4226: Some Buddhist rock-cut caves are called chaityas while the others viharas. What is the difference between the two?

(a) Chaitya is a place of worship while vihara is the dwelling place of the monks

(b) Chaitya is the stupa at the far end of the cave while vihara is the hall axial to it

(c) There is no material difference between the two

(d) Vihara is a place of worship while chaitya is the dwelling place of the monks
4227: Who among the following was not a contemporary of the other three?

(a) Prasenjit
(b) Bimbisara
(c) Gautama Buddha
(d) Milinda
4228: Bronze icons of Nataraja cast during the Chola period invariably show the deity with

(a) eight hands

(b) six hands

(c) four hands

(d) two hands
4229: Which of the following pairs are correctly matched ?

List-I----------List-II

(Period)----------(Wars)

1. AD 1767-69----First Anglo Maratha War
2. AD 1790-92----Third Mysore War
3. AD 1824-26----First Anglo-Burmese War
4. AD 1845-46----Second Sikh War


(a) 2 and 4
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 2 and 3
4230: Who was the person behind conversion of East India Company from a trading company into a regional power?

(a) Lord Warren Hastings

(b) Lord Clive

(c) Lord Dalhousie

(d) Lord Wellesley