[Mission 2023] INSIGHTS STATIC QUIZ, 23 July 2022 – History

Solution: c)

• The Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro are the best-preserved urban settlement in South Asia dating back to the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC, and exercised a considerable influence on the subsequent development of urbanization.
• The archaeological ruins are located on the right bank of the Indus River
• It was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization.
• The discovery of Moenjodaro in 1922 revealed evidence of the customs, art, religion and administrative abilities of its inhabitants.

Solution: d)

• The ruling monarchs of three chiefdoms of the Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas together were called muventars.
• The Cholas ruled over the fertile Kaveri basin with Uraiyur as its capital and the important port was Puhar or Kaveripattinam. The most important ruler of this kingdom was Karikal.
• The Pandyas ruled over the pastoral and littoral parts with Madurai as capital and Korkai as important port. Nedunjeliyan was the most famous king.
• The Cheras controlled the hilly region in the west with Vanji or Karur as its capital and Muciris as the well-known port.
• Ashokan edicts also mention the muventars.

Solution: c)

By the 7th century Mahabalipuram was a port city of South Indian dynasty of the Pallavas.

It has a group of sanctuaries, which was carved out of rock along the Coromandel coast in the 7th and 8th centuries : rathas (temples in the form of chariots), mandapas (cave sanctuaries), giant open-air rock reliefs such as the famous Descent of the Ganges, and the Shore Temple, with thousands of sculptures to the glory of Shiva.

The Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Solution: a)

After the failure of August offer Gandhi decided to initiate a limited satyagraha on an individual basis by a few selected individuals in every locality.

The aims of launching individual satyagraha were:

(i) to show that nationalist patience was not due to weakness;

(ii) to express people’s feeling that they were not interested in the war and that they made no distinction between Nazism and the double autocracy that ruled India; and

(iii) to give another opportunity to the Government to accept Congress’ demands peacefully.

Vinoba Bhave was the first to offer the satyagraha and Nehru, the second. By May 1941, 25,000 people had been convicted for individual civil disobedience.

Solution: c)

Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhash Chandra Bose rejected the idea of Dominion status by Nehru report and jointly set up the Independence for India League.

National Planning Committee was set up in 1938 by Subhash Chandra Bose who was persuaded by Meghnad Saha.