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UPSC CDS Indian History Timeline — practice questions — page 37

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From the first century CE, the Buddha got a human form at Mathura and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Gandhara sculptural tradition was a confluence of local tradition with Bactria and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha image at Gandhara has features that are:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mathura Buddha image is modelled on the lines of earlier:Read the answer and worked solution →A famous headless portrait statue found at Mathura is of:Read the answer and worked solution →Sarnath Buddha images have plain transparent drapery covering:Read the answer and worked solution →Amaravati sculptures are preserved in Chennai Museum, National Museum Delhi and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Sannati, the largest stupa site excavated in Karnataka, is in which district?Read the answer and worked solution →The biggest rock-cut chaitya hall in western India was excavated at:Read the answer and worked solution →The vihara cave at Junnar with a later Ganesha image is popularly called:Read the answer and worked solution →Kanheri in Mumbai has how many excavated caves?Read the answer and worked solution →Ajanta, in Aurangabad district, has how many caves?Read the answer and worked solution →Varahadeva, patron of Ajanta Cave 16, was prime minister of the Vakataka king:Read the answer and worked solution →The best preserved Padmapani and Vajrapani paintings at Ajanta are in:Read the answer and worked solution →Ellora has how many Buddhist, Brahmanical and Jain caves?Read the answer and worked solution →Ellora Cave 16, a temple carved from a single rock, is known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Bagh Cave 4, with visible wall and ceiling paintings, is known as:Read the answer and worked solution →The Elephanta Caves near Mumbai are dominated by which faith?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Ajanta patronsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the western cave sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the cave countsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the architecture wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Mathura or GandharaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the cave sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Post-Mauryan art bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Badami, capital of the early Chalukyas, is in:Read the answer and worked solution →The early Chalukyan dynasty ruled from Badami during:Read the answer and worked solution →The Badami caves were excavated under the patronage of the Chalukya king:Read the answer and worked solution →The inscription in Badami Cave 4 records the date:Read the answer and worked solution →

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From the first century CE, the Buddha got a human form at Mathura and:

  1. Bharhut
  2. Amaravati
  3. Gandhara
  4. Sanchi
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Correct answer: C. Gandhara

1. Earlier he was shown only by symbols. 2. Mathura and Gandhara gave him a human form. 3. Vengi was the third centre. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 4, Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture._

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The Gandhara sculptural tradition was a confluence of local tradition with Bactria and:

  1. Persia
  2. Greece
  3. Arabia
  4. Parthia
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Correct answer: D. Parthia

1. Gandhara is now in Pakistan. 2. Bactria and Parthia merged with local style. 3. The Buddha there has Hellenistic features. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 4, Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture._

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The Buddha image at Gandhara has features that are:

  1. Hellenistic
  2. Yaksha-like
  3. Dravidian
  4. Egyptian
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Correct answer: A. Hellenistic

1. Mathura followed the Yaksha model. 2. Gandhara is Hellenistic. 3. Both gave the Buddha a human form. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 4, Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture._

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