Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Udayin.

Key Points

• Udayin (460BC - 444 BC) was the son and successor of Ajatashatru.
• Udayin laid the foundation of the city of Pataliputra at the confluence of two rivers, the Son and the Ganges.
• He shifted the capital from Rajagriha to Patliputra.
• He defeated Palaka of Avanti multiple times but was ultimately killed by him in 444 BC.

Additional Information

• Bimbisara (Shronika) (544 BC - 492 BC) was the founder of the Haryanaka Dynasty.
  • He was contemporary to Gautama Buddha.
  • He built the city of New Rajagriha.
• Ajatashatru was the son of Bimbisara and a king of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha.
  • He killed his father and seized the throne.
  • Magadha under Ajatashatru became the most powerful kingdom in North India.
• Mahapadma Nanda was the first Emperor of the Nanda Empire of ancient India.
  • He is known as Sarvakshatrantak i.e., Uproter of all the Kshatriyas (Purans), and Ugrasena i.e., Owner of the huge army (Pali texts).
  • He was succeeded by his eight sons and Dhana Nanda was the last one.

Nedeon was not related to Sangam State Chera.

• Sangam period (from 3rd century BC to 3rd century AD) is the phase of history which existed in ancient Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
• Udiyanjeral (or UthiyanCheralatan) was the first recorded Chera ruler of the Sangam period in ancient South India.
• He was succeeded by his son, NedumCheralathan, or NedunjeralAthan
• Nedunjaral, or Nedum, born to Udiyanjeral, was a powerful ruler who ruled the kingdom for 58 years as a Crown Prince first and then as an absolute king.
• The Cherasruled over an area including north Travancore, Cochin and South Malabar.
• The Chera Capital was located at Vanji. 

The correct answer is an attempt to murder the district judge of Muzaffarpur.

• The Alipore Bombay Case Trial refers to an attempt to murder the district judge of Muzaffarpur.
• Aurobindo Ghosh was defended by Chittaranjas Das in the Alipore bomb case.
• The Alipore Bomb case conspiracy took place in the year 1908.
• It is also known as the Manicktolla bomb conspiracy or Muraripukar conspiracy.
• Douglas Kingsford the unpopular British Chief Magistrate was the target of the bomb thrown at Muzaffarpur (Northern Bihar).
• The Revolutionaries who threw the bomb were Prafulla Chaki and Khudiram Bose.
• The carriage at which the bomb was thrown does not contain Kingsford but contains two English ladies who died in the attack.
• Prafulla Chaki committed suicide and Khudiram Bose was arrested and sentenced to death when he was only 18 years old.
• The other people tried in the case were Aurobindo Ghosh, his brother Barin Ghosh, Satyendranath Bose, Kanailal Dutt, and more than thirty others.
• They all were members of the Anushilan Samiti in Calcutta now Kolkata.

• A sculpture of a chariot of Harappa times was found at Daimabad, Maharashtra.
• Daimabad is an archaeological site that was discovered in 1958.
• The excavations were conducted between 1976-79 here.
• Lothal is an ancient Indus site situated in Gujarat.
• Banawali is an ancient Harappan site situated on the dry river bed of Saraswati.
• Kalibangan, which means black bangles, is an ancient Indus site situated in Rajasthan.

The correct answer is Purusha Sukta.

• In the 10^th Mandala of the Rigveda, Purusha Sukta reflects upon the marriage ceremonies.

About Rig Veda

• Rig Veda was said to be composed between 1500-1200 B.C, also known as the ‘first testament of mankind’.
• It is a collection of 10,600 verses and 1,028 hymns.
• It consists of 10 books also known as mandals, each mandal consists of Suktas.
• The concept of the Varna system has been mentioned in Rig Veda which is still practiced in Hindu society today.
• It consists of various secrets about the origin of the universe, the origin of Lord Shiva, the origin of Lord Varuna, etc.