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3921 In "He cut the fruit with a knife", the knife is the instrument. In Panini's terms this karaka is Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Phonetics and grammar		 Medium
3922 Which consonant is voiced and aspirated in the dental group? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Phonetics and grammar		 Medium
3923 Why did Panini use pratyaharas such as "ac" derived from the Shiva Sutras? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Phonetics and grammar		 Hard
3924 How many syllables does a Gayatri verse of three lines with eight syllables each contain? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Prosody		 Easy
3925 In matra counting, a guru (heavy) syllable counts as Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Prosody		 Easy
3926 Using only light and heavy syllables, how many different patterns are possible for a line of 4 syllables? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Prosody		 Medium
3927 The common shloka of the epics is a form of which metre? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Prosody		 Medium
3928 Pingala groups syllables in threes, each light or heavy. How many such groups are possible, and why? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Prosody		 Hard
3929 Yaska's Nirukta divides words into how many classes? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Primary texts on language		 Easy
3930 The theory of sphota, which treats meaning as grasped as a whole, is most closely associated with Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Primary texts on language		 Easy
3931 According to the Paniniya Shiksha, how many places of articulation are there? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Primary texts on language		 Medium
3932 In Patanjali's story, Brihaspati teaches Indra word by word for a thousand divine years without finishing. Wh… Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Primary texts on language		 Medium
3933 A teacher says that a sentence like "bring the cow" is understood as a single meaningful whole rather than as… Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Primary texts on language		 Hard
3934 Harappan bricks generally followed which ratio of length : breadth : thickness? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Harappan technologies		 Easy
3935 The Great Bath at Mohenjo-daro was made watertight partly by using Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Harappan technologies		 Easy
3936 If a Harappan brick is 7 cm thick, what length would you expect if it follows the standard ratio? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Harappan technologies		 Medium
3937 The bronze "dancing girl" from Mohenjo-daro was made by which technique? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Harappan technologies		 Medium
3938 Harappan weights doubled in the series 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32. What is the total of all six weights? Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Harappan technologies		 Hard
3939 Fine, glossy, mirror-like black pottery of about 700–200 BCE is called Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Pottery and glass		 Easy
3940 The Sanskrit word for glass is Knowledge Tradition-Practices India
Pottery and glass		 Easy