epic-the Silappadikaram was composed by a poet named Ilango.

1

(a) False

(b) True

What was the shikhara?

2

(a)

It was a tower built on the top of the garbhagriha to mark this out as a sacred place.

What is the garbhagriha?

2

(a)

Some of the earliest Hindu temples had a room where the image of the chief deity was placed, and this room was known as the garbhagriha.

Name the capital city of Kosala.

2

(a)

The capital city of Kosala was Ayodhya.

What is science?

2

(a)

Systematic knowledge based on different experiments and reasoning is called science.

What do you know about Ajanta?

2

(a)

Ajanta is famous for its several caves decorated with paintings. Most of these caves were the monasteries of Buddhist monks.

There are several versions of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, popular amongst people in different parts of the sub-continent. Find out about a version in your state.

3

(a)

Find out more and tell a story from one of the epics.

3

(a)

1. Discuss the small box placed at the centre of the stupa.

   4

   (a)

2. List the problems that stone cutters may have faced.

   4

   (a)

Answer the questions based on picture given below:

(i) Where is the Great Stupa shown in the picture located?
(ii) When was the brick mound probably built?
(iii) Which parts of the statue were added during the time of later rulers?

5

(a)

What is a Stupa ? Mention its features

5

(a)