MCQ Question and Answer
1. What was considered as the highest form of donation back then?
A. Contribution towards food
B. Contribution towards education
C. Contribution towards children
D. All of the Above
Answer: B. Contribution towards education
2. Who was Panini?
A. Grammarian
B. Physicist
C. Astronomer
D. Mathematician
Answer: A. Grammarian
3. How did they assess students’ learning?
A. Tests
B. Exams
C. Debates
D. Presentations
Answer: C. Debates
4. What did teachers have autonomy for?
A. Selecting students
B. Designing their syllabi
C. Concluding the course
D. All of the Above
Answer: D. All of the Above
5. Where did monks and nuns learn?
A. Temples
B. Viharas
C. Gurukuls
D. Tols
Answer: B. Viharas
6. How long did children stay away from their homes?
A. For each standard
B. For a year
C. For a decade
D. Till they achieved their goals
Answer: D. Till they achieved their goals
7. Did both formal and informal education systems exist in India?
A. Yes
B. Only formal
C. Only informal
D. No
Answer: A. Yes
8. “_____ were the residential places of learning”
A. Temples
B. Gurukul
C. Tols
D. Viharas
Answer: B. Gurukul
9. Where did the relationship of Guru and shishya strengthen?
A. Temples
B. Viharas
C. Gurukuls
D. Tols
Answer: C. Gurukuls
10. What was Nalanda called earlier?
A. Nolanda
B. Nala
C. Taxila
D. Nilanda
Answer: D. Nilanda
11. Who was Shilabhadra?
A. Chinese scholar
B. Indian Scholar
C. Chancellor of Nalanda
D. King
Answer: C. Chancellor of Nalanda
12. What is the other name of Chanakya?
A. Panini
B. Magadh
C. Chandragupta Maurya
D. Kautilya
Answer: D. Kautilya
13. Where did the universities develop in connection with temples?
A. Benaras
B. Navadeep
C. Kanchi
D. All of the Above
Answer: D. All of the Above
14. What was the objective of residential learning?
A. Have complete learning
B. Lead a disciplined life
C. Realising one’s inner potential
D. All of the Above
Answer: D. All of the Above
15. Maitreyi, Viswambhara, Apala, Gargi and Lopamudra have been called _____.
A. Queens
B. Woman scholars
C. Teachers
D. Sisters of scholars
Answer: B. Woman scholars
16. Takshashila included religious teachings of___________.
A. Hinduism
B. Buddhism
C. Christianity
D. Islam
Answer: B. Buddhism
17. What was taught in the name of Physical education?
A. Krida
B. Vyayamaprakara
C. Yogasadhana
D. All of the Above
Answer: D. All of the Above
18. Who was a skilled opponent of statecraft?
A. Chanakya
B. Panini
C. Jivaka
D. I-Qing
Answer: A. Chanakya
19. Where did the universities develop in connection with temples?
A. Benaras
B. Navadeep
C. Kanchi
D. All of the Above
Answer: D. All of the Above
20. What does education in India have a heritage of?
A. Being pragmatic
B. Being achievable
C. Complementary to life
D. All of the Above
Answer: D. All of the Above
21. What was the form of teaching?
A. Oral
B. Written
C. Both A and B
D. None of the Above
Answer: A. Oral
22. Who were most of the ashrams named after?
A. Kings
B. God
C. Sages
D. Scholars
Answer: C. Sages
23. “Teaching and learning followed the tenets of __________.”
A. Vedas and Upanishads
B. Only Vedas
C. Only Upanishads
D. None of the above
Answer: A. Vedas and Upanishads
24. What was considered as the highest form of donation back then?
A. Contribution towards food
B. Contribution towards education
C. Contribution towards children
D. All of the Above
Answer: B. Contribution towards education
25. Where did Panini, the grammarian, study?
A. Takshashila
B. Nalanda
C. Viharas
D. Gurukul
Answer: A. Takshashila
26. How did students memorise what was taught in class?
A. By writing
B. By meditating
C. By revising
D. By playing
Answer: C. By revising
27. Who was Panini?
A. Grammarian
B. Physicist
C. Astronomer
D. Mathematician
Answer: A. Grammarian
28. What were the key features of India’s education system?
A. Emphasis on spiritual, physical, and intellectual development
B. Focus on moral development
C. Holistic development
D. All of the Above
Answer: D. All of the Above
29. Did villagers support education in South India?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
D. Not mentioned in the story
Answer: A. Yes
30. Where did monks and nuns learn?
A. Temples
B. Viharas
C. Gurukuls
D. Tols
Answer: B. Viharas
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