Question 1

The Sangam literary anthology Purananuru belongs to which broad thematic category of Sangam poetry?

Accepted Answer

Puram (Exterior / War and Kingship) — Sangam poetry is divided into Akam (interior, love/personal themes) and Puram (exterior, public themes like war, kingship, and heroism). Purananuru, a collection of 400 poems, is the principal Puram anthology and a key source for Sangam-age political history.

Question 2

Which of the following sites has yielded the earliest unambiguous evidence of iron technology in Northern India, dating back to c. 1200-1000 BCE?

Accepted Answer

Atranjikhera — Atranjikhera in Uttar Pradesh has provided some of the earliest well-stratified evidence of iron use in the Ganga-Yamuna doab, associated with the Painted Grey Ware culture, supporting the case for an early, independent iron age in North India.

Question 3

The decipherment of the Brahmi script by James Prinsep in 1837 was achieved primarily through the analysis of coins from which dynasty?

Accepted Answer

Indo-Greek and Western Kshatrapa dynasties — Prinsep used bilingual Indo-Greek coins (Greek and Kharosthi/Brahmi legends) and Western Kshatrapa coins to cross-match letterforms, which gave him the key to deciphering Ashokan Brahmi inscriptions.

Question 4

Which text provides the detailed rules for measuring sacrificial altars (Vedis) and constructing geometric brick structures in the Vedic period?

Accepted Answer

Sulba Sutras — The Sulba Sutras (part of the Kalpa Vedanga) contain precise geometric rules for constructing fire altars of specified shapes and areas — they are also historically important as early Indian mathematical/geometric texts.

Question 5

The inscription on the Sohgaura Copper Plate is historically important because it contains:

Accepted Answer

Mauryan royal order concerning state granaries during times of famine — The Sohgaura Copper Plate, generally dated to the Mauryan period, records administrative orders for establishing state granaries to store grain against famine — evidence of organized Mauryan famine-relief administration, not a land grant or religious charter.

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