Ancient Indian Literature

Q. Who wrote Ashtadhyayi, a book on grammar from the 4th century BCE?

1. Maharshi Panini
2. Kautilya
3. Amir Khusro
4. Kalidasa

Q. Which of the following languages is the oldest in India?

1. Sanskrit
2. Urdu
3. Telugu
4. Hindi

Q. _________ is a Sanskrit grammarian.

1. Panini
2. Kalidasa
3. Banabhatta
4. Kautilya

Q. The Rosetta Stone is a stone slab that became key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs, thereby opening a window into ancient Egyptian history. It is hoped that a similar discovery will eventually be made in the context of one other ancient script. Which of the following is being referred to?

1. The Brahmi script
2. The Sumerian script
3. The Kadamba script
4. The Harappan script

Q. Which of the following statements may be associated with literature or literary heritage?

1. It tends to express ideas of permanent or universal interest.
2. It is a measure of the aesthetic excellence of society at the time.
3. It refers to works of writing that have excellence of form or expression.
4. It refers to enterprises that organise knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions.

Q. Which of the following is the oldest Dravidian language?

1. Telugu
2. Malayalam
3. Kannada
4. Tamil

Q. The scope of language expanded as a result of the need to ____.

1. pass down essential traditions within communities
2. capture the intricacies of Indian culture
3. move from one location to another
4. have a more comprehensive form of communication

Q. Which of the following is the oldest script from the Indian subcontinent?

1. The Grantha script
2. The Latin script
3. The Devanagari script
4. The Harappan script

Q.

Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?

1. Kharoshti

2. Latin

3. Brahmi

4. Devanagari

Q. can be understood as writing, having excellence of form or expression, and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest.

1. Mathematics
2. Religion
3. Science
4. Literature

Q. Which of the following may not be categorised as ancient Indian literature?

1. Brahmanical
   texts
2. Kabir Bijak
3. Baburnama
4. Ramcharit Manas
5. Lekhapaddhati
6. Upanishads
7. Vedas
8. Malgudi Days

Q. Sanskrit is said to have developed in the .

1. 1st millennium BCE
2. 4th millennium BCE
3. 2nd millennium BCE
4. 7th millennium BCE