CH:7 INDIA’S CULTURAL ROOTS
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A.
1. (c) 2500
2. (a) Lumbini
3. (c) Bodh Gaya
4. (d) 6th century BCE
5. (c) 30
B.
1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. True
C.
1. Buddha
2. Infinite knowledge or supreme wisdom
3. Aparigraha
4. Jataka tales
5. great hero
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D.
Column A Column B
1. e) Monk
2. d) Sangha
3. b) Jain/Jaina/Jina
4. a) ascetic
5. c) Consciousness
E.
1. Done in copy
2. Rishis and Rishika’s composed the Vedic hymns. Hymns were composed in
Sanskrit language. Hymns were recited orally and passed to the next generation.
3. The value ‘truth’ means God according to Upanishadic worldview.
Rebirth- taking birth again and again.
Karma- Our actions or their results.
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F.
1. The man was giving away all his possessions in a ritual.
2. Nachiketa asked his father that to which God he would be offered to. Father
said that he would be given to Yama- the god of death.
3. The boy asked, “What happens after the death of the body?”. Yama tried to
avoid answering,
4. Atman or self is hidden within all creatures. It is neither born, nor does it die.
It is immortal.
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G.
1.
Fig. (ii) It is a traditional painting of Mahavira. This shows the practice of
ascetic disciplinary life of Mahavira which helped him to attain ‘infinite
knowledge’ or ‘supreme wisdom.’
2. (a) Ahimsa (b) Aparigraha
3. Monks and nuns
4. Ascetics listening to the sermon of Buddha.
5. The thought is expressed by Buddha.
We can cleanse/ purify our minds and soul with good thoughts and deeds.
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A.
1. ( c) Gargi
2. (a) Caves
3. (d) Toda
4. (d) Singbonga
5. (b) Ahimsa
B.
1. tribe
2. primitive/inferior
3. Jagannatha
4. Vedanta and Buddhism
5. authority, Vedas
C.
1. True
2. False
3. False
4. False
5. True
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D.
1. Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh (India)
Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar (World)
2. After 12 years.
He enlightened people by preaching what he realized that is infinite
knowledge or supreme wisdom. His main teachings were Ahimsa, anekantavada
and aparigraha.
3. Done in copy
4. Monastries are built by monks and nuns. Caves are natural shelters.
5. Because it was not able to convince the people about its spiritual belief
system. Moreover, people were free to choose what suited them.
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E.
1. They shared important concepts like Ahimsa, Dharma, Karma, Rebirth. They
were all looking for the cause of suffering and the means of removing
ignorance.
2. This is because there are many aspects to those schools and systems- a
philosophical aspect, a spiritual aspect, a religious aspect, an ethical aspect, a
social aspect etc.
3. In folk, tribal and Hindu belief systems elements of nature such as mountains,
trees, plants and animals and some stones too are regarded as sacred, because
there is consciousness behind all of them.
4. Ahimsa- ‘non-violence’, ‘non-hurting’, ‘non-injuring’.
Anekantavada- Truth has many aspects and cannot be fully described by any
single statement.
Aparigraha- ‘non-possession’ and advises detachment from material
possessions, limiting oneself to what is truly necessary in life.
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1. Andre Beteille
2. Tribal religions have been influenced by Hinduism.
3. Interaction between Tribal and Hinduism has resulted in mutual
enrichment.
G.
1. Rock cut caves at Ellora (Maharashtra). Some of the caves are Hindu, others
are Buddhist and Jain.
2. Ellora (Maharashtra)
3. Between the 6th and the 10th centuries
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