August , 04 2020 - Daily Quiz
1. An intelligent appreciation of the relative Values of different trade-routs in India is contained in
(a) Arthasastra of Kautilya
(b) Ptolemy's Geography
(c) Indica of Megasthenes
(d) Pliny’s Natural History
2. Coins with legends and portraits were first issued in India
(a) Sungas
(b) Sakas
(c) Indo-Greeks
(d) Satavahanas
3. The monsoon winds, which facilitated India's trade with the Western world in the early centuries of the Christian era, are believed to have been discovered by
(a) Hippalus
(b) Ptolemy
(c) Pliny
(d) Strabo
4. ‘Manigramam' spoken of in medieval South India, refers to
(a) place of rural labour
(b) palace of rural lords
(c) association of merchants
(d) local assembly of elders
5. The Timariots, Governors and Revenue Contractors, on their part reson in this manner :
‘Why should the neglected state of this land create uneasiness in our minds and why should we expend our money and time to render it fruitful 2 We may be deprived of it in a single moment, and our exertions would benefit neither ourselves nor our children.'
The above statements was made by
(a) Monserrate
(b) ‘Tavernier
(c) Manrique
(d) Bernier
Answers:
- a
- c
- c
- c
- d
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