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India, That Is Bharat — Practice

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Q1. According to the chapter, which is India's most ancient text?
- A. The Mahabharata
- B. The Vishnu Purana
- C. The Rig Veda
- D. The Constitution
Q2. In the Rig Veda, the name 'Sapta Sindhava' means
- A. Land of seven rivers
- B. Land of seven hills
- C. Land of seven kings
- D. Land of seven seas
Q3. The word 'Sindhava' (in Sapta Sindhava) comes from which word?
- A. Sarasvati
- B. Sindhu
- C. Sapta
- D. Saketa
Q4. The term 'Bharatavarsha' means
- A. The country of the Bharatas
- B. The island of the jamun
- C. The land of seven rivers
- D. The land of the Buddha
Q5. The term 'Jambudvipa' literally means the island of the fruit of which tree?
- A. The mango tree
- B. The jamun tree
- C. The banyan tree
- D. The peepal tree
Q6. Which ancient text describes the land north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains as 'Bharata'?
- A. The Rig Veda
- B. The Vishnu Purana
- C. The Mahabharata
- D. The Ramayana
Q7. Which phrase does the Indian Constitution use right at its beginning?
- A. India, that is Hindustan
- B. India, that is Bharat
- C. Bharat, the land of seven rivers
- D. Jambudvipa, that is India
Q8. Who were the first foreigners to mention India in their records?
- A. The Greeks
- B. The Chinese
- C. The Persians
- D. The Romans
Q9. Based on Persian sources, what name did the ancient Greeks give to the region?
- A. Yindu
- B. Indoi or Indike
- C. Hindustan
- D. Tianzhu
Q10. Which Chinese traveller (formerly spelt Hiuen Tsang) travelled from China to India in the 7th century CE?
- A. Faxian
- B. Xuanzang
- C. Marco Polo
- D. Ibn Battuta
Q11. What term does the chapter often use for the region of the world that is India and its neighbours?
- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Indian Subcontinent
- C. The Gangetic Plain
- D. The Deccan Plateau
Q12. The chapter takes the date of the emperor Ashoka to be approximately
- A. 250 CE
- B. 250 BCE
- C. 1800 CE
- D. 2300 BCE
Q13. How is the name 'Bharata' generally written in south India today?
- A. Bharat
- B. Bharatam
- C. Bharatvarsh
- D. Jambudvipa
Q14. In several texts, the ancient Chinese referred to India as
- A. Hind or Hidu
- B. Indoi or Indike
- C. Yintu or Yindu
- D. Inde
Q15. The term 'Hindustan' was first used in an inscription of which language, about 1,800 years ago?
- A. Greek
- B. Persian
- C. Chinese
- D. Latin

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