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81	The phrase "sa vidya ya vimuktaye" means	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Goals of Indian education	Easy
82	Which of the following is NOT one of the four purusharthas?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Goals of Indian education	Easy
83	In the Mundaka Upanishad, subjects such as grammar, metre and astronomy are classed as	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Goals of Indian education	Medium
84	A gurukula teaches music, painting and carpentry alongside scripture. Which traditional idea does this reflec…	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Goals of Indian education	Medium
85	Which statement best summarises the aims of traditional Indian education?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Goals of Indian education	Hard
86	The three stages of learning — listening, reflecting and deep contemplation — are called	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Teacher and student	Easy
87	The advice "satyam vada, dharmam chara" occurs in the convocation address of the	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Teacher and student	Easy
88	Why did the teacher Gautama accept Satyakama Jabala as a student?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Teacher and student	Medium
89	A student who lives in the teacher's house during the period of study is called	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Teacher and student	Medium
90	In the Prashna Upanishad, Pippalada asks six seekers to live with him for a year before questioning him. What…	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Teacher and student	Hard
91	Which Pala king is credited with founding Vikramashila?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Centres of education	Easy
92	Villages granted to learned Brahmins, which often became centres of scholarship, were called	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Centres of education	Easy
93	How were most traditional centres of learning financed?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Centres of education	Medium
94	According to Buddhist tradition, the physician Jivaka studied medicine at	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Centres of education	Medium
95	A historian finds an inscription recording a temple's grant to support a college teaching Vedic studies in so…	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Centres of education	Hard
96	The Chinese pilgrim who studied at Nalanda under Shilabhadra in the 7th century was	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on education	Easy
97	In the Mundaka Upanishad, the question "What is that by knowing which everything becomes known?" is put by	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on education	Easy
98	The invocation "saha navavatu" expresses the wish that	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on education	Medium
99	According to Xuanzang's account, what happened to visitors wishing to enter Nalanda?	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on education	Medium
100	Xuanzang's description of Nalanda studying grammar, logic and medicine as well as Buddhist texts suggests that	Knowledge Tradition-Practices India Primary texts on education	Hard