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UPSC CDS Ancient Indian History — practice questions — page 26

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The cire-perdu casting process is also called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Dancing Girl of Mohenjodaro, perhaps the earliest Indian bronze, dates to about:Read the answer and worked solution →Bronze statuettes including a chariot were found at Daimabad, datable to:Read the answer and worked solution →Kushana period bronze images of Jain tirthankaras were discovered at Chausa in:Read the answer and worked solution →A famous hoard of Jain bronzes was found at Akota on the outskirts of:Read the answer and worked solution →Ambika is the Shasanadevi of:Read the answer and worked solution →Gupta period standing Buddha bronzes show the right hand in:Read the answer and worked solution →The monumental Gupta bronze Buddha with foldless drapery comes from Sultanganj in:Read the answer and worked solution →In the lost-wax process, the wax model is covered with a paste of equal parts clay, sand and:Read the answer and worked solution →In the lost-wax process, the weight of metal used is how many times that of the wax?Read the answer and worked solution →Four-headed Vishnu worshipped in Kashmir and Himachal is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A school of bronze casting emerged around the ninth century at Nalanda under which dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →Sculptors near Nalanda who revived the classical Gupta style worked at:Read the answer and worked solution →The finest Chola bronzes were produced in Tamil Nadu from the tenth to the:Read the answer and worked solution →The art of fashioning bronze images is still practised in South India particularly at:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Nataraja bronze, the demon of ignorance crushed under Shiva's right foot is:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Nataraja bronze, the upper right hand holds the:Read the answer and worked solution →The circular garland of flames surrounding the dancing Nataraja is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The distinguished patron of Chola bronzes in the tenth century was the widowed queen:Read the answer and worked solution →The ninth century kalyanasundara murti of Thanjavur represents:Read the answer and worked solution →Life-size bronze portrait statues of Krishnadevaraya with his two queens stand at:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Nataraja elementsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Jain bronze sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the bronze agesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the bronze wordsRead the answer and worked solution →North or south bronzesRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the bronze iconsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Bronze sculpture bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The cire-perdu casting process is also called the:

  1. Cold hammer forging
  2. Lost-wax process
  3. Sand mould casting
  4. Iron die casting
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Correct answer: B. Lost-wax process

1. It was learnt as early as the Indus Valley Culture. 2. Cire-perdu is the lost-wax process. 3. Tribal communities still use it. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 7, Indian Bronze Sculpture._

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The Dancing Girl of Mohenjodaro, perhaps the earliest Indian bronze, dates to about:

  1. 2500 BCE
  2. 1500 BCE
  3. 500 BCE
  4. 3500 BCE
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Correct answer: A. 2500 BCE

1. Her limbs and torso are simplified into tubular form. 2. She dates to about 2500 BCE. 3. Daimabad bronzes are from about 1500 BCE. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 7, Indian Bronze Sculpture._

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Bronze statuettes including a chariot were found at Daimabad, datable to:

  1. 1000 CE
  2. 1500 BCE
  3. 2500 BCE
  4. 500 BCE
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Correct answer: B. 1500 BCE

1. Daimabad is in Maharashtra. 2. Its bronzes date to about 1500 BCE. 3. The chariot has simple circular wheels. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 7, Indian Bronze Sculpture._

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