68. Consider the following statements about project Mausam,

i) Main objective is to establish cross cultural linkages and to revive historic maritime cultural and economic ties with 39 Indian Ocean countries

ii) It is to be implemented by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as the nodal agency

Which of the above is/are correct?

a) i only

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b) ii only

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c) Both i and ii

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d) None

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Solution

The correct option is C
c) Both i and ii

Ans 68.C

Explanation: “Project ‘Mausam’ is a Ministry of Culture project with Archaeological Society of India (ASI), New Delhi as the nodal agency

Focusing on monsoon patterns, cultural routes and maritime landscapes, Project ‘Mausam’ is examining key processes and phenomena that link different parts of the Indian Ocean littoral as well as those that connect the coastal centres to their hinterlands. Broadly, Project ‘Mausam’ aims to understand how the knowledge and manipulation of the monsoon winds has shaped interactions across the Indian Ocean and led to the spread of shared knowledge systems, traditions, technologies and ideas along maritime routes. These exchanges were facilitated by different coastal centres and their surrounding environs in their respective chronological and spatial contexts, and simultaneously had an effect on them

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