Ancient Education System of India MCQ Questions Class 8 English Supplementary Chapter 11
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Ancient Education System of India MCQ Questions Class 8 English Supplementary Chapter 11
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Question 1:
What was India according to the travellers from various regions?
(i) Land of natural beauty
(ii) Land of disasters
(iii) Land of wonder
(iv) Land of culture
Answer:
(iii) Land of wonder.
Question 2:
What was regarded as a source of the education system of ancient times?
(i) Knowledge
(ii) Traditions
(iii) Practices
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question 3:
How the ancient education system focused on the holistic department of the individual?
(i) By taking care of inner self
(ii) By taking care of outer self
(iii) Both (i) & (ii)
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(iii) Both (i) & (ii).
Question 4:
‘The system focused on the —–, ——-, —— and —– aspects of life’
(i) Moral
(ii) Physical
(iii) Spiritual and Intellectual
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question 5:
Where were the balance between fought to students to appreciate?
(i) Nature and beauty
(ii) Nature and human beings
(iii) Land and water
(iv) Behaviour and education
Answer:
(ii) Nature and human beings.
Question 6:
What did the education system emphasis on?
(i) Healthy spirit
(ii) Healthy mind
(iii) Healthy body
(iv) Both (ii) & (iii)
Answer:
(iv) Both (ii) & (iii).
Question 7:
What were the ancient system of education based on?
(i) Vedas and Brahmanas
(ii) Upanishads and Dharma sutras
(iii) Both (i) & (ii)
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(iii) Both (i) & (ii)
Question 8:
Whose writings were the sources of learning?
(i) Aryabhata
(ii) Panini
(iii) Katyayana and Patanjali
(iv) All of them
Answer:
(iv) All of them.
Question 9:
Whose medical treatises were the sources of learning?
(i) Charaka
(ii) Sushruta
(iii) Panini
(iv) Both (i) & (ii)
Answer:
(iv) Both (i)& (ii).
Question 10:
What do you mean by ‘Shastras’?
(i) Creative literature
(ii) Learned disciplines
(iii) Imaginative
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(ii) Learned disciplines.
Question 11:
What do you mean by ‘Kavyas’?
(i) Learned disciplines
(ii) Imaginative
(iii) Creative literature
(iv) Both (ii) & (iii)
Answer:
(iv) Both (ii) & (iii).
Question 12:
What were the sources of learning drawn from various disciplines?
(i) Itihas, Anviksiki, Mimamsa
(ii) Shilpashastra, Arthashastra
(iii) Varta, Dhanurvidya
(iv) All of them
Answer:
(iv) All of them.
Question 13:
The meaning of ‘Itihas’ –
(i) History
(ii) Polity
(iii) Logic
(iv) Archery
Answer:
(i) History.
Question 14:
Which sources of learning means ‘logic’?
(i) Varta
(ii) Mimamsa
(iii) Anviksiki
(iv) Arthashastra
Answer:
(iii) Anviksiki.
Question 15:
What is the meaning of ‘Dhanurvidya’?
(i) Architecture
(ii) Archery
(iii) Interpretation
(iv) Polity
Answer:
(ii) Archery.
Question 16:
What is the meaning of ‘Varta’?
(i) Agriculture
(ii) Trade& commerce
(iii) Animal husbandry
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question 17:
What were pupils taught as the physical education?
(i) Krida
(ii) Vyayamaprakara
(iii) Yogasadhana
(iv) All of them
Answer:
(iv) All of them.
Question 18:
Why Dhanurvidya was taught?
(i) To aquire martial skills
(ii) To train mind and body
(iii) For exercise
(iv) To learn mental health
Answer:
(i) To aquire martial skills.
Question 19:
Who worked conscientiously together to become proficient in all aspects of learning?
(i) Man and woman
(ii) Gurus and their pupils
(iii) Human and animals
(iv) Animals and birds
Answer:
(ii) Gurus and their pupils.
Question 20:
What were organised to assess pupils learning?
(i) Debates
(ii) Guidance
(iii) Interactions
(iv) Yoga
Answer:
(i) Debates.
Question 21:
In ancient India, what were the ways of education system existed?
(i) Formal
(ii) Informal
(iii) Both (i) & (ii)
(iv) Non-formal
Answer:
(iii) Both (i) & (ii).
Question 22:
Where did students go for higher knowledge?
(i) Abroad
(ii) Viharas
(iii) Universities
(iv) Both (ii) & (iii)
Answer:
(iv) Both (ii) & (iii).
Question 23:
What is Gurukuls also known as?
(i) Shastrartha
(ii) Ashrams
(iii) Vidyala
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(ii) Ashrams.
Question 24:
Which were the residential places of learning?
(i) Gurukuls
(ii) Universities
(iii) Viharas
(iv) Pathshalas
Answer:
(i) Gurukuls.
Question 25:
Where was Gurukul situated?
(i) Temples
(ii) Near river
(iii) Forests
(iv) Home
Answer:
(iii) Forests.
Question 26:
Who had too access to education during the early Vedic period?
(i) Men
(ii) Women
(iii) Infant
(iv) Aged men
Answer:
(ii) Women.
Question 27:
Name some prominent women Vedic scholars –
(i) Maitreyi
(ii) Viswambhara and Apala
(iii) Gargi, Lopamudra
(iv) All of them
Answer:
(iv) All of them.
Question 28:
Many of the ashrams were named after whom?
(i) Sages
(ii) Students
(iii) Gurus
(iv) Both (ii) & (iii)
Answer:
(i) Sages.
Question 29:
During the ancient period, why the Gurus and their shishyas lived together?
(i) To learn debates
(ii) To acquire knowledge
(iii) To help each other
(iv) To learn martial skills
Answer:
(iii) To help each other.
Question 30:
What was the main objective of living in Gurukuls?
(i) Complete learning
(ii) To lead a disciplined life
(iii) To realise one’s inner potential
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question 31:
For how long students lived away from their homes?
(i) Till adolescences period
(ii) Till they achieved their goals
(iii) For ten years
(iv) Whole life
Answer:
(ii) Till they achieved their goals.
Question 32:
‘The —- was also the place where the relationship of the guru and shishya strengthened with time’.
(i) Gurukul
(ii) University
(iii) Pathshalas
(iv) Tols
Answer:
(i) Gurukul.
Question 33:
Why many monasteries were set up for monks and nuns?
(i) To meditate
(ii) To debate
(iii) To discuss
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question 34:
What were set up for monks and nuns to acquire knowledge?
(i) Gurukuls
(ii) Pathshalas
(iii) Viharas
(iv) Tols
Answer:
(iii) Viharas.
Question 35:
Mention the other countries where educational centers of higher learning developed.
(i) China, Korea, Tibet
(ii) Burma, Ceylon
(iii) Java, Nepal
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question 36:
Who were Xuan Zang and I – Qing?
(i) Japanese scholars
(ii) Chinese scholars
(iii) Korean scholars
(iv) Indian Scholars
Answer:
(ii) Chinese scholars.
Question 37:
Who took active interest in promoting education?
(i) Gurus
(ii) King’s
(iii) Society
(iv) Both (ii) & (iii)
Answer:
(iv) Both (ii) & (iii).
Question 38:
Where were the most notable universities evolved during the ancient period?
(i) Takshashila, Nalanda
(ii) Valabhi, Vikramshila
(iii) Odantapuri, Jagaddala
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
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Question 39:
What was situated at Takshashila, Nalanda, Valabhi, Vikramshila, Odantapuri and Jagaddala?
(i) University
(ii) Gurukul
(iii) Tob
(iv) Viharas
Answer:
(i) University.
Question 40:
Which places of university developed in connection with temples?
(i) Banaras
(ii) Navadeep
(iii) Kanchi
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question 41:
The full form of UNESCO –
(i) United nations educational, science and culturalorganisation
(ii) United nations educational, scientific and curriculum organisation
(iii) United nations educational, scientific and cultural organisation
(iv) Unionnation’s educational, scientific and cultural organisation
Answer:
(iii) United nations educational, scientific and cultural organisation.
Question 42:
—– was a noted centre of religious teachings of Buddhism.
(i) Viharas
(ii) Takshashila
(iii) Nalanda
(iii) Jagaddala
Answer:
(ii) Takshashila.
Question 43:
Taskshashila continued to attract students from around the world until its destruction in the ——century CC.
(i) 5th
(ii) 7th
(iii) 8th
(iv) 10th
Answer:
(ii) 5th.
Question 44:
‘……..and the curriculum comprised the study of ancient scriptures, law medicine, astronomy, military science and the —- silpas or arts’
(i) Fourteen
(ii) Twenty
(iii) Eighteen
(iv) Twelve
Answer:
(iii) Eighteen.
Question 45:
Name the legendary Indian grammarian
(i) Panini
(ii) Jivaka
(iii) Chanakya
(iv) Sushruta
Answer:
(i) Panini.
Question 46:
Name the greatest work on grammar written by Panini
(i) Tolkaappiyam
(ii) Agattiyam
(iii) Ashtadhyayi
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(iii) Ashtadhyayi.
Question 47:
Name the most renowned physician in ancient India.
(i) Chanakya
(ii) Jivaka
(iii) Panini
(iv) Aryabhata
Answer:
(ii) Jivaka.
Question 48:
Who was a skilled exponent of statecraft?
(i) Chanakya
(ii) Panini
(iii) Xuan Zang
(iv) I-Oing
Answer:
(i) Chanakya.
Question 49:
Who wrote ‘Ashtadhyayi’?
(i) Jivaka
(ii) Panini
(iii) Chanakya
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(ii) Panini.
Question: 50
What was Chanakya also known as?
(i) Kalidas
(ii) Banabhatta
(iii) Sudreka
(iv) Kautilya
Answer:
(iv) Kautilya.
Question 51:
Who was Jivaka?
(i) Physician
(ii) Grammarian
(iii) Doctor
(iv) Writer
Answer:
(i) Physician.
Question 52:
Where the students come to Yakshashila to study from?
(i) Kashi
(ii) Kosala
(iii) Magadha
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question 53:
Which place was declared to be a world heritage site?
(i) Nalanda
(ii) Valabhi
(iii) Takshashila
(iv) Benaras
Answer:
(iii) Takshashila.
Question 54:
In which year UNESCO declared taskshashila a world Heritage site?
(i) 1980
(ii) 1981
(iii) 1890
(iv) 1978
Answer:
(i) 1980.
Question 55:
—-was written by Chanakya.
(i) Ashtadhyayi
(ii) Arthashastra
(iii) Puranas
(iv) Rajatarangini
Answer:
(ii) Arthashastra.
Question 56:
Who wrote ‘Arthashastra’?
(i) Kalhana
(ii) Valmiki
(iii) Chanakya
(iv) Banabhatta
Answer:
(iii) Chanakya.
Question 57:
Who ruined taxshashila in the mid 19th century?
(i) Carl Blegen
(ii) Alexander Cunningham
(iii) Robert Ballard
(iv) W.F Albright
Answer:
(ii) Alexander Cunningham.
Question 58:
What were the primary methods of teaching?
(i) Debate
(ii) Discussions
(iii) Oral
(iv) Both (i) & (ii)
Answer:
(iv) Both (i) & (ii).
Question 59:
What was Nalanda called when Xuan Zang visited?
(i) Nala
(ii) Nila
(iii) Nalindi
(iv) Neel
Answer:
(i) Nala.
Question 60:
Who visited Nalanda when it was called Nala?
(i) Alexander Cunningham
(ii) I-Qing
(iii) Xuan-Zang
(iv) Kalhana
Answer:
(iii) Xuan-Zang.
Question 61:
Name the Chinese scholars who visited Nalanda in the 7thcentry CE?
(i) I-Qing
(ii) Xuan Zang
(iii) Both (i) & (iii)
(iv) None of them
Answer:
(iii) Both (i) & (iii).
Question 62:
When did I-Qing and Xuan Zang visited Nalanda?
(i) 8th century CE
(ii) 7th century CE
(iii) 7th century BC
(iv) 6th century CE
Answer:
(iii) 7th Century BC
Question 63:
‘Xuan Zang himself became a student of Nalanda to study——-.’
(i) Yogashastra
(ii) Dhanurvidya
(iii) Krida
(iv) Vyayamaprakara
Answer:
(i) Yogashastra.
Question 64:
Who was the chancellor of Nalanda?
(i) Kalidas
(ii) Banabhatta
(iii) Aryabhata
(iv) Shilabhadra
Answer:
(iv) Shilabhadra.
Question 65:
Who mentioned Shilabhadra as the highest living authority in yoga?
(i) I-Qing
(ii) Chanaka
(iii) Xuan Xang
(iv) All of them
Answer:
(iii) Xuan Xang.
Question 66:
What were the students at Nalanda trained in?
(i) Fine arts, medicine
(ii) Mathematics, astronomy
(iii) Politics, the art of warfare
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question 67:
‘The ancient Nalanda was a Centre of learning from the ——- Century CE to ——- Century CE’.
(i) 6 – 12
(ii) 5 – 12
(iii) 4 – 10
(iv) 7 – 13
Answer:
(iii) 5 – 12.
Question 68:
Which was one of the oldest universities of the world?
(i) Takshashila
(ii) Viharas
(iii) Nalanda
(iv) Vikramshila
Answer:
(iii) Nalanda.
Question 69:
During the ancient time, what was considered searched?
(i) Knowledge
(ii) Learning
(iii) Skills
(iv) Curriculum
Answer:
(i) Knowledge.
Question 70:
During the ancient time, what was considered as the highest form of donation?
(i) Contribution towards temple
(ii) Contribution towards old age home
(iii) Contribution towards education
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(iii) Contribution towards education.
Question 71:
‘Financial support came from –
(i) Rich merchants
(ii) Wealthy parents
(iii) Society
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question 72:
In the south of India, what was served as the centers of learning and teaching?
(i) Nalanda
(ii) Agraharas
(iii) Takshashila
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(ii) Agraharas.
Question 73:
‘South Indian kingdoms also had other cultural institutions known as —— & ——–‘
(i) Ghatika
(ii) Brahmapuri
(iii) Chatuspadi
(iv) Both (i) & (ii)
Answer:
(iv) Both (i) & (ii)
Question 74:
During the medical period, what became the part of the education system?
(i) Maktabus
(ii) Madrassas
(iii) Both (i) & (iv)
(iv) Brahmapuri
Answer:
(iii) Both (i) & (ii).
Question 75:
During which period, indigenous education flourished in India?
(i) Pre-colonial
(ii) Medieval
(iii) Ancient
(iv) Modern
Answer:
(i) Pre-colonial.
Question 76:
‘Education was free and not ——‘
(i) Decentralised
(ii) Centralised
(iii) Moralised
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(ii) Centralised.
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