The name ‘Bharata’ first appears in:
- a) The Mahābhārata
- b) The Ṛig Veda
- c) The Viṣhṇu Purāṇa
- d) Aśhoka’s inscriptions
Answer: b) The Ṛig Veda
Which of the following statements about the term ‘Hindu’ in ancient Persian is true?
- a) It referred to the Hindu religion.
- b) It was a purely geographical term.
- c) It was derived from the word ‘Sindhu’.
- d) It was used to refer to the entire Indian Subcontinent.
Answer: b) It was a purely geographical term.
The ancient text that uses the term ‘Jambudvīpa’ to describe the entire Indian Subcontinent, including what is today Bangladesh, Pakistan, and parts of Afghanistan, is:
- a) The Ṛig Veda
- b) The Mahābhārata
- c) Aśhoka’s inscriptions
- d) The Viṣhṇu Purāṇa
Answer: c) Aśhoka’s inscriptions
The ancient Chinese term ‘Yintu’ or ‘Yindu’ for India was derived from the word:
- a) Sindhu
- b) Tianzhu
- c) Indoi
- d) Hindustān
Answer: a) Sindhu
The ancient text that gives the name ‘Sapta Sindhava’ for the northwest region of the Indian Subcontinent is:
- a) Mahābhārata
- b) Viṣhṇu Purāṇa
- c) Ṛig Veda
- d) Aśhoka’s inscriptions
Answer: c) Ṛig Veda
The term ‘Bhārata’ remains in use even today, and is written as:
- a) Bharata in both north and south India
- b) Bharat in north India, and Bharatam in south India
- c) Bharatam in north India, and Bharat in south India
- d) Bhārata in both north and south India
Answer: b) Bharat in north India, and Bharatam in south India
The term ‘Hindustān’ was first used in a Persian inscription about:
- a) 500 years ago
- b) 1,800 years ago
- c) 2,000 years ago
- d) 2,500 years ago
Answer: b) 1,800 years ago
The term ‘Bhāratavarṣha’ means:
- a) The island of the fruit of the jamun tree
- b) The land of the seven rivers
- c) The country of the Bharatas
- d) The heavenly master
Answer: c) The country of the Bharatas
The ancient text that uses the terms ‘Bhāratavarṣha’ and ‘Jambudvīpa’ to refer to the entire Indian Subcontinent is:
- a) Ṛig Veda
- b) Mahābhārata
- c) Viṣhṇu Purāṇa
- d) Aśhoka’s inscriptions
Answer: b) Mahābhārata
The ancient Chinese referred to India as:
- a) Yintu and Yindu
- b) Tianzhu and Hindustān
- c) Indoi and Indike
- d) Hind and Hidu
Answer: a) Yintu and Yindu
The Constitution of India uses the phrase “India, that is Bharat” in:
- a) The Hindi version only
- b) The English version only
- c) Both the Hindi and English versions
- d) Neither the Hindi nor the English version
Answer: c) Both the Hindi and English versions
The name ‘Bharata’ first appears in:
- a) The Mahābhārata
- b) The Ṛig Veda
- c) The Viṣhṇu Purāṇa
- d) Aśhoka’s inscriptions
Answer: b) The Ṛig Veda
According to the Viṣhṇu Purāṇa, the country that lies north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains is called:
- a) Jambudvīpa
- b) Bhāratavarṣha
- c) Bhārata
- d) Tianzhu
Answer: c) Bhārata
The ancient text that gives the name ‘Sapta Sindhava’ for the northwest region of the Indian Subcontinent is:
- a) Mahābhārata
- b) Viṣhṇu Purāṇa
- c) Ṛig Veda
- d) Aśhoka’s inscriptions
Answer: c) Ṛig Veda
The ancient Chinese scholar who traveled from China to India in the 7th century CE and collected Buddhist chapters is:
- a) Xuanzang
- b) Darius I
- c) Cyrus the Great
- d) Xerxes
Answer: a) Xuanzang
The term ‘Hindustān’ was first used in a Persian inscription about:
- a) 500 years ago
- b) 1,800 years ago
- c) 2,000 years ago
- d) 2,500 years ago
Answer: b) 1,800 years ago
The Mahābhārata lists which of the following regions as part of the Indian Subcontinent?
- a) Kāshmīra, Kurukṣhetra, Vanga
- b) Kāccha, Kerala, Prāgjyotiṣha
- c) Both a and b
- d) None of the above
Answer: c) Both a and b
According to the text, the ancient Chinese referred to India as ‘Tianzhu’, which could be understood as:
- a) Yintu
- b) Heavenly master
- c) Sindhu
- d) Indike
Answer: b) Heavenly master
