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Consider the following statements:
1. There are no parables in Upanishads.
2. Upanishads were composed earlier than the Puranas.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following is a work attributed to playwright Bhāsa?

Which one of the following explains the practice of Vattakirutal’ as mentioned in Sangam poems?

With reference to ancient Indian History, consider the following pairs :
Literary work Author
1. Devichandragupta : Bilhana
2. Hammira-Mahakavya : Nayachandra Suri
3. Milinda-panha : Nagarjuna
4. Nitivakyamrita : Somadeva Suri
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

“Yogavasistha” was translated into Persian by Nizamuddin Panipati during the reign of:

According to Kautilya’s Arthashastra, which of the following are correct ?
1. A person could be a slave as a result of a judicial punishment.
2. If a female slave bore her master a son, she was legally free.
3. If a son born to a female slave was fathered by her master, the son was entitled to the legal status of the master’s son.
Which of the statements given above are correct ?

Which one of the following statements about Sangam literature in ancient South India is correct ?

With reference to Indian history, consider the following texts :
1. Nettipakarana
2. Parishishtaparvan
3. Avadanashataka
4. Trishashtilakshana Mahapurana
Which of the above are Jaina texts?

With reference to the history of ancient India, Bhavabhuti, Hastimalla and Kshemeshvara were famous

With reference to the scholars/litterateurs of ancient India, consider the following
statements:
(1) Panini is associated with Pushyamitra Shunga.
(2) Amarasimha is associated with Harshavardhana.
(3) Kalidasa is associated with Chandra Gupta – II.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?