The Comet 2 | Class 8 MCQ Questions with Answers English It So Happened Chapter 10

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Q1.What was India according to the travellers from various regions?

(1) Land of natural beauty
(2) Land of disasters
(3) Land of wonder
(4) Land of culture

Q2.What was regarded as a source of the education system of ancient times?

(1) Knowledge
(2) Traditions
(3) Practices
(4) All of these

Q3.How the ancient education system focused on the holistic department of the individual?

(1) By taking care of inner self
(2) By taking care of outer self
(3) Both (i) & (ii)
(4) None of these

Q4.The system focused on the —–, ——, —— and —– aspects of life

(1) Moral
(2) Physical
(3) Spiritual and Intellectual
(4) All of these

Q5.Where were the balance between fought to students to appreciate?

(1) Nature and beauty
(2) Nature and human beings
(3) Land and water
(4) Behaviour and education

Q6.What did the education system emphasis on?

(1) Healthy spirit
(2) Healthy mind
(3) Healthy body
(4) Both (ii) & (iii)

Q7.What were the ancient system of education based on?

(1) Vedas and Brahmanas
(2) Upanishads and Dharma sutras
(3) Both (i) & (ii)
(4) None of these

Q8.Whose writings were the sources of learning?

(1) Aryabhata
(2) Panini
(3) Katyayana and Patanjali
(4) All of them

Q9.Whose medical treatises were the sources of learning?

(1) Charaka
(2) Sushruta
(3) Panini
(4) Both (i) & (ii)

Q10.What do you mean by Shastras?

(1) Creative literature
(2) Learned disciplines
(3) Imaginative
(4) All of these

Q11.What do you mean by Kavyas?

(1) Learned disciplines
(2) Imaginative
(3) Creative literature
(4) Both (ii) & (iii)

Q12.What were the sources of learning drawn from various disciplines?

(1) Itihas, Anviksiki, Mimamsa
(2) Shilpashastra, Arthashastra
(3) Varta, Dhanurvidya
(4) All of them

Q13.The meaning of Itihas –

(1) History
(2) Polity
(3) Logic
(4) Archery

Q14.Which sources of learning means logic?

(1) Varta
(2) Mimamsa
(3) Anviksiki
(4) Arthashastra

Q15.What is the meaning of Dhanurvidya?

(1) Architecture
(2) Archery
(3) Interpretation
(4) Polity

Q16.What is the meaning of Varta?

(1) Agriculture
(2) Trade& commerce
(3) Animal husbandry
(4) All of these

Q17.What were pupils taught as the physical education?

(1) Krida
(2) Vyayamaprakara
(3) Yogasadhana
(4) All of them

Q18.Why Dhanurvidya was taught?

(1) To aquire martial skills
(2) To train mind and body
(3) For exercise
(4) To learn mental health

Q19.Who worked conscientiously together to become proficient in all aspects of learning?

(1) Man and woman
(2) Gurus and their pupils
(3) Human and animals
(4) Animals and birds

Q20.What were organised to assess pupils learning?

(1) Debates
(2) Guidance
(3) Interactions
(4) Yoga

Q21.In ancient India, what were the ways of education system existed?

(1) Formal
(2) Informal
(3) Both (i) & (ii)
(4) Non-formal

Q22.Where did students go for higher knowledge?

(1) Abroad
(2) Viharas
(3) Universities
(4) Both (ii) & (iii)

Q23.What is Gurukuls also known as?

(1) Shastrartha
(2) Ashrams
(3) Vidyala
(4) None of these

Q24.Which were the residential places of learning?

(1) Gurukuls
(2) Universities
(3) Viharas
(4) Pathshalas

Q25.Where was Gurukul situated?

(1) Temples
(2) Near river
(3) Forests
(4) Home

Q26.Who had too access to education during the early Vedic period?

(1) Men
(2) Women
(3) Infant
(4) Aged men

Q27.Name some prominent women Vedic scholars –

(1) Maitreyi
(2) Viswambhara and Apala
(3) Gargi, Lopamudra
(4) All of them

Q28.Many of the ashrams were named after whom?

(1) Sages
(2) Students
(3) Gurus
(4) Both (ii) & (iii)

Q29.During the ancient period, why the Gurus and their shishyas lived together?

(1) To learn debates
(2) To acquire knowledge
(3) To help each other
(4) To learn martial skills

Q30.What was the main objective of living in Gurukuls?

(1) Complete learning
(2) To lead a disciplined life
(3) To realise one’s inner potential
(4) All of these

Q31.For how long students lived away from their homes?

(1) Till adolescences period
(2) Till they achieved their goals
(3) For ten years
(4) Whole life

Q32.The — was also the place where the relationship of the guru and shishya strengthened with time.

(1) Gurukul
(2) University
(3) Pathshalas
(4) Tols

Q33.Why many monasteries were set up for monks and nuns?

(1) To meditate
(2) To debate
(3) To discuss
(4) All of these

Q34.What were set up for monks and nuns to acquire knowledge?

(1) Gurukuls
(2) Pathshalas
(3) Viharas
(4) Tols

Q35.Mention the other countries where educational centers of higher learning developed.

(1) China, Korea, Tibet
(2) Burma, Ceylon
(3) Java, Nepal
(4) All of these

Q36.Who were Xuan Zang and I – Qing?

(1) Japanese scholars
(2) Chinese scholars
(3) Korean scholars
(4) Indian Scholars

Q37.Who took active interest in promoting education?

(1) Gurus
(2) King’s
(3) Society
(4) Both (ii) & (iii)

Q38.Where were the most notable universities evolved during the ancient period?

(1) Takshashila, Nalanda
(2) Valabhi, Vikramshila
(3) Odantapuri, Jagaddala
(4) All of these

Q39.What was situated at Takshashila, Nalanda, Valabhi, Vikramshila, Odantapuri and Jagaddala?

(1) University
(2) Gurukul
(3) Tob
(4) Viharas

Q40.Which places of university developed in connection with temples?

(1) Banaras
(2) Navadeep
(3) Kanchi
(4) All of these

Q41.The full form of UNESCO –

(1) United nations educational, science and culturalorganisation
(2) United nations educational, scientific and curriculum organisation
(3) United nations educational, scientific and cultural organisation
(4) Unionnation’s educational, scientific and cultural organisation

Q42.—– was a noted centre of religious teachings of Buddhism.

(1) Viharas
(2) Takshashila
(3) Nalanda
(4) Jagaddala

Q43.Taskshashila continued to attract students from around the world until its destruction in the ——century CC.

(1) 5th
(2) 7th
(3) 8th
(4) 10th

Q44.……..and the curriculum comprised the study of ancient scriptures, law medicine, astronomy, military science and the — silpas or arts

(1) Fourteen
(2) Twenty
(3) Eighteen
(4) Twelve

Q45.Name the legendary Indian grammarian

(1) Panini
(2) Jivaka
(3) Chanakya
(4) Sushruta

Q46.Name the greatest work on grammar written by Panini

(1) Tolkaappiyam
(2) Agattiyam
(3) Ashtadhyayi
(4) None of these

Q47.Name the most renowned physician in ancient India.

(1) Chanakya
(2) Jivaka
(3) Panini
(4) Aryabhata

Q48.Who was a skilled exponent of statecraft?

(1) Chanakya
(2) Panini
(3) Xuan Zang
(4) I-Oing

Q49.Who wrote Ashtadhyayi?

(1) Jivaka
(2) Panini
(3) Chanakya
(4) None of these