2341: Vidhushaka, a common character in Sanskrit drama, is invariably a

(a) Brahmana

(b) Kshatriya

(c) Vaisya

(d) Shudra
2342: Sepoy mutiny of 1857 failed due to the:

(a) Lack of effective organisation

(b) Lack of unity of purpose

(c) Lack of unified system of leadership

(d) All of the above
2343: Arrange the following Buddhist councils in a chronological order:

(1) Vaishali

(2) Rajagraha

(3) Patliputra

(4) Sreenagar

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(a) 1, 4, 3, 2

(b) 3, 2, 1, 4

(c) 4, 1, 2, 3

(d) 2, 1, 3, 4
2344: One of the major towns in the Satavahana kingdom was

(a) Arikkamedu

(b) Pratishthana

(c) Korkkai

(d) Maski
2345: Assertion (A) :

The emphasis of Jainism on non-violence (ahimsa) prevented agriculturalists from embracing Jainism.

Reason (R) :

Cultivation involved killing of insects and pests.

(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true